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The 574 area code covers north-central Indiana, and includes the cities of South Bend, North Judson and Warsaw. The 260 area code covers the northeast section of Indiana, including Fort Wayne and Angola. Prior to January 2002, the entire northern part of Indiana was under the 219 area code.
South Bend Exterior of Union Station General information Location 326 West South Street South Bend, Indiana Coordinates 41°40′9.59″N 86°15′17.10″W / 41.6693306°N 86.2547500°W / 41.6693306; -86.2547500 Platforms 3 Tracks 5 Construction Structure type Art Deco architecture History Opened 1929 Closed 1971 Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad ...
At Port Huron, on the shores on Lake Huron, it connects with the Strathroy Subdivision which runs through the St. Clair Tunnel into Ontario. Historically, the line was part of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad mainline between Chicago and Toronto. Today the line mostly handles freight. Amtrak's Blue Water uses the line between Battle Creek and ...
AM General is an American heavy vehicle and contract automotive manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. It is best known for the civilian Hummer and the military Humvee that are assembled in Mishawaka, Indiana. [4] From 1974–1979 the company also manufactured transit buses, making more than 5,400 of them. [5]
For transportation around the South Bend metro area, there is the St. Joseph Valley Parkway, designated in places as US 20, US 31, and State Road 331, which bypasses South Bend to the south and west, and connects to Michigan to the north and the greater Elkhart area to the east. The Indiana Toll Road (Interstates 80 and 90) passes through ...
The Studebaker-Packard Corporation is the entity created in 1954 by the purchase of the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. While Studebaker was the larger of the two companies, Packard's balance sheet and executive team were stronger than that of the South Bend company.
The northern third of Indiana was served by area code 219 for 54 years. By the end of the 20th century, 219 was on the verge of exhaustion of central office prefixes. The decision was made to implement a three-way split of the 219 territory. As the result of a random drawing, the middle portion, surrounding South Bend, received area code 574.
Downtown South Bend is the central business district of South Bend, Indiana. The boundaries downtown are generally considered to be the following: on the west bank of the St. Joseph River, north of Sample Street and east of Lafayette Boulevard. It features many local businesses as well as a hospital, hotels, museums, and office buildings.