U.S. 41 South - Newton, Benton & Warren Counties

Turning back toward the southwest, U.S. 41 passes by the community of Sumava Resorts, via County Road 1150 North. South of there, the highway will begin to bypass the community of Lake Village.

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SR 10 travels for 85 miles from the Illinois state line, west of Lake Village, eastward past the communities of Roselawn, Demotte, North Judson and Argos, ending at SR 19 near Etna Green in Kosciusko County.

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A stoplight marks the intersection between U.S. 41 and SR 10. The town of Lake Village is just to the east via SR 10 and Lake Street.

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The town of Momence, Illinois lies 16 miles to the west via SR 10 and Illinois 114. North Judson is located 40 miles to the east in western Starke County.

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South of the intersection with SR 10, U.S. 41 bypasses the town of Lake Village. The Newton County seat of Kentland is 26 miles away with Terre Haute at 128 miles. These two communities will be the same along U.S. 41 until it reaches Kentland.

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South of Lake Village U.S. 41 continues as an older-style four lane expressway. Previously following a two lane highway, U.S. 41 was twinned in the 1950s with the northbound lanes being built alongside the southbound lanes, which was the original roadway. The appearance of U.S. 41 is that of a four lane asphalt highway with little shoulders, a far cry from more modern-day Indiana expressways such as U.S. 31 and SR 37.

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U.S. 41 passes through a prairie landscape as it crosses Newton and Lake Counties, similar to the terrain of most of northern and central Illinois. To the west of the highway is the Kankakee Sands Nature Conservancy. These pictures come from just off of U.S. 41 in the aforementioned nature conservancy.

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Near the community of Enos, U.S. 41 now approaches the junction with SR 14 east. SR 14 goes for 123 miles from U.S. 41 eastward to Winamac, Rochester, Akron, Silver Lake and South Whitley before ending at Interstate 69 in Fort Wayne.

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The Pulaski County seat of Winamac is 47 miles to the east of U.S. 41. The Willow Slough State Fish and Wildlife Area is several miles to the west via County Road 100 North.

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South of the junction with SR 14 east, U.S. 41 is 18 miles from Kentland and 120 miles from Terre Haute.

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U.S. 41 continues its trek across the prairies of Newton County as it approaches the town of Morocco. In the second picture, U.S. 41 enters the community of Morocco, which calls itself the "Home to Hoosier Hospitality." As with other communities, U.S. 41 bypasses the town to the east.

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On the east side of Morocco is the junction between U.S. 41 and SR 114 east, a state highway that exists in three different segments. The western segment goes from U.S. 41 east to U.S. 421 in Pulaski County, passing through the Jasper County seat of Rensselaer. The highway at one time went west through Morocco all the way to the Illinois state line. A flashing light marks the intersection between U.S. 41 and SR 114 east. Michigan Avenue follows SR 114's former routing into the community of Morocco, with the business district of Morocco residing several blocks north of Michigan Avenue via Clay Street.

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Newton County may be the closest Indiana county to have "two county seats" with Morocco housing the Newton County Government Center at the intersection of U.S. 41 and SR 114 east. The Newton County Courthouse remains in Kentland and that community is still considered the county seat. Morocco is still closer to the center of the county and with U.S. 41 acting as the major thoroughfare across the county; the government center's location makes sense. To the east, Rensselaer is 15 miles to the east of U.S. 41.

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Kentland and Terre Haute are 13 and 115 miles away from the junction of U.S. 41 and SR 114 east respectively.

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Kentland is the next community that U.S. 41 will pass by to the south of Morocco. Traffic remains very light along this stretch of expressway with traffic counts under 5,000 for most of U.S. 41's trip across Newton County. This also makes U.S. 41 a nice alternative to those who wish to avoid the consistent traffic along Interstate 65, which lies about 10 to 15 miles to the east.

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U.S. 41 nears the intersection with SR 16. SR 16 goes for 105 miles from U.S. 41 eastward through Brook, Monon, Royal Center, Roann, and Huntington, where it ends at SR 5 to the north of Huntington.

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The town of Brook is 3.7 miles to the east of U.S. 41 along SR 16. As expected for a highway that travels through very few towns, SR 16 is a lightly-traveled highway. To the west, County Road 900 South passes by the small community of Ade.

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South of the junction with SR 16, U.S. 41 is only a few miles from the Newton County seat of Kentland. In the second picture the highway passes the intersection with County Road 1150 South, which leads west to the Newton County Fairgrounds, located in between Morocco and Kentland. In the fourth picture, the wind turbines of Benton County can be viewed on the horizon.

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U.S. 41 enters the town of Kentland (population 1,748). Newton County is one of the few counties in Indiana where the county seat is not centrally located with Kentland in the southwest corner of the state, which explains the county offices in Morocco. Kentland is the biggest community that U.S. 41 passes through in between Cedar Lake and Attica.

