Continued road work on I-65 southeast will change traffic patterns for those traveling between Bartholomew and Jackson counties starting Thursday.
One the biggest changes involves the entrance ramps from the State Road 11 interchange with I-65 at Exit 55 (Jonesville/Seymour).
The move will allow for the permanent closure of the existing loop ramps sometime Thursday afternoon, according to Natalie Garrett, a spokeswomen with the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Seymour District office.
The closure is part of a project to convert the interchange from a cloverleaf shape to a diamond shape. Temporary ramps and signals have been installed and will be operational when the closure occurs.
Garrett said there is no timeline for completion of the new ramps.
That project is separate from the $143 million reconstruction and added travel lanes project on Interstate 65 between Exit 50 at Seymour and Exit 64 at Walesboro. The state hired contractor E and B Paving Inc. for that project which began in 2018 and is expected to be completed in August.
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Republic.
