Central Avenue between Edgewood Street and Blake Road in Portage is scheduled to be closed from Thursday until Friday for water main repairs, with drivers detoured onto Willowdale Road, Stone Avenue and County Line Road, the Portage Police Department said.

The department posted the closure notice on its Facebook page Monday afternoon and said the detour route will be marked.

Questions

Questions about the closure can go to the Portage Police Department at 219-762-3122, the department's main number.

PC360 will update this story if police or the city change the schedule or reopen the road.

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Sources (2)

  1. Road closure notice, Portage Police Department (Indiana), Facebook post, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026
  2. Police Department page, City of Portage, read Nov. 12, 2026