NB I-65 Traffic Shift
Slated Next Week
BARTHOLOMEW
& JACKSON COUNTIES—The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to shift
northbound Interstate 65 traffic to the right lane and reinforced right
shoulder next week between mile makers 53.0 and 64.2 as part of INDOT’s 3-year $143
million Next Level Roads project on I-65 between Seymour and Columbus.
On Monday (MAY
7), contractor E & B Paving will begin up to five nights of milling and
paving work along northbound I-65’s outside shoulder—weather permitting—adding 1½
inches of asphalt surface to support traffic.
Closures will begin at 9 p.m. and end by 6 a.m.
On Tuesday
night (MAY 8), changes in the northbound I-65 traffic pattern will begin to
take place. Cars and trucks will be shifted
to the right lane, cars-ONLY to the 11-foot-wide right shoulder— starting
at mile marker 53.0.
INDOT officials
anticipate crews will start setting concrete barrier wall Thursday night (MAY
10) to separate traffic from construction activities that will take place within
I-65’s west-side median area.
Once the
northbound shoulder has been milled and paved, nighttime milling/paving operations
will focus on locations along southbound I-65’s right shoulder at future bridge
construction sites. This will require
closing the southbound I-65 right lane at worksites. Shoulder operations should be completed
within three nights.
Speed limit for
northbound traffic will be lowered to 60 mph between mile marker 49.0 and
68.5. While workers are present, it will
be further reduced to 50 mph.
This Next Level
“I-65 Southeast Indiana Best Value Project” is rebuilding I-65 as a 6-lane
roadway between U.S. Highway 50 and State Road 58—with repair/resurface of I-65
from S.R. 58 to the S.R. 46 exit at Columbus.
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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