Indiana Toll Road
Length:	156. 9 mi (252. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 5 km)
Formed:	August 1956
West end:	I-90 at Illinois state line
Major junctions:	US 41 in Hammond I-65 / US 20 / US 12 in Gary I-80 / I-94 / US 6 in Lake Station US 421 near Michigan City US 31 in South Bend US 131 near Middlebury I-69 near Angola
East end:	I-80 / I-90 at Ohio state line
Indiana roads < I-80 I-94 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Roads - Former

The Indiana Toll Road, officially the Indiana East-West Toll Road, is a tolled highway running east-west across the northernmost part of Indiana. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand In the US state of Illinois, Interstate 90 runs roughly northwest through the northern end of the state from the Indiana border to Wisconsin The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. US Route 41 in Indiana is a major route in Western Indiana. It enters the state south of Evansville. Hammond (ˈhæmənd is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Interstate 65 in Indiana enters the state at Jeffersonville on the John F US Route 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies U In the US state of Indiana, US Route 12 is a historical east-west arterial highway that runs along the Lake Michigan shoreline In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes The Borman Expressway from the In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 94 runs east-west through the northwest portion of the state US Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a main route of the U Lake Station is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. US Route 421 is a spur of US 21. It runs for 941 miles (1514 km from Michigan City Indiana, at U Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, USA It is one of two principal cities of and is included in the Michigan City- La Porte Indiana US Route 31 is a long north-south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with termini at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City South Bend is a city on the St Joseph river and a twin city of Mishawaka Indiana. US Route 131 (US 131 is a north-south United States highway. All but of its length is within Michigan. Middlebury is a town in Middlebury Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, in the United States. In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 69 presently runs northeast from Indianapolis and traverses through the city of Fort Wayne Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. Interstate 80 runs across northern Ohio. Most of the route is part of the Ohio Turnpike, with only an 18 Interstate 90 runs east-west across the northern tier of the U Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT is responsible for the establishment and classification of a State highway network which includes interstate highways In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes The Borman Expressway from the In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 94 runs east-west through the northwest portion of the state Interstate Highways are owned and maintained by INDOT unless it is a toll road US Routes are owned and maintained by INDOT. US Route 6 US Route 12 U State Roads in the US state of Indiana are numbered rationally in general odd one-digit and two-digit highways are north-south highways numbers increasing The following State highways in the US state of Indiana have been turned back to local authorities or renumbered A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union It is a part of the New York-Chicago Toll Road system, and has been advertised as the "Main Street of the Midwest". The New York-Chicago Toll Road system consists of a nearly-unbroken series of Toll roads, all relatively early Expressways nearly connecting Manhattan

To the west, it leads directly to Chicago, Illinois via the Chicago Skyway; to the east it leads toward Toledo, Ohio via the Ohio Turnpike. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Chicago Skyway also known as Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System is a 7 This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Ohio Turnpike (officially the James W Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike) is a -long Limited-access toll highway in the U

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 Infrastructure Group. The Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC is the subsidiary of the Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte joint-venture Cintra SA (Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, ( is an international operator of toll roads and car parks The Macquarie Infrastructure Group is one of several listed trusts managed by Macquarie Group Limited.

Contents 1 Route Numbers 2 Tolls 3 Facts 4 History 5 Service Areas 6 Ownership 7 Future Activities 8 Exit list 9 References 10 External links

Route Numbers

The entire Indiana Toll Road is part of the U. S. Interstate Highway System. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) It provides a direct connection to the Chicago Skyway to the west, and the Ohio Turnpike to the east. The Chicago Skyway also known as Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System is a 7 The Ohio Turnpike (officially the James W Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike) is a -long Limited-access toll highway in the U

The toll road is signed with the following route numbers:

• Interstate 80. Interstate 80 (I-80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States (after I-90) Interstate 80 joins the toll road at the Lake Station exit, number 21, and continues east to the toll road's eastern terminus at the Ohio state line. Lake Station is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.

• Interstate 90. Interstate 90 (I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3100 miles (5000 kilometers Interstate 90 runs the entire length of the toll road, joining at the western terminus at the Illinois state line, and continuing east to the Ohio state line.

Tolls

Between the Westpoint barrier toll, near the Illinois state line, and the Portage barrier at mile post 23, tolls are collected by fixed-amount tolls at exit and entrance ramps. Portage (ˈpɔrtɨdʒ is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States.

