Be alert to 'rolling slowdown' on I-70 Tuesday

Monday, July 25, 2016

TERRE HAUTE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced a rolling slowdown is scheduled for Interstate 70 westbound on Tuesday, July 26, weather permitting.

It will begin after 10 p.m. and will allow the contractor to set a box truss over I-70 near the 12-mile marker.

Indiana State Police will be assisting with this rolling slowdown. Electronic message boards will alert motorists of the rolling slowdown. Drivers may wish to seek an alternate route.

This is the last section of the bypass to be constructed and it runs from just south of Moyer Road to the I-70 interchange. The State Road 641 project includes the construction of a new four-lane, full-access control roadway connecting U.S. 41 southeast of Terre Haute to I-70 east of the city.

The entire bypass should be open to traffic by late this year. The first section of the SR 641 bypass opened in October 2010. It takes motorists from U.S. 41 to McDaniel Road.

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