INDIANAPOLIS — A private construction project is scheduled to close a portion of North College Avenue between 62nd Street and Broad Ripple Avenue to all traffic until March. The project near 6215 North College Avenue involves heavy steel work and will require the use of a crane in the roadway. College Avenue is expected to reopen to traffic in early March 2022, weather permitting.
Motorists traveling north on College Avenue may avoid the closure by turning left on Kessler Blvd. E Drive, then right on North Meridian Street before taking another right on 71st Street to eventually rejoin College Avenue.
Note: Nearby Carrollton Avenue is a one-way, southbound street that is not a part of the formal detour. For the safety of all road users, it should not be used by northbound traffic detouring around this closure.
Southbound vehicular traffic may turn right on 71st Street, then left on Meridian Street before turning left on to Kessler Blvd. E Drive, which intersects with College Avenue.
Motorists should watch for pedestrians and other vehicles as they drive through residential areas surrounding the work and obey all posted traffic signals and signage, especially noting streets that are designated one-way.
This closure will not impact IndyGo’s Red Line, which runs through this area and will be maintained using the southbound lanes of College Avenue for both north- and southbound transit.
The College Avenue parking garage will remain accessible for southbound traffic during construction.