Illiana Expressway

Just when it seemed like action on the Illiana Expressway had ground to a halt after the rough and tumble political battles of last year comes new that its planners have been moving forward with their studies.

The first of six Illiana Expressway studies has fixed the boundaries of the proposed highway that will connect I-65 to I-57.  Within those boundaries, Illiana Expressway planners will explore a northern, central and southern Illiana Expressway route.

The Illiana Expressway will run through Lake County — sorry Porter County, people and trucks will have to keep traveling on I-94, US 30, West County Road 100 South or State Road 2 to get to Valparaiso and other locations in the county from I-65.

According to the Northwest Indiana Times, the Illiana Expressway feasibility study will look at placing the Illiana Expressway within these boundaries:

North: 1/4 mile north of US 30.

South: Kankakee River (Lake County boundary)

East: I-65

West: 1/2 mile west of US 45 in Illinois.

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