State Road 7 work to begin next week south of Vernon

State Road 7 is scheduled to close next week about three miles north of the Jefferson/Jennings County line. The Indiana Department of Transportation says that crews will be doing box culvert repair and maintenance. This is the first of four scheduled closures along State Road, south of Vernon.

INDOT says the road will close for approximately 30 days at each of the following locations, moving south to north. Crews will move to the next location following completion of work at each culvert. State Road 7 will be closed at one location at a time.

• 3.16 miles north of Jefferson/Jennings County line, south of Turkey Run (maintenance/repair)
• 3.51 miles north of Jefferson/Jennings County line at Turkey Run (replacement)
• 11.67 miles north of S.R. 250, just south of Crosley Fish and Wildlife Area (replacement)
• 5.71 miles north of Jefferson/Jennings County line, approximately one mile south of S.R. 3/S.R. 7 split (maintenance/repair)

The official state detour for each closure is State Road 3 to State Road 256. This $1.4 million project is expected to be complete by October 31st. All work is weather dependent.