在I-69的所有愤怒中，新地形路线的支持者和对手似乎已经失去了一个基本事实的景象，这就是印第安纳西南部居民对其州立大学的安全方便的四车道高速公路。在国家国会大厦。实际上是说话，如果是I-69或升级现有的双车道高速公路，那就并不重要。\ nall我们真的需要是一个四车道的高速公路，因为印第安纳州37已经是四通道布卢明顿的西部郊区。To get to Bedford from the northern end of the Interstate 164 spur, the state would need to four-lane about 85 miles of existing two-lane highway via U.S. 57 and U.S. 50 through Petersburg, Washington and Loogootee.\nAn even shorter route would require only about 66 miles of new four-lane over the existing two-lane routings of U.S. 231 and U.S. 50 through Huntingburg, Jasper and Loogootee to Bedford, utilizing Interstate 64 as part of that route.\nI am afraid that Interstate 69 has polarized people into opposing camps, and they are arguing about all the wrong issues. Economic development along the highway corridor should not be the primary consideration for a highway's route. Safety and travel distance should be our first concern.\nI find it hard to believe that a state surplus as big as Indiana's cannot build 55 miles of four-lane highway, especially when it is just now completing at least that much four-lane on U.S. 24 from Huntington to Lafayette.\nAs for the attitude of the Indianapolis Star and some upstate politicians, we shouldn't really be surprised that they figure any highway improvement into southwest Indiana is a "highway to nowhere." That attitude hasn't changed in over 150 years.
