Indiana Department of Transportation

More road work is set to begin next week on Region highways.

On Monday night, overnight lane closures are planned in the northbound lanes between 61st and Ridge Road, with work switching to the southbound lanes the following night.

The Indiana Department of Transportation says shoulders will be closed at U.S. 20, starting as soon as Thursday. Crews will be replacing the overhead box truss structure over the eastbound lanes.

Road construction season is getting underway, as the Indiana Department of Transportation starts prep work for bridge projects on I-65 and Ripley Street.

Locally, Porter and Jasper counties got the maximum of $1.5 million. So did Dyer, Gary, Hebron, Munster, Portage, Valparaiso and Winfield.

The I-80/94 FlexRoad project is moving closer to construction. It's designed to improve traffic flow on Indiana's busiest interstate corridor.

Nighttime South Shore Line trains will be replaced by buses between Gary and Michigan City. The railroad says the busing will take place between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. through Saturday night.

U.S. 12 is closed at State Road 249 for bridge demolition work. The Indiana Department of Transportation says U.S. 12 will be closed for about two weeks between the exit ramps.

Starting as soon as Tuesday, I-94 will be down to one lane in each direction from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., between I-65 and State Road 49.

Starting as soon as Monday, Fifth Avenue will be closed between Cline and Colfax, while the Canadian National Railway rebuilds its crossing.