Failed culvert that shut down road is being repaired sooner than expected

MENAN — A grounded culvert successful Menan that forced a roadworthy to adjacent earlier this week is undergoing repairs sooner alternatively than later. 

600 North betwixt 3565 East and 3600 East successful Menan closed connected Monday, owed to unsafe conditions. The grounded culvert was considered an “active collapse” and usually handles water. 

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Originally, crews thought nan grounded culvert would beryllium replaced successful nan autumn and nan roadworthy would stay closed until then, however, repairs person already begun. 

A 52-inch integrative tube will switch nan aged rusted culvert, according to Jefferson County Emergency Management Coordinator Rebecca Squires.

“We are drilling holes coming (Thursday). Then it’s conscionable a matter of laying nan pipe,” she said. 

Squires added they dream to unfastened nan roadworthy sometime later adjacent week.