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U.S. Route 20 in Indiana

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U.S. Route 20 marker
U.S. Route 20
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Major junctions
West end US 12 / US 20 / US 41 at Illinois state line
Major intersections US 41 at Whiting

US 12 at Gary
I-65 / I-90 at Gary
SR 51 at Lake Station
US 421 at Michigan City
US 35 / SR 212 at Michigan City
I-94 at Michigan City
US 35 near Michigan City
SR 2 at Rolling Prairie
US 31 near South Bend
SR 2 at South Bend
US 31 at South Bend
US 33 at Elkhart

I-69 near Angola
East end US 20 at Ohio state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountiesLake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, La Grange, steuben
Highway system
  • Indiana State Highway System
SR 19 SR 22

Route description

U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Indiana is a main east-west highway that is parallel to the Indiana Toll Road. US 20 is mainly two lanes east of Elkhart. At Elkhart County Road 17 US 20 becomes a bypass around Elkhart and South Bend. After exiting the bypass. The road becames two lanes again. Until LaPorte County where US 20 becomes a four lane divded highway. After I-94 US 20 is again two lanes then though Gary, East Chicago, and Whiting, Indiana US 20 varies between one way streets, two lane streets, four lane streets, and same part with US 12 are even more lanes.

History

Until the 90's US 20 went down town Elkhart and South Bend. When the State of Indiana build Bypass 20, New US 20, or theSt. Joseph Valley Parkway. The route Downtown was decommissioned.

Major intersections

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LakeWhiting US 12 / US 20 / US 41State Line US 41 East ChicagoRiley RD.To SR 912 US 12 SR 312 SR 152 Gary SR 912 US 12East bound US 12/20 is on 5th Ave. West bound US 12/20 is on 4th Ave. I-65 / I-90 US 12 Lake Station SR 51To I-80 / I-90 / I-94 / US 6 and Indiana Toll Rd. PorterPorter SR 249 SR 149 I-94 Porter County SR 49 SR 520To US 12 La PorteMichigan City US 421 US 35 / SR 212 I-94 US 35 La Porte County SR 39 SR 2 St. JosephSouth Bend US 31US 31 North 74119 SR 2eastern end to SR 2 77124 SR 23 79127 US 31US 31 South Mishawaka82132 SR 331South SR 331 84135 SR 331North SR 331 ElkhartElkhart90140 SR 19 93150 US 33Northern end of US 33 Old US 20West bound exit from US 20. East bound exit at Elkart County Road 17 then re-enter US 20 in west bound, on the entry ramp there is a ramp to Old US 20. 96154Elkhart County Road 17 Elkhart County SR 15 SR 13 LagrangeShipshewana SR 5 Lagrange SR 9 Lagrange County SR 3 SteubenSteuben County SR 327 I-69Exit number 148 Angola SR 127 SR 1Northern end of SR 1 Steuben County US 20Ohio State line

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References

http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=2020&section=1browse