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For a few blocks, businesses abut the four lane expressway that bypasses the bulk of Kentland to the east. Up ahead is the only stoplight along U.S. 41 for about an 80 mile stretch, with U.S. 24 & U.S. 52 west. The two highways follow Seymour Street across the south side of Kentland to provide access to the business district of Kentland, Newton County's largest community. To the east, U.S. 24 heads toward the communities of Goodland, Remington and Monticello.

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U.S. 24 goes for 1,540 miles from Interstate 70 in central Colorado to Pontiac, Michigan. From Kentland it is a six mile trip to Goodland and seven mile trip to Sheldon, Illinois, where U.S. 52 breaks off toward the north. The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad parallels U.S. 24 (Seymour Street) for its trip across Indiana. U.S. 24 goes for 164 miles across Indiana from west of Kentland through Monticello, Logansport, Peru, Wabash, Huntington, and Fort Wayne. The stretch from Logansport to Fort Wayne is a four lane expressway and the segment from Fort Wayne northeast toward Ohio is was upgraded to a freeway in 2012.

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South of the intersection with U.S. 24 & U.S. 52 west, U.S. 52 east joins U.S. 41 south for the six mile trip to Earl Park. Terre Haute is 102 miles away from Kentland while the Indiana capital city of Indianapolis is 105 miles away via U.S. 52 east.

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U.S. 41 enters Benton County (population 8,854) as the scenery changes a little with the Benton County Wind Farm greeting motorists along the highway. Crossing into Benton County, U.S. 41/52 enters the Eastern Time Zone for the first time since Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Benton County Wind Farm was the first wind farm built in Indiana and stretches across the northern part of the county.

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County Road 800 North leads west from U.S. 41/52 toward the community of Raub.

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South of the intersection with County Road 800 North are reassurance shields for U.S. 41/52. U.S. 52 goes for 2,072 miles from the Canadian border in Portal, North Dakota to the Atlantic Ocean in Charleston, South Carolina. In Indiana, U.S. 52 travels for 171 miles from west of Kentland, through Lafayette, Lebanon, Indianapolis, Rushville and Brookville before leaving along Interstate 74 near Harrison, Ohio.

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More views of the Benton County Wind Farm as U.S. 41/52 near the Earl Park area.

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County Road 500 West provides an access point into Earl Park off of U.S. 41/52. Earl Park is bypassed to the east by the expressway.

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County Road 550 North leads west from U.S. 41/52 to provide another access point into the town of Earl Park.

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The wind turbines of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm appear on the horizon as U.S. 41 and 52 near their split to the northwest of Fowler.

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U.S. 41 now nears the split with U.S. 52 east, which continues to the southeast along a four lane expressway that stretches down toward Fowler, Otterbein and the twin cities of Lafayette-West Lafayette. Prior to Interstate 65's construction, U.S. 52 and U.S. 41 formed the primary highway between Indianapolis, Lafayette and Chicago.

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The Benton County seat of Fowler is only six miles away to the southeast from the split between U.S. 41 and U.S. 52. The Tippecanoe County seat of Lafayette is a little less than 40 miles away to the southeast. Evansville, the third largest city in Indiana and heart of the Southwest Indiana region, joins Terre Haute as a control city along U.S. 41 south.

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U.S. 41 is back by itself south of the split with U.S. 52 east. Boswell is the next town that the highway passes by at a distance of nine miles. Terre Haute now follows at 86 miles in distance, a two-hour drive, and Evansville is 193 miles away, a long four-hour drive away.

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It is not an understatement to say that there is very little along U.S. 41 in this part of Indiana. With the exception of perhaps some very rural parts in Southern Indiana, this is the least populated region in the state, and with low traffic is a very comfortable, albeit boring, drive along U.S. 41 south. At least the wind turbines from the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm make this a slightly more interesting trip as one heads south toward Boswell.

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U.S. 41 nears the intersection with SR 18 after crossing Mud Creek. SR 18 goes for 141 miles from the Illinois border to U.S. 27 in Bryant. The highway goes through Fowler, Delphi, Galveston, Converse, Marion and Montpelier along its route.

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The Benton County seat of Fowler is located three miles to the east along SR 18 at the junction with U.S. 52.

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SR 18 crosses U.S. 41 en route to the small communities of Free and Freeland Park, several miles to the west.

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South of the intersection with SR 18, Boswell is seven miles away. The Fountain County community of Attica is 26 miles away.

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South of the intersection with SR 18, U.S. 41 starts to enter the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm. The wind farm is the largest in Indiana and contains around 350 wind turbines that span a linear path that crosses U.S. 41 to the south of the town of Fowler.

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County Road 300 South connects U.S. 41 with the town of Dunnington, six miles to the west.

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A few farm buildings line U.S. 41 as the highway nears the town of Boswell.

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Old U.S. Highway 41 turns off to the south and follows the U.S. highway's original routing through the town of Boswell. The expressway will bypass the town to the immediate east.

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Coming up to the intersection with SR 352, which travels for 20 miles from the junction with SR 26 at the Illinois state line east through Boswell and Oxford to its end at U.S. 52.

