Three weeks of paving work is set to begin next week from Walesboro to Columbus. The Indiana Department of Transportation says that the work is part of the $143 million Next Level Roads project on Interstate 65 in Bartholomew and Jackson Counties.
INDOT says that drivers can expect crews and equipment in single lanes on I-65 between mile marker 64.5 near the Walesboro exit and State Road 46 ramps at Columbus during overnight hours, beginning at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30. Officials say asphalt paving will occur between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. every night Sunday through Friday. Work is scheduled to happen as follows:
• Northbound I-65 left lane
• Southbound I-65 left lane
• Northbound I-65 right lane
• Southbound I-65 right lane
• Northbound & southbound shoulders
This work is part of an ongoing project to completely reconstruct and reconfigure I-65 as a six-lane road.