I Finish Line is the sixth and final section of the Interstate 69 connection between Evansville and Indianapolis. It begins in Martinsville and ends in Indianapolis. The project will upgrade the existing State Road 37 to interstate standards from Martinsville to Indianapolis. The project will eliminate at-grade crossings, construct overpasses and underpasses, build local access road connections and introduce interstate access points throughout the corridor. The I extension is the realization of 75 years of studies and discussion about an improved, multi-lane highway connecting southwest Indiana.
Economic Impacts. I Finish Line is expected to open to traffic in late , improving safety and reducing travel time.
Highways will be widened to keep traffic flowing into the future. The average time it takes to travel from Martinsville to Indianapolis is expected to be reduced by 11 minutes when I is complete. Learn more about how selected highways will become part of a designated interstate and which ones are officially part of I About Meeting Reports. Maps and Projects Learn more about the future I projects in your area. I Designation Learn more about how selected highways will become part of a designated interstate and which ones are officially part of I A project to add high speed ramps between the former Western Kentucky Parkway and Pennyrile Parkway for the Interstate 69 mainline was let in late This work coincided with efforts to bring the Pennyrile Parkway up to Interstate standards, including a total rebuild of the Mortons Gap interchange.
Completion of this work allowed I shields to be placed northward through Madisonville to Henderson. The parkway was formally designated as I at a ceremony held by outgoing Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear on November 16, This followed completion of the Mortons Gap interchange project.
The U. The new alignment will bypass Henderson to the east and connect with I old I north at Evansville, Indiana as part of Segment 4. I incorporated This tied into a previously completed 1. Groundbreaking for that portion was held during the week of July 14, , in Gibson County. Segment 4 extends Interstate 69 north from U. This 27 mile section opened following a ribbon cutting ceremony held on December 9, Construction to upgrade SR 37 along Segment 5 was underway as of May The projected completion for the 21 mile section was delayed initially to June Additionally all interchange ramps were open and striping and reflective markers were placed on the 21 mile stretch.
Of the four routes considered, the final 26 miles of I north to I directly overlays or parallels SR 37 by 2, feet. Forecasts at that time indicated that construction might vary between two and seven years depending upon funding. Potential completion ranged from to Bids were taken for the first construction contract of Section 6 on December 12, Artesian Avenue was opened to traffic on August 30, The project web site for Section 6 was launched in October SR 37 closed in during major construction, which is scheduled for completion in late The addition adds the Contract 2 section from mile marker Underway into , Contract 3 constructs local access roads in Morgan County and the interchange with Henderson Ford Road.
Overall work on Section 6 runs through the end of The new Interstate 69 will reconnect with existing I at Indianapolis via a shared alignment with I along the south and east sides of the city. Exit numbers along the original Interstate 69 from Indianapolis I northward to Michigan were renumbered in August-October to account for the additional mileage gained from the Evansville to Indianapolis stretch underway.
To simplify things, INDOT increased all existing exit numbers by while the actual mileage gain is estimated at miles. Prior to the final route selection through southwestern Indiana in January , Interstate 69 was proposed to follow one of the following five possible routes:. Much of the information regarding the I extension in Indiana was researched from The Indianapolis Star. I overlaps with I east of a directional T interchange at Exit Interstate 94 enters Port Huron northeast from Detroit via Marysville.
Interstate 69 east at I west prior to reconstruction of the exchange at Exit A freeway ends sign precedes the Bluewater Bridge toll plaza, which lies between M and 10th Avenue. The Blue Water Bridge spans the St. Clair River with a maximum of three lanes in each direction.
Lane signals regulate traffic flow. Photo by R. The Blue Water Bridge consists of two spans, a continuous tied arch bridge for eastbound traffic and a cantilever truss for westbound motorists. The original span was constructed following a ground breaking ceremony held on June 23, in the city of Port Huron. It opened to two-way traffic on October 10, The second bridge was built between June and July Upon completion, traffic from the span shifted onto the newly opened bridge, allowing for renovation of the original crossing.
Westbound traffic fully shifted onto the rebuilt bridge in November South at. M formally ends a block to the north while historic U. Interstate 69 previously began westbound at the exchange joining M with I Exit I eastbound concluded at I just beyond the Beach Street overpass in Flint. Brackets visible here once supported overheads displaying signage with two M shields and the control cities of Lapeer and Port Huron. A previous guide sign for I only referenced Detroit, as the freeway north from I was not completed before I east at the four level interchange with I at Downtown Flint, where M previously took over.
Approaching I on I north. The sign for I also displayed M This stretch of Interstate opened after the extension of I east to Port Huron was posted. I travels 55 miles west to Grand Rapids as I straddles the north side of Lansing en route to Flint, 55 miles to the east.
The first shield for I east, posted just after I in Watertown Township. Removed by June 11, , this sign referenced the cardinal direction change along I Expansion of the ramps to I added a third lane at Exit former Exit 0. The freeway mainline from I transitions onto Binford Boulevard at a signalized intersection with 75th Street. Binford Boulevard constitutes an at-grade arterial with near-expressway standards southwest into Downtown Indianapolis. Binford Boulevard North at. Binford Boulevard progresses north from 71st Street one mile to the exchange joining I with I Binford Boulevard intersects 75th Street just ahead of the freeway beginning of Interstate 69 north in Indianapolis.
I commences north from Binford Boulevard through the directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate
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