That trend isn't new, but it deepened in 2016 census data analyzed this summer by the Indiana Business Research Center.

The intersection is along the detour established by the Indiana Department of Transportation after a 37-mile stretch of Interstate 65 northbound - from Lebanon to Lafayette - had to be closed because of a sinking bridge. The increased traffic volume has caused backups and raised concerns about safety.

Upset after a fatal accident involving a Lebanon woman Tuesday morning, Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen took to Facebook to vent and urge the Indiana Department of Transportation to install a stoplight at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Road 47 -- part of the official detour northbound for Interstate 65, closed by bridge problems in Lafayette.