Time Line of Borman Expressway Construction

IL State Line to Calumet Avenue
2004: Installed lighting and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and completed additional preparatory work.

2006: Rebuild outside retaining walls. Reconstruct the roadway mainline - adding a fourth lane in each direction and reinstalling sound barrier walls.

Calumet Avenue to Cline Avenue
2003-2004: Removed and replaced all pavement. Added fourth lane and collector-distributor lanes in each direction. Completed minor reconfiguration of Indianapolis Boulevard and Kennedy Avenue interchanges. Reconstructed bridges over the Borman. Reconditioned sound barrier walls.

Cline Avenue to Georgia Street
2003-2004: Removed and replaced all pavement in eastbound lanes. Added a fourth lane to westbound side. Began widening of Grant Street and Broadway interchanges.

2005: Remove and replace pavement in westbound lanes. Add a new fourth lane in each direction. This lane will be opened once construction of the highway is complete in 2009. Reconstruct interchanges at Burr Street, Grant Street and Broadway. This work will require various ramp closures throughout the construction season.

Georgia Street to Clay Street
2007: Rebuild the south side of the I-65 interchange.

2008: Rebuild the north side of the I-65 interchange. Reconstruct ramp from I-65 northbound to the Borman Expressway westbound and ramp from Borman eastbound to I-65 southbound.

2009: Replace the existing highway pavement. Add a new fourth lane. All reconstruction activities are scheduled to be complete by summer 2011.