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By far the largest watershed in the state, the Wabash River drainage area contains the several large cities, including Indianapolis and the extreme western part of Fort Wayne. Other cities included in the area are Bloomington, Muncie, Lafayette, Anderson and Terre Haute. This watershed also includes most of Indiana's prime farm land.
There is no rule preventing the same numbering between state roads, U.S. routes, and Interstate highways, although traditionally, INDOT has avoided state road numbers which are the same as those on U.S. routes within the state. Indiana has a mileage cap of 12,000 miles (19,000 km) for its highway system. [1]
Grand Army of the Republic Highway [2] US 12: 46.258: 74.445 US 12/US 20/US 41 at Whiting: US 12 at Michiana Shores: 1926 [3] current Iron Brigade Highway [4] US 20: 155.734: 250.630 US 12/US 20/US 41 at Whiting: US 20 near Angola: 1926 [5] current US 24: 166.846: 268.513 US 24/US 52 near Kentland: US 24 near Fort Wayne: 1926 [5] current
Interstate Highways are owned and maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) unless it is a toll road. The system was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which provided federal funds for construction of limited access highways. Indiana's initial set of seven Interstate Highways were announced in September 1957 ...
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
Another exception to the system was SR 265; this highway was an eighteen-mile-long (29 km) extension that existed between Interstate 265 (I-265) and I-65 and is over 100 miles (160 km) east of either SR 65 or SR 165, both located in Southwestern Indiana near Evansville.
State highway system of Indiana, 1936, Indiana State Highway Commission. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways and state owned canals or railroads.
The 149 miles (240 km) of US 6 that lie within Indiana serve as a major conduit. Some sections of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway and urbanized four-lane divided highways. The easternmost community along the highway is Butler at the Ohio state line.