Indiana Department of Transportation

Work on southbound I-65 is scheduled to move to its next phase, starting Tuesday.

State Road 2 will be closed between Valparaiso and Westville starting Tuesday. The Indiana Department of Transportation says the highway will be closed between Porter County roads 400 North and 575 East, while crews replace the crossing over the West Branch of Crooked Creek.

Residents have a chance to weigh in on Indiana's future transportation projects. The Indiana Department of Transportation is hosting a series of open houses on its draft 2024-2028 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

More intersection work is coming to State Road 49 in Chesterton.

A section of southbound I-65 will be closed overnight, as crews prepare for the next phase of construction. Southbound I-65 will be closed through the I-80/94 interchange from 8:00 p.m. Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Sunday. The ramp from westbound I-80/94 to southbound I-65 will also be closed.

Indiana could soon have its fifth nationally-designated bike route. U.S. Bike Route 37 would connect the Erie Lackawanna Trail in Northwest Indiana to the Monon Trail in Hamilton County.

Drivers traveling between Crown Point and Hebron should be on the lookout for road work, starting Monday.

The safety risks posed by stopped trains in Hammond are drawing national attention, but the idea of building an overpass continues to divide the community.

Another round of road projects gets underway soon.

Hammond residents will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed Hessville railroad overpass next week.