Interstate 70 in Indiana
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Country | United States | |||
State | Indiana | |||
Counties | Vigo, Clay, Putnam, Morgan, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Henry, Wayne | |||
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Interstate 70 (I-70) in the US state of
Route description
The Indiana portion of I-70 begins at the
Entering the Indianapolis area, I-70 passes through the southern reaches of
Turning north, the next section of I-70 along the east side of Downtown Indianapolis travels concurrent with I-65. The two major interchanges at either end of this concurrency are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming the eastern leg of a section of freeways and surface streets locally known as the "Inner Loop" (around the Indianapolis central business district as opposed to the "Outer Loop" of the I-465 beltway). The north split is also called the "
Upon leaving I-65 at the north split, I-70 reaches a maximum width of 10 lanes (five in each direction) as it departs Downtown Indianapolis toward the east-northeast. On the east side of the city, I-70 again intersects with the I-465 beltway at another complex interchange before departing the city, county, and metro area in a nearly due-east direction toward Ohio.
The portion of I-70 east of Indianapolis has been designated as the "Anton Tony Hulman, Jr. Memorial Way".
History
Initial construction
Like all Interstate Highways in Indiana, I-70 was constructed in segments which, when all were complete, make up the route as it is today. There were three large segments in the western portion of the route between the Illinois border and I-465 in Indianapolis, and five more in the eastern portion connecting the east side of Indianapolis to Ohio. The urban portions through the capital city itself within I-465 were mostly deferred until the end of the Interstate construction process in the early to mid-1970s.[4]
The first section of I-70 to be built in Indiana was the portion around
Subsequent improvements
Between 2003 and 2005, I-70 was rebuilt about 1,000 feet (300 m) south of its original alignment on the western edge of Indianapolis. This reconstruction was done to allow expansion of runways at Indianapolis International Airport and to facilitate development of access roads from I-70 to the site of the new midfield Col. H. Weir Cook Passenger Terminal Building (which opened in 2008) at the airport.[6]
Exit list
County | Location | mi[7] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Vigo | Sugar Creek Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-70 west / US 40 west – Effingham, St. Louis | Illinois state line | |||
1.07 | 1.72 | 1 | National Road – West Terre Haute, Terre Haute | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
3.40 | 5.47 | 3 | Darwin Road – West Terre Haute | |||||
Terre Haute | 6.84 | 11.01 | 7 | US 41 / US 150 – Terre Haute, Evansville | ||||
11.18 | 17.99 | 11 | Rose Hulman Institute of Technology | Eastern end of US 40 concurrency; western terminus of SR 46 | ||||
Clay | Posey–Jackson township line | 22.57 | 36.32 | 23 | SR 59 – Brazil, Linton | |||
Putnam | Cloverdale Township | 37.09 | 59.69 | 37 | SR 243 – Putnamville | |||
Cloverdale | 41.11 | 66.16 | 41 | US 231 – Cloverdale, Greencastle | ||||
Morgan | Adams Township | 50.65 | 81.51 | 51 | County Road 1100 West | |||
Hendricks | Liberty Township | 59.21 | 95.29 | 59 | SR 39 – Belleville, Monrovia | |||
Morgan |
No major junctions | |||||||
Hendricks | Plainfield | 66.22 | 106.57 | 66 | Quaker Boulevard - Plainfield, Mooresville | Former SR 267 | ||
68.32 | 109.95 | 68 | Ameriplex Parkway / Ronald Reagan Parkway – Indianapolis International Airport | Signed as exits 68A (south) and 68B (north) eastbound; airport access via Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive (unsigned) | ||||
collector/distributor lanes ; I-465 exit 9 | ||||||||
74.53 | 119.94 | 75 | Sam Jones Expressway to Raymond Street | Directional access (eastbound to eastbound and westbound to westbound) only; Raymond Street signed eastbound only | ||||
76.38 | 122.92 | 77 | Holt Road | |||||
78.42 | 126.20 | 78 | Harding Street | |||||
79.47 | 127.89 | 79A | West Street | Split diamond interchange for West Street (one way south) and Missouri Street (one way north) | ||||
80.01 | 128.76 | 79B | Illinois Street, McCarty Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only to Illinois Street; complete access to McCarty Street | ||||
80.72 | 129.91 | 80 | I-65 south – Louisville | Western end of I-65 concurrency; I-65 exit 110B | ||||
80.77 | 129.99 | 110A | East Street | Exit number follows I-65; westbound exit only | ||||
81.51 | 131.18 | 111 | Washington Street | Exit number follows I-65; eastbound exit and westbound entrance (to collector/distributor) | ||||
— | I-65 north – Chicago | Eastern end of I-65 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound left entrance; I-65 exit 112 | ||||||
81.01– 81.78 | 130.37– 131.61 | 83A | Michigan Street / Ohio Street / Fletcher Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance (via collector/distributor lanes) | ||||
82.20 | 132.29 | 83B | I-65 north – Chicago | Westbound exit and eastbound left entrance; I-65 exit 112 | ||||
84.33 | 135.72 | 85 | Rural Street south / Keystone Avenue north | Signed as exits 85A (south) and 85B (north) | ||||
86.20 | 138.73 | 87 | Emerson Avenue | |||||
88.47 | 142.38 | 89 | Shadeland Avenue | Connected to I-465 exit eastbound via collector-distributor lanes | ||||
89.04 | 143.30 | 90 | ) | Signed as exit 89 eastbound due to shared collector-distributor lanes | ||||
90.38 | 145.45 | 91 | Post Road | |||||
Hancock | Mount Comfort | 95.61 | 153.87 | 96 | Mount Comfort Road | |||
Greenfield | 103.31 | 166.26 | 104 | SR 9 – Maxwell, Greenfield | ||||
Henry | Wayne Township | 114.93 | 184.96 | 115 | SR 109 – Wilkinson, Knightstown | |||
Spiceland–Franklin township line | 122.68 | 197.43 | 123 | SR 3 – New Castle, Spiceland | ||||
Wilbur Wright Road | ||||||||
Wayne | Jackson–Harrison township line | 136.92 | 220.35 | 137 | SR 1 – Hagerstown, Connersville, Cambridge City | |||
Center Township | 144.88 | 233.16 | 145 | Centerville Road | ||||
Signed as exits 149A (east/south) and 149B (west/north); western end of US 35 concurrency; hybrid cloverleaf interchange, northbound Williamsburg Pike to I-70 west is a left-exit flyover | ||||||||
150.67 | 242.48 | 151 | US 27 (Chester Boulevard) – Winchester | |||||
152.24 | 245.01 | 153 | SR 227 to SR 121 – Union City | |||||
155.56 | 250.35 | 156A | US 40 west (National Road ) | |||||
156B | US 40 east – Lewisburg | Westbound exit leads to, and eastbound entrance comes from, Ohio | ||||||
156.60 | 252.02 | Ohio state line | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (October 31, 2002). "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ^ "Schedule". North Split Upgrade. Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Project Overview". North Split Upgrade. Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Ripple, David Alan. "History of the Interstate System in Indiana", Purdue University, 1975.
- ^ "'Under the Highway': How interstates divided Indianapolis neighborhoods and displaced 17,000 people". October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Interstate Alignment Shifted To Allow Runway Expansion". Engineering News-Record. January 3, 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ Staff. "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). Indiana Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
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