INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — After decades of planning and construction, the I-69 “Finish Line” is almost here.

According to INDOT, the final portion of the interstate connecting Indianapolis and Martinsville is scheduled to open on Tuesday.

Phil Powell, a professor from IU’s Kelley School of Business, says it will significantly impact the region.

“We’re known as a crossroads of America,” Powell said.”We’ve just added another link in that story.”

I-69 was developed in the 1970s and started in the 1990s to ...