Don't Shut Us Out: Keep the 16th Street Bridge Open

Starting summer June 1, 2026, the City of Indianapolis plans to fully close the 16th Street Bridge for a minimum of over two years. 

No lanes. No access. No exceptions.

For the families, seniors, students and small business owners of Haughville and the Near West Side, this bridge is not just concrete and steel. It is how they get to work. It is how their kids get to school. It is how an ambulance reaches their front door in time.

A full closure means:

Ambulances rerouted through crowded residential streets. Patients delayed getting to Eskenazi Hospital, The Veterans Hospital, Kindred Dialysis, and so many more critical businesses. It also means children walking through dangerous traffic every single day. Local businesses losing customers they cannot afford to lose which in turns means their employees being laid off. 

The City has already done partial-lane construction before on Lafayette Road. The answer exists. What is missing is the will to use it.

Our ask is simple: keep one lane open in each direction for the full duration of construction.

We are not stopping progress. We are demanding that progress does not come at the expense of a community that has already sacrificed enough.

Sign this petition. Tell Mayor Hogsett and DPW Director Todd Wilson that Haughville and the Near West Side will not be shut out.

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