{"id":827,"date":"2017-08-07T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:23:08","slug":"indot-asks-motorists-to-prepare-for-august-21-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/07\/indot-asks-motorists-to-prepare-for-august-21-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"INDOT Asks Motorists to Prepare for August 21 Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\"><i>Plan ahead for best viewing and avoid traffic congestion<\/i><\/h1>\n<div class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Indiana Department of Transportation officials urge motorists to plan for traffic congestion expected to occur in southern Indiana before and after the total solar eclipse on August 21.\u00a0Approximately 200 million people live within a day\u2019s drive of the total eclipse path. Many will be on the road to get a closer view.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\"><u><b>INDOT officials offer the following advice:<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><b>B<\/b><b>arred fo<\/b><b>r traffic congestion before and after the August 21 eclipse.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-936 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img1-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img1.png 768w, https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img1-399x300.png 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">Interstate 69, U.S. 41, and U.S. 231 are expected to experience increased traffic in southbound lanes before the event as caravans of motorists head for Western Kentucky where the moon\u2019s full eclipse of the sun can be viewed within a 70-mile-wide swath encompassing Hopkinsville, Paducah, and Madison, KY. After the event, transportation planners anticipate a \u201cmass exodus\u201d from total eclipse regions. \u00a0Expect heavier than normal northbound traffic on these routes.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">Interstate 65 will also see increased traffic going to\u2014and returning from\u2014total eclipse vantage points that begin at Bowling Green, KY and extend beyond Nashville, TN. \u00a0Again, southbound traffic is expected to rise before the solar eclipse. Northbound lanes will experience congestion after the eclipse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><b>If you want to drive toward the eclipse path for better viewing, allow extra time.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-937 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img2-285x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img2-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img2.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">If skies are clear, August 21\u2019s solar eclipse promises to be an unforgettable celestial phenomenon, the first that has been visible to all 48 contiguous states in several hundred years.\u00a0 Beyond the total eclipse\u2019s 70-mile-wide path\u2014which arcs across 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina\u2014a partial eclipse will provide a sky show that becomes more and more pronounced the closer spectators get to the sun\u2019s full black-out.\u00a0The partial eclipse can be well seen throughout Indiana, but traveling south improves the view. For example, Evansville is situated to experience a partial eclipse of 99 percent and Jeffersonville will see 96 percent. This mid-day event waxes and wanes over a period of several hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><b>Make plans now for overnight accommodations\u2014overnight camping is prohibited at rest areas.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>If planning to view the eclipse, wear safety glasses.<\/b>\u00a0They are available on-line or from many popular retailers costing from $2 to $70; some are being given away by organizations.\u00a0 <b>DO NOT<\/b>\u00a0look at the partial eclipse without proper filtration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\u00a0Visit the NASA website at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #1d5782;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwODA0Ljc2NjU4NTYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDgwNC43NjY1ODU2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE4MDYwMjc4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cm1pbGxlckBjbGF3c29ucy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJtaWxsZXJAY2xhd3NvbnMuY29tJnRhcmdldGlkPSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov\/\">http:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov<\/a><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plan ahead for best viewing and avoid traffic congestion INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Indiana Department of Transportation officials urge motorists to plan for traffic congestion expected to occur in southern Indiana before and after the total solar eclipse on August 21.\u00a0Approximately 200 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/07\/indot-asks-motorists-to-prepare-for-august-21-solar-eclipse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/07\/indot-asks-motorists-to-prepare-for-august-21-solar-eclipse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employee.clawsons.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}