Lloyd Expressway Within the city of Evansville, the portion of SR 66 east of
US 41 is known as the Lloyd Expressway. It is named in honor of former Mayor
Russell G. Lloyd, Sr., who was assassinated after leaving office in 1980. In the spring of 1983, buildings in the expressway's path began coming down and construction officially started on July 29, 1983. Motorists endured five years of detours and construction as the expressway was built through the heart of the city.
Major widening Increasing traffic on the segment of State Road 66 between Evansville and the
Alcoa plant east of Newburgh has led the Indiana Department of Transportation to widen the road (eventually being capable of expansion to six lanes) from
State Road 261 to the western end of the present Yankeetown-Hatfield four-lane segment. As of March 2009, work was well underway on the segment from State Road 261 to the
Newburgh Lock & Dam. By the end of 2010, the project was complete from State Road 261 to French Island Trail (formerly
Indiana State Road 662), and work was progressing from that point east beyond
Indiana State Road 61 to the existing four-lane stretch near
Yankeetown. ==Major intersections==