INDOT updates Dubois County drivers on Bretzville Junction roundabout plans
Signs and temporary signals will go up at Bretzville Junction next week, then the intersection will close July 30 through August 3 before reopening as a roundabout.
Drivers headed through Bretzville Junction will start seeing changes along State Road 64 and State Road 162 near Jasper as INDOT moves the roundabout project into active construction. Ferdinand Town Council President Ken Sicard issued a public notice June 26 laying out the first traffic shifts, including temporary signals, single-lane flow and a full closure later this summer.
Signage and temporary traffic signals are set to be placed on all four approaches starting the week of June 28. INDOT planned to begin work on or around June 29 with preliminary widening and Phase 1 preparation, while keeping one lane open in active work zones and using a flagger to direct traffic. Phase 1 was expected to begin on or around July 6, and the overall project was scheduled to run through October, weather permitting.
Temporary signals and a new single-lane traffic pattern were set to begin July 7, and INDOT warned that flaggers could create delays of up to 15 minutes. The full intersection closure is planned for July 30 through August 3, with the junction reopening August 4 in roundabout configuration.
During construction, INDOT will monitor fire, police and EMS radio frequencies to help reduce delays for first responders moving through or around the work zone.
INDOT announced the Bretzville Junction project in 2022, and a December 10, 2024 update put the estimated cost at $2.86 million. The update called for a single-lane roundabout replacing the existing signalized intersection.
The intersection recorded 116 crashes from 2017 through 2019, including nine incapacitating injuries, 19 less-serious injuries and 88 property-damage-only crashes, according to INDOT. The crash-frequency index at Bretzville Junction was 2.74 and the crash-cost index was 2.85, with 1.0 or lower considered safe.
The project is branded Operation: Safe Passage 64/162. INDOT says roundabouts can carry 30% to 50% more traffic than a traditional intersection.
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