WHITLEY COUNTY – The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the SR 5 bridge over the Eel River in Whitley County, is scheduled to close on Monday, May 16, weather permitting. Work will take place between West Wayne Street and West Elm Street in South Whitley. The closure will accommodate a bridge rehabilitation.

Contractors will reconstruct the bridge deck, railing, sidewalks and top segment of the bridge’s spandrel walls. Pedestrian traffic will be maintained with one sidewalk open throughout the project.

The SR 5 bridge over the Eel River will remain closed through late October. This project is being constructed in conjunction with a bridge deck rehabilitation on SR 9 over the Blue Babe Branch, which began earlier this spring. The combined project was awarded to R.L. McCoy for $1.5 million.

View this project in INDOT’s CARS program here: http://bit.ly/1T9d55g