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I-67: TN, KY, IN

Started by mukade, October 25, 2011, 06:36:20 PM

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codyg1985

Quote from: wdcrft63 on April 18, 2015, 11:28:55 PM
I see the idea of upgrading the Natcher Parkway to interstate standards is still active:
http://www.wave3.com/story/28698204/daviess-co-leaders-want-natcher-parkway-upgraded-to-interstate-standards


I could see this being a I-x65 (I-165 would be a good one).
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

Life in Paradise

Why Petersburg?  The Jasper, IN area has a lot of industry, and actually has been in need of a four lane road to I-64 or I-69 for years, and a true bypass would have been good as well.  Petersburg already has I-69 and almost no industry for its 2500 residents.

silverback1065

Quote from: Life in Paradise on November 05, 2016, 11:40:35 AM
Why Petersburg?  The Jasper, IN area has a lot of industry, and actually has been in need of a four lane road to I-64 or I-69 for years, and a true bypass would have been good as well.  Petersburg already has I-69 and almost no industry for its 2500 residents.

eventually, us 231 will be a 4 lane divided highway in most of the state. 

Interstate 69 Fan

Quote from: codyg1985 on May 07, 2015, 07:08:18 AM
Quote from: wdcrft63 on April 18, 2015, 11:28:55 PM
I see the idea of upgrading the Natcher Parkway to interstate standards is still active:
http://www.wave3.com/story/28698204/daviess-co-leaders-want-natcher-parkway-upgraded-to-interstate-standards


I could see this being a I-x65 (I-165 would be a good one).
They have assigned the "Future Interstate 565" designation to the route.
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

froggie

Who are "they", and when were the planning to petition AASHTO and FHWA for such a route number?  Until that happens and is approved, it's not an official Future Interstate.

Interstate 69 Fan

Quote from: froggie on November 08, 2016, 08:42:25 AM
Who are "they", and when were the planning to petition AASHTO and FHWA for such a route number?  Until that happens and is approved, it's not an official Future Interstate.
KYTC submitted it, and they declined I-565, but Approved Future I-565.
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

mvak36

Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on November 08, 2016, 04:19:58 PM
Quote from: froggie on November 08, 2016, 08:42:25 AM
Who are "they", and when were the planning to petition AASHTO and FHWA for such a route number?  Until that happens and is approved, it's not an official Future Interstate.
KYTC submitted it, and they declined I-565, but Approved Future I-565.

They didn't submit a request: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=14873.msg2183548#msg2183548
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Interstate 69 Fan

Quote from: mvak36 on November 08, 2016, 04:25:32 PM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on November 08, 2016, 04:19:58 PM
Quote from: froggie on November 08, 2016, 08:42:25 AM
Who are "they", and when were the planning to petition AASHTO and FHWA for such a route number?  Until that happens and is approved, it's not an official Future Interstate.
KYTC submitted it, and they declined I-565, but Approved Future I-565.

They didn't submit a request: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=14873.msg2183548#msg2183548
I thought they did. My bad
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

andy3175

http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/news/new-law-could-open-way-for-additional-southern-interstate/article_e6516a81-4bbb-520c-8814-f87eb3d24d2b.html

New law could open way for additional southern interstate
Mike Grant CNHI News Indiana May 2, 2017

QuoteA unique bill for new road funding could open the way for construction of a new interstate highway in southern Indiana.

Late last week, Governor Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 128, also known as the Regional Infrastructure bill, into law. The measure was authored by State Rep. Mike Braun and State Senator Mark Messmer, both Republicans from Jasper. The bill will allow counties, or municipalities, to establish a Regional Development Authority to raise funds specifically for infrastructure projects like highways, bridges, rail lines, airports, public transportation and other infrastructure improvements.

"I was really pleased that it went through," said Representative Braun. "We started working on this bill last session, but didn't put it together until this one."

