The three left lanes of the Interstate 65 Kennedy Bridge were closed Monday for an inspection and crews determined an expansion joint needed to be repaired.

The closure that started Saturday allows traffic on Interstates 70 and 65 to reach the city's downtown, but through traffic is blocked as crews rebuild a portion of the route the two highways share.

The Indiana Department of Transportation says the I-65/I-70 southbound lanes between the North Split and Washington Street will close Friday, May 14. The full closure of the interchange is expected Saturday, May 15.

The incident happened around 8 a.m. Sunday on the ramp leading from Interstate 70 eastbound to Interstate 65 northbound, according to authorities.

A new Indy Chamber study funded by the Lilly Endowment will examine options to rework the interchange of interstates 65 and 70, a key piece of Indianapolis' downtown interstate system.

The Kentucky Transportation Department says in a statement that lane closures on the Interstate 65 Kennedy Bridge will begin this week. The statement says the right three lanes of I-65 South will close at midnight on Nov. 8 and reopen at 5 a.m. on Nov. 27.

The long-planned project is designed to improve the I-65 / I-70 interchange near downtown Indianapolis. INDOT says the interchange, which is the second-most heavily traveled in the state, has been deteriorating for years.

The first closure will be of I-65 northbound between its interchanges with Interstate 465 and Interstate 865 starting 9 p.m. June 14 until July 1. Closure of the southbound lanes is scheduled from July 12 until July 29.

Authorities say three people have died in a southern Indiana crash involving five vehicles that left two semitrailers fully engulfed in flames.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to send Indiana $40 million to add additional lanes to parts of both northbound and southbound Interstate 65.