I-69 Section 5

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The I-69 Section 5 project will reconstruct and upgrade 21 miles of State Route 37 (an existing four-lane divided highway southwest of Indianapolis) between Bloomington and Martinsville, Indiana to full Interstate highway standards. The project includes four new interchanges and four new overpasses, in addition to improvements at existing interchanges and a third travel lane in each direction within urban areas along the corridor. I-69 Section 5 is one segment of a planned Interstate highway that would extend from Michigan to Texas and facilitate trade and mobility between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. A portion of the I-69 route, from Indianapolis to Port Huron, Michigan, was constructed as part of the original Interstate System, and additional segments of the full route have opened to traffic or are under construction in other states. The remainder of I-69 in Indiana has been implemented in six sections extending 142 miles northeast from Evansville on the Kentucky border to Indianapolis. Sections 1-3 opened in November 2012 linking Evansville and Crane, Indiana. Section 4 opened in December 2015 continuing the alignment to Bloomington. Section 5 was being implemented as a 35-year availability payment DBFOM concession. Due to financial and project delivery difficulties, IFA and the state terminated the contractual relationship with the private partner and returned direct control of the project to INDOT in July 2017.

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