POSEY COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a complete closure on State Road 68 near Poseyville for two culvert pipe replacements.

Beginning on or around Monday, July 19, INDOT maintenance crews will begin a project to replace two drainage culverts on S.R. 68 at two different locations: about a mile east of S.R. 165 and about a mile west of S.R. 165. The operation requires a full pavement cut for excavation and replacement of each drainage culvert. The pipes will be replaced one at a time to maintain access during the project.

Work is scheduled to last for about a day at each location depending upon weather conditions. Typically, crews will begin the operation after morning peak traffic hours and will complete the process before the evening peak traffic hours. Once workers fill the pavement cut, fill material is compacted under normal traffic conditions and resurfaced following compaction.

Local traffic will have access up to the point of closure, but all through traffic detour around the closure using the nearest numbered state, U.S., or Interstate routes. For the closure east of S.R. 165 that route follows I-64 and S.R. 65 back to S.R. 68. For the closure west of S.R. 165 the detour follows S.R. 165 south, S.R. 66 and S.R. 69 back to S.R. 68.  

INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews.