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INDOT TRAFFIC COUNT CONFIRMS ECLIPSE BROUGHT NO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES

(Wayne County, IN)--Traffic numbers from the Indiana Department of Transportation confirm there was virtually no effect on the volume of vehicles in the area as a result of last week’s eclipse.  Some local leaders and agencies had predicted up to 100,000 out-of-towners would arrive to view the eclipse, but it simply did not happen.  According to the state’s newly released counts, on the day before and the day of the eclipse, there were just over 35,000 vehicles on I-70 in Wayne County.  In each of the eight days before that, there were actually more vehicles passing through on the interstate than on the day before and the day of the eclipse.