INDOT bridge project will begin

Another bridge construction project will get underway next week.

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced that starting on or after Monday, July 29, work will begin on the U.S. 27 bridge over Limberlost Creek on the north side of Jay County.

A section of the highway will be closed while crews work on the bridge located between county road 800 North and the Jay/Adams county line. The project is expected to last about two weeks.

The official detour for the project will utilize Indiana 18, Indiana 1 and Indiana 218.

The project just south of the Jay/Adams county line is the latest piece of INDOT work to begin this construction season. The most significant of the efforts the state agency is involved in this year is on U.S. 27 (Meridian Street) in Portland. It involves paving the highway between county road 200 South and county road 100 North, reconstructing Americans with Disabilities Act ramps to sidewalks with extended “bump outs” at some intersections in the downtown area and replacing traffic signals at its intersections with Water, Main, Walnut, High and Lafayette streets. (Traffic signals have been down since May, with temporary stop signs currently in place.)

INDOT is also putting a new deck and guardrails on the Indiana 67 bridge over the Salamonie River between county road 125 South and Indiana 26. A temporary traffic signal has been installed as the area just south of Jay County High School has been reduced to one lane.

Just outside of Jay County, INDOT is replacing the U.S. 27 bridge over the Mississinewa River between Indiana 28 and Randolph County road 850 North and replacing a culvert on Indiana 18 between Blackford County road 1050 West and the Jay/Blackford county line. In Delaware County, it is rebuilding an Indiana 67 bridge over the Mississinewa River just southwest of Muncie Dragway.