Lincoln Highway in Indiana

The Lincoln Highway, one of the earliest auto routes that stretched across a long distance of the United States, crosses through northern INDIANA and many other states. In Indiana, there are two routes: the original and the second, shorter one that was finished in 1928. The original route runs through (from west to east) the counties of LAKE, eastern PORTER, LAPORTE, SAINT JOSEPH, ELKHART, NOBLE, northeastern WHITLEY, & ALLEN and towns/cities like Dyer, Merrillville, Valparaiso, Westville, LaPorte, South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen, Ligonier, Churubusco, Fort Wayne, and New Haven. The second route runs through the counties of PORTER, southern LAPORTE, STARKE, MARSHALL, KOSCIUSKO, WHITLEY, and western ALLEN and towns/cities like Wanatah, Hamlet, Donaldson, Plymouth, Inwood, Bourbon, Etna Green, Warsaw, Winona Lake, and Columbia City. Visit the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association site (link opens in new window) for more information!