May 13, 2009

SR446 Chip n' suck

A heads-up from Tom Cox-

Just wanted to let you know that I went out 446 last night and found that they are chip n sealing south of the cause way! The north bound lane just past the top of the south climb was more like a gravel road. I don't know how far south it goes, I turned off and did the 60k. I assume by the end of the week both lanes with chipped and sealed. Hopefully they are planning on putting a finish coat of asphalt on top of this but I am not holding my breath. When large truck or cars would pass they were followed by a large dust cloud and they would kick up the small stones. Not a good place to ride at the moment.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They did that farther south a couple years ago, they didn't finish coat the chip and seal at all. It goes all the way to Hwy 50, ruined the 446 ride from the lawrence county side.

Anonymous said...

According to the Bloomington paper (May 3rd), the project is from Pine Grove to US 50. I headed out 446 this weekend and confirmed that it is now from Pine Grove on...

Anonymous said...

Any reason as to why they would ruin a good smooth stretch of HWY ???