Flooding closes IN 66, parts of IN 62 near Cannelton
Floodwater shut IN 66 and parts of IN 62 near Cannelton as Perry County stayed under a flood watch through Sunday morning.
Flooding closed State Road 66 and parts of State Road 62 near Cannelton, cutting off one of Perry County’s main Ohio River corridors as water rose around Cannelton Lock and Dam. The Indiana Department of Transportation is tracking the most current road conditions and closures statewide while storms keep the county under a flood watch through Sunday morning.
At the Cannelton gauge, NOAA flood guidance puts Highway 66 at flood stage near Derby and Dexter at 42 feet. By 51 feet, the locks are closed and large sections of Highway 66 flood. At 63 feet, water reaches the top of the levee at Hawesville, Kentucky, adding pressure along the riverfront and affecting nearby stretches of highway. NOAA also lists Rocky Point Girl Scout camp among the places affected at higher water levels.
In Indiana’s county travel-status system, a watch means essential travel only. A warning means to refrain from all travel except emergency operations. With low-water crossings also at risk of flooding, nonessential trips were being squeezed out, and emergency access could become the only traffic allowed in some places.
The closures landed during a broader late-June severe-weather stretch across Indiana. Governor Mike Braun declared a state of disaster emergency on June 19 for 63 counties after flooding, severe weather, tornadic activity and a derecho that hit from June 9 through June 18. The declaration opened the State Disaster Relief Fund for eligible residents and mobilized state resources for recovery.
State Road 66 has repeatedly been a pressure point in and out of Troy, where INDOT planned lane closures in December 2024 for paving, pipe installation, guttering, curbs and ADA sidewalk work.
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