{"id":419822,"date":"2026-07-31T18:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419822\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:51:28","slug":"oakland-avenue-underpass-in-elkhart-to-close-through-october-heres-what-drivers-should-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419822\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Avenue underpass in Elkhart to close through October. Here\u2019s what drivers should expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) &#8211; The Oakland Avenue underpass will close to all traffic beginning Tuesday, Aug. 4, and remain closed through October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Crews will excavate the entire underpass to separate stormwater and sanitary sewers as part of a federally mandated project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The project is designed to reduce sewage overflows and protect local rivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Drivers are urged to use the Nappanee Street and Benham Avenue underpasses or the Prairie Street overpass during the closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Stay up to date on local news with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/\">WNDU<\/a> on-air and online. Be sure to download the 16 News Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/content\/misc\/Download-Our-App-391782921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/content\/misc\/Download-Our-App-391782921.html\">App<\/a> and follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7AO1aI9S3A7vrSc9wLvA-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7AO1aI9S3A7vrSc9wLvA-Q\">YouTube<\/a> page as we continue to bring you the latest news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WNDU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) &#8211; The Oakland Avenue underpass will close to all traffic beginning Tuesday, Aug. 4, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[167801,167798,167799,143,167797,167800,145,144,46787],"class_list":["post-419822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-elkhart-road-closure","tag-elkhart-sewer-separation-project","tag-elkhart-traffic-detour","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-avenue-underpass-closure","tag-oakland-avenue-underpass-elkhart","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-wndu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}