.GOOD
.GOOD MORNING EVERYONE FROM THE SPEEDWAY TRAFFIC CENTER AND METEOROLOGIST ZEEMAN
RO. THIS IS DAY ONE OF THE BIG
DOOR SPLIT PROJECT. WANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NORTH SPLIT
IS FIRST AND FOREMOST IF YOU'RE
NOT USED TO COMING TO DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN
KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. WELL,
HERE'S A BREAKDOWN. IT'S WHERE
I SIXTY FIVE AND EAST SEVENTY
SPLIT OFF ONE GOES WEST ONE
GOES EAST NORTH VERSUS SOUTH I
SIXTY FIVE I SEVENTY MIGHT BE
FAMILIAR WITH IT NOW THAT YOU
SEE WHERE SAT ON THE MAP NOW
THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSED
FROM THE NORTH SPLIT TO
WASHINGTON STREET OVER THE NEXT
18 MONTHS THROUGH THE END
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO SO THE
DETOURS THAT MANY OF YOU MIGHT
BE TAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR NEW
ROUTE FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING
TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT REMAINS
OPEN SO WASHINGTON STREETS
WHERE THIS ALL BEGINS, YOU WILL
STILL BE ABLE TO USE THE
WASHINGTON STREET EXIT IF
YOU'RE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON
SIXTY FIVE TOWARD DOWNTOWN
THAT'S OPEN AND THEN SAME DEAL
IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH ON THE
SIXTY FIVE SOUTH THAT
WASHINGTON STREET RAMP WILL
REMAIN OPEN AND I DID CHECK THE
SOUTH SPLIT CAMERA THIS IS JUST
A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH THAN
THERE AND THERE ARE STILL CARS
USING THESE RAMPS SO THAT JUST
REINSURE US THAT THIS IS IN
FACT STILL OPEN AT THE SOUTH
SPLIT AND THAT'S ONLY TO
TRAFFIC THAT IS ACCESSING SIXTY
FIVE SOUTH FROM THAT WASHINGTON
STREET EXIT BECAUSE NORTH
OF THERE IT'S CLOSED. SO JUST
KEEP THAT IN MIND ALSO THIS
RAMP IS GOING TO BE OPEN JUST A
LITTLE FURTHER NORTH OF THERE.
THIS IS THE PINE STREET EXIT
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU
FROM YOUR MICHIGAN STREET ON
THE EAST SEVENTY EASTBOUND.
THAT ONE'S ALSO GOING TO REMAIN
OPEN DURING THE DURATION
OF THIS PROJECT. >> THIS IS
ALSO GOING TO BE REMAINING
OPEN. SEVENTY AND THIS IS ONE
OF THE ROUNDS THAT A LOT
OF FOLKS ARE TAKING TO GET
DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING. THEY'RE
USING 70 WESTBOUND. WE'RE THAT
RAMP TAKES YOU ON TO SIXTY FIVE
NORTHBOUND AND THEN MERIDIAN
STREET MLK JUNIOR STREET, WEST
STREET THOSE EXITS WILL REMAIN
OPEN ALONG SIXTY FIVE NORTH AND
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF LOCAL
TRAVELERS ARE USING TO ACCESS
DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING ALSO IN
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IF
YOU'RE CONTINUING TO SIXTY FIVE
SOUTHBOUND ALL TRAFFIC IS GOING
TO BE DIVERTED TO SEVENTY
EASTBOUND. THAT RAMP WILL
REMAIN OPEN AS WELL DURING THE
DURATION OF THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE GOING TO BE
YOUR MAIN ACCESS POINTS IF
YOU'RE TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN
FROM SIXTY FIVE NORTH SOUTH
RIGHT THERE JUST TO THE WEST
OF THE NORTH SPLIT MERIDIAN
STREET WEST STREET ALTHOUGH
I'VE SEEN THAT QUITE THE BACK
UP BUILDING ON WEST STREET AS A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE TRYING TO
ACCESS THINGS LIKE THE HOSPITAL
COMPLEX IUPUI A WESTRY IT'S
GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE MAJOR
DETOUR ROUTES DURING THIS
ENTIRE PROJECT IF YOU'RE
TRAVELING NOT INTO DOWNTOWN
JUST AROUND THE CITY AND YOU'LL
WANT TO AVOID THIS THIS IS THE
RECOMMENDED DETOUR ROUTE
FROM INDOT. YOU'RE GOING TO
TAKE FOUR SIXTY FIVE OVER ON
THE CITY'S WEST SIDE DETOUR AT
EAST SEVENTY THEN AT THE SOUTH
SPLETT DETOUR BACK ON THE SIXTY
FIVE SOUTH YOU'LL AVOID MOST
OF THE MESS COMPLETELY. IT JUST
MIGHT ADD AN EXTRA COUPLE
OF MINUTES TO YOUR DRIVE AND
THEN SAME DEAL IF YOU'RE GOING
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
NORTHBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC ON
SIXTY FIVE WE'LL BE DIVERTED AT
THE SOUTH SPLIT TO EAST SEVENTY
FIVE SEVENTY TO FOUR SIXTY FIVE
YOU'LL TAKE THAT NORTH AND
REINJURE SIXTY FIVE OVER ON THE
CITY'S WEST SIDE THE MAIN
DETOUR FOR EAST SEVENTY IS TO
STICK WITH FOUR SIXTY FIVE
AROUND THE CITY SOUTH SIDE BUT
AS AS WE'RE SEEING THIS MORNING
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND THIS IS
GOING TO CAUSE SOME DELAYS. YOU
CAN SEE A LOT OF RED ON THE MAP
THERE ALONG FOR SIXTY FIVE ON
THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE
WE'VE HAD AN ACCIDENT THIS WAS
REPORTED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO FOUR
SIXTY FIVE AND THE EASTBOUND
LANES WANT TO TAKE YOU LIVE
THAT CAMERA THERE AT STATE ROAD
THIRTY SEVEN OH WHERE WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE TRAFFIC SLOWLY
GETTING BACK TO MOVING IN AT
LEAST KIND OF A NORMAL SPEED.
>> IT WAS COMPLETELY AT A
STANDSTILL JUST A FEW MOMENTS
AGO. BUT ALSO TODAY WE'VE GOT
THE HEAVY RAIN THAT'S NOT
HELPING MATTERS WHATSOEVER. SO
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG TERM
PROJECT. WHAT I WOULD DO IS
GOOGLE MAPS IS WORKING WITH AND
THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO KEEP
UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST
CLOSURES. WHAT'S NOT CLOSE THE
QUICKEST ROUTE I WOULD JUST
TYPE IN THE DESTINATION WHERE
YOU'RE GOING IN ORDER TO AVOID
WHERE THOSE BIGGEST BACKUPS ARE
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL LEARN A
ROUTE THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU
MOST EFFICIENTLY GET TO YOUR
DESTINATIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING
THESE VERY BUSY MORNING DRIVES
THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THAT'S
THE LATEST FROM THE SPEEDWAY
TRAFFIC CENTER. PLEASE COMMENT
BELOW AND I'LL TRY TO GET TO
ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS
PROJECT. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS
ALL GOING TO LEAD US TO
SOMETHING FAR BETTER, FAR SAFER
AND IN THE END SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO MAKE A CITY JUST A
BETTER PLACE TO TRAVEL IN THE
NEXT 18 MONTHS TO STICK WITH US
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE HERE AND
EVERYONE HAVE SOME SAFE TRAVELS
ON THIS MONDAY