Overnight closures for I-70 bridge beams work begins this week

MONROVIA -- Interstate 70 will have two overnight closures at the State Road 39 interchange this week, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced.

The closing between 12:01 a.m. through 5 a.m. each day will allow the contractor to set bridge beams on the new State Road 39 southbound bridge.

Traffic will be detoured up the ramp across State Road 39 and back onto the interstate utilizing the ramps.

Weather permitting, the schedule currently follows:

-- Wednesday, Nov. 4 closing I-70 westbound.

-- Thursday, Nov. 5 closing I-70 eastbound.

Milestone Contractors LP was awarded the $16.2 million contract.

This project will redesign this interchange to a Diverging Diamond Interchange. The interchange modification project is being built to add traffic capacity and relieve congestion for the current and future needs as development expands in this area. This interchange is scheduled to open to traffic in the fall of 2021.