Interstate Highways are owned and maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) unless it is a toll road.
Highway names | |
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Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) |
US Highways | U.S. Route X (US X) |
State | State Road X (SR X) |
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The system was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which provided federal funds for construction of limited access highways. Indiana's initial set of seven Interstate Highways were announced in September 1957.[1]
Primary Interstates
editNumber | Length (mi)[2] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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I-64 | 123.33 | 198.48 | I-64 at Illinois state line west of Griffin | I-64 at Kentucky state line at New Albany | 1956 | current | ||
I-65 | 261.27 | 420.47 | I-65 at Kentucky state line at Jeffersonville | US 12/US 20 in Gary | 1956 | current | Formerly the longest Interstate in Indiana | |
I-69 | 342 | 550 | US 41/Veterans Memorial Parkway in Evansville | I-69 at Michigan state line northwest of Fremont | 1956 | current | Longest Interstate in Indiana | |
I-70 | 156.60 | 252.02 | I-70 at Illinois state line west of Terre Haute | I-70 at Ohio state line at Richmond | 1956 | current | ||
I-74 | 171.54 | 276.07 | I-74 at Illinois state line west of Covington | I-74 at Ohio state line at West Harrison | 1960 | current | ||
I-80 | 151.56 | 243.91 | I-80/I-94 at Illinois state line at Munster | I-80/I-90 at Ohio state line east of Angola | 1956 | current | Indiana Toll Road from I-80/I-90/I-94 split in NW Indiana to Ohio state line | |
I-90 | 156.28 | 251.51 | I-90 at Illinois state line in Hammond | I-80/I-90 at Ohio state line east of Angola | 1956 | current | Indiana Toll Road | |
I-94 | 46.13 | 74.24 | I-80/I-94 at Illinois state line in Munster | I-94 at Michigan state line northeast of Michigan City | 1956 | current | ||
Auxiliary Interstates
editNumber | Length (mi) | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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I-164 | 21.39[3] | 34.42 | US 41/Veterans Memorial Parkway in Evansville | I-64/I-69 northwest of Elberfeld | 1968 | [4] | 2014Redesignated as I-69 in 2014 | |
I-165 | — | — | I-70/I-65 "North Split" interchange in downtown Indianapolis | 38th Street in Indianapolis | 1978 | 1981 | Cancelled; instead, lanes were added on I-70 from the North Split to I-465 on the eastside, and on I-465 to the I-69 interchange on the northside. | |
I-265 | 13.11[5] | 21.10 | I-64/US 150 in New Albany | I-265 at Kentucky state line | 1977 | current | Part of outer beltway around Louisville, Kentucky | |
I-275 | 3.16[5] | 5.09 | I-275 at Kentucky state line (Ohio River) | I-275 at Ohio state line | 1962 | current | Part of a beltway around Cincinnati, Ohio | |
I-294 | 15 | 24 | I-80/I-90/I-294/US 6/US 41 Toll at Illinois state line | I-80/I-90/I-94/Indiana Toll Road in Lake Station | 1958 | 1965 | Formerly routed along the entirety of the Borman Expressway (I-80/I-90 [now I-94]); only I-294 in Illinois remains | |
I-465 | 52.79 | 84.96 | Beltway around Indianapolis | 1959 | current | Indianapolis beltway | ||
I-469 | 30.83[5] | 49.62 | I-69 south of Fort Wayne | I-69 north of Fort Wayne | 1989 | current | Southern, eastern, and northern bypass around Fort Wayne | |
I-865 | 4.72 | 7.60 | I-65 near Royalton | I-465 south of Zionsville | 2002 | current | Connector between I-465 and I-65 in northwest of Indianapolis; renumbered from I-465 to eliminate three-way intersection of I-465 | |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hodenfield, G. K. (September 26, 1957). "New Markers to Dot Super Roads". The Indianapolis News. p. 1. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (January 19, 2012). "Table 1". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (October 31, 2002). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 8, 2007.
- ^ "I-164 Renamed to I-69 by End of Year" (Press release). Indiana Department of Transportation. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c Federal Highway Administration (December 31, 2016). "Table 2". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved March 14, 2017.