I-65 delays expected locally late Saturday night

If you plan on traveling Interstate 65 late Saturday night, expect delays locally. The Indiana Department of Transportation says that from 11 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday, drivers can expect the delays between U.S. Highway 50 at Seymour and State Road 58 at the Walesboro exit in Bartholomew County.

INDOT officials say that Bartholomew County REMC has scheduled crews to retire two overhead primary electrical supply conductors. Weather permitting, the operation will completely close I-65, in both directions, for short intervals. Up to five “rolling roadblocks” may be used to slow I-65 traffic to 10 miles per hour between mile markers 52.68 and 62.48. Officials say these roadblocks will void lanes of traffic for approximately 20 minutes each at utility worksites.

The retired conductors are being replaced with an underground electrical supply line.