Indiana State Road 249
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| Crisman Road | ||||
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| Length: | 2.42 mi[1] (3.89 km) | |||
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| South end: |  US 20 at Portage |
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 I-94 near Portage |
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| North end: |  US 12 near Burns Harbor |
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| Counties: | Porter | |||
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→State Road 249 in the U.S. state of Indiana is a 2.4-mile (4 km) connector highway in Portage in northwest Indiana. It exists to connect U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20 with Interstate 94, and also to provide easy access to both highways from the steel mills and their Port of Indiana. It is marked as Crisman Road for its north–south stretch, and is a four-lane divided highway.
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[edit] Route description
SR 249 heads north from the southern terminus at US 20. SR 249 has an interchange with I-94, 0.24 miles (0.39 km) north of US 20. Then SR 249 takes a 90 degrees turn heading east. Then just south of US 12, SR 249 all traffic must exit SR 249. The only traffic that passes though the interchange is traffic to and from the Port of Indiana, just north of the interchange there is a Permission Gate. [2]
[edit] Major intersections
The entire route is in Porter County.
| Location | Mile[3] | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Portage | 0.00 | US 20 – Gary, Michigan City |
Southern terminus of SR 249 | |
| 0.24 | I-94 – Hammond, Michigan City, Chicago, Detroit |
Exit number 19 on I-94 | ||
| Burns Harbor | 2.42 | US 12 – Gary, Michigan City |
Northern terminus of SR 249 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Indiana Highway Ends - SR 249
- ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of SR 249 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=41.622538&lon=-87.150713&zoom=17&q1=portage%2C%20IN&q2=41.619145%2C-87.153631. Retrieved 2011-1-14.
- ^ "INDOT Roadway Referencing System". http://www.in.gov/indot/2376.htm.
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