Between the Portage barrier, east to the Eastpoint barrier toll, near the Ohio state line, it is operated as a closed ticket system toll road, where one receives a ticket upon entering and pays a pre-calculated amount based on distance traveled when exiting. A ticket system toll road (also known as closed toll collection system, as opposed to a flat-rate toll road, is utilized by some state toll road or highway agencies Standard passenger cars are charged a toll of $4. 15 for i-Zoom users and $6. i-Zoom is the Electronic toll collection system currently used by the Indiana Toll Road. 75 cash along the section from Portage to Eastpoint, with an extra $0. 50 for i-Zoom users and $1. i-Zoom is the Electronic toll collection system currently used by the Indiana Toll Road. 25 cash at the Westpoint barrier.

Originally the entire toll road was on a closed ticket system, with Westpoint at current Exit 5, roughly under the East 141st Street overpass. This changed after the INDOT takeover in 1981. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT is a governmental agency of the U (see the History section).

Effective June 25, 2007, the Indiana Toll Road began electronic toll collection with the i-Zoom system. Electronic toll collection (ETC, an adaptation of military " Identification friend or foe " technology aims to eliminate the delay on Toll roads It is a i-Zoom is the Electronic toll collection system currently used by the Indiana Toll Road. i-Zoom is fully compatible with the E-ZPass and I-Pass electronic toll collection systems. E-ZPass is an Electronic toll collection system used on most tolled Roads Bridges and Tunnels in the northeastern United States I-PASS is the Electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on its toll highways Indiana becomes the 12th state to use the E-ZPass system.

Facts

In what may serve as a "test case" for the privatization of other major highways in the United States, on June 29th, 2006 Indiana received $3. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union 8 billion from a foreign consortium made up of the Spanish construction firm Cintra and the Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) of Australia, and in exchange the state ceded operation of the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road for the next 75 years to these outside corporations. Cintra SA (Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, ( is an international operator of toll roads and car parks The Macquarie Infrastructure Group is one of several listed trusts managed by Macquarie Group Limited. The consortium would collect all the tolls. ^[1] Opponents argued that tolls should instead have been lowered or removed entirely to make the highway more attractive to motorists and relieve some of the congestion on nearby I-80.

Exit points are based on the mile-post 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 (15 km). Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Although it never enters Michigan, the toll road lies within ten miles (16. 1 km) of the Michigan state line between La Porte, Indiana and the Ohio state line. La Porte ( French for "The Door" is a city in La Porte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the County seat. Looking north at exit 121, the State Road 9-Howe/LaGrange, the "Welcome to Michigan" sign is visible in the distance. State Road 9 in the US State of Indiana is a long north-south State highway in the eastern portion of Indiana Howe is an unincorporated town in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. LaGrange is a town in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. At one point in northern Indiana, in Greenfield Township in LaGrange County at approximately Mile 129. Greenfield Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County Indiana. 4, the Toll Road comes within about 200 yards (meters) of the Michigan border^[2].

Control cities on guide signs are Chicago and Toledo. A control city is a city or locality posted on a Traffic sign indicating forward destinations on a certain route Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Originally they were "Chicago and West" and "Ohio and East".

In December 2006, ITR Concession Company announced that a South Bend student, Andrea Hebster, will receive $5,000 towards her educational expenses for being selected as the grand prizewinner of the Indiana Toll Road logo design contest. The new ITRCC logo rollout occurred in the spring of 2007. ^[3]

History

The Indiana Toll Road was publicly financed and constructed during the 1950s. It opened in stages, east to west, between August and November, 1956^[4]. The formal dedication ceremony was held on September 17, 1956.

The final course of the Toll Road was the northern of four planned alignments. ^[5]

In addition to the "east-west" toll road, a "north-south" toll road was planned, roughly along the path of today's Interstate 65, but the plan was dropped after the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was passed. Interstate 65 (I-65 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627 was enacted on June 29 1956 when Dwight D ^[4]

Originally the Interstate 94 designation was applied to the highway west of where the current interchange with I-94 was eventually built, with I-90 following I-80 to the west along the Borman Expressway as I-94 does now, the completed portions of the Borman being designated as I-80, 90, and 294. The Frank Borman Expressway is an east-west highway in northwest portion of the U Interstate 294 (I-294 is a tolled Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois, U The current arrangement was applied around 1965, to avoid confusion, resulting in a stretch of I-94 actually being farther south than I-90, and I-90 running the entire length of the Indiana Toll Road. I-294 was cut back to the Tri-State Tollway at that time. The Tri-State Tollway is a US Toll road maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA in northeastern Illinois.

