Published: March 20, 2026
Bartow, Fla. (March 20, 2026) – A portion of Old Bartow Lake Wales Road is scheduled to close at 7 a.m. on Monday, March 23 for water main pipe installation work.
Old Bartow Lake Wales Road will be closed approximately 1,700 feet east of the Old Bartow Lake Wales Road and Logistics Parkway intersection in Bartow. The water main pipe installation work is expected to be completed and the roadway is expected to reopen at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27.
Traffic traveling on Logistics Parkway will be detoured west on Old Bartow Lake Wales Road to U.S. Highway 60 East. Traffic traveling on Old Bartow Lake Wales Road east of the closure will be detoured south on Old Bartow Road to West Lake Wales Road North and then to U.S. Highway 60 West.
The closure is part of a Polk Regional Water Cooperative project.
Residents are asked to plan alternative routes as needed.
*All dates/times listed above are subject to change due to circumstances occurring in the field.*