Lincoln Highway in Indiana

This article is about the section of Lincoln Highway in Indiana. For the entire route, see Route of the Lincoln Highway.

Lincoln Highway had two different routes through Indiana, the original route went through South Bend and Elkhart.^[1] The Lincoln Highway's northern alignment is now called Lincoln Way and is a byway.^[2]

Lincoln Highway
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Existed	1913–present
Major junctions
East end	Lincoln Highway at Illinois state line
West end	Lincoln Highway at Ohio state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Indiana
Highway system
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Historic trails and roads in the United States

Route description

Illinois to Valparaiso

The western end of the Lincoln Highway in Indiana was at the Illinois state line. The Lincoln Highway headed east passing through Dyer, still heading east the Lincoln Highway headed north around Schererville. Leaving US 30 and heading east, running one mile north of US 30, through Merrillville. East of Merrillville Lincoln Highway rejoins US 30, before leaving US 30 west of Valparaiso.

Valparaiso to Fort Wayne

There were two routes from Valparaiso to Fort Wayne. The first route went farther north passing through South Bend, Elkhart, and Goshen. The second route was the most direct route from Valparaiso to Fort Wayne, passing through Plymouth, Warsaw, and Columbia City.

The Old Lincoln Highway on the southside of Ligonier

Fort Wayne to Ohio

The alignment from Elkhart used by US 33 and the alignment from Columbia City used by US 30 converge west of the modern-day interchange with I-469. At this point, Lincoln Highway continues through downtown Fort Wayne and into New Haven. In this area, it meets up with State Road 930 , which reconnects with US 30 after another interchange with I-469. Lincoln Highway follows the original alignment for US 30, which the modern route leaves three miles (4.8 km) west of Zulu. The current route follows closely along the south side of the original until they reconvene 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) west of the Ohio state line.