KNOXVILLE — In a meeting yesterday with the Department of Transportation, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was given updates about the Hwy 14 Bridge over Lake Red Rock (Mile Long Bridge) project. This will be a part of an overlay project of the bridge and replacement of the smaller bridge North of the Mile Long Bridge (Brush Creek Bridge).

This project will start on April 7. The bridge will close at 8am that morning and will effectively close Hwy 14 between Hwy G-40 and Hwy G-28. This project is projected for 200 calendar days for completion.

Sheriff Jason Sandholdt advised that the Marion County Sheriff’s Office has a plan in place in preparation of potential situations. The Sheriff advised that a Deputy will be assigned to the North side of Lake Red Rock to provide better response times to calls in the area.

During this time, Highway 14 will be closed to all traffic and a detour will be in place using Iowa 163, Marion County T-17, and Iowa 92 in both directions. The highway will remain open to local traffic up until the April 7th morning closure.