Interstate 65 in Indiana
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Interstate 65 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Indiana DOT | ||||
Length: | 261.27 mi[1] (420.47 km) | |||
Existed: | 1956 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | I-65 at Kentucky state line | |||
I-265 / SR 62 / SR 265 in Jeffersonville I-74 / I-465 in Indianapolis I-70 in Indianapolis I-465 in Indianapolis I-865 in Indianapolis I-80 / I-94 / US 6 in Gary |
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North end: | I-90 / Indiana Toll Road / US 12 / US 20 in Gary | |||
Highway system | ||||
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In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 65 traverses the state from southeast to northwest. The Indiana portion begins near Louisville, Kentucky and travels north, passing through Columbus, Indianapolis, and Lafayette. Interstate 65 terminates near Gary on the Indiana Toll Road. Interstate 65 covers 261.27 miles (420.47 km) in the state of Indiana. This is one of the principal interstate highways that cross the state, and, more specifically, intersect at the city of Indianapolis, that has given the state the nickname of "Crossroads of America".
Route description
Interstate 65 enters the state at Jeffersonville (near Louisville, Kentucky on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge). I-65 travels past Clark State Forest before reaching Seymour to the north. I-65 intersects with US 50 providing access to Seymour to the west. US 31 runs parallel to the interstate until it reaches Indianapolis. North of Seymour, I-65 passes through Columbus. Just north of Columbus, I-65 runs near Camp Atterbury, an Indiana National Guard training base. The interstate continues north into Indianapolis.
Interstate 65 crosses the I-465 loop before reaching Indianapolis. The section of Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis overlaps Interstate 70. The junctions are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming a section of interstate locally known as the "Inner Loop" or "Spaghetti Bowl" due to the visual complexity of the overlapping freeways. In 1999, the 25-mile (40 km) segment of Interstate 65 between the two Interstate 465 interchanges was renamed the Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway. I-65 leaves the I-465 loop on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The highway travels past Eagle Creek Park and it then passes the terminus of I-865 and picks up US 52. At mile marker 116, I-65 passes Crown Hill Cemetery, burial site and memorial of President Benjamin Harrison.
The segment of Interstate 65 north of Indianapolis heads in the direction of Chicago, Illinois. US 52 runs concurrent until the north side of Lebanon. From this point US 52 runs parallel to I-65. At about the halfway point to the end of I-65 and Indianapolis, I-65 passes through Lafayette. I-65 crosses the Wabash River in Lafayette and passes next to Prophetstown State Park. North of Lafayette, I-65 passes through the open flatlands of northwest Indiana. Protruding from the fields are some of the hundreds of wind turbines of the Benton County Wind Farm and Fowler Ridge Wind Farm.
At approximately mile 199.4 is the time zone boundary between Central Time (Jasper County) and Eastern Time (White County). As with all time zone changes on highways maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation, this change in time zone is not marked with any roadside signage.
Upon crossing into Lake County, over the Kankakee River, the highway is known as the Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway.[2] It is known as this from that point to its northern terminus. The northern terminus of Interstate 65 is only Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). north of Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road).
History
Prior to 2004, the interchange from Interstate 90 to Interstate 65 required making a physical left turn onto Interstate 65 via a traffic signal; traffic from Interstate 65 to Interstate 90 bypassed the traffic signal via an isolated right-turn lane. It has since been grade-separated.
