Interstate 65 Totally Explained

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Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama; its northern terminus is at a traffic light with U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20 (Dunes Highway) in Gary, Indiana, southeast of Chicago, Illinois.
I-65 is known as "Auto Alley" due to the large number of automotive OEM and supplier firms that have facilities within an hour's drive of the highway. Of these, the most notable is the GM plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Route description

Interstate 65 enters the Hoosier state at Jeffersonville and Clarksville.
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 mid-March 2007, a six mile (10 km) 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 are 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. Westbound traffic from Interstate 70 must loop north or south along Interstate 465 to get to Interstates 65 or 70. The Super 70 project was completed in November 2007.
   In the summer of 2003, the portion of Interstate 65 that runs concurrently with Interstate 70 was closed to all traffic due to the "HyperFix" project. During that time, a new asphalt surface was installed and the overpasses were upgraded.
   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, IN over the Kankakee River, the highway is known as the Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway. 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.

Major intersections

Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama

Interstate 85 in Montgomery, Alabama

Interstate 20/Interstate 59 in Birmingham, Alabama (Commonly referred to as "Malfunction Junction")

Interstate 24 in Nashville, Tennessee

Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee

Interstates 64 and 71 in Louisville, Kentucky (The Kennedy Interchange, known locally as "Spaghetti Junction".)

Interstate 74 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Interstate 70 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Interstate 80/Interstate 94 in Gary, Indiana

Interstate 90 in Gary, Indiana The future Interstate 22 will scale I-65 before terminating at US 31. The target date for the completion of the new route is 2012. However, ALDOT officials have pushed as of lately for a 2010 completion date.

Auxiliary routes

Prichard, Alabama - I-165

Spur beginning in Decatur, Alabama terminating in Huntsville, Alabama - I-565

Louisville, Kentucky - I-265 (Louisville's outer beltway; also called the Gene Snyder Freeway; formerly the Jefferson Freeway)

Indianapolis, Indiana - I-465

Indianapolis, Indiana - I-865

New Albany, Indiana - I-265 (to be eventually connected by bridge to the Kentucky I-265) Further Information

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