- YELLOWWOOD ROAD: The bridge that has been closed over Salt Creek on Yellowwood Road is in place and open. However, there are still several more months to go until the entire project will be completed, said Brown County Highway Superintendent Mike Magner. In phase two, likely to start in the spring, crews will work along 2.9 miles along Yellowwood Lake Road from the lake parking lot to Lanam Ridge Road. Magner said some patching of Yellowwood Road will be done yet this fall close to Knight’s Corner, but that is not what the final road surface will look like. It’s just to get it through the winter, he said.
- STATE ROAD 135 NORTH: The Indiana Department of Transportation’s construction projects on State Road 135 North between the Brown County line and Morgantown will continue to the end of the year, Magner said. There was talk about INDOT coming back to finish it next year, but they’re going to push it all through this year, he said. County work crews have patched holes on Three Story Hill and Lick Creek roads since they are being used as detours during the construction of bridges on State Road 135 North. Magner expects the state to reimburse the county for that work. The county also modified detour routes to keep trucks over five tons off Three Story Hill Road. A sign is posted on Lick Creek Road at the Morgan/Brown county line notifying trucks to take Lick Creek Road instead to State Road 45.
- GRANDVIEW ROAD: After bridge inspections, Magner has reduced the weight limit on the bridge on Grandview Road just off Bellsville Pike due to extensive rust on several beams. The weight limit is now 12 tons, which still allows buses to cross it, he said. That restriction will be in place until repairs can be made.
- SALT CREEK, SWEETWATER TRAIL, T.C. STEELE, CROOKED CREEK: The roads that were repaved with state grant money this year will get striped, but it has been too cold to paint recently. That will be done when it’s warm enough, hopefully before winter, Magner said.
