If you spend much time on the northeast side, your usual I-69 routine is about to get scrambled. Indianapolis drivers face a weekend of closures, detours and lane shifts as crews open a new ramp and rearrange traffic at the busy I-69/I-465/Binford Boulevard interchange. It is all part of the long-running Clear Path 465 project and it starts Friday night, with the new traffic pattern expected to be in place by Sunday. Officials say overnight lane reductions and signed detours could slow evening commutes.
Closures, detours and lane shifts
According to the Clear Path project website, crews will close multiple ramps beginning Friday night and work through Sunday to open the new ramp from southbound I-69 to southbound Binford Boulevard. The weekend window, from Friday night into early Sunday, includes full closures of the southbound I-69 to Binford ramp, the 96th Street onramp to southbound I-69 and the 82nd Street ramp to southbound I-465, with signed detours sending some movements…..