Transportation in Lake County, Indiana PDF Download

Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: Booksllc.Net
ISBN: 9781230824734
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Borman Expressway, Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad, Dyer (Amtrak station), East Chicago (NICTD), East Chicago Transit, Griffith-Merrillville Airport, Hammond (NICTD), Hammond Transit, Hammond-Whiting (Amtrak station), Hobart Sky Ranch Airport, Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Indiana State Road 130, Indiana State Road 152, Indiana State Road 2, Indiana State Road 312, Indiana State Road 51, Indiana State Road 53, Indiana State Road 55, Indiana State Road 8, Indiana State Road 912, Indiana Toll Road, Johnsons Strawberry Farm Airport, Lowell Airport (Indiana), Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority, U.S. Route 12 in Indiana, U.S. Route 231 in Indiana. Excerpt: U.S. Route 231 (US 231) in Indiana is a main north-south highway, in the western part of the state. The southern terminus of US 231 is at the Kentucky state line and the northern terminus is at the US 41 just south of St. John. The highway has a mix of expressway and two-lane roadway. The expressway is mainly in southern Indiana and around the Lafayette area, with the rest mainly being two-lanes. The history of the route is that it was first signed as a state road from Spencer to Lafayette. North of Lafayette the road was a U.S. Highway, until it was decommissioned in favor of US 231. The future of this route, is for it to become an expressway in southern Indiana from the current northern terminus of the expressway to the future interchange at Interstate 69 (I-69). Future for the road around Lafayette will be to bypass Lafayette around the west side of the town. US 231 has two segments that are included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The first is from the Kentucky state line to SR 558 and the second is from I-70 to Lafayette. The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility...