(Tribune photo/ LAURA LEIGH SMITH)
Story Created:
Sep 13, 2008 at 8:53 AM EST
Story Updated:
Sep 16, 2008 at 10:38 AM EST
This weekend's heavy rains continue to impact travel in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana.
The following roads are affected:
St. Joseph County report only State Route 4 at Whispering Pines Golf Course closed in the western part of the county.
Boland Drive is closed between Portage and Riverside in South Bend.
Ardmore Trail and Woodland Avenue roadway is caved in near drain.
Lake County
Eastbound I-80/94 between Illinois State Line and 51 (Ripley) in Lake County
Detour: from Illinois – I-394 south to U.S. 30 east to S.R. 49 north back to I-94 or I-90 (the Indiana Toll Road); traffic can access EB I-80/94 at SR 51 (Ripley) and at the Indiana Toll Road.
Northbound I-65 between U.S. 24 in Jasper County and I-80/94 in Lake County.
Detour: All traffic is directed to take U.S. 24 west to I-57 in Illinois to bypass the flooded Northwest Indiana area. Local traffic does not have access up to U.S. 30 in Lake County.
Eastbound I-80/94 between Illinois State Line and State Road 51 (Ripley Street) in Lake County.
Detour: from Illinois: I-394 south to U.S. 30 east to State Road 49 north back to I-94 or I-90 (Indiana Toll Road); traffic can access ED-I-80/94 at S.R. 51 and at the Indiana Toll Road.
The ramp from I-65 northbound to I-80/94 westbound in Lake County.
Detour: I-65 north to I-80/94 east to the clover leaf ramps at S.R. 51 to I-80/94 west. Alternate: If continuing to Illinois, the Indiana Toll Road (I-90).
State Road 2 (S.R. 2) between I-65 and U.S. 231 in Lake County
Detour: Eastbound S.R. 2 - I-65 south to State Road 10 east to U.S. 231 north and back to S.R. 2; Westbound S.R. 2 – southbound U.S. 231 to S.R. 10 west to I-65 north and back to S.R. 2
State Road 51 is closed between U.S. 6 and Fairview in Lake Station.
State Road 53 is closed between 101st and 93rd in Crown Point, Lake County.
State Road 55 between Thayer and Shelby
Porter County
Westbound I-80/94 between Michigan State Line and S.R. 49 in Porter County
Detour: from Michigan – I-94 west to State Road 49 (S.R. 49) south to I-80/90 (the Indiana Toll Road) west (to Chicago) or U.S. 30 west (not heading to Chicago); traffic can access westbound I-80/94 at SR 152 (Indianapolis Blvd.)
Eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 are closed between State Road 2 and Seger Road.
State Road 149 closed between U.S. 6 and 600 North.
U.S. 6 closed between State Road 149 and Porter County Road 200W.
Berrien County
U.S. 12 remains closed early Tuesday between Cleveland and Avery, west of Galien. Other closings and high-water areas are:
Red Arrow Highway is closed at Kruger Road.
Roads near Pucker Street Dam north of Niles, such as Pucker Street Drive and Creek Road.
Cass Countyhas added some roads, which include:
Carver Road between Brownsville Road and and Williamsville Street
Union Road between Carter Lake Street and Chapel Hill Street
Bair Lake Road between Woodlake Road and Corey Lake Road
Dunning Street west of Oak Grove Road
Shurte Street between O'Keefe Road and Slipper
White between Dodd and Anderson
Donald Roadway, east of Paradise Lake Road
Hoffman Street between Cox and White Temple
Van Buren County continues to report countless closings and high-water warnings Tuesday.
If you know of more area roads that have high water or are closed, add them to the list using the comments section below.
Tuesday, Sep 16 at 12:31 AM bob wrote ...
ardmore by woodland has been like that all summer thats are hard earned tax dollars at work there fixing that road and now they blame it on the rain