Interstate 65 in Indiana

This article is about the section of Interstate 65 in Indiana. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 65.

Interstate 65
Route information
Maintained by Indiana DOT
Length:	261.27 mi (420.47 km)
Existed:	1956 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-65 at Kentucky state line
	I-265 / SR 62 / SR 265 in Jeffersonville I-74 / I-465 in Indianapolis I-70 in Indianapolis I-465 in Indianapolis I-865 in Indianapolis I-80 / I-94 / US 6 in Gary
North end:	I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. / US 12 / US 20 in Gary
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Business Indiana State Road Interstates US State Former ← SR 64 SR 65 →

In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 65 traverses the state from south to north. The Indiana portion begins near Louisville, Kentucky and travels north, passing through Columbus, Indianapolis, Lafayette. Interstate 65 terminates near Gary on the Indiana Toll Road. Interstate 65 covers 261.27 miles (420.47 km) in the state of Indiana. This is one of the principal interstate highways that cross the state, and, more specifically, intersect at the city of Indianapolis, that has given the state the nickname of "Crossroads of America".

Route description

Interstate 65 enters the state at Jeffersonville (near Louisville, Kentucky on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge). I-65 travels past Clark State Forest before reaching Seymour to the north. I-65 intersects with US 50 providing access to Seymour to the west. US 31 runs parallel to the interstate until it reaches Indianapolis. North of Seymour, I-65 passes through Columbus. Just north of Columbus, I-65 runs along Camp Atterbury, an Indiana National Guard training base. The interstate continues north into Indianapolis.

Interstate 65 just outside Indianapolis, Indiana

Interstate 65 crosses the I-465 loop before reaching Indianapolis. The section of Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis overlaps Interstate 70. The junctions are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming a section of interstate locally known as the "Inner Loop" or "Spaghetti Bowl" due to the visual complexity of the overlapping freeways. In 1999, the 25-mile (40 km) segment of Interstate 65 between the two Interstate 465 interchanges was renamed the Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway. I-65 leaves the I-465 loop on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The highway travels past Eagle Creek Park and it then passes the terminus of I-865 and picks up US 52. At mile marker 116, I-65 passes Crown Hill Cemetery, burial site and memorial of President Benjamin Harrison.

The segment of Interstate 65 north of Indianapolis heads in the direction of Chicago, Illinois. US 52 runs concurrent until the north side of Lebanon. From this point US 52 runs parallel to I-65. At about the halfway point to the end of I-65 and Indianapolis, I-65 passes through Lafayette. I-65 crosses the Wabash River in Lafayette and passes next to Prophetstown State Park. North of Lafayette, I-65 passes through the open flatlands of northwest Indiana. Protruding from the fields are some of the hundreds of wind turbines of the Benton County Wind Farm and Fowler Ridge Wind Farm.

• Approximately at mile 199.4, there is the time zone boundary, (Central Time)-Jasper County (Eastern Time)-White County.

Upon crossing into Lake County, over the Kankakee River, the highway is known as the Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway. It is known as this from that point to its northern terminus. The northern terminus of Interstate 65 is only ¹⁄₈ miles (0.20 km) north of Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road).

