The planned Exit 210 Double Crossover Diamond Interchange configuration

Have you ever heard of a Double Crossover Diamond Interchange configuration, also known as a Diverging Diamond Interchange?  That’s what is coming to I-69’s Exit 210. There is one in the Greenwood area of I-65, and one on I-69 at Dupont Road in Fort Wayne.

This is a different interchange setup than one is accustomed to seeing, but INDOT officials say this is the best interchange design for the Exit 210 interchange reconstruction.  The work is scheduled to begin just after July 4th, 2016, and should be completed just before Independence Day, 2017.

INDOT officials and contractors provided an update Thursday evening at the Hamilton Southeastern High School cafeteria.

INDOT is also planning to conduct a rehabilitation project needed for the Brook School Bridge over I-69 in Fishers.  This will be done after school is out in late May or June of 2017. The bridge will be closed during the work, with 136th Street, Promise Road and 126th Street to be the detour route.

INDOT will also begin work on adding a traffic lane each direction on I-69 between State Road 37 and north to State Road 38 in Pendleton.

Below is information from an INDOT news release about work on I-69:

Milestone Contractors plans to begin work to patch and resurface existing pavement as early as next week.  Weather permitting, overnight (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.) single-lane closures will begin on or after Tuesday, April 26 on northbound and southbound I-69 between Exit 205 and Exit 210.  Two lanes will remain open during peak daytime travel times.

The speed limit on I-69 through the work zone will be reduced to 60 mph and further reduced to 50 mph when workers are present.

After existing pavement is resurfaced, crews will begin work to rehabilitate existing interstate bridges.  Beginning in June, traffic lanes between Exit 205 and Exit 210 will be shifted away from the median to set temporary concrete barrier wall and begin construction of the added travel lane.