Braun points out that Indiana has been struggling to come up with funding for road projects. Right now it has money to fund the major ones on the books like the completion of I-69 between Indianapolis and Martinsville, and the new bridge over the Ohio between Evansville and Henderson, Kentucky.

"The problem is there was not enough money to get any other major projects past the talking stage," he said. "This is a long-term funding bill that will allow for the establishment of Regional Development Authorities that can pay for some of the road funding."

Under the bill cities and counties could take money from any number of sources, including general funds, rainy day funds and other funds to put together money for a major project. The project would go to the Indiana Department of Transportation where it would be vetted, and if acceptable, the local funding could be used to help cover the state matching funds on a major project.

"Most big projects in Indiana are built with federal highway funds," explained Braun. "The state normally has to cover about 20 percent of the cost. The Regional Development Authority fund would be used to off-set the funding for the state match. This law gives regional areas additional tools to help fund their specific infrastructure projects. By providing new ways for local governments and businesses to have skin in the game, we can encourage them to prioritize projects that have a greater economic or regional impact while also working to improve the quality of roads and bridges in their areas."

Mid-State Corridor

Officials in Dubois and surrounding counties have a specific project they wish to push under the new law. The Mid-State Corridor would connect onto I-69 somewhere in Daviess County and extend south to the Ohio River to Owensboro, Kentucky. Along the way it will create interstate access to Martin, Dubois, and Spencer counties.

"We have talked about this project, especially a bypass connecting the industrial areas in Huntingburg and Jasper, forever," said Braun. "We can now get this going. We have already had a meeting to begin forming the RDA. This law is like a green light to work on the Mid-State Corridor. I think it will come together pretty quickly in Dubois and Spencer counties. There is still some question where it will go once it gets to the north of Dubois County."

The Regional Infrastructure Bill is a piece of unique Indiana legislation. Braun says there is nothing like it elsewhere in the country. The Indiana Legislature normally does not embrace new ideas the first one or two times through.

"I am really pleased that it went through on the first attempt," he said. "We were lucky. Senator Luke Kenley (Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee) liked it and became a supporter, then INDOT got on board. The Indiana Finance Authority liked it. When we removed the provisions for a referendum and potential property tax increases, the Farm Bureau got on board and then came a cascade of support. I think the state liked the idea of local governments getting involved in infrastructure projects and being willing to put up some of their money to do it."

The Regional Infrastructure law came during the same session at HB 1002 which will raise billions of dollars in new funding for Indiana roads and bridges through a higher gas tax and increases in registration fees for vehicles.

"The Regional Infrastructure law is a great companion to HB 1002," said Braun. "The bill will help fast track some projects that have not gone anywhere even though they have had local support."
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silverback1065

this project is a waste of time and money, literally anything you could think of transportationwise is more important to do in indiana before doing this bullshit.  make 231 a divided highway and be done with it. 

Captain Jack

I agree.

Kokomo, Vincennes, Logansport, Bedford, Warsaw, are all Indiana communities larger than Jasper that are not connected to an interstate highway.

If Ft. Wayne to Chicago, Evansville to Chicago, South Bend to Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne to Lafayette are all adequately served by a limited access US route, then there is absolutely no reason a Jasper to Owensboro route can't be as well.

Life in Paradise

Agreed.  I've lived in the area for over fifty years, and the US-231 corridor between Jasper and Huntingburg has been discussed for decades.  They've even thrown money at it in the 70s with the super two highway that went between the two cities, dropping in at the tow outskirts.  Back then they should have put in a four lane bypassing Jasper for the industrial traffic down to I-64.  They don't need an interstate, but a four lane would have been a good idea to get the furniture factory traffic down to the main east/west interstate.

