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silverback1065:
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--- Quote from: nwi_navigator_1181 on March 06, 2022, 05:53:52 PM ---Officials are looking to confer with federal transportation authorities and INDOT about the feasibility of having an interchange there.
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I thought the days when federal officials had a say about what happens with interstates was something from a bygone era. What do the feds know about Indiana's needs? When they built i-670 here in Columbus local officials were telling them we needed four lanes in each direction. They insisted on three.
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I believe the feds are always involved in interstate matters that involve a major change, especially when it's an interchange being added or modified.
nwi_navigator_1181:
Wanted to check to make sure this wasn’t previously mentioned first.
The Indiana Toll Road is currently undergoing the Northwest Indiana Bridge Rehabilitation Project, with a focus on the bridges near the West Point Toll Plaza (at the Illinois State Line) and the Cline Avenue exit near the Gary-Chicago Airport.
At West Point: I-90 in both directions will be reduced to one lane (two lanes between Cline Avenue and the toll barrier). While the Indianapolis Boulevard exit will be open westbound, eastbound access to the Indiana Toll Road from Indianapolis Boulevard will be closed. Local traffic using 108th Avenue will be rerouted around the underpass. Those looking to enter the Toll Road from the state line will be required to drive down to Calumet Avenue (US 41), where access to the Toll Road will be available.
At Cline Avenue (Exit 10), all entry and exit ramps are closed. Westbound traffic is asked to use Cline Avenue to Indiana 312 west, then to US 41 north where westbound access is available. (If you’re willing to pay to cross the Cline Avenue bridge, this is the much quicker route). Eastbound traffic is asked to use Cline Avenue south to US 12/20 east (5th Avenue), driving through downtown Gary to reach the Toll Road at entry 17. Toll Road traffic looking to exit to Cline Avenue will be asked to use US 12/20 west (via exit 17 westbound) or Calumet Avenue south to Indiana 312 east (eastbound, though it would be quicker to use exit 3 - Cline Avenue eastbound - if you’re willing to pay the bridge toll). This project is expected to last through the summer.
On the Toll Road itself, the non-EZPass lanes will have the automated machines refitted to accept Apple and Google Pay (ramps included), along with updates to the EZPass readers themselves. The Elkhart, Elkhart East, Angola (I-69), and Eastgate plazas have already been refitted. More to come.
Great Lakes Roads:
https://www.newsbug.info/news/national/indiana/plan-for-indiana-speed-camera-enforcement-headed-to-governors-desk/article_d9ab5fee-3b62-50cb-8806-4afc3b9873d5.html
The speed cameras for work zones are heading to the governor's desk for his signature... :clap:
silverback1065:
are they going to close 465 in between 70 and 65 on the sw side? I see they have installed detour signs all along 70 from the south split out to 465. and I see big orange signs showing something happening to 465 west of 65 on sb 465 on the east side. :hmmm:
pianocello:
--- Quote from: silverback1065 on April 14, 2023, 09:55:15 PM ---are they going to close 465 in between 70 and 65 on the sw side? I see they have installed detour signs all along 70 from the south split out to 465. and I see big orange signs showing something happening to 465 west of 65 on sb 465 on the east side. :hmmm:
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It won't be closed entirely, but they're adding a lane in each direction as part of the I-69 project IIRC. Part of that is bringing at least one direction of 465 down to 1 lane for a couple days at a time, which could be what that big orange sign is.
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