Rising river and creek levels across Vanderburgh County has led to a lengthy list of impassable roads due to flooding.

According to an e-mail provided to the media by the Vanderburgh County Highway Department, the following roads are closed:

  • Bayou Creek Rd from Old Henderson to Schmuck Rd
  • Schmuck Rd from Bayou Creek to Schissler Rd
  • S. Green River Rd from I-69  to Lynn Rd
  • Lenn Rd from Pollack Ave to S. Green River Rd
  • River Rd from U.S 41 to Nugent Rd
  • Seminary Rd from Duesner Rd to Old Henderson Rd
  • County Line Rd(East) from Millersburg to Warrick County Line
  • Pleasant Rd from Cypress Dale Rd to Bayou Creek Rd
  • Old Henderson Rd from Duesner Rd to Golden Rule Rd changed to Nurrenbern to Golden Rule Rd
  • Happe Rd from Duesner Rd to Old Henderson Rd
  • King Rd from Old Henderson Rd to Happe Rd
  • Hickory Ridge Rd from Old Henderson Rd to Happe Rd
  • Golden Rule Rd from Old Henderson Rd to Seminary Rd
  • Waterworks Rd from Veteran’s Memorial Pkwy to Hwy 41
  • Lyle Rd from Nurrenbern Rd to Bayou Creek Rd
  • W. Franklin Rd from Smith Diamond Rd to Seminary Rd
  • Roth Rd from Seminary Rd to Cypress Dale
  • Shore Rd
  • Cypress Dale from Seminary Rd to W. Franklin
  • S. Weinbach from the Levee to River Rd
  • Newman Rd from Hickory Ridge Rd to Old Henderson Rd
  • Duesner Rd from Seminary Rd to Happe Rd

If you come upon a stretch of road with water running over it, do not attempt to drive through it, no matter how shallow it may seem. It doesn't take much to for the force to lift a car off the roadway.

[Source: Vanderburgh County Highway Department]

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