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silverback1065:
Does anyone know of any highways that have been decommissioned or rerouted in Indiana recently?  I've heard that US 12/20 in downtown Gary might be rerouted, is this true?  I try to research this myself online, but information is hard to come by. 

NE2:
US 40 in Terre Haute.

tdindy88:
SR 238 and SR 334 in suburban Indianapolis.

mukade:
SR 431 was also decommissioned.

On the plus side, SR 4 was extended a mile west to the new US 31 freeway. SR 931 is still scheduled to take over the old US 31 bypass in Kokomo next year. SR 641 will connect US 41 to I-70.

Some of SR 25 was rerouted on to the new route, and a lot more will be this year. US 24 will also be rerouted east of Fort Wayne later this year.

nwi_navigator_1181:

--- Quote from: silverback1065 on June 13, 2012, 10:30:51 PM ---Does anyone know of any highways that have been decommissioned or rerouted in Indiana recently?  I've heard that US 12/20 in downtown Gary might be rerouted, is this true?  I try to research this myself online, but information is hard to come by.

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U.S. 12 and 20 in Gary will stay where they are for right now. As a matter of fact, work is set for a modernization project for 4th and 5th avenues (U.S. 12/20 west and east, respectively) designed to go into 2013. U.S. 12 was rerouted along U.S. 20 (5th Ave., where the road is two-way traffic) and Indiana 912 (Cline Avenue) to it's original location at Columbus Drive in 2004 when the stretch between Bridge and Bigger Street was closed for bridge replacement. The detour became permanent, and Industrial Highway/4th Avenue no longer had the U.S. 12 designation.

As for those I do know, U.S. 35 was decommissioned in Michigan City between U.S. 12 and the Indiana 212/U.S. 20 interchange about 4 miles away sometime in 2008.

While the "great decommissioning" in South Bend went down more than 10 years ago, trailblazers for Business U.S. 20 in South Bend and Mishawaka still existed as late as 2008. However, no map or exit signage shows U.S. 20 - business or otherwise - as existing.

EDIT: In advance of expansion at the Gary-Chicago Airport, Indiana 312 (Chicago Avenue) was truncated to have Cline Ave (Ind. 912) as its eastern terminus. The original terminus was three-quarters of a mile east at Industrial Highway (former U.S. 12). It makes sense, since U.S. 12 shares Cline Ave. from U.S. 20 (5th Ave.) to Columbus Drive/Industrial Highway (see above).

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