Fun fact - I-69 runs just past Muncie Indiana - home of Ball State University! Another fun fact - Ball State has hosted at least one basketball game with Morehead College from Kentucky. "Morehead @ Ball State" !
Later this year, the remaining of I-69 between IN-144 and I-465, south of Indianapolis Indiana will be complete, making the second state to finish I-69, Michigan is the other. Kentucky will be the third state to finish I-69, except for the Ohio River Bridge between south of Evansville Indiana and Henderson Kentucky.
As an aside, all that heavy equipment is powered by diesel and always will be. That is, it will never be battery electric. That idea is absurd. For several reasons.
Then in my thoughts I look at our Indiana map now and imagine what it really could be once they finally pencil that last section of I-69 into the mainstream maps like on the news, weather, etc. My mind goes in 2 directions. 1, it's pretty hard to get to the SE side of Indiana (Madison), so it seems we need another means between I-65 South and I-74 South. Then I applaud the state for taking US-31 to Interstate standards so that one could drive directly north/south through the state. Then I think about I-465 and how it's mostly become landlocked now. Unless we can make I-465 a double-decker highway, I think it'd be wise for the state to look at building a second loop around to connect more rural and suburban areas to each other and Indy, while giving more development opportunity to rural areas that really could use the extra tax income. Then I think of what "another I-465" would do in terms of keeping us up with the big BIG cities that have 2, 3 or even 4 loops or more. It's very clustered an not very intitutive from a distribution/logistics standpoint to have to come all the way to Indy to split off to another interstate or direction if say you're going from Chicago to Louisville, when we could have that happen a lot further north and then have them go south and bypass all our tight, less than truck friendly interstate splits. I'm speculating here, but hoping they do something major like this to cut down on major truck traffic on I-465 that will only continue to increase as more multi-million square feet warehouses are built.
Replacing the overpass is likely 12-18 months ahead of actual freeway construction. I think it was wise to do it this way to deconflict the work and keeps things less crazy for everyone.
Thank you and all involved as a courier for FedEx it's nice having epler open can't wait for Banta to be back open and Southport finished. It's been interesting watching the progress
I noticed the I-69 North signs in the Evansville area haven't been updated to having either Bloomington or Indianapolis as the control city. They just have defacto thru-traffic signs.
I am so grateful for the work you are doing for all of Hoosiers and my first priority when I drive in your areas of is to be extremely careful and watchful of your presence.
