Indiana is finishing its portion of Interstate 69, a highway planned to run from Canada to Mexico. It’s been in the works for decades.
Governing By Jared Brey May 1, 2024
In Brief:
The Indiana Department of Transportation expects to complete its section of Interstate 69 this year.
The highway is planned to stretch from Canada to Mexico, with several segments south of Indiana yet to be built.
Backers say the project boosts economic opportunities and reduces travel times for communities throughout the state.
Vaneta Becker’s commute takes longer than most Hoosiers’. For more than 40 years, she’s been making the drive from her home in Evansville to the state Capitol in Indianapolis, where she’s served in the state legislature since 1981. It used to be a three-and-a-half-hour trip, but the gradual development of Interstate 69 in southern Indiana has made it much faster. The “naysayers” warned it would only save 10 minutes, Becker recalls. Actually, it saves her an hour each way.
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is now putting the finishing touches on the state’s sections of I-69, expecting to complete the long-planned road by the end of the year. The section that stretches from Indianapolis north to Port Huron, Mich., on the border with Canada, was originally opened in 1992. But the portion of I-69 south of Indianapolis didn’t really get going until 2005.
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