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tdindy88:
--- Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 26, 2023, 03:23:43 PM ---https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/indot-renovating-black-river-welcome-center
"INDOT renovating Black River Welcome Center
POSEY COUNTY, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation said Thursday it will close the Black River Welcome Center on eastbound I-64 in Posey County for reconstruction. The closure, set to begin next week, is expected to last about two years.
The new center will add many features beyond the typical restroom and snack stop, according to INDOT.
The building will feature characteristics of a log cabin resembling President Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home with exhibits of the area’s history. There will be two new restroom facilities for truck drivers, including four individual ADA-accessible restrooms per building.
The parking capacity will also increase, with 75 spaces for semi-trucks and 55 spaces for cars. Outside of the center there will be a children’s playground, adult recreation area with a walking trail and a dog park.
Crews will fully demolish the existing building before beginning the reconstruction. The new facility is expected to open in 2025.
INDOT did not disclose its financial investment in the project. The Black River Welcome Center is located about 33 miles northwest of Evansville.
The project is part of a 10-year plan by INDOT to improve Indiana’s 26 rest areas and welcome centers. When complete, the project will add more than 1,100 semitrailer parking spaces statewide.
Earlier this week, INDOT broke ground on a $58.5 million reconstruction of the Clear Creek Welcome Center near Terre Haute, which will pay homage to the state’s racing history."
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Hopefully this nice looking welcome center will include signage telling motorists that it will be roughly 140 miles until the next rest area, unless they drive a big rig.
It sounds like they should have also kept the welcome center on I-64 westbound west of New Albany. They could have made that one fancy too. Do drivers coming into Indiana but utilizing I-64 west from Louisville deserve nothing? But if you're coming from Illinois then yes?
And north of Henryville on I-65, no rest areas for non truck-driving motorists for the rest of I-65's northbound existence. I guess with that plan you'll have no other choice than to find "more to discover in Indiana."
Finally, just a curious thought, but by the fancy new welcome center on I-65 around the Kankakee River. It looks like a good idea, but aren't there already welcome centers along the Borman Expressway and I-94 in Michigan City. At least that Kankakee River Welcome Center could come with the wonderful sign "Next Rest Area 255 Miles!"
pianocello:
--- Quote from: tdindy88 on May 27, 2023, 05:09:26 AM ---Hopefully this nice looking welcome center will include signage telling motorists that it will be roughly 140 miles until the next rest area, unless they drive a big rig.
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I'm confused
tdindy88:
--- Quote from: pianocello on May 27, 2023, 08:46:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: tdindy88 on May 27, 2023, 05:09:26 AM ---Hopefully this nice looking welcome center will include signage telling motorists that it will be roughly 140 miles until the next rest area, unless they drive a big rig.
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I'm confused
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I was slightly in error on that one. The eastbound I-64 rest area is slated to be closed around 2025 as INDOT's plan of modernizing the rest areas is having less of them to modernize. So semi drivers will also have to wait 140 miles before the next rest area. The westbound one at that location will become just truck parking. Which means westbound travelers along I-64, who don't drive semis, will have no rest areas in Indiana. That's about 184 miles between rest areas in the future.
Great Lakes Roads:
https://improvetomove32.com/landing/
Project website to improve Indiana SR 32 between Westfield and Noblesville from a two-lane road to a four-lane road with a curbed median. Between the US 31 interchange in Westfield and downtown Noblesville, there will be 11 roundabouts once all of these projects get done.
silverback1065:
--- Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 29, 2023, 06:27:36 PM ---https://improvetomove32.com/landing/
Project website to improve Indiana SR 32 between Westfield and Noblesville from a two-lane road to a four-lane road with a curbed median. Between the US 31 interchange in Westfield and downtown Noblesville, there will be 11 roundabouts once all of these projects get done.
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I'm confused, this looks like a road in Carmel :-D this has to cost a pretty penny!
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