Interstate 70 in Indiana

Infobox road
state=IN
type=I
route=70

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length_mi=156.60
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.htm|title=Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1|accessdate=2007-02-07|format=|work=Federal Highway Administration]
year_established=1956 (completed in 1992)
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=IL|I|70|US|40 at Illinois state line
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=OH|I|70|US|35 at Ohio state line
junction=Jct|state=IN|I|74|I|465 in SW Indianapolis
Jct|state=IN|I|65 in Indianapolis
Jct|state=IN|I|465|US|421 in East Indianapolis
previous_type=SR
previous_route=69
next_type=SR
next_route=70In 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 " [http://www.in.gov/dot/div/projects/i70/index.html 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.

Exit list

Popular Culture

*The sign to I-70 in Indianapolis is shown at the beginning of the intro for "One Day at a Time".

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