Signal & Shoulder Work For I-65 Project
Begins At SR 58 & International Drive
BARTHOLOMEW
& JACKSON COUNTIES—Traffic signals are being installed on State Road 58 at
ramps for Interstate 65—and at the S.R. 58/International Drive intersection—as
preliminary work is now (MARCH 12) underway for the $143 million Next Level
Roads project on I-65 between Seymour and Columbus.
Indiana
Department of Transportation officials anticipate operations near the Walesboro
exit in Bartholomew County will continue for up to six weeks.
A caution light
at the U.S. Highway 31/S.R. 250 intersection is scheduled to be replaced with a
traffic signal in the near future for use while the I-65 added travel lanes
project is under construction.
Motorists may
encounter brief delays where flaggers direct traffic around worksites.
Beginning
Wednesday (MARCH 14), contracted crews will remove and replace pavement
markings on S.R. 58—both eastbound and westbound—between International Drive
and Old Lane Drive. Lanes will be
reduced to 11-foot widths while operations to widen pavement and construct
right turn lanes at I-65 ramps take place.
INDOT believes this pavement work will require approximately two weeks
to complete.
E & B
Paving is the state’s prime contractor for this “I-65 Southeast Indiana Best
Value Project” designed to completely reconstruct I-65 as a 6-lane roadway
between U.S. Highway 50 and State Road 58—and repair/resurface I-65 from S.R.
58 to the S.R. 46 exit at Columbus.
A formal
groundbreaking ceremony will take place on Friday, April 6.
Motorists can learn about highway work zones and other traffic alerts at indot.carsprogram.org, 1-800-261-ROAD (7623) or 511 from a mobile phone. For highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast. Subscribe to receive text and email alerts at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/INDOT/subscriber/new.
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