(La Porte County, IN) - A stretch of local state highway is scheduled to be temporarily closed beginning early next month.

According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana 39 will be closed at the CSX Railroad crossing between Young Rd and County Road 800 South near Union Mills, beginning on or after Monday, October 2nd. 

The highway will be closed for approximately two weeks at that location while CSX rebuilds their at-grade crossing.

INDOT advises motorists to seek an alternate route, with the official detour to follow U.S. 6, U.S. 35 and U.S. 30.