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=== Indiana === {{Main|Interstate 65 in Indiana}} [[File:I-65 in Indianapolis.jpg|thumb|right|I-65 just outside [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]]] [[File:Northern terminus of I-65.jpg|thumb|Approaching the northern terminus of I-65 in [[Gary, Indiana]]]] I-65 enters Indiana at [[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville]] and [[Clarksville, Indiana|Clarksville]]. Miles 0β9 were rebuilt, widened, and realigned from north of Sellersburg to the Ohio River during 2008β2010, giving great traffic relief to the fast-growing Indiana suburbs of Louisville. Over 300,000 of the 1.5 million people in Louisville's CMSA live in its Indiana counties. A section of I-65 in [[Downtown Indianapolis]] runs concurrently with [[Interstate 70|I-70]]. The junctions are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming a section of Interstate locally known as the "Inner Loop" or "The Spaghetti Bowl" due to the visual complexity of the intersecting ramps and overpasses. In mid-March 2007, a {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} section of I-70 from the North Split to [[Interstate 465|I-465]] east of downtown was restricted to automobiles only for the "Super 70" project, a massive rebuild and expansion of that freeway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/dot/div/projects/i70/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029041051/http://www.in.gov/dot/div/projects/i70/index.html |title=Super 70 |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |work=in.gov}}</ref> Trucks over {{convert|13|ST|t}} were forced to divert through I-65 if coming from the north and use the circular I-465 to the south to reconnect to I-70 eastbound. Westbound traffic from I-70 was required to loop north or south along I-465 to get to I-65 or I-70. The Super 70 project was completed in November 2007. In mid-2003, the portion of I-65 that runs concurrently with I-70 was closed to all traffic due to the "HyperFix" project. During that time, a new concrete surface was installed and the overpasses were upgraded. In 1999, the {{convert|25|mi|km|adj=on}} segment of I-65 between the two I-465 interchanges was renamed the [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]] Highway. North of [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]] near [[Brookston, Indiana|Brookston]], the road passes through the [[Meadow Lake Wind Farm]] for several miles, with the turbines and standards spaced out in order to avoid a collapse onto the highway. The [[Fowler Ridge Wind Farm]] is also visible on both sides of the highway. From its crossing into [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake County]] over the Kankakee River to its northern terminus, the highway is known as the [[Casimir Pulaski]] Memorial Highway. Prior to 2004, the northern terminus of I-65 was only {{convert|0.125|mi|km}} north of the [[Indiana Toll Road]] ([[Interstate 90|I-90]]). Traffic going from I-90 to I-65 had to stop at a traffic signal to make a left turn. Traffic from I-65 to I-90 bypassed the traffic signal via an isolated right-turn lane. In 2004, the interchange was fully grade-separated, so it is now one interchange involving I-65, I-90, US 12, and US 20, thereby eliminating a [[Interstate Gaps#Connection gaps|connection gap]] in the [[Interstate Highway System]].
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