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I-80/94 Reopened, Was Shut Down Due To Flooding

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Sep 18, 2008 7:16 pm US/Central

I-80/94 Reopened, Was Shut Down Due To Flooding

LAKE STATION, Ind. (CBS) ― Interstate 80/94, previously shut down due to massive flooding, has now reopened.

On Tuesday, The Indiana Department of Transportation reported the cause of much of the flooding in northwest Indiana was a levee break in Hammond. The department said the Little Calumet River levee near Kennedy Avenue in Hammond failed late Sunday morning, prompting the closure of the Borman Expressway.

Early INDOT reports said that floodwater broke the levee, while the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers water said they thought the water only topped the levee.

"There was an area that looked like it broke," said INDOT spokesperson Angie Fegaras. "The issue is that water came over the levee onto the road," which is when the closure happened.

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