 There were six segments in the southern portion of the state between the Kentucky border and the south leg of I-465 in Indianapolis, nine within the I-465 loop and eleven more that made up the northern portion connecting the northwest side of Indianapolis to the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) in Gary.The first section of I-65 to be completed in Indiana was a stretch between a temporary connection with US 52 near Royalton in Boone County (just south of the present-day interchange with I-865) and the US 52 junction northwest of Lebanon, which opened in December 1960.The initial southern Indiana portion, running between then-US 31E (now US 31) in Clarksville and US 50 east of Seymour, saw its first traffic in November 1961.