INDOT: Boone County I-65 ramp to close

PUTNAM/MORGAN COUNTIES (INDOT) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announce the State Road 32 (S.R. 32) ramp entering I-65 northbound is scheduled to close on Monday, December 3 at 12:01 a.m.  The contractor will be reconstructing the on ramp.  This closure is anticipated to take 10 days.

Reith-Riley Construction Company, Inc. and designer R.W. Armstrong were awarded the $41,455,610 Major Moves design build contract.  The project on I-65 will add an additional lane in each direction and reconstruct the existing lanes of I-65 from six tenths of a mile north of S.R. 32 to one half mile south of Boone County Road 100 East.  This project also includes rebuilding the S.R. 39 Bridge over I-65 and the I-65 Bridge over Prairie Creek and rehabilitating the bridge over Lafayette Ave.  The project is scheduled to be completed in July of 2013.

This construction project has a reduced speed limit and has been targeted by the Indiana State Police and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department for increased enforcement activities in an effort to reduce speeding in the work zone.

Editor’s note: This information comes directly from the Indiana Department of Transportation. For more information or to contact INDOT, click here.