I-465 West Side Construction Moving Along

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday at the pace traffic was moving on the west side of Indianapolis around I-465. Honestly, I think the whole process has been fairly positive. Rarely was traffic ever reduced down to less than three lanes through the entire expansion project.

My only recent frustration was when the “express” lane was opened for a bit and people would get into the lane and drive 20 miles below the speed limit. Two times I took the “express” lane I tracked it and cars in the other lane beat me to the airport area before I did.

Looking forward to everything being completed though.

I-465 Tanker Explosion Slideshow

Here’s a slideshow of photos from yesterday’s semi-tanker explosion on I-465 on the northeast side.

These are some amazing images. It’s a miracle there weren’t more domino wrecks and casualties with such a blast and traffic heavy area.

I’m curious as to how much this is going to impact traffic. I think it’s going to be much more than people expect, although I heard tonight that westbound traffic on I-465 has been restored?

I’d love to hear what other people’s experiences have been. Whether you were there or close when it happened, or how your commute has been impacted since the explosion, let us know in the comments.