The Indiana Department of Transportation is announcing that State Road 64 will be restricted in Oakland City.

Working in conjunction with Norfolk Southern Railroad officials, S.R. 64 will be restricted immediately east of State Road 357.  This will allows crews from Norfolk Southern Railroad to make necessary repairs to their crossing from Tuesday night's derailment.   

Those traveling the new section of I-69 are finding deer to be a common hazard.

A state conservation officer told our media partner, the Princeton Daily Clarion, that the area’s large deer population means mating deer often chase each other onto the roadway.

A 67-mile stretch of the new interstate opened last month and it runs through part of Gibson and Pike Counties.

A state police captain says deer were involved in 28 of the 28 crashes that had occurred on the interstate through last week.

Governor Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) today announced that the first three sections of the new Interstate 69 corridor in southwest Indiana will officially open for business before the Thanksgiving travel holiday on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 19. The highly anticipated grand opening will cover a 67-mile stretch that completes what has been the longest contiguous ongoing interstate construction project in the United States.

“Hoosiers will be glad to know that the new I-69 corridor connecting Evansville to Crane will be delivered several years ahead of schedule and nearly $80 million under budget,” said Gov. Daniels. “Many people said this interstate expansion wouldn’t happen in their lifetime, but it’s now poised to open and the result will be greater economic opportunity, faster and safer travel, improved connectivity, easier access for leisure travel and more.”