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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.
Michigan Road, as well as other early roads, in Indiana. The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana.Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts.
Michigan City is a major stop along the South Shore Line, one of the last interurban rail lines in the U.S. Until 2021, the train ran directly through on 11th Street (it had no separate right-of-way, and shared the street with automobiles and other road traffic), making two stops in Michigan City's downtown area (11th Street and Carroll Avenue).
The main thoroughfare in Wanamaker, Southeastern Avenue, runs over the original alignment of the historic Michigan Road. Michigan Road was one of Indiana's earliest roads and the state's first "super highway". Built in the 1830s and 1840s, the road ran from Madison to Michigan City, via Indianapolis. [10]
The road ends at an intersection with US 12, in the northeast area of Michigan City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2016, traffic surveys from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) showed that on average, 15,912 vehicles used the highway daily near the southern end and 6,669 vehicles did so each day near the northern end, the highest and ...
The township is entirely within the city of Indianapolis. The population as of the 2020 census was 138,678, up from 132,049 at the 2010 census. [4] The first settlement at Washington Township was made in 1819. [5]
Center Township is one of nine townships in Marion County, Indiana, in the United States.As of the 2020 census, its population was 153,549, up from 142,787 in 2010, [2] and it contained 80,885 housing units.
Michigantown is a town in Michigan Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 467 at the 2010 census. The town was named for the Michigan Road, an early thoroughfare through the area. [4]