Indiana Toll Road East West Toll Road

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230820118
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Transportation in South Bend, Indiana written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Indiana State Road 2, Indiana State Road 23, Indiana State Road 933, Indiana Toll Road, South Bend (Amtrak station), South Bend Airport (NICTD), South Bend Regional Airport, South Bend TRANSPO, South Shore Line (NICTD), St. Joseph Valley Parkway, U.S. Route 20 in Indiana, U.S. Route 31 in Indiana. Excerpt: The Indiana Toll Road, officially the Indiana East-West Toll Road, is a toll road that runs for 156.28 miles (251.51 km) east-west across northern Indiana from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line. It has been advertised as the "Main Street of the Midwest." It is owned by the Indiana Finance Authority and operated by the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company, a joint-venture between Spanish Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte and Australian Macquarie Atlas Roads. The Indiana Toll Road is part of the U.S. Interstate Highway System which runs 156.28 miles (251.51 km) through Indiana connecting the Chicago Skyway to the Ohio Turnpike. The toll road is signed with the following route numbers: Indiana Toll Road, East Chicago, IN, at Kennedy AvenueExit points are based on the milepost system, with exits starting at 0 at the Illinois state line, and increasing to exit 153 at the Eastpoint toll barrier near the Ohio state line (technically, not an exit, as the only access from there is to the Ohio Turnpike, but toll tickets issued at the barrier are marked "Entry 153"). The Toll Road opened in 1956 with sequential exit numbering, which was converted to the current mileage-based scheme in 1981. The original number sequence was amended slightly in 1964 with the opening of the then-Burns Harbor, now Lake Station exit. The farthest it gets from the Michigan state line or Lake Michigan is about 10 miles (16 km). Although it never actually enters Michigan, the toll road lies within 10 miles (16 km)...