Interstate 70 in Indiana

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Interstate 70
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

156.60 mi^[1] (252.02 km)

Formed:

1956 (completed in 1992)

West end:

I-70 at Illinois state line

Major
junctions:

I-74 / I-465 in SW Indianapolis

I-65 in Indianapolis

I-465 / US 421 in East Indianapolis

East end:

I-70 / US 35 at Ohio state line

Indiana roads
< SR 69		SR 70 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Roads - Former

Entering Indianapolis on I-70.

In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 70 travels east-west across the state passing through Indianapolis. It parallels U.S. Route 40, the old National Road.

The section of Interstate 70 in downtown Indianapolis overlaps Interstate 65. 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. Westbound traffic from Interstate 70 must loop north or south along Interstate 465 to get to Interstates 65 or 70.

In mid-March 2007, a six mile section of Interstate 70 from the North Split to Interstate 465 east of downtown was restricted to automobiles only for the "Super 70" project, a massive rebuild and expansion of that freeway. Trucks over 13 tons were forced to divert through Interstate 65 if coming from the north and use the circular Interstate 465 to the south to reconnect to Interstate 70 East. The Super 70 project was completed in November 2007.

I-70 shield in the state of Indiana

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Vigo		1	US 40 east – West Terre Haute, Terre Haute	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of US 40 overlap
		3	Darwin Road – West Terre Haute
	Terre Haute	7	US 41 / US 150 – Terre Haute, Evansville
		11	SR 46 – Bloomington, Terre Haute, Riley	Serves Terre Haute International Airport
Clay		23	SR 59 – Brazil, Linton
Putnam		37	SR 243 – Putnamville
Putnam	Cloverdale	41	US 231 – Cloverdale, Greencastle
Morgan		51	County Road 1100 West
Hendricks		59	SR 39 – Belleville, Monrovia
	Plainfield	66	SR 267 – Plainfield, Mooresville
		68	Six Points Road	Signed as exits 68A (south) and 68B (north) eastbound
Marion	Indianapolis	73	I-74 / I-465	Signed as exits 73A (east/south) and 73B (west/north) westbound and exits 69 (east/south) and 73 (west/north) eastbound
		75	Airport Expressway to Raymond Street – Indianapolis International Airport
		77	Holt Road
		78	Harding Street
		79A	West Street
		79B	Illinois Street, McCarty Street
		110A	East Street	Westbound exit only
		80	I-65 south – Louisville	West end of I-65 overlap
		83A	Fletcher Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		111	Market Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		83A	Ohio Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		83A	New York Street, Michigan Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		83B	I-65 north – Chicago	East end of I-65 overlap
		85	Rural Street south, Keystone Avenue north	Signed as exits 85A (south) and 85B (north)
		87	Emerson Avenue
		89	Shadeland Avenue
		90	I-465	Signed as exit 89 eastbound
		91	Post Road
Hancock		96	Mount Comfort
Hancock	Greenfield	104	SR 9 – Maxwell, Greenfield
Henry		115	SR 109 – Wilkinson, Knightstown
		123	SR 3 – New Castle, Spiceland
		131	Wilbur Wright Road
Wayne		137	SR 1 – Hagerstown, Connersville, Cambridge City
		145	Centerville
	Richmond	149A	Williamsburg Pike
		149B	US 35 north / SR 38 west – Muncie	West end of US 35 overlap
		151	US 27 (Chester Boulevard) – Winchester
		153	SR 227 – Union City
	Richmond	156	US 40 (National Road) – Lewisburg	Signed as exits 156A (west) and 156B (east)