As part of the "Operation Indy Commute" project, INDOT began work in 2013 to widen I-65 on both northbound and southbound roads from Exit 103 at Southport Road northward to the southern junction with I-465, increasing the lanes temporarily to 4 on this section to improve merging traffic entering I-65 South from I-465 and from the westward exit into I-65 North from Southport Road. To reduce congestion on I-65 South from I-465 West, the cloverleaf exit from I-465 West was replaced by a flyover overpass to I-65 South. The I-465 East exit to I-65 South was expanded for improved merging with the westbound flyover. Most of this work was completed in late 2014.[3]
Exit list
County | Location | mi[4] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Ohio River | John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge I-65 continues south into Kentucky |
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Clark | Jeffersonville | 0.32 | 0.51 | 0 | Market Street, Court Street - Jeffersonville | |||
0.62 | 1.00 | 1 | US 31 south | Southern end of US 31 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 31 serves as service drives for I-65 until Exit 4 | ||||
0.77 | 1.24 | 1 | 10th Street – Jeffersonville | Formerly SR 62 east | ||||
1.73 | 2.78 | 1 | Brown's Station Way – New Albany | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerly SR 62 west | ||||
2.07 | 3.33 | 2 | Eastern Boulevard | |||||
3.82 | 6.15 | 4 | US 31 north / Lewis & Clark Parkway | Formerly SR 131 | ||||
5.03 | 8.10 | 5 | Veterans Parkway | |||||
5.70 | 9.17 | 6 | I-265 west / SR 62 / SR 265 east – New Albany | I-265 east exit 7, west exits 7A-B; signed as exits 6A (east) & 6B (west). | ||||
Sellersburg | 7.36 | 11.84 | 7 | SR 60 – Salem | ||||
9.10 | 14.65 | 9 | SR 311 – Speed, Sellersburg, New Albany | |||||
Memphis | 15.78 | 25.40 | 16 | Memphis Road | ||||
Henryville | 19.25 | 30.98 | 19 | SR 160 – Charlestown, Henryville | ||||
Scott | Scottsburg | 29.32 | 47.19 | 29 | SR 56 – Scottsburg, Salem | Signed as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west) southbound | ||
Austin | 33.50 | 53.91 | 34 | SR 256 – Austin | Signed as exits 34A (east) and 34B (west) southbound | |||
Jackson | Vernon Township | 36.52 | 58.77 | 36 | US 31 – Crothersville, Austin | |||
41.08 | 66.11 | 41 | SR 250 – Uniontown, Crothersville | |||||
Seymour | 49.55 | 79.74 | 50 | US 50 – North Vernon, Seymour, Brownstown | Signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west) | |||
Redding Township | 55.32 | 89.03 | 55 | SR 11 – Jonesville, Seymour | ||||
Bartholomew | Columbus | 63.72 | 102.55 | 64 | SR 58 west – Walesboro, Ogilville | |||
68.29 | 109.90 | 68 | SR 46 – Nashville, Columbus, Bloomington | |||||
Taylorsville | 75.74 | 121.89 | 76 | US 31 – Taylorsville, Columbus, Edinburgh | Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north) | |||
Shelby | Jackson Township | 80.06 | 128.84 | 80 | SR 252 – Edinburgh, Flat Rock | |||
Johnson | Franklin | 89.54 | 144.10 | 90 | SR 44 – Shelbyville, Franklin | |||
Pleasant Township | 94.41 | 151.94 | 95 | Whiteland Road – Whiteland | ||||
97.22 | 156.46 | 97 | Worthsville Road | Diverging diamond interchange;[5] Opened November 23 | ||||
Greenwood | 99.13 | 159.53 | 99 | Main Street – Greenwood | ||||
Johnson – Marion |
100.65 | 161.98 | 101 | County Line Road | ||||
Marion | Indianapolis | 103.03 | 165.81 | 103 | Southport Road | |||
105.90 | 170.43 | 106 | I-74 / I-465 (I-69) | I-74/465 exits 53A-B; Future I-69 (Proposed) | ||||
107.05 | 172.28 | 107 | Keystone Avenue | |||||
108.90 | 175.26 | 109 | Raymond Street | |||||
109.97 | 176.98 | 110A | Morris Street, Prospect Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
110.10 | 177.19 | 110B | I-70 west – St. Louis | Southern end of I-70 concurrency | ||||
110.39 | 177.66 | 110A | East Street | Southbound exit | ||||
110.52 | 177.86 | 111 | Fletcher Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
111.02 | 178.67 | 111 | Washington Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
111.29 | 179.10 | 111 | Ohio Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
111.49 | 179.43 | 111 | New York Street, Michigan Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
111.60 | 179.60 | 112A | I-70 east – Dayton, Columbus | Northern end of I-70 concurrency | ||||
112.96 | 181.79 | 113 | Pennsylvania Street, Meridian Street | |||||
113.51 | 182.68 | 114 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, West Street | |||||
114.26 | 183.88 | 115 | 21st Street | |||||
115.32 | 185.59 | 116 | 29th Street, 30th Street | No southbound exit | ||||
