Interstate 65 in Indiana

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Interstate 65
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by INDOT
South end: I-65 at Kentucky state line
Major
junctions:
I-265 in Jeffersonville
I-465 in Indianapolis
I-70 in Indianapolis
I-74 in Indianapolis
I-80 / I-94 in Gary
North end: I-90 in Gary
Indiana roads
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Roads - Former
Interstate 65 just outside Indianapolis, Indiana.
Interstate 65 just outside Indianapolis, Indiana.

Interstate 65 in Indiana enters the state at Jeffersonville on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge. It passes by the major cities of Jeffersonville, Seymour, Indianapolis, and Lafayette before ending outside Gary.

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.

Upon crossing into Lake County, Indiana, over the Kankakee River, the highway is known as the Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway.[1] It is known as this from that point to its northern terminus. The northern terminus of Interstate 65 is only 1/8 mile (0.2 km) north of Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road). 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.

Throughout its length, it passes near Clark State Forest, Brown County State Park, and Wolf Park.

It junctions with the four parkways. The first two major junctions are within Indianapolis: I-70 and I-74. The other two are near its terminus near Gary: I-80/94 and I-90. Interstate 65 also has interchanges with I-265, and I-465.

The speed limit on rural sections of I-65 is 70 miles per hour.

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County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Clark Jeffersonville 0 Downtown Jeffersonville
1 US 31 south Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1 10th Street – Jeffersonville Former SR 62 east
1 Stansifer Avenue
1 Brown's Station Way – New Albany Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 62 west
2 Eastern Boulevard
4 US 31 north / Lewis & Clark Parkway Former SR 131
5 Veterans Parkway
6 I-265 west / SR 265 east / SR 62 to I-65 – Clark Maritime Center, New Albany Signed as exits 6A (east) and 6B (west)
Sellersburg 7 SR 60Salem
9 SR 311Speed, Sellersburg, New Albany
16 Memphis Road
19 SR 160Charlestown, Henryville
Scott Scottsburg 29 SR 56Scottsburg, Salem Signed as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west) southbound
Austin 34 SR 256Austin Signed as exits 34A (east) and 34B (west) southbound
Jackson 36 US 31Crothersville, Austin
41 SR 250Uniontown, Crothersville
Seymour 50 US 50North Vernon, Seymour, Brownstown Signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west)
55 SR 11Jonesville, Seymour
Bartholomew Columbus 64 SR 58 west – Walesboro, Ogilville
68 SR 46Nashville, Columbus, Bloomington
76 US 31Taylorsville, Columbus, Edinburgh Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north)
80 SR 252Edinburgh, Flatrock
Johnson Franklin 90 SR 44Shelbyville, Franklin
95 Whiteland
Greenwood 99 Greenwood
101 County Line Road
Marion Indianapolis
103 Southport Road
106 I-465 / I-74
107 Keystone Avenue
109 Raymond Street
110A Morris Street, Prospect Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
110B I-70 west – St. Louis South end of I-70 overlap
110A East Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
111 Fletcher Avenue Southbound exit and northbound entrance
111 Market Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
111 Ohio Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
111 New York Street, Michigan Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
112A I-70 east – Columbus North end of I-70 overlap
113 Pennsylvania Street, Meridian Street
114 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, West Street
115 21st Street
116 29th Street, 30th Street No southbound exit
117 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street No northbound exit
119 38th Street
121 Lafayette Road
123 I-465 north Northbound exit and southbound entrance
123 I-465 south – Indianapolis International Airport Southbound exit and northbound entrance
124 71st Street
Boone 129 I-865 east (US 52 east) to I-465 east Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of US 52 overlap
Zionsville 130 SR 334Zionsville, Whitestown
133 SR 267Brownsburg, Whitestown
Lebanon 138 Lebanon
139 SR 39Lizton, Lebanon
140 SR 32Lebanon, Crawfordsville
141 Lafayette Avenue Southbound exit and northbound entrance
141 US 52 west Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 52 overlap
146 SR 47Thorntown, Sheridan
Clinton 158 SR 28Frankfort, Attica
Tippecanoe Dayton 168 SR 25 south / SR 38Dayton, Lafayette South end of SR 25 overlap
Lafayette 172 SR 26Lafayette, Rossville
175 SR 25 north – Lafayette, Delphi North end of SR 25 overlap
Battle Ground 178 SR 43Brookston, West Lafayette
White 188 SR 18Brookston, Fowler
193 US 231Chalmers, Wolcott
Jasper 201 US 24 / US 231Wolcott, Remington
205 US 231Remington, Rensselaer
215 SR 114Morocco, Rensselaer
220 SR 14Winamac
230 SR 10Roselawn, Demotte
Lake 240 SR 2Lowell, Hebron
247 US 231Crown Point, Hebron
Merrillville 253 US 30Merrillville, Valparaiso, Schererville
255 61st Avenue
Hobart,
Lake Station
258
US 6 Bus. (Ridge Road)
Gary 259 I-80 / I-94 / US 6Chicago, Toledo, Detroit Signed as exits 259A (west) and 259B (east)
261 15th Avenue closed until fall 2008
262 I-90 (Indiana Toll Road) – Illinois, Ohio Northbound exit and southbound entrance, closed until fall 2008
US 12 / US 20Portage, Gary At-grade intersection, closed until fall 2008

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