Press release from Indiana Department of Transportation
(Versailles, Ind.) - The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to chip seal U.S. Highway 421 at Versailles next Wednesday, July 1. U.S. 421 will close for the day to all traffic—except residents and emergency service personnel—between U.S. 50 and Ripley County Road 300 North. Motorists are advised to detour around the 3-mile closure via U.S. 50, S.R. 129 and S.R. 350. Inclement weather between now and Wednesday could push back INDOT Aurora Subdistrict’s schedule for chip seal operations. INDOT maintenance crews hope to sweep residual limestone chips from the roadway under traffic next Thursday. They will return to apply a fog seal once this chip seal application has cured. INDOT officials advise motorists to drive very slowly and with extreme caution on highways that have been freshly chip sealed to avoid vehicular damage from asphalt spray or loose aggregate. Chip seal applications coat the highway with liquid asphalt—sealing pavement cracks and protecting the roadbed from harmful ultraviolet rays. This extends service life and lowers overall maintenance costs. Small chips of limestone are used to cover the asphalt—choking it from spraying vehicles or sticking to tires. The aggregate chips also restore surface friction for improved skid resistance and driver safety. Fog seals are fine coatings of liquid asphalt sprayed over the chip sealed surface. The fog seal dampens dust from limestone fines, assists in aggregate retention and adds another waterproof layer of asphalt sealer to further protect the highway. These chip seals/fog seals are extremely cost-effective. Experience shows that every $1 spent on this kind of surface treatment today saves $6 to $14 in highway expenditures later. For area highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast. Verify travel plans at TrafficWise: http://www.trafficwise.in.gov.
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