Talk:Interstate 469

U.S. Highway movements in Fort Wayne

Is this right? I can't remember if U.S. 24 followed U.S. 30 or went around the other way on I-469. Also, does Indiana 37 end at I-469, or closer to Fort Wayne? —Rob (talk) 17:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

US-24 follows I-469 south, then west to I-69 near Fort Wayne International Airport. Before I-469 was built SR 37 continued southwest on the Maysville Turnpike, then turned west onto Stellhorn Road for about 5 miles. It then turned southwest again near IPFW before intersecting Coliseum Boulevard. From this point to SR 9/SR-37 split in Marion, SR 37 was unsigned, but followed Coliseum Blvd to I-69 south, then it turned into US-24 west to Huntington, where it followed SR-9 south to Marion.

After the completion of I-469, SR 37 was rerouted as an unsigned route along I-469, following it south and west from Exit 25 to I-69 near the Airport. From here it follows US-24 briefly along I-69, then southwest to Huntington, where it follows SR-9 as an unsigned route to Marion. The southern signed portion of SR-37 begins in Marion and continues south to Indy. User: wxstorm

Removal of stub

Why is this article a stub. The article is long enough to classify as normal page length. This article is like about 4 pages long, and they cover like enough important fact. I think we should just remove the stub tag.--Freewayguy (Webmail) 01:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Having a 2-sentence route description for a 30-mile Interstate is incredibly disappointing. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 04:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Not only that, it needs references. —Rob (talk) 20:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

This interstate is pretty much a flop of a highway. It doesn't carry all that much traffic (most of it carries less than 20,000 AADT). It was built too far away from the city so that it does not serve much local traffic at all, and it really takes you out of your way. It did help get the through trucks out of the city, but that's about all it has done. It is a freeway, but not designed to true interstate standards, due to lack of funding at the time. They built 31 miles for a paltry $121 million! The interchanges are terrible (almost all of them are tight diamonds). The US 30 and US 24 interchanges on the east side of New Haven are horrible! I-469: another Indianan highway flop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.168.2.173 (talk) 02:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Construction

@Red Phoenix:, I doubt I will review for GA, but growing up in the area I remember a botched construction project (maybe 2008 or so?) which was finally mostly fixed by 2012 or so I believe. I remember the right westbound lane was practically unusable, every few feet there were huge dips in the road. You can probably find some sources for it, the initial project was expensive and fixing it was expensive as well. Kees08 (Talk) 06:42, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Also, based on the location of the Wabash Erie Canal that they found, I am pretty sure there is a historical marker there now. I always wanted to stop there and check it out and never did...mostly because it was right off another highway. Not sure if it was significant enough, but there was also a windstorm that blew down a few signs that had to be put back up. Sorry for the probably useless information, just excited someone is writing about that region of the US for once! Kees08 (Talk) 06:48, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

@Kees08: There might be some info about the botched construction and windstorm, though I have to wonder if it's noteworthy; there are tons of articles about minor construction projects which wouldn't be worthy per WP:NOTNEWS. I too am always glad to find editors interested in the Northeast Indiana region, as I don't tend to meet a lot of them for where I usually contribute to Wikipedia. Red Phoenix ^talk 14:48, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good. I will try to find information on the construction this weekend. I do not remember the specifics, but I do remember they messed up the entire highway, so it was a huge cost and not minor construction. I know people that live in the area as well, so I might be able to grab a picture if there are none on Commons now. Kees08 (Talk) 18:34, 25 January 2019 (UTC)