Washington Times-Herald » When state officials promised a public-private partnership would speed up the I-69 corridor construction, communities, like Washington, Ind., were being encouraged to begin putting infrastructure in place for the inevitable industrial and commercial growth that would follow. I-69 has been open from Evansville to Bloomington since 2015. But the anticipated economic boom has been more of a pop because the private firm building another section of the key artery is two years behind schedule and in financial trouble.