Indiana Department of Transportation officials announced the bridge that carries State Road 235 over the East Fork White River will close for 60 days beginning Monday.
Crews will install a bridge deck overlay during the closure. The bridge, located east of Medora and about 2½ miles north of State Road 135, carries an estimated 820 vehicles each day.
Motorists can use State Road 135 and U.S. 50 as a detour.
The project is part of a $2,230,246 four-structure replacement for various bridges in Jackson County by E&B Paving.
Under the contract, a four-sided box culvert has been installed on State Road 235 5.8 miles north of State Road 135 carrying a tributary to the river. Intermediate pavement lifts have been placed, allowing two lanes of continuous traffic flow after an 11-day closure, but surface asphalt has yet to go down. Flaggers will be onsite for surface paving, placement of shoulder stone and guardrail installation.
On State Road 135, a deck extension has been poured at the three-span 132-foot-long bridge over Hough Creek in Brownstown. Bridge approaches are scheduled to be poured beginning next week. Meanwhile, single-lane traffic controlled by temporary signals continues while application of a bridge deck overlay takes place on half of the structure at a time. This bridge is located 0.96 miles south of U.S. 50.
Finally, replacement of a culvert on State Road 250 carrying Hough Creek at Brownstown is scheduled to begin within the next several weeks. Installation of the new 16-by-5-foot reinforced box structure measuring 26 feet in width will require a 30-day closure. Motorists are advised to detour around the site via State Road 11, U.S. 50 and State Road 39. Traffic count at the structure is 2,502 vehicles per day.