I-65 SB at North Split to close for 16 days
Video with this story is from Oct. 7, 2024, before the date of the project’s start was moved earlier, to Oct. 15.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A year and five months after downtown’s North Split reopened from a two-year, $320 million overhaul, part of the well-traveled route is about to be closed again for repairs.
The Indiana Department of Transportation will temporarily close I-65 southbound starting the night of Oct. 15 between West Street and Alabama Street. Over 16 days, the bridge deck and joints will be patched and repaired on I-65 southbound near the North Split with I-70.
The project was originally set to begin Oct. 18.
INDOT said in a news release, “Lane restrictions on I-65 southbound will begin at 29th Street and continue to the point of closure. Traffic will be required to exit I-65 southbound at West Street.”
Here’s a list of ramps that will be closed:
- 38th Street eastbound to I-65 southbound.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street southbound to I-65 southbound.
- 29th Street eastbound and 30th Street westbound to I-65 southbound.
- 21st Street eastbound and westbound to I-65 southbound.
- West Street northbound to I-65 southbound.
These exit ramps also will be inaccessible from I-65 southbound:
- I-65 southbound to Meridian Street.
- I-65 southbound to Michigan Street, Ohio Street, and Fletcher Avenue.
- I-65 southbound to I-70 eastbound and westbound.
The change in the start and ends dates will mean the closure should not impact the influx of concert-goers for Taylor Swift concerts Nov. 1-3 at Lucas Oil Stadium.