115.79 | 186.35 | 117 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street | No northbound exit | ||||
118.89 | 191.33 | 119 | 38th Street | Directional access (northbound to westbound and southbound to eastbound) only; 38th Street serves as collector/distributor lane for partial cloverleaf interchange with Kessler Boulevard | ||||
120.69 | 194.23 | 121 | Lafayette Road | |||||
122.69– 123.28 |
197.45– 198.40 |
123 | I-465 – Indianapolis International Airport | Directional access (northbound to northbound and southbound to southbound) only; Airport signed southbound only | ||||
124.17 | 199.83 | 124 | 71st Street | |||||
Boone | Eagle Township | 129.09 | 207.75 | 129 | I-865 east (US 52 east) to I-465 | Southern end of US 52 concurrency; western terminus of Interstate 865; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
129.85 | 208.97 | 130 | CR 650 South/Oak Street – Zionsville, Whitestown | Formerly SR 334 | ||||
Perry Township | 133.08 | 214.17 | 133 | SR 267 – Brownsburg, Whitestown | ||||
Lebanon | 137.44 | 221.19 | 138 | Indianapolis Road, Indianapolis Avenue - Lebanon | Southbound exit connects to Hall Baker Road; signed only as Lebanon southbound; no access from northbound Hall Baker Road to southbound Interstat 65 | |||
138.61 | 223.07 | 139 | SR 39 – Lizton, Lebanon | |||||
139.88 | 225.12 | 140 | SR 32 – Lebanon, Crawfordsville | |||||
141.29 | 227.38 | 141 | Lafayette Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
Center Township | 141.61 | 227.90 | 141 | US 52 west | North end of US 52 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Washington Township | 145.61 | 234.34 | 146 | SR 47 – Thorntown, Sheridan | ||||
Clinton | Washington Township | 157.56 | 253.57 | 158 | SR 28 – Frankfort, Attica | |||
Tippecanoe | Dayton | 168.16 | 270.63 | 168 | SR 25 south / SR 38 – Dayton, Lafayette | Southern end of SR 25 concurrency | ||
Lafayette | 171.73 | 276.37 | 172 | SR 26 – Lafayette, Rossville | ||||
174.77 | 281.27 | 175 | SR 25 north – Lafayette, Delphi | Northern end of SR 25 concurrency | ||||
West Lafayette | 177.90 | 286.30 | 178 | SR 43 – Brookston, West Lafayette | ||||
White | Prairie Township | 187.54 | 301.82 | 188 | SR 18 – Brookston, Fowler | |||
West Point Township | 192.96 | 310.54 | 193 | US 231 – Chalmers, Wolcott | ||||
Jasper | Carpenter Township | 200.94 | 323.38 | 201 | US 24 / US 231 – Wolcott, Remington | |||
204.51 | 329.13 | 205 | US 231 – Remington, Rensselaer | |||||
Newton Township | 214.24 | 344.79 | 215 | SR 114 – Morocco, Rensselaer | ||||
Newton Township – Union Township | 219.94 | 353.96 | 220 | SR 14 – Winamac | ||||
Keener Township | 229.00 | 368.54 | 230 | SR 10 – Roselawn, Demotte | ||||
Newton |
No major junctions | |||||||
Lake | Eagle Creek Township | 239.31 | 385.13 | 240 | SR 2 – Lowell, Hebron | Hebron signed northbound only | ||
Crown Point | 246.68 | 396.99 | 247 | US 231 – Crown Point, Hebron | Hebron signed southbound only | |||
249.48 | 401.50 | 249 | 109th Avenue – Crown Point, Winfield | Interchange opened September 30, 2010 | ||||
Merrillville | 252.06 | 405.65 | 253 | US 30 – Merrillville, Valparaiso, Schererville | ||||
254.57 | 409.69 | 255 | 61st Avenue | |||||
Hobart – Lake Station | 257.67 | 414.68 | 258 | Bus. US 6 (Ridge Road) |
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Gary | 259.06 | 416.92 | 259 | I-80 / I-94 / US 6 – Chicago, Toledo, Detroit | Signed as exits 259A (west) and 259B (east) | |||
260.59 | 419.38 | 261 | 15th Avenue | |||||
261.22 | 420.39 | 262 | I-90 / Indiana Toll Road – Illinois, Ohio | I-90 exit 17; northbound exit and southbound entrance. | ||||
261.27 | 420.47 | 262 | US 12 / US 20 – Portage, Gary | Northern terminus of I-65 at-grade | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary routes
I-65 has three auxiliary routes in Indiana:
- I-265: the Indiana segment of the incomplete beltway around Metro Louisville, running from I-65 in Clarksville to I-64 in New Albany and signed the Lee H. Hamilton Freeway. Construction has begun on a bridge across the Ohio River to connect the Indiana segment of I-265 with the Kentucky segment.
- I-465: beltway around Indianapolis, signed as the USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway
- I-865: a connector from I-65 to the northwest corner of I-465 in Indianapolis
References
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- ↑ "I-65 at Worthsville Road". Indiana Department of Transportation Seymour District. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
External links
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