Indy road closures

[Retlaw]

According to the Indy Star (Indianapolis newspaper), Interstate 70 will be closed from I-465 on the west side of town all the way to downtown Indy.

Yep, the week of the second largest convention in Indy, they close the interstate that goes from the airport to downtown.

If you are coming in from the west on I-70, they'll detour you around I-465 on the south side of Indy to I-65 and then north on that to downtown. There are ways to use surface streets, but those will be heavy traffic as well.

In addition if you are coming from Chicago area, a section of I-65 is closed on the northwest side of Indy. They'll detour you onto I-865, then to I-465 south, then back on I-65 to downtown.

As an aside, if you are coming in from the west on I-74, you probably already know it is routed around Indy on I-465 (i.e., doesn't go through city, but around it) and you probably normally take I-465 south to I-70 to get downtown. This won't work now due to the closure of I-70. You can do the long detour to the south side - or if you don't mind a little drive on some city streets, go north on I-465 to 38th street (first exit north of I-74), take 38th street east (about a mile) and it will run into I-65 which you can take downtown.

One additional note: IndyGo (city buses) have added "red line" lanes on some of the downtown streets. If the lane is solid red it is restricted to buses only. If the lane is red/black striped, it is for buses and cars making turns (e.g., if the far right lane is red/black striped at an intersection, then it is for buses and cars making right turns, but no cars going straight through intersection).

End on a good note: while there is some normal summer construction on some of the other interstates, none of them are closed.