State Road 37 in Martinsville will be closed from the 39 interchange to Morgan Street through at least the end of 2021, as crews work on the final stretch of Interstate 69.

Officials say closing a six-mile section of Indiana 37 will allow the work to be finished in one construction season rather than two.

Construction will begin soon on the final section of the Interstate 69 project that began more than 10 years ago to connect Evansville to Indianapolis.

Initial work on the highway's final 26 miles to Interstate 465 in Indianapolis is planned through Martinsville outside the current Indiana 37 lanes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making loans to Martinsville-based South Central Indiana REMC and Linden-based Tipmont REMC.

Permanent speed limit signs are in place and uncovered, but the Indiana Department of Transportation says flashing work zone speed limit signs will indicate when drivers need to slow down.

When the state took I-69 construction over, it hoped to finish mainline construction by August of this year.

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to close the stretch of State Road 37 for one construction season in order to expedite I-69 construction.

The publisher of the Hoosier Times newspaper group says it will eliminate 17 jobs at four publications in south central Indiana.

The Transportation Department is trying to finish work on two overpasses in Bloomington that are considered choke points for traffic.