Interstate 69 enters Allen County and next approaches the Fort Wayne bypass, Interstate 469 north to New Haven. Exits 96A/B consist of a directional-cloverleaf interchange with Lafayette Center Road west and U.S. 24 & 33 as well. Photo taken 10/16/04.
Interstates 469 and 69 double as the routes for U.S. 24, 30, and 33 to bypass the city of Fort Wayne. U.S. 24 follows Interstate 69 north to Exit 102 and Interstate 469 east to Exit 21. U.S. 33 follows Interstate 69 north to Exit 109 and Interstate 469 east to Exit 11. U.S. 30 encircles the city along northern reaches of both freeways. U.S. 27 is the lone remaining US route traveling through the city, though its route concludes at Exit 112 of Interstate 69, well short of its original terminus in northern Michigan. Photo taken 10/16/04.
Fully opened in 1995, Interstate 469 tallies 30.83 miles east and south of Fort Wayne. Despite its path constituting a bypass, Interstate 69 travels a route 12-mles shorter then its child loop. Interstate 469 mainly serves interests to the U.S. highways feeding into the Fort Wayne area such as U.S. 27 & 33 from Decatur, U.S. 30 from Lima, Ohio, and U.S. 24 east to Defiance, Ohio. Photo taken 10/16/04.
Exit 96B loops onto Lafayette Center Road to the adjacent GM Fort Wayne Assembly Plant and East 900 North in Huntington County to U.S. 24 at Roanoke. Photo taken 10/16/04.
Interstate 69 north, U.S. 24 west, and U.S. 33 northbound reassurance shields posted after their merge at Interstate 469's southern terminus. The trio enters the southwest suburbs in six miles at the split with U.S. 24 west. Photo taken 10/16/04.