Service Areas

Like all other toll highways built in the 1950s, the Indiana Toll Road has had service areas(called travel plazas[1])ever since it opened. Originally, there were eight pairs of travel plazas located approximately every 18 miles. Of these, five featured sit-down restaurants operated by the Host Restaurant chain while the other three had only snack bars. Each travel plaza was named after a prominent Indiana native or resident. Gasoline and other auto services were available at all travel plazas. Originally, various oil companies including Standard Oil, Sinclair, Pure, Gulf, Texaco and Citgo operated each of the travel plazas. Later, Standard Oil, later Amoco and now BP Amoco, assumed operations at all travel plazas. Currently BP Amoco operates the three western travel plazas while Mobil operates the two easternmost pairs. The westernmost snack bar at milepost 37. 5 remained open until the mid-70s and is now used as a "Truck Only Parking" rest area[2] with no facilities. The other two at mileposts 72. 9 and 108 were closed in 1972. All were demolished except for one, the former Benjamin Harrison snack bar on the eastbound side at milepost 72. 9. It serves as a state police station and has no public facilities. The restaurant interiors were remodeled into short-order cafeterias in the late 70s when the Gladieux chain took over operations and have since been remodeled once again for fast food service. However, the original buildings remain little changed from the outside.

Ownership

The Indiana Toll Road Commission operated the toll road from its inception until 1981.

The Indiana Department of Transportation operated the toll road between 1981 and 2006. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT is a governmental agency of the U

The Cintra-Macquarie joint-venture assumed operation of the Toll Road from INDOT on June 30, 2006, after the Indiana Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge by opponents attempting to derail the deal following the failure of the opponents to post a bond. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of Indiana is the state supreme court of Indiana.

The same partnership already operates and maintains the adjoining Chicago Skyway in Illinois. The Chicago Skyway also known as Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System is a 7

The Toll Road has been owned by the Indiana Finance Authority since 2005.

