INDOT crews plan complete State Road 46 closure Sunday

Batesville, In. — Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to replace a culvert pipe under State Road 46 located between Huntersville Road and Mitchell Avenue at Batesville next Sunday, July 29 in the evening hours.  The location is approximately a quarter mile east of the Batesville Primary School.

Motorists should anticipate complete closure of S.R. 46 on Sunday evening starting at 6 p.m.  INDOT officials anticipate reopening the east-west highway before midnight.

State maintenance personnel from the Penntown Unit will upsize the existing drainage pipe, replacing it with one measuring 18 inches in diameter, 48 feet in length.