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The town of Oxford is seven miles to the east along SR 352.

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A flashing light marks the intersection with U.S. 41 and SR 352. The business district for Boswell lies just to the west of the expressway. The town of Boswell is nicknamed the "Hub of the Universe." While it sounds like a very supercilious claim, it dates to the 1930s when the high school principal of Boswell High School proclaim to their students that Boswell was the hub of the universe "because you can start from Boswell and go anyplace in the world."

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South of Boswell, U.S. 41 enters Warren County (population 8,419). Warren County has the lowest population density of any Indiana county and is overtly rural.

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U.S. 41 nears the intersection with SR 26 west. SR 26 goes for 150 miles across the state from the Illinois state line east through Lafayette, Rossville, Fairmount, Upland and Portland before crossing into Ohio near Fort Recovery.

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SR 26 goes for almost eight miles before it leaves the state of Indiana at the junction with SR 352. At the state line it becomes Illinois 9 which continues west to Bloomington and near Peoria before ending by the Mississippi River in Dallas City.

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SR 26 turns off to the west for a 17 mile journey to Hoopeston, Illinois.

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U.S. 41 and SR 26 share just 0.6 miles of pavement in between the western and eastern stretches of the highway.

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Pine Village is 7.3 miles to the east of U.S. 41 off of SR 26 east. Lafayette, the largest city in this region and county seat of Tippecanoe County, is about 25 miles to the east.

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SR 26 heads east toward Pine Village. County Road 950 North continues the road to the west for local interestss to County Road 400 West.

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South of the intersection with SR 26 east, U.S. 41 is 14 miles from Attica and 75 miles from Terre Haute.

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U.S. 41 crosses the intersection with County Road 650 North. From here it's a five mile drive to Tab and a three mile drive to Rainsville.

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We are now two miles away from the point where U.S. 41 splits away from SR 63. SR 63 is a four lane expressway that goes for 61 miles from this interchange and south through Warren and Vermillion Counties, passing by the city of Clinton before meeting back with U.S. 41 on the north side of Terre Haute.

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One mile now from the split between U.S. 41 and SR 63. Until 2008, the state highway went for 96 miles from Merom in Sullivan County north through Terre Haute and further north to Clinton and past Covington in Fountain County. In 2008, the segment from SR 246 in southwestern Vigo County to Terre Haute was decommissioned.

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SR 63 takes over the four lane nature of the expressway from Northwest Indiana south to Evansville and replaces U.S. 41 for this stretch as a long-haul highway across Western Indiana. Although the sign indicates that SR 63 will be exiting off of U.S. 41, it actually will be the other way with U.S. 41 exiting SR 63.

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Just before U.S. 41 and SR 63 split, U.S. 41 has an intersection with County Road 300 North. The rural road connects U.S. 41 with Judyville two miles to the west and Carbondale one mile to the east.

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SR 63 continues the four lane expressway toward the cities of Terre Haute and Evansville, 1 1/2 hours away and 3 1/2 hours away respectively. U.S. 41 will follow a path across northern Warren, Fountain, Parke and northern Vigo Counties that mostly consists of a two lane highway, creating the need for the SR 63 expressway in the 1970s. Attica is nine miles away from this interchange along U.S. 41.

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U.S. 41 is now a two lane highway as it heads southeast toward the city of Attica. Traffic along U.S. 41 remains relatively low with the exception at communities like Attica and Rockville.

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U.S. 41 now approaches the junction with SR 28 west outside of the Warren County seat of Williamsport. SR 28 is a 153 mile highway that crosses the state from west to east. The highway starts only a few miles to the west and goes through Attica, Frankfort, Tipton, Elwood, and Alexandria before ending in Union City.

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The Warren County seat of Williamsport is one mile to the south via SR 28 west off of U.S. 41. From there, SR 28 continues west toward West Lebanon and the SR 63 expressway.

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U.S. 41/SR 28 multiplex for their two mile journey to Attica. Terre Haute is 65 miles away via U.S. 41.

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Now coming up on the Attica area, U.S. 41/SR 28 near the intersection with SR 55 north. SR 55 spans 110 miles from its southern terminus at SR 25 in Wingate northward through Attica, Fowler, Goodland and Crown Point before ending at Ridge Road (Business U.S. 6) in Gary.

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There are not too many communities for SR 55 to the north of Attica. Pine Village is the next community of any size along the state road, 10.4 miles to the north.

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U.S. 41, SR 28 & SR 55 come together as the community of Attica comes into view while the route lowers toward the crossing over the Wabash River.

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On the western edge of Attica, U.S. 41, SR 28 & SR 55 span the Wabash River via the Paul Dresser Memorial Bridge. The bridge is named for the author of the Indiana state song, On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away, which is said to be written not far from Attica. Crossing the Wabash River, the highways enter Fountain County (population 17,240). The bridge replaced an earlier span in 1982 which carried the highway directly into Attica's downtown via Main Street two blocks to the north.

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