The Ghostbuster

I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

NWI_Irish96

Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 08, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

Needed?  No.  You have a road from Bowling Green to Owensboro that is already at or very near interstate standard.  You also have a road from South Bend to Plymouth that is at interstate standard, and you have I-69 covering much of what is in between.  I don't think the segment from Owensboro to wherever it would tie in with I-69 needs to be interstate standard, and I don't think the rest of US 31 between Westfield and Plymouth that hasn't been converted yet needs to be.  From Indiana's standpoint I think 6-laning the rest of I-65 and I-70 is more important.

Still, if at some point in the future the rest of that upgrading is done, then I-67 makes sense.  Even if only the rest of what is between Westfield and Plymouth gets done, designating US 31 from South Bend to Indy as I-67 makes sense.
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hbelkins

Except Kentucky already plans to sign the Natcher as an x65 instead of 67.


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abqtraveler

Quote from: cabiness42 on May 09, 2017, 08:55:21 AM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 08, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

Needed?  No.  You have a road from Bowling Green to Owensboro that is already at or very near interstate standard.  You also have a road from South Bend to Plymouth that is at interstate standard, and you have I-69 covering much of what is in between.  I don't think the segment from Owensboro to wherever it would tie in with I-69 needs to be interstate standard, and I don't think the rest of US 31 between Westfield and Plymouth that hasn't been converted yet needs to be.  From Indiana's standpoint I think 6-laning the rest of I-65 and I-70 is more important.

Still, if at some point in the future the rest of that upgrading is done, then I-67 makes sense.  Even if only the rest of what is between Westfield and Plymouth gets done, designating US 31 from South Bend to Indy as I-67 makes sense.

In that instance, the I-67 designation could be applied to the US-20/31 bypass around South Bend and continue northward along the US-31 freeway into Michigan.  The interchange with the South Bend Bypass and the new US-31 freeway heading south toward Plymouth would have to be upgraded from the current cloverleaf design to a high-speed directional configuration.
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silverback1065

Quote from: abqtraveler on May 09, 2017, 11:16:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 09, 2017, 08:55:21 AM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 08, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

Needed?  No.  You have a road from Bowling Green to Owensboro that is already at or very near interstate standard.  You also have a road from South Bend to Plymouth that is at interstate standard, and you have I-69 covering much of what is in between.  I don't think the segment from Owensboro to wherever it would tie in with I-69 needs to be interstate standard, and I don't think the rest of US 31 between Westfield and Plymouth that hasn't been converted yet needs to be.  From Indiana's standpoint I think 6-laning the rest of I-65 and I-70 is more important.

Still, if at some point in the future the rest of that upgrading is done, then I-67 makes sense.  Even if only the rest of what is between Westfield and Plymouth gets done, designating US 31 from South Bend to Indy as I-67 makes sense.

In that instance, the I-67 designation could be applied to the US-20/31 bypass around South Bend and continue northward along the US-31 freeway into Michigan.  The interchange with the South Bend Bypass and the new US-31 freeway heading south toward Plymouth would have to be upgraded from the current cloverleaf design to a high-speed directional configuration.

i've heard that 31 north of 465 could become 67 in the future, but that's just wikipedia. 

LM117

Quote from: silverback1065 on May 10, 2017, 07:28:30 AM
Quote from: abqtraveler on May 09, 2017, 11:16:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 09, 2017, 08:55:21 AM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 08, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

Needed?  No.  You have a road from Bowling Green to Owensboro that is already at or very near interstate standard.  You also have a road from South Bend to Plymouth that is at interstate standard, and you have I-69 covering much of what is in between.  I don't think the segment from Owensboro to wherever it would tie in with I-69 needs to be interstate standard, and I don't think the rest of US 31 between Westfield and Plymouth that hasn't been converted yet needs to be.  From Indiana's standpoint I think 6-laning the rest of I-65 and I-70 is more important.

Still, if at some point in the future the rest of that upgrading is done, then I-67 makes sense.  Even if only the rest of what is between Westfield and Plymouth gets done, designating US 31 from South Bend to Indy as I-67 makes sense.

