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Indianapolis is the only "first-class" city in Indiana under state law, making it subject to a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov. A town is differentiated from a city in that a town can not become a city until it has a population of at least 2,000.
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 entire length of US 50 in Indiana is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). [5] The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation. [6] The highway is maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) like all other U.S. Highways in ...
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
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]
North of Indianapolis, US 421 continues to the north-northwest, providing a direct highway link between Indianapolis and Michigan City. US 421 ends at its junction with US 20 on the south side of Michigan City. Originally, the highway's end was a few miles north at the junction with US 12 near the shores of Lake Michigan.
I-70 crosses from Illinois into Indiana near Terre Haute and departs into Ohio at Richmond. It covers 156.6 miles (252.0 km) in Indiana, paralleling U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), the old National Road (except for the first approximately 11 miles (18 km) in which the two routes overlap).
The highway is included in the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. US 6 was first designated as a U.S. Route in 1932. A section of the highway originally served as part of Sauk Indian Trail. US 6 replaced the original State Road 17 (SR 17) designation of the highway which dated back to the formation of the Indiana state road system.