JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) I-69 Finish Line project continues to progress. Another I-69 interchange will partially open Thursday night, removing a stoplight for through traffic on State Road 37. State Road 144 traffic will shift onto the new pavement and the bridge over the future I-69.
The southbound S.R. 37 exit ramp to S.R. 144 and the S.R. 144 on-ramp to northbound S.R. 37 are opening.
Two movements will be detoured until the ramps south of the S.R. 144 bridge are completed late this year.
Heavy highway traffic detours follow northbound S.R. 37 to County Line Road, where drivers can loop through the interchange and reenter southbound S.R. 37. The Bluffdale Drive and Old S.R. 37 service roads are connected west of S.R. 37, serving as another alternate route. Drivers can access these roads from the County Line Road interchange or the S.R. 37 signal at Fairview Road.
INDOT says the temporary signal at Banta Road remains open to local traffic south of S.R. 37 until the remaining S.R. 144 ramps open late this year.