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The Indiana Department of Transportation announced that traffic will be restricted to one lane on Ind. 15 over the Tippecanoe River on or after Monday, weather permitting.
Bridge reconstruction will take place just north of the City of Warsaw, between East CR 350N and Sheldon Street and West CR 400N, according to an INDOT news release.
Traffic restrictions will remain through early November, the state said.
On or after Monday, motorists can expect to see a temporary traffic signal erected at each end of the bridge to alternate vehicles over the 12-foot-wide single-lane bridge. At that time, contractors will restrict traffic to one lane down the center of the bridge. This will allow the contractors to construct shoulder pavement widening to accommodate added traffic loads.
Once the shoulders are constructed, one-lane traffic will be shifted to the southbound side of the bridge while contractors work to reconstruct the northbound lane.
Later this fall, traffic will be shifted to the newly constructed northbound lane while the southbound lane is completed.
Throughout the duration of the project, Monoquet Road and Clearwater Drive will be closed at the intersection of Ind. 15.
Motorists are encouraged to take an alternate route. Signage will direct drivers to the state’s official route of U.S. 6 to Ind. 19 to U.S. 30.
The contract was awarded to Anlaan Corporation for $1.1 million.
