Links Concerning Other Related Projects
Illiana Expressway
The proposed Illiana toll road will fall just east of Hwy 421, which is right by the front door of the proposed intermodal facilty. You have to admit, they have stitched this whole scheme together very well.
Click here to see a map of both projects: Illiana and Intermodals Map.
Click on here to exit this site and visit the "No Illiana" website: No to Illiana Toll Road.
La Porte City Bypass Plans
The outer loop is a near freeway status road running east - west between 300 South and 400 South, kinking north to the airport, then curving up on either side to meet the I-80.
Now for some speculation - With an upgrade to Hwy 39 from Hwy 6 on up to the outer loop by the airport, and you have a link from the Intermodal to the Interstate system that negates the immediate need for the Illiana! Now let's take another look. A multi-lane road now meets a rail intermodal.... near a (currently) small airport. So what's next - an air freight terminal? There's a lot of "available land" near the airport for new runways. A fully fledged intermodal is not just about trains and trucks - and the talk was about building the largest in the world. Intermodal means "between modes" (road, rail, water, air).
Plans for the La Porte city Inner Loop (Bypass) Road
Plans for the La Porte city Outer Loop (Bypass) Road
Heartland Corridor
Bridge improvements have been made throughout La Porte County to accomodate the "double stack" container trains. This activity is related to other major rail infrastructure projects. The most spectacular are the tunnel projects, WHICH WERE IN PART FEDERALLY FUNDED.
Click on: USA Today - Rail project goes through the roof.
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