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Indianapolis Meet (7/10-7/11)
DanTheMan414:
Trailing on the heels of a successful 2-day gathering last year in Chicago, we're going to be doing another 2-dayer in the Great Lakes region here this summer. This year's destination: Indianapolis. This is the first time (as far as I know) that a gathering has been done in Indiana's capital city, and there are a lot of interesting things to check out on the roads front in the area.
The dates for the Indianapolis meet are going to be Fri., 7/10 and Sat., 7/11. For a bit of a different twist, our tour on Fri., 7/10 will head southwesterly from Indianapolis, to cover the general corridor that the future extension of I-69 will take. On the way back, we will travel through the SPUI interchange between I-65 and SR 46 in Columbus, IN, which features a type of bridge you don't see everyday -- tied-arch. On Sat., 7/11, we will focus more on roads and projects of note more within the immediate Indianapolis area. This year, the event will most likely conclude with the end of the tour on Saturday, but will start on Thursday evening, 7/09, for those of you who come into town (or are already in town) early. Our evening events on 7/09 & 7/10 will give you a little flair for what the Indianapolis area has to offer, similar to what we did when we hit Ed Debevic's and Navy Pier in the evenings in Chicago last year.
Logistics are still being worked on right now, including the lodging base, tour routing and stops, the evening events and more. I will post more information on these things, especially on the area where our base meet-up point will be, in the coming days. We hope you'll be able to join us for what promises to be a fun weekend on the roads of the Indianapolis region, if even for only one of the two days. (Last year, we had about 7 of us that were there the entire weekend, and then one person who came for Friday's festivities around Chicago, and 7 that joined us for the Milwaukee tour that Saturday.)
If you are interested in joining us in Indy, please let me know, either by posting here, or messaging me. Also, if you have any suggestions for either of the tours, please pass those along as well. Thanks, and we hope to see you for the 2009 Indianapolis Roads Event!
hbelkins:
--- Quote from: DanTheMan474 on June 08, 2009, 04:30:23 PM ---Logistics are still being worked on right now, including the lodging base, tour routing and stops, the evening events and more. I will post more information on these things, especially on the area where our base meet-up point will be, in the coming days. We hope you'll be able to join us for what promises to be a fun weekend on the roads of the Indianapolis region, if even for only one of the two days. (Last year, we had about 7 of us that were there the entire weekend, and then one person who came for Friday's festivities around Chicago, and 7 that joined us for the Milwaukee tour that Saturday.)
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Excellent! I will be anxiously awaiting the announcement of the daily meet-up point, as I need to get reservations made and have two free Microtel nights I'd like to redeem for this meet if things work out.
For side trips, when we head down to the Evansville area, we could always check out the twin bridges on US 41 that cross the Ohio River from Kentucky into Kentucky (the state line is north of the river at that point and the river is entirely in Kentucky) and possibly the US 231 cable-stayed bridge crossing the Ohio River upriver from Owensboro. There was construction in the area of US 231 and I-64 last year and that might still be ongoing.
Please let us know ASAP where the daily meet-up point will be so reservations can be made. My plan is to come up Thursday night after a circuitous and as-yet-to-be-determined route to Indy, spend Thursday and Friday nights in Indy, and then depart for home as soon as Saturday's festivities are over, probably overnighting in the Cincy area Saturday night.
hbelkins:
The good news is, I cashed in two free nights and my stay in Indy won't cost me a dime.
The bad news is, I didn't have much of a choice in where I got to stay. As a result I am on North Michigan Road, off I-465 at Exit 27 on the north side of town. I'm presuming that this will probably be across town from where the daily meetup site will be. Oh well, as long as someone familiar with Indy traffic can give me tips on the best way to avoid traffic jams to get from my motel to where we meet up each day, it'll be OK.
rawmustard:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on June 11, 2009, 10:00:30 AM ---The good news is, I cashed in two free nights and my stay in Indy won't cost me a dime.
The bad news is, I didn't have much of a choice in where I got to stay. As a result I am on North Michigan Road, off I-465 at Exit 27 on the north side of town. I'm presuming that this will probably be across town from where the daily meetup site will be. Oh well, as long as someone familiar with Indy traffic can give me tips on the best way to avoid traffic jams to get from my motel to where we meet up each day, it'll be OK.
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Even with the ongoing construction on the west side, if the meet site is also located off the beltway, your best bet would be to use the beltway unless you choose to explore the local streets. I would expect that normally the worst congestion would be near the airport.
Alps:
Moved it back a week, eh? I'll have to clear it with Boss Man. Still should be OK - I'm just itching to get out and drive again!
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