Indianapolis: 'Operation Indy Commute' Launched for I-69, I-65

[mukade]

http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/64633.htm

[wh15395]

Why not just speed up the 465/69 Northeast reconstruction project? Additionally, one of the largest problems on I-69 is that it's only two lanes between S.R. 37 and S.R. 238. It could really probably use widening up to exit 19 in Pendleton.

[mukade]

Why not just speed up the 465/69 Northeast reconstruction project? Additionally, one of the largest problems on I-69 is that it's only two lanes between S.R. 37 and S.R. 238. It could really probably use widening up to exit 19 in Pendleton.

I think the I-465-69 project is moving forward, but I agree I-69 needs to be widened at least as far as SR 238. Do you mean SR 13 or SR 38? I'd say widening up to SR 13 in the next 5-10 years would be nice, but probably continuing the widening of I-70 and I-65 would be more important to the state than widening I-69 past SR 238.

[tdindy88]

I hope this includes adding a fourth lane going south on I-69, right now there are four going north for five miles and three going south along the same stretch of highway. I-69 is not climbing a mountain, it should have the same number of lanes in both directions. Also, they do not need to add lanes for the exit off to SR 37, they need to reconfigure where the lanes go, the right two lanes of I-69 should exit directly into SR 37/116th St. and the left two lanes continue north, that is if they do not decide to widen the road to three lanes out to SR 238, which they should do. I'd always felt that if Indiana were Kentucky, 69 would have been widened to six lanes all the way out to Anderson, but going to Exit 10 would be better than nothing.

On another note, it is good to see that they are focusing some attention to the 465/65 interchange on the southside. It was probably a nice design 30 years ago, but it does need to be redone, personally the whole interchange, but building these two new ramps should alleviate the problem.

[wh15395]

Why not just speed up the 465/69 Northeast reconstruction project? Additionally, one of the largest problems on I-69 is that it's only two lanes between S.R. 37 and S.R. 238. It could really probably use widening up to exit 19 in Pendleton.

I think the I-465-69 project is moving forward, but I agree I-69 needs to be widened at least as far as SR 238. Do you mean SR 13 or SR 38? I'd say widening up to SR 13 in the next 5-10 years would be nice, but probably continuing the widening of I-70 and I-65 would be more important to the state than widening I-69 past SR 238.

I suppose I mean SR 38, but I wish it would be six lanes all the way to Anderson. Like tdindy said, in many states it would be six lanes all the way to Anderson. I always think about that when I travel through Columbus on I-70 where it is six lanes forever.

[froggie]

tdindy:  there are two possible reasons why there's the lane inbalance:

- First, there may be an actual traffic split other than 50/50, whereby there's more traffic overall going northbound than southbound.

- Second, PM rush hours typically are heavier than AM rush hours, in part due to more types of trips.  National data suggests that only about 20% of all trips are work-related.

[ysuindy]

tdindy:  there are two possible reasons why there's the lane inbalance:

- First, there may be an actual traffic split other than 50/50, whereby there's more traffic overall going northbound than southbound.

- Second, PM rush hours typically are heavier than AM rush hours, in part due to more types of trips.  National data suggests that only about 20% of all trips are work-related.

I-69 from 116th Street / 37 is my daily commute to downtown Indy.  I do admit to being in the morning rush hour much more often than the afternoon commute - most nights I am working late enough to miss the evening rush.

The fourth lane northbound added a few years seems to have at least relieved congestion for through traffic staying north on 69.  Exit 5 still backs up, but it seems most of the nights I am stuck in that, the left two lanes flow fairly well.

Nothing flows well southbound from about 7:15 a.m. in the morning.  The worst jams seem to be from 116th Street until traffic from 96th Street merges in.  It tends to open up a little bit south of 96th Street most days.  In some ways it seems the biggest issue is southbound traffic that got on 69 at Exit 10 or further north needs to merge to the right to be ready for 465 West - I would say at least once a week when I am trying to merge on at 116th Street, someone is moving from the center lane in to the right merge lane.

[mobilene]

I drive I-69 frequently because my kids live in Fishers and I live on Indy's Northwestside.  That exit off 96th St. to SB I-69 bites, even on off hours.  Thank goodness I never have to drive it at rush hour.  Honestly, I don't know why anybody lives in Fishers/Noblesville if they work Downtown.  That's the worst traffic in the state.

[wh15395]

I drive I-69 frequently because my kids live in Fishers and I live on Indy's Northwestside.  That exit off 96th St. to SB I-69 bites, even on off hours.  Thank goodness I never have to drive it at rush hour.  Honestly, I don't know why anybody lives in Fishers/Noblesville if they work Downtown.  That's the worst traffic in the state.

I was just thinking about this. I've noticed that lately during the weekends SB 69 will back up between 96th and 82nd. It's time for a new SB lane.