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The long-anticipated, $320 million project began mid-January, aiming to rebuild old roads and bridges and improve the interchanges “abrupt curve” design. Its also dangerous, according to Indiana Department of Transportation numbers that show crash rates more than twice as high as the states other urban interstates. Which parts of the interchange will close? Though Indianapolis traffic has already been impacted by closures related to the project, this upcoming closure is the big one, impac...

“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she cont...

View Comments Ascension St. Vincent officials announced plans on Monday for a $325 million expansion on the 86th Street campus that will include an updated women’s hospital, and a new neurosurgical hospital, positioning the hospital to become a destination for patients from across the Midwest. The project will include a larger neonatal intensive care unit. Carmel-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine will partner on the hospital that showcases its specialty.    With the additions, the n...

Semi crash snarls morning traffic into downtown Indianapolis The semi rolled and blocked all lanes of traffic heading south from the North Split of I-65 and I-70. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 10:33 AM EDT May 3, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — A rolled semi trailer blocked all lanes of I-65 and I-70 heading south into downtown Indianapolis Monday morning. The crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. just south of North Split where southbound I-65 joins westbound I-70. It sna...

Apr 22, 2021 / 11:51 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A semi on Thursday night left I-70 and crashed into a vacant house in the North Split, said a tweet from Indiana State Police Sgt. John Perrine. The tweet did not say what time the crash happened. The house is near the intersection of East 16th Street and North Arsenal Avenue, and just east of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Police at the scene said the driver had a medical emergency. The semi went through a guardrail, across a small for...

Construction projects happening downtown in preparation for the North Split project are causing headaches for residents and business owners.

Apr 5, 2021 / 11:08 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis is about a month out from a construction project that will shut down a major interstate system through downtown. The North Split project will last for 18 months and reconfigure the north split of I-65 and I-70 downtown. Motorists who use the North Split already are seeing some of the impact as crews prep for the $325 million project. Mid-may is when Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says the full closure will start; the...

Apr 1, 2021 / 11:00 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Lanes on I-70 east of the North Split will shift to a new configuration Thursday night, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced. The shift is part of the $350 million project to redesign the I-65/I-70 North Split interchange. The two inside lanes of I-70 eastbound will shift onto what is now I-70 westbound for about one mile. The shift will begin around 8 p.m. Thursday, if weather allows. Concrete construction barriers will separate ...

The North Split Is Closing Soon INDIANAPOLIS — You may have noticed the orange barrels popping up on the North Split. That’s only a tiny step towards an even bigger reconstruction project that will close the North Split down. The full closure will happen around May 15, said Mallory Duncan with INDOT. They’ll be working to rebuild bridges and roadways. “There will be exits you can get downtown that will be open, but as far as the main interchange that’ll all be closed.” Duncan said t...

The Indiana Department of Transportation is moving forward with a massive reconstruction project of the North Split in downtown Indianapolis.