Paving work set from Walesboro to Columbus

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 John Clark

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.