Aurora, In. — Maintenance crews from the Aurora Subdistrict of the Indiana Department of Transportation plan to close State Road 262 between Bear Branch Road and Hartford Pike south of Milton Monday, March 5. Weekend rains have accelerated embankment erosion. An emergency response contractor will begin stabilization efforts once the closure goes into effect.
The slide site is located south of the Dearborn-Ohio County line, seven miles south of U.S. Highway 50. A detour will be posted.
Geostablization International, the state’s slide mitigation contractor, plans to embed 30-foot-long steel shafts into the eroding slope which measures 500 feet side-to-side. Ends of these “soil nails” will be fitted with a wire mesh covering and overcoated with shotcrete to form a stabilizing wall. Road crews will then repair pavement and replace guardrail.
INDOT officials say the S.R. 262 closure could continue through May.
