U.S. Route 30 in Indiana

U.S. Route 30 marker
U.S. Route 30
Lincoln Highway
Map
US 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length156.217 mi[1] (251.407 km)
ExistedNovember 11, 1926[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end US 30 at Illinois state line
Major intersections
East end US 30 at Ohio state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountiesLake, Porter, LaPorte, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Whitley, Allen
Highway system
  • Indiana State Highway System
SR 29 US 31

U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is a road in the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Astoria, Oregon, to Atlantic City, New Jersey. In Indiana, the route runs from the Illinois state line at Dyer to the Ohio state line east of Fort Wayne and New Haven. The 155.96 miles (250.99 km) of US 30 that lie within Indiana serve as a major conduit. The entire length of U.S. Route 30 in Indiana is included in the National Highway System (NHS). The highway includes four-lane, rural sections, an urbanized, four-lane divided expressway, and several high-traffic, six-lane freeway areas. First designated as a US Highway in 1926, US 30 replaced the original State Road 2 (SR 2) and SR 44 designation of the highway which dated back to the formation of the Indiana State Road system. A section of the highway originally served as part of the Lincoln Highway. Realignment and construction projects have expanded the highway to four lanes across the state, and the road is now part of a long stretch of US 30 from New Lenox, Illinois, to Canton, Ohio, where the road has at least four lanes (excluding ramps). There are over 40 traffic signals between I-65 at Merrillville and I-69 at Fort Wayne.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference indot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the US Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.