Latest Lloyd Expressway closure in Evansville could affect back-to-school traffic

EVANSVILLE – The newest roadworthy closure stemming from the overhaul of the Lloyd Expressway volition concisely interaction back-to-school postulation for a West Side school.

According to a Sunday quality merchandise from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the intersection from the Lloyd onto northbound Boehne Camp Road volition adjacent for astir 30 days starting connected oregon astir Monday, July 14.

That could impact postulation to Perry Heights Middle School, which sits adjacent the intersection of Boehne Camp and Hogue roads. Classes commencement connected Aug. 4, close successful the mediate of the closure.

"Access Boehne Camp from the northbound if you usually usage the Lloyd," the merchandise states. "The closure relates to minor intersection improvements astatine Boehne Camp – from added (or) lengthened crook lanes to caller pavement markings, signage and postulation awesome replacement."

This apt won't beryllium the lone closure for the stretch. Work volition proceed "intermittently done 2026," the merchandise says.

The operation is portion of the ongoing $100 cardinal revamp of the Lloyd's full expanse. Work connected caller alternate intersections precocious wrapped up astatine Stockwell Road, and large operation volition soon statesman successful earnest astatine the Lloyd's interchanges with Burkhardt Road and Cross Pointe Boulevard.

The West Side each the mode to the Posey County enactment remains nether dense operation arsenic well. The full task isn't expected to decorativeness until 2028.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected Evansville Courier & Press: Closure connected Lloyd Expressway could impact postulation for Evansville school