Interstate 69 in Indiana
The original plan (in a DEIS prepared by INDOT in 2004, but later dropped) was for I-69 to leave the now-former I-164 alignment somewhere just east of Green River Road (exit 3) and head south (instead of turning west with I-164) for approximately before crossing the Ohio at a point near the mouth of the Green River. This portion of the route had not then been funded, as construction of the new Ohio River crossing and its approaches in both states was expected to cost approximately $800 million. Indiana and Kentucky officials had said construction on the new Ohio River Bridge would not begin until at least 2020, after two new crossings near Louisville were completed. With Indiana then preparing to break ground on SIU 3, Kentucky officials indicated that collecting tolls might be the only feasible option for completing the I-69 bridge, as traditional federal and state funding for such projects were drying up. , neither Kentucky nor Indiana officials had yet come up with the money to plan and construct this I-69 bridge.
Interstate 69
SIU 3, connecting I-69 to I-465 in southern Indianapolis, will roughly parallel State Road 57 (SR 57) and SR 45, and will use an upgraded version of the existing SR 37 from just south of Bloomington to a point just south of Indianapolis. The segment from Bloomington to Martinsville is currently under construction with a stretch from Evansville to the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center completed on November 19, 2012. and the remaining portion was opened to traffic on December 9, 2015. Construction is also underway on upgrading a section of SR 37 from Bloomington to just south of Martinsville to interstate standards. Construction is scheduled to begin on the final segment from Martinsville to Indianapolis in 2020, with completion anticipated by 2027. Finally, it has long been assumed that SIU 2 will most likely follow I-465 around the city, though INDOT has never officially confirmed that.