The Indiana Department of Transportation promises the I-69 Finish Line Project will finish a year earlier than expected.
The project, which began in 2019, is the sixth and final section of the I-69 connection between Evansville and Indianapolis. According to INDOT Public Relations Director Natalie Garrett, the project is the result of 75 years of studies about an improved, multi-lane highway connecting southwest Indiana.
However, while the entire project is now expected to finish a year earlier, in 2024, that speed comes at a price: a five mile stretch between State Road 39 and Morgan Street will be shut down in order to expedite construction efforts.
That closure will begin this coming Saturday, Jan. 2, and will last until late 2021. Garrett says the closure will provide several benefits in the long run.
The official detour for the closure in Martinsville will follow State Road 39 to State Road 67 and to State Road 144. That will take drivers around Martinsville, Garrett says.
