The I 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 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 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 in Indiana has been implemented in six sections extending miles northeast from Evansville on the Kentucky border to Indianapolis. Sections opened in November linking Evansville and Crane, Indiana.
Section 4 opened in December continuing the alignment to Bloomington. 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 The state has assumed the future risk for operating and maintaining the highway with the takeover from the private partner.
I Section 5 Procurement Documents. Skip to content. Center for Innovative Finance Support. Substantial completion is expected by August Project Profiles home. February - July DBFOM design, build, finance, operate and maintain Post-public takeover: Bid-Build design is complete for project management; existing subcontractors to remain.
