Emergency Repairs To Close Myakka Road For 2 Weeks: Sarasota County

MYAKKA CITY, FL — A portion of Myakka Road will close Wednesday at 2 p.m. because of “unsafe conditions,” according to a Sarasota County news release.

The emergency closure follows an engineering report that Sarasota County Public Works received Wednesday.

The report shows that three large pipe culverts under Myakka Road, .44 miles north of Clay Gully Road, are “deteriorated to a point they are no longer safe for vehicles traveling on the road,” the county said.

The culvert crossing consists of three corrugated steel plate pipes with each pipe having a measured span length of about 12 feet. A visual inspection of the culvert by engineers showed “severe structural deterioration,” the county said.

Myakka Road will be closed over the pipe culvert crossing between Hancock Road and Clay Gully Road for at least two weeks because of these conditions.

These are the detour routes for eastbound traffic from Fruitville Road to Clay Gully Road in Sarasota County:

• Verna Road north to Singletary Road
• Singletary Road east to State Road 70.
• State Road 70 east to MJ Road.
• MJ Road south to Clay Gully Road.

These detour routes will be established for westbound traffic from Clay Gully Road to Fruitville Road in Manatee County:

• MJ Road north to State Road 70.
• State Road 70 west to Singletary Road.
• Singletary Road west to Verna Road.
• Verna Road south to Fruitville Road.

The detour is about 14 miles. Local access to residential driveways and the Crowley Museum will be available on Myakka Road between Hancock Road and the Crowley Museum.