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INDOT To Reduce 45/46 Bypass To 2 Lanes Near New Hospital Site

An INDOT map of the planned road construction near the future IU Health Regional Academic Health Center.
An INDOT map of the planned road construction near the future IU Health Regional Academic Health Center.

The Indiana Department of Transportation will restrict traffic on State Road 45/46 near the future IU Health Regional Academic Health Center to one lane in each direction starting Monday.

Traffic on the bypass will be reduced to one northbound and one southbound lane between 10th Street and 17th Street. East Discovery Parkway will also be closed starting Monday.

An INDOT news release says the closure is part of a $2.4 million project to improve the S.R. 46/Discovery Parkway intersection ahead of the new hospital's planned opening.

The department expects to complete the project, which includes storm sewer improvements, signal work and added turn lanes, by July 2020.

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Emma Atkinson is a reporter for WTIU and WFIU News and the anchor of regional newscasts for All Things Considered. She's originally from Champaign, Ill. and graduated from IU with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 2019. Emma has previously worked as a reporter in Kampala, Uganda and Ketchikan, Alaska.