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
The new section of Interstate 69 in southern Indiana presently begins at the U.S. Route 41 interchange south of Evansville at the former southern terminus of Interstate 164. From there, it runs north meeting state roads 662, 66, and 62. At exit 18, Indiana State Road 57 joins I-69 on a concurrency. Shortly thereafter, it meets Interstate 64 at a cloverleaf interchange. From there, it runs north to SR 68. Construction was completed on November 19, 2012 on a segment (SIU 3, Section 1-3). This extension takes the route north-northeast from there to SR 64 near Oakland City, then north-northeast to US 50/US 150 at Washington and finally northeast to US 231 near the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. Construction for the final new terrain segment (SIU 3, Section 4), which takes I-69 from Crane NSWC northeast to SR 37 on the southwest side of Bloomington, was completed in December 2015. From there the existing SR 37 expressway corridor, including Sections 5 (Bloomington to Martinsville) and 6 (Martinsville to Indianapolis) of I-69's SIU 3, is currently being upgraded to full Interstate Highway standards all the way north-northeast to I-465 on the southwest side of Indianapolis.