Lloyd Expressway
| Lloyd Expressway | |
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| The Lloyd | |
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| Maintained by Indiana Department of Transportation | |
| Length: | 14.3 mi (23.0 km) |
| Existed: | July 19, 1988 – present |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end: | Posey/Vanderburgh county line |
University Parkway in Vanderburgh County US 41 in Evansville I-69 in Evansville
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| East end: | Vanderburgh/Warrick county line |
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| Counties: | Vanderburgh |
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The Lloyd Expressway is a major east–west traffic artery located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The route primarily runs through Evansville, Indiana, although the route designation continues west of the Evansville city limits into Perry Township. West of US 41, the expressway is signed as Indiana State Road 62 (SR 62); east of US 41, it is signed as Indiana State Road 66 (SR 66). (North of the expressway, both SR 62 and SR 66 run concurrently with US 41. SR 62 later turns east as Morgan Avenue; shortly after that, SR 66 turns west as Diamond Avenue.)
The expressway contains a mix of intersections and interchanges. Although Evansville residents are said to use the term “expressway” loosely, often using the term "The Lloyd" instead, due to the large number of intersections along the city's stretch of the route, the road actually has many of the characteristics in the standard definition of "expressway": Opposing traffic is separated between intersections and interchanges, largely by medians. There are few driveways along the expressway, with most access made via side roads; most of the driveways that do intersect with the expressway allow right-in/right-out access only, without direct access to or from the opposing lanes.
The expressway either runs adjacent to or supplants Division Street, and serves mainly as a one-way or two-way frontage road east to nearly the Warrick County line.
The expressway is named in honor of former mayor Russell G. Lloyd, Sr., who was assassinated after leaving office in 1980.
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