The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to close State Road 135 near Freetown on Monday to replace a drainage structure. The structure, at a branch of Salt Creek’s south fork about five-miles north of U.S. Highway 50, is being replaced as part of a $456,650 two-bridge contract.

INDOT officials anticipate installation of the new 10′ X 5′ concrete box culvert will take about three-weeks to complete.

INDOT says that Olco of Batesville, the state’s contractor, will also build a 142-inch arch culvert on State Road 135 at a branch of Hamilton Creek, about 7.5 miles north of State Road 58 just east of Christianburg Road in Brown County. Officials say that work on this structure will begin once the highway reopens in Jackson County. The Brown County project is expected to close traffic there for one month.

INDOT says that other area bridges on State Road 135 will be impacted over this construction season. They are:

• S.R. 135 over Little Beanblossom Creek located 1.7 miles north of S.R. 45 in Brown County
• S.R. 135 over Moser Branch located 1.57 miles north of S.R. 45 in Brown County
• S.R. 135 over Bear Creek located 1.26 miles south of S.R. 252 in Morgan County
• S.R. 135 over a branch of Bear Creek south of Morgantown in Morgan County
• S.R. 135 over Hamilton Creek located 9.45 miles north of S.R. 58 in Brown County

In addition, INDOT says that a nearby Jackson County bridge on State Road 58 at Bee Creek located, about three-miles west of State Road 135, is also being replaced.