History

Prior to 2004, the interchange from Interstate 90 to Interstate 65 required making a physical left turn onto Interstate 65 via a traffic signal; traffic from Interstate 65 to Interstate 90 bypassed the traffic signal via an isolated right-turn lane. It has since been grade-separated. The section between Milepost 129 to Milepost 138 was reconstructed to a third lane in each direction.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Ohio River		0.00	0.00	John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
Clark	Jeffersonville	0.32	0.51	0	Market Street, Court Street - Jeffersonville
		0.62	1.00	1	US 31 south	Southern end of US 31 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		0.77	1.24	1	10th Street – Jeffersonville	Formerly SR 62 east
		1.73	2.78	1	Brown's Station Way – New Albany	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; formerly SR 62 west
		2.07	3.33	2	Eastern Boulevard
		3.82	6.15	4	US 31 north / Lewis & Clark Parkway	Northern end of US 31 concurrency; formerly SR 131
		5.03	8.10	5	Veterans Parkway
		5.70	9.17	6	I-265 west / SR 62 / SR 265 east – New Albany	Signed as exits 6A (east) and 6B (west)
	Sellersburg	7.36	11.84	7	SR 60 – Salem
		9.10	14.65	9	SR 311 – Speed, Sellersburg, New Albany
	Memphis	15.78	25.40	16	Memphis Road
	Henryville	19.25	30.98	19	SR 160 – Charlestown, Henryville
Scott	Scottsburg	29.32	47.19	29	SR 56 – Scottsburg, Salem	Signed as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west) southbound
	Austin	33.50	53.91	34	SR 256 – Austin	Signed as exits 34A (east) and 34B (west) southbound
Jackson	Vernon Township	36.52	58.77	36	US 31 – Crothersville, Austin
		41.08	66.11	41	SR 250 – Uniontown, Crothersville
	Seymour	49.55	79.74	50	US 50 – North Vernon, Seymour, Brownstown	Signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west)
	Redding Township	55.32	89.03	55	SR 11 – Jonesville, Seymour
Bartholomew	Columbus	63.72	102.55	64	SR 58 west – Walesboro, Ogilville
		68.29	109.90	68	SR 46 – Nashville, Columbus, Bloomington
	Taylorsville	75.74	121.89	76	US 31 – Taylorsville, Columbus, Edinburgh	Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north)
Shelby	Jackson Township	80.06	128.84	80	SR 252 – Edinburgh, Flatrock
Johnson	Franklin	89.54	144.10	90	SR 44 – Shelbyville, Franklin
	Pleasant Township	94.41	151.94	95	Whiteland Road – Whiteland
		97.22	156.46		Worthsville Road	Proposed
	Greenwood	99.13	159.53	99	Main Street – Greenwood
Johnson – Marion		100.65	161.98	101	County Line Road
Marion	Indianapolis	103.03	165.81	103	Southport Road
		105.90	170.43	106	I-74 / I-465
		107.05	172.28	107	Keystone Avenue
		108.90	175.26	109	Raymond Street
		109.97	176.98	110A	Morris Street, Prospect Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		110.10	177.19	110B	I-70 west – St. Louis	Southern end of I-70 concurrency
		110.39	177.66	110A	East Street	Southbound exit
		110.52	177.86	111	Fletcher Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		111.02	178.67	111	Washington Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		111.29	179.10	111	Ohio Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		111.49	179.43	111	New York Street, Michigan Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		111.60	179.60	112A	I-70 east – Dayton, Columbus	Northern end of I-70 concurrency
		112.96	181.79	113	Pennsylvania Street, Meridian Street
		113.51	182.68	114	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, West Street
		114.26	183.88	115	21st Street
		115.32	185.59	116	29th Street, 30th Street	No southbound exit
		115.79	186.35	117	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street	No northbound exit
		118.89	191.33	119	38th Street
		120.69	194.23	121	Lafayette Road
		122.69– 123.28	197.45– 198.40	123	I-465
		124.17	199.83	124	71st Street
Boone	Eagle Township	129.09	207.75	129	I-865 east (US 52 east) to I-465	Southern end of US 52 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		129.85	208.97	130	CR 650 South/Oak Street – Zionville, Whitestown	Formerly SR 334
	Perry Township	133.08	214.17	133	SR 267 – Brownsburg, Whitestown
	Lebanon	137.44	221.19	138	Indianapolis Road, Indianapolis Avenue - Lebanon
		138.61	223.07	139	SR 39 – Lizton, Lebanon
		139.88	225.12	140	SR 32 – Lebanon, Crawfordsville
		141.29	227.38	141	Lafayette Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Center Township	141.61	227.90	141	US 52 west	North end of US 52 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Washington Township	145.61	234.34	146	SR 47 – Thorntown, Sheridan
Clinton	Washington Township	157.56	253.57	158	SR 28 – Frankfort, Attica
Tippecanoe	Dayton	168.16	270.63	168	SR 25 south / SR 38 – Dayton, Lafayette	Southern end of SR 25 concurrency
	Lafayette	171.73	276.37	172	SR 26 – Lafayette, Rossville
		174.77	281.27	175	SR 25 north – Lafayette, Delphi	Northern end of SR 25 concurrency
	West Lafayette	177.90	286.30	178	SR 43 – Brookston, West Lafayette
White	Prairie Township	187.54	301.82	188	SR 18 – Brookston, Fowler
	West Point Township	192.96	310.54	193	US 231 – Chalmers, Wolcott
Jasper	Carpenter Township	200.94	323.38	201	US 24 / US 231 – Wolcott, Remington
		204.51	329.13	205	US 231 – Remington, Rensselaer
	Newton Township	214.24	344.79	215	SR 114 – Morocco, Rensselaer
	Newton Township – Union Township	219.94	353.96	220	SR 14 – Winamac
	Keener Township	229.00	368.54	230	SR 10 – Roselawn, Demotte
Newton	No major junctions
Lake	Eagle Creek Township	239.31	385.13	240	SR 2 – Lowell, Hebron	Hebron signed northbound only
	Crown Point	246.68	396.99	247	US 231 – Crown Point, Hebron	Hebron signed southbound only
		249.48	401.50	249	109th Avenue – Crown Point, Winfield	Interchange opened September 30, 2010
	Merrillville	252.06	405.65	253	US 30 – Merrillville, Valparaiso, Schererville
		254.57	409.69	255	61st Avenue
	Hobart – Lake Station	257.67	414.68	258	US 6 Bus. (Ridge Road)
	Gary	259.06	416.92	259	I-80 / I-94 / US 6 – Chicago, Toledo, Detroit	Signed as exits 259A (west) and 259B (east)
		260.59	419.38	261	15th Avenue
		261.22	420.39	262	I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. – Illinois, Ohio	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		261.27	420.47	262	US 12 / US 20 – Portage, Gary	Northern terminus of I-65 at-grade
Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled/ETC       Unopened

References

• Interstate 65 - Annual Average Daily Traffic

External links

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• Indiana Highway Ends: Interstate 65

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