Future Activities

Part of the agreement to privatize operations of the Indiana E-W Toll Road is to implement over $770 million in planned upgrades to the Toll Road. Included is adding a lane in each direction from the Illinois State Line to the I-80/I-94 interchange (MP 21), the reconstruction of existing pavement and bridge structures, and implementation of electronic toll collection system at all mainline and interchange toll plazas. Electronic toll collection (ETC, an adaptation of military " Identification friend or foe " technology aims to eliminate the delay on Toll roads It is a The lease agreement also requires the ITRCC to maintain and/or improve the condition of the Toll Road to standards set forth by state and federal law.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Lake	Hammond	0. An exit number is a number assigned to a Road junction, usually an exit from a Freeway. Lake County is a county located in the US state of Indiana. In 2000 its population was 484564 making it Indiana's second-most populous county Hammond (ˈhæmənd is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. 0		US 12 / US 20 / US 41 / Indianapolis Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		Westpoint Toll Barrier
			3	SR 912 (Cline Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		4. In the US state of Indiana, US Route 12 is a historical east-west arterial highway that runs along the Lake Michigan shoreline US Route 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies U US Route 41 in Indiana is a major route in Western Indiana. It enters the state south of Evansville. State Road 912, known along its entire length as Cline Avenue, SR 912 is a Freeway north of the Borman Expressway (Interstates 80 - 94 7	5	US 41 (Calumet Avenue) – Hammond	Old exit 1
	Gary		10	SR 912 (Cline Avenue) – Gary
		13. US Route 41 in Indiana is a major route in Western Indiana. It enters the state south of Evansville. Hammond (ˈhæmənd is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. State Road 912, known along its entire length as Cline Avenue, SR 912 is a Freeway north of the Borman Expressway (Interstates 80 - 94 5	14A	Grant Street	Old exit 2 (1A pre-1964)
			14B	SR 53 – Broadway
		16. Indiana State Road 53, known along its entire length as Broadway, SR 53 is a State highway in northwest Indiana that runs from U 7	17	I-65 / US 12 / US 20 – Indianapolis	Old exit 3 (2 pre-1964)
	Lake Station	20. Interstate 65 in Indiana enters the state at Jeffersonville on the John F In the US state of Indiana, US Route 12 is a historical east-west arterial highway that runs along the Lake Michigan shoreline US Route 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies U Lake Station is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. 8	21	I-80 / I-94 / US 6 – Detroit, Des Moines	West end of I-80 overlap; old exit 4; was originally called Burns Harbor when it opened in 1964
Porter	Portage		23	Portage
		Portage Toll Barrier
	Chesterton	30. In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes The Borman Expressway from the In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 94 runs east-west through the northwest portion of the state US Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a main route of the U Porter County is a county located in the US state of Indiana. Portage (ˈpɔrtɨdʒ is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. Portage (ˈpɔrtɨdʒ is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships Porter County, Indiana, United States. 9	31	SR 49 – Chesterton, Valparaiso	Old exit 5 (3 pre-1964); serves Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park
LaPorte		38. State Road 49 in the US State of Indiana is a state highway in northwest Indiana Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships Porter County, Indiana, United States. Valparaiso (ˌvɑlpəˈreɪzoʊ is a city in Porter County, Indiana, U Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a US National lakeshore located in northwest Indiana that was authorized by Congress in 1966 width="280px" style="margin-left 05em"> La Porte County is a county located in the US state of Indiana. 9	39	US 421 – Michigan City, Westville	Old exit 6 (4 pre-1964)
		49. US Route 421 is a spur of US 21. It runs for 941 miles (1514 km from Michigan City Indiana, at U Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, USA It is one of two principal cities of and is included in the Michigan City- La Porte Indiana Westville is a town in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. 2	49	SR 39 – La Porte	Old exit 7 (5 pre-1964)
St. Joseph	South Bend		72	US 31 – Niles, South Bend, Plymouth
		76. State Road 39 in the US State of Indiana is the name of two distinct north-south highways in the state of Indiana. La Porte ( French for "The Door" is a city in La Porte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the County seat. St Joseph County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. South Bend is a city on the St Joseph river and a twin city of Mishawaka Indiana. US Route 31 is a long north-south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with termini at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City South Bend is a city on the St Joseph river and a twin city of Mishawaka Indiana. Plymouth is a city in Marshall County, Indiana, United States. 6	77	US 31 Bus. / SR 933 – South Bend	Old exit 8 (6 pre-1964); serves University of Notre Dame
			83	Capital Avenue – Mishawaka
Elkhart	Elkhart	91. State Road 933 ( SR 933) is a State highway in the US state of Indiana, consisting of sections of a now-decommissioned U South Bend is a city on the St Joseph river and a twin city of Mishawaka Indiana. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Mishawaka (ˌmɪʃəˈwɑːkə is a city on the St Joseph river and a Twin city of South Bend in St Elkhart County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. Elkhart (ˈɛlkɑrt is a city located in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. 8	92	SR 19 – Elkhart	Old exit 9 (7 pre-1964)
			96	County Road 17
	Bristol		101	SR 15 – Bristol, Goshen
		107. State Road 19 in the US state of Indiana begins at State Road 32 in Noblesville (just north of Indianapolis) in the south Elkhart (ˈɛlkɑrt is a city located in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. Bristol is a town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. State Road 15 is a north-south road in northeastern Indiana. Its southern terminus is at State Road 22 in Jonesboro. Bristol is a town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. Goshen (ˈgoʊʃən is a city located in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. 1	107	US 131 / SR 13 – Middlebury, Constantine	Old exit 10 (8 pre-1964)
LaGrange	Howe	120. US Route 131 (US 131 is a north-south United States highway. All but of its length is within Michigan. State Road 13 in the US State of Indiana is a north-south highway in north-central and central Indiana that connects the area east of Indianapolis with the Middlebury is a town in Middlebury Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, in the United States. Constantine is a village in St Joseph County in the US state of Michigan. LaGrange County is a County located in the US state of Indiana and in the Northern Indiana region known as Michiana. Howe is an unincorporated town in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. 5	121	SR 9 – Howe, LaGrange, Sturgis	Old exit 11 (9 pre-1964)
Steuben	Fremont	143. State Road 9 in the US State of Indiana is a long north-south State highway in the eastern portion of Indiana Howe is an unincorporated town in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. LaGrange is a town in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. Sturgis, is a city in St Joseph County in the US state of Michigan. Steuben County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. Fremont is a town in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. 9	144	I-69 – Angola, Fort Wayne, Lansing	Old exit 12 (10 pre-1964); serves Pokagon State Park
		153. In the US state of Indiana, Interstate 69 presently runs northeast from Indianapolis and traverses through the city of Fort Wayne Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. Fort Wayne is a City in northeastern Indiana, United States and the County seat of Allen Pokagon State Park is located in northeastern Indiana close to the village of Fremont and north of Angola. 0	Eastpoint Toll Barrier

References

External links

• Indiana Toll Road
• Indiana Department of Transportation - Toll Road District information
• Indiana Toll Road Photos. Roadfan. com. Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Includes a 1954 photograph of the Toll Road under construction.

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