US 50 Roundabout Work In North Vernon Begins Today

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

(NORTH VERNON) - Indiana Department of Transportation’s contractor for the $1.9 million roundabout project at the west end of US Highway 50’s North Vernon bypass will have construction crews onsite beginning this morning.

INDOT says that motorists will be shifted to the north side of US 50. Walnut Street and County Road 400 West will close.

Milestone, the state's contractor, plans to build the east half of the intersection project during Phase I.
Phase II construction builds the west half. Traffic shifts to the center of the roadway. Walnut Street and County Road 400W will remain closed.
Phase III construction builds splitter islands and the center island. Traffic will be normalized. Walnut Street and C.R. 400W remain closed.
Phase IV construction builds the western curb entrance to the roundabout. Walnut Street and C.R. 400W open to traffic.

INDOT's project replaces the existing stop-control configuration at US 50/Walnut Street - C.R. 400W located two miles west of North Vernon with a single-lane roundabout measuring 166 feet in diameter with a 16-foot-wide lane and 14-foot-wide truck apron.

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