Indiana's Michigan Road, a historic byway

[mobilene]

Indiana's first state-funded road was the Michigan Road, "built" (or what passed for built then) in the 1830s.  It still exists; it's more or less US 421/old 421 from Madison to and through Indianapolis, and then SR 29 to Logansport, SR 25 to Rochester, Old US 31 through Plymouth, US 31/Business 31 to/through South Bend, Business US 20/US 20 and then US 35/old 35 to Michigan City, and finally a tiny bit of US 12.

I'm co-chair of a group to have it named a state byway.  See www.historicmichiganroad.org for details.

We've built a coalition of support in all the counties along the route, and have submitted a draft of the byway application to INDOT.  We had a preliminary meeting with INDOT this week to discuss the route and work out any concerns.  I was really impressed with INDOT on this -- they were very helpful and even a little enthusiastic about this, and gave us some excellent advice that will help us move forward.

Anyway, wish us luck as we press ahead with this effort.

Peace,
jim

[NWI_Irish96]

Good luck Jim.  I grew up within 10 miles of the Michigan Road, so I'd love to see the project succeed.