Indiana Projects
Indiana has several projects on the drawing board to help meet transportation needs for the next 25 years. Many of the projects have been started already, and Indiana's aggressive approach to building roads put through a series of major projects to make key improvements to Indiana's road network. This effort was known as Major Moves. While this fixed many issues regarding freeways and state roads, it did not address the plethora of problems with local and county road systems. More on this in the Indiana Road Report.
Major Moves
Major Moves was a road building initiative started by Governor Mitch Daniels and Indiana's legislators that helped rebuild many of indianas aging main routes and pave the way for several key corrridor projects including the Fort to Port, Hoosier Heartland and the still to be completed I-69 extension. Major Moves 2020 is an extension of that program that seeks to expand upon that program and continue making upgrades to major highways in the major metro areas such as: Indy, Northwest Indiana, Fort Wayne, and around the state.
What paid for Major Moves, Indiana used the Lease of it's Toll Road to a private consortium to fund these needed improvements. and Eventually the construction of new toll roads will also be privatized as well to help raise the capital needed to fund additional road construction.
Additionally many projects still need to be completed such as statewide widening of several highways such as: I-65, I-70, I-80/90 (Indiana Toll Road) I-94 and I-69. It also included major improvements to highways all over the state. The key is how is the state going to pay for it. That creates some key funding challenges when road upkeep and infrastructure improvements are not built into the state's transportation budget. The Idea is being bandied about of raising the per gallon tax on gasoline (which was already recently increased) an additional ten cents ($0.10) per gallon and the coup de gras is that the state wants to place electronic tolling on virtually every “freeway” in the state, meaning there would be almost no freeways left in the state. More on this on the Indiana Tolling page
Projects
Interstate 65 Corridor
Lafayette Widening
This project will widen the Freeway from SR 38 to the Wabash River bridge from 4 to 6 lanes. The project is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2018.
This will widen the freeway from just south of SR-2 to the US 30 junction from 4 to 6 lanes. The project is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2018.
Interstate 69 Corridor
| Indiana Projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | Key Projects | Status |
| Indianapolis to Bloomington | Construct new 4 lane freeway/expressway along current State Road 37 alignment | Planning and Bidding |
| Bloomington | Complete Construction of new 4 lane freeway/expressway through Bloomington | Under Construction |
| Evansville | Construct new 4 lane toll bridge across the Ohio river to Henderson KY - Possible KTC project. | Project Study |
US 31 Corridor
J-Turn
US 31 J-Turns intersections to be added at SR-10/Dewey St and SR-110 in Marshall county.
Long Term
Upgrade US 31 to full interstate freeway standards and construct bypasses around major cities (i.e. Kokomo). Construction to be completed in stages. Completed Hamilton County, Komomo Bypass, South Bend Bypass. full grade separation and upgrade to freeway of remaining section north and south of Kokomo
US24 J-Turns
US 24 J-Turns in Cass County ... US 24 at Logansport Road ... US 24 at CR 600 East
Illiana Expressway
Construct Toll Road from I-65 to I-57 south of the Chicago Metro Area Project Status: Abandoned/Deferred - Construct the toll road as a possible ultimate bypass and relocation for I-80 south of Chicago