INDIANAPOLIS – One of the state’s busiest interchanges is seeing some major progress with construction. It’s all part of the Indiana Department of Transportation’s (INDOT) Clear Path project bringing some long-awaited improvements and upgrades along I-465 and I-69.
Preliminary work on this project began in 2022 and now, a few years later, things are starting to slowly wrap up.
“We appreciate the continued patience of drivers,” said Natalie Garrett, the Strategic Communications Director with INDOT. “There’s been closures, traffic shifts along the way that comes with really any construction project out there but the end product will be worth it.”
It’s all about making travel safer and more accessible to drivers in this part of the city.
“The I-69 and I-465 interchange is one of the busiest interchanges in the state,” Garrett said. “[We are] looking to improve how the two roadways work together [making it] a safer and more efficient commute for people on the northeast side.”
As part of the Clear Path project, INDOT is finalizing adding new travel lanes on northbound I-465 and on both north and southbound on I-69, introducing new ramp lanes, replacing pavement, and adding or rehabilitating 14 bridges.
To make all of this happen INDOT crews will use 2,850 tons of rebar, 419,960 square feet of retaining wall, 302,0000 square yards of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), 86,680 tons of hot mix asphalt (HMA), and 28,000 square feet of noise barrier.
“It’s been a long construction project,” Garrett said. “We are just as excited to get this project wrapped up and provide safer, more efficient travel for residents here on the northeast side.”
Crews are working year-round to finish a majority of the construction by the end of this year. There will be some minor work that will continue into 2026.
“I know there have been some detours throughout the life of the project with people having to change their commutes, their route home, and there’s been some frustration but things will start to open up and continue to open up throughout 2025,” Garrett said.
For more information on the project along with the short-term and long-term closures associated with it, click here.
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