Indy Traffic Woes

cgall · 08-12-2019, 04:03 PM

I went over to Lucas Oil Raceway yesterday for some bracket racing, wanted to post this up to warn everyone prior to the biggest race of the year. There is a 15 mile stretch of I-74 near Batesville that is one lane each direction, going west in the morning was no problem, but heading east in the evening slowed to a crawl. God help us if a semi blows a tire in that area, as you are in between two concrete walls. Then I see I-465 north is closed at 74, which appeared to be no problem as I went south, and I could see traffic going north and getting on 74 east. After a day at the track I'm back on the southeast section of 465, but they had moved the barriers all the way down to I-65 north, which was the only option and all the traffic had to go thru town. Took about an hour to get to I-70 east, back to 465, then east on 74. Then the slowdown going east, not fun! Wish I had checked artimis or google maps before I went home and came up with a backup plan.

08-12-2019, 04:03 PM	#1
cgall Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 36 Likes: 0 Liked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Indy Traffic Woes I went over to Lucas Oil Raceway yesterday for some bracket racing, wanted to post this up to warn everyone prior to the biggest race of the year. There is a 15 mile stretch of I-74 near Batesville that is one lane each direction, going west in the morning was no problem, but heading east in the evening slowed to a crawl. God help us if a semi blows a tire in that area, as you are in between two concrete walls. Then I see I-465 north is closed at 74, which appeared to be no problem as I went south, and I could see traffic going north and getting on 74 east. After a day at the track I'm back on the southeast section of 465, but they had moved the barriers all the way down to I-65 north, which was the only option and all the traffic had to go thru town. Took about an hour to get to I-70 east, back to 465, then east on 74. Then the slowdown going east, not fun! Wish I had checked artimis or google maps before I went home and came up with a backup plan.