SR 262 Will Close For Slide Correction

Friday, June 1, 2018 at 7:06 AM

By Indiana Department of Transportation, news release

INDOT's contractor will close State Road 262 south of Dillsboro for 45 days starting July 19.

Crews have addressed a number of slide sites along State Road 262 in Dearborn and Ohio counties in recent years. File photo.

(Dearborn County, Ind.) - Indiana Department of Transportation officials met with its prime contractor and a geohazard stabilization subcontractor Thursday, May 31 at Seymour District offices for pre-construction planning of a $1,268,500 slide correction project involving two sites on State Road 262 south of Dillsboro.    

Paul H. Rohe Company will rebuild a tenth-of-a-mile section of S.R. 262 at West Laughrey Creek Road—located 3.9 miles south of U.S. Highway 50.  The Aurora-based contractor will place rip rap on the eroding slope east side of the roadway and set drainage installations.  Work calling for a 45-day closure is tentatively scheduled to begin July 19.  A signed detour will route motorists around the site via U.S. 50 and S.R. 56. 

Geostabilization International, serving as a subcontractor, is charged with soil nail operations along a 375-foot-wide embankment along S.R. 262—located 100 feet south of Downey Ridge Road.  In addition to the shotcrete-covered wall, the project calls for new pavement and paved ditches. 

Motorists can learn about highway work zones and other traffic alerts at indot.carsprogram.org, 1-800-261-ROAD (7623) or 511 from a mobile phone. For highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Subscribe to receive text and email alerts at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/INDOT/subscriber/new

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