In that instance, the I-67 designation could be applied to the US-20/31 bypass around South Bend and continue northward along the US-31 freeway into Michigan.  The interchange with the South Bend Bypass and the new US-31 freeway heading south toward Plymouth would have to be upgraded from the current cloverleaf design to a high-speed directional configuration.

i've heard that 31 north of 465 could become 67 in the future, but that's just wikipedia.

An I-67 between Indianapolis and Grand Rapids using US-31 and I-196 (assuming Michigan eventually closes that gap) makes better sense to me than it's current proposed routing in KY and IN.
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Henry

There can be too much of a good thing. And FWIW, the proposed route would be on the wrong side of I-65, but the I-69 extension also is.

I wonder what has become of the US 219 plans in western PA? An I-67 there would be a far worse violation of the grid than I-99 in the central part of that state!
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sparker

Quote from: LM117 on May 10, 2017, 08:28:19 AM
Quote from: silverback1065 on May 10, 2017, 07:28:30 AM
Quote from: abqtraveler on May 09, 2017, 11:16:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 09, 2017, 08:55:21 AM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 08, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
I doubt we will ever see an Interstate 67 in any of these states. Is one really needed?

Needed?  No.  You have a road from Bowling Green to Owensboro that is already at or very near interstate standard.  You also have a road from South Bend to Plymouth that is at interstate standard, and you have I-69 covering much of what is in between.  I don't think the segment from Owensboro to wherever it would tie in with I-69 needs to be interstate standard, and I don't think the rest of US 31 between Westfield and Plymouth that hasn't been converted yet needs to be.  From Indiana's standpoint I think 6-laning the rest of I-65 and I-70 is more important.

Still, if at some point in the future the rest of that upgrading is done, then I-67 makes sense.  Even if only the rest of what is between Westfield and Plymouth gets done, designating US 31 from South Bend to Indy as I-67 makes sense.

In that instance, the I-67 designation could be applied to the US-20/31 bypass around South Bend and continue northward along the US-31 freeway into Michigan.  The interchange with the South Bend Bypass and the new US-31 freeway heading south toward Plymouth would have to be upgraded from the current cloverleaf design to a high-speed directional configuration.

i've heard that 31 north of 465 could become 67 in the future, but that's just wikipedia.

An I-67 between Indianapolis and Grand Rapids using US-31 and I-196 (assuming Michigan eventually closes that gap) makes better sense to me than it's current proposed routing in KY and IN.


If anything, US 31 north of Indianapolis and a subsumed I-196 would be the most appropriate place to designate a I-67.  Multiplexing it south over the new segments of I-69 just to serve Owensboro, KY would be more than gratuitous (regardless of the ambitions of its mayor).  The segment of US 231 from Crane south to I-64 doesn't have nearly the traffic volume to warrant Interstate-level upgrades, although in the longer term it's possible that a connector from I-64 to Owensboro south of there along 231 might eventually be an auxiliary Interstate route -- just not I-67!

silverback1065

owensboro seems to live in the shadow of evansville.

codyg1985

Quote from: silverback1065 on May 18, 2017, 10:33:49 PM
owensboro seems to live in the shadow of evansville.

Downtown Owensboro is quite impressive, at least when I visited a few weeks ago. I don't remember it having a huge playground and park on the river when I was last there in 2005.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

Rothman

That must be due to recent redevelopment.  I went through Owensboro five or six years ago and it was a rather depressing place.  Seemed to be just yet another dying old industrial city.
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I-39

I concur with what was previously said. If I-67 comes about at all, the most logical corridor would be from Indianapolis to Grand Rapids along the US 31/I-196 corridor (or perhaps ending in Benton Harbor, as the US 31 freeway will not tie directly into I-196).

Though there are indeed higher priorities in Indiana, with the recent gas tax hike (with indexing), I could see the remaining segments of US 31 between South Bend and Indianapolis being converted to freeway within the next 10-15 years, so maybe an I-67 designation is not too far off.



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