Authorities want to stress that Jonathan Moore Pike is staying open.

The flood waters that threatened to close the stretch of State Road 46 through the city have quickly receded as East Fork White River and the Driftwood River continue to fall back to normal levels, says Shannan Hinton, emergency management director for Bartholomew County.

She said her office and law enforcement are being flooded with calls from concerned residents, worried that the road is going to soon close.

She said that part of that concern is because of a complication at the bridge with Interstate 65, which has knocked out traffic signals at the location. Columbus police have been directing traffic there since this this morning, Hinton said.

However, the equipment which has failed is actually in a cabinet now located underwater. INDOT crews won’t be able to fix the problem until the water recedes, she said.

Further worsening the problem is the closure of State Road 11 at Garden City, which has funneled more traffic to State Road 46. That road is forecast to reopen tomorrow, Hinton said.