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VALPARAISO — County Road 500 North is closed to traffic between Ind. 49 and Memorial Drive, the road that leads to St. Mary Medical Center.

The road is expected to be closed for about three weeks.

Drivers will be detoured around the closure using Vale Park Road (County Road 400 North) and County Road 325 East.

The work is part of the ongoing Burlington Beach Road project that calls for repairs to Burlington Beach Road (CR 500 North) at the intersections at Calumet Avenue and Ind. 49.

The purpose of the project was to improve traffic flow and drainage at these intersections, which will continue to see an increase in traffic volume as the surrounding areas develop.

A public hearing was held in early 2012 to obtain input from adjacent land owners, and the project was subsequently modified to account for the valuable feedback that was received.

Construction plans were finalized in 2015 and the necessary right-of-way was acquired to accommodate the proposed improvements. On March 16, 2016, the Indiana Department of Transportation received five bids for the work, with the low bid provided by Dyer Construction Company in the amount of $2,031,427.