Interstate 465

Interstate 465 marker

Interstate 465
USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway

Former routes of U.S. and State highways that are now defunct or routed on I-465 are shown in gray.
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 52.79 mi[1] (84.96 km)
Existed: 1959 (completed 1970) – present
Major junctions
Beltway around Indianapolis, Indiana
  I-65 (South Side)
I-70 (Southwest Side)
I-74 (West Side)
I-65 (Northwest side)
I-865 (Northwest Side)
I-69 (Northeast side)
I-70 (East side)
I-74 (Southeast side)
Highway system
SR 462I-469

Interstate 465 (I-465), also known as the USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway, is the beltway circling Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is roughly rectangular in shape and has a perimeter of approximately 53 miles (85 km). It lies almost completely within the boundaries of Marion County, except for two short sections on the north leg in Boone and Hamilton Counties. It crosses I-65, I-69, I-70 and I-74, and provides additional access to I-65 via I-865. An $800 million project was completed in the fall of 2012 to refurbish the western edge of the loop.[2]

Route description

Except for I-65 and I-70, no numbered highways run through downtown Indianapolis. All highways that continue from one side to the other are routed around the city, concurrent with I-465:

The approximately one-mile section between exits 46 and 47 carries eight routes — I-465, US 31, US 36, US 40, US 52, US 421, SR 37 and SR 67. In most cases, markers other than I-74's are not posted along I-465 itself; rather, signs on the onramps direct traffic following a particular route to follow I-465 to a particular exit to continue on that route.[5]

History

Much of I-465 replaced the routing of the defunct parallel State Road 100.

In 2002, the Interstate 865 designation was created from a portion of I-465 to eliminate the three-way intersection of I-465.

Also in 2002, Indianapolis native David Letterman's late-night talk show sidekick and band leader Paul Shaffer was honored by having a street in Thunder Bay, Ontario, named for him. This led Letterman to ask (on his program) why he couldn't have his own eponymous road, and he suggested I-465 be named the David Letterman Expressway. His fans took the idea seriously, especially in the Indianapolis area where highway signs promoting the idea were displayed. Advertisers and traffic reports started to refer to I-465 as the "DLX", or later the "David Letterman Bypass", a reference to his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January 2000. Letterman even telephoned the Mayor of Indianapolis, Bart Peterson to make his case, but eventually the idea went nowhere.

In 2011 the Indiana General Assembly passed a resolution naming I-465 as "USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway" in "the memory of the brave sailors who lost their lives" when USS Indianapolis was sunk in the Pacific during World War II.[6]

As part of the "Operation Indy Commute" project, INDOT began work in 2013 to widen I-65 on both northbound and southbound roads from Exit 103 at Southport Road northward to the southern junction with I-465. To reduce congestion on I-65 South from I-465 West, the cloverleaf exit from I-465 West to I-65 South was replaced by a flyover overpass to I-65 South. The I-465 East exit to I-65 South was expanded for improved merging with the westbound flyover. Most of this work was completed in late 2014.[7]

Future

Between 2017 and 2020, Interstate 69 will run concurrent with the south and east legs of Interstate 465 around Indianapolis from the current south end to just west of exit 4 (State Road 37). A Exit 5 is to be constructed, and Exit 4 is planned to be closed, and traffic would need to use exit 5 to use Harding Street North.

Exit list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
MarionIndianapolis0.000.0053 I-65 Indianapolis, Louisville
2.203.542 US 31 south (East Street) GreenwoodWest/south end of US 31 overlap; signed as exits 2A (north) and 2B (south)
4.306.924 SR 37 south (Harding Street) BloomingtonWest end of SR 37 overlap; to close after Exit 5 is opened
5 I-69 south to SR 37 / SR 144 / SR 39 – BloomingtonFuture I-69 south
7.3311.807Mann RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
8.5113.708 SR 67 south (Kentucky Avenue) VincennesWest/south end of SR 67 overlap
9.3215.009 I-70 Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Indianapolis International Airport, Plainfield, St. LouisSigned as exits 9A (east) and 9B (west); Exit 73 on I-70
10.4816.8711Sam Jones Expressway
11.7718.9412 US 40 west (Washington Street) Terre Haute, PlainfieldWest end of US 40 overlap
12.9120.7813 US 36 west (Rockville Road) Avon, Danville, RockvilleWest end of US 36 overlap
13.9522.451410th Street
Speedway15.55–
15.77
25.03–
25.38
16 I-74 west / US 136 west (Crawfordsville Road) PeoriaWest end of I-74 overlap; eastern terminus of US 136; signed as exits 16A for US 136 and 16B for I-74
Indianapolis17.0227.391738th Street
19.0330.631956th StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
19.8031.8720 I-65 Indianapolis, Gary, ChicagoI-65 exit 123; directional access (northbound to northbound and southbound to southbound) only.
20.82–
21.45
33.51–
34.52
2171st Street, 73rd StreetExit to 73rd Street northbound only
23.1537.262386th Street
BooneZionsville24.26–
24.63
39.04–
39.64
25 I-865 west / US 52 west to I-65 north ChicagoWest end of US 52 overlap
MarionIndianapolis26.4242.5227 US 421 north (Michigan Road) Michigan CityWest/north end of US 421 overlap
HamiltonCarmel30.2748.7131 US 31 north (Meridian Street) South BendEast/north end of US 31 overlap
MarionIndianapolis32.8752.9033Keystone Avenue (Former SR 431)
34.9456.2335Allisonville Road
36.5058.7437 I-69 (Binford Boulevard) / SR 37 north Fort Wayne, MuncieEast end of SR 37 overlap; signed as exits 37A (south) and 37B (north) westbound; no access from westbound I-465 to southbound Binford Boulevard or northbound Binford Boulevard to eastbound I-465; I-69 south exit 200
38.8362.4940Shadeland Avenue; 56th StreetDirectional access (northbound to northbound and southbound to southbound) only for Shadeland Avenue, which also serves as a collector-distributor lane for 56th Street exit
Lawrence41.0566.0642 US 36 east (Pendleton Pike) / SR 67 north PendletonEast/north end of US 36 / SR 67 overlap
Indianapolis43.4369.8944 I-70 Indianapolis, DaytonI-70 east exit 89, west exit 90. Signed as exits 44A (east) & 44B (west) northbound.
45.2772.8646 US 40 east (Washington Street) RichmondEast end of US 40 overlap
46.8175.3347 US 52 east (Brookville Road) - CincinnatiEast end of US 52 overlap
47.2776.0748Shadeland AvenueNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
48.3377.7849 I-74 east / US 421 south (Southeastern Avenue) CincinnatiEast/south end of I-74 / US 421 overlap
Beech Grove51.4082.7252Emerson Avenue
Indianapolis52.7984.9653 I-65 Indianapolis, LouisvilleI-65 exit 106; signed as exits 53A (north) & 53B (south).
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. 2004. I-465.
  2. Indot: Accelerate 465
  3. 1969 Indianapolis map (note that the highlighting is wrong, as exit 47 was a partial interchange, so US 52 had to use exit 48 and Shadeland Avenue (State Road 100))
  4. "USGS 1984 map". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. US 31/I-465: Photo shows how US 31 is marked as it joins I-465 (looking east, Illinois and Indiana Highway Ends, ca. 2005), retrieved 2009-05-17 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. "IndyStar: I-465 gets new name". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. "OPERATION INDY COMMUTE - I-65 & I-465 SOUTH". Indiana Department of Transportation.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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