Posted on 03/20/2021 5:07:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
or years, Interstate 69 being built through Johnson County was a distant idea.
On Tuesday, the state awarded more than $1 billion in construction contracts for the last leg of I-69 construction, marking the start of the final two phases of the project between Martinsville and Indianapolis.
Now, the entire 27-mile corridor from State Road 39 in Martinsville to Interstate 465 in Indianapolis is under contract, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
INDOT awarded a $345 million contract for I-69, from Morgan Street in Morgan County to Fairview Road in Johnson County, to Reith-Riley Construction Co. of Goshen, and Crider and Crider, Inc. of Bloomington. The section of the project includes two local interchanges, at State Road 144 in Bargersville, and Smith Valley Road in White River Township.
Walsh Construction of Chicago and Milestone Contractors of Indianapolis will complete the final stretch of I-69, from Fairview Road in Johnson County to Interstate 465 in Indianapolis. The $728 million section includes adding lanes and making improvements on I-465, between Interstate 65 and Interstate 70 on Indianapolis’ southwest side, and building new I-69 interchanges at County Line Road, Southport Road, Epler Avenue and I-465.
History of highway
The I-69 project was first imagined in the 1970s. But it took until the early 2000s for the state to start laying the groundwork, said Joe McGuiness, INDOT commissioner. The last leg, which is expected to wrap up in 2024, will end the more than decade-long journey of I-69 construction from Evansville to Indianapolis, which began in 2008.
Gov. Eric Holcomb, McGuinness and local officials from Evansville to Indianapolis said during a virtual groundbreaking this week they are overjoyed completion of the interstate is in sight.
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PING!
Around Houston they just changed the signs from US 59 to I 69. We are going to be able to ship those illegals from the border all the way to Sarnia. The mouth of the funnel near the border consists of an I 69 West, I 69 Center and I 69 East.
Buh huh huh...69...huh huh huh
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