Borman Expressway
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The Frank Borman Expressway is an east-west highway in northwest portion of the U.S. state of Indiana, carrying Interstate 80, Interstate 94, and U.S. Highway 6, as well as a short section of U.S. Highway 41. It runs from the Illinois state line east to the Lake/Porter County Line, just east of the junction with the Indiana Toll Road, a distance of 16 miles (26 km). Interstate 94 continues east toward Michigan City, Indiana, and into Michigan to Detroit, which is the control city for the eastbound Borman.
The Borman Expressway is a major truck thoroughfare, providing a free alternative to the Indiana Toll Road/Chicago Skyway combination (Interstate 90) to the north. Originally constructed in segments starting in the 1950s, with its Illinois counterpart, the Kingery Expressway, reconstruction of the expressway began in 2003. The reconstruction of both the Kingery and the Borman aim to significantly reduce the amounts of delays encountered on the highway. The reconstructed portion of the Borman is 8 lanes wide, with additional collector-distributor lanes between interchanges.
The Borman Expressway is named after Frank Borman, an astronaut on the Apollo 8 space mission from nearby Gary.
[edit] Exit Guide
There are eleven exits on the Borman Expressway. These interchanges (except for Central Avenue) are full interchanges, but the intersection with Interstate 65 is spread out over the course of a mile and a half.
- Exit 1: Calumet Avenue (U.S. 41 North)
- Exit 2: Indianapolis Boulevard (U.S. 41 South, Indiana 152)
- Exit 3: Kennedy Avenue
- Exit 5: Cline Avenue (Indiana 912)
- Exit 6: Burr Street
- Exit 9: Grant Street
- Exit 10: Broadway (Indiana 53)
- Exit 11: I-65 South (eastbound only)
- Exit 12: I-65 (northbound exit only traveling east, full interchange traveling west)
- Exit 13: Central Avenue Lake Station (eastbound exit; westbound entrance)
- Exit 15: Ripley Street (U.S. 6 East, Indiana 51, to U.S. 20)
- Exit 16: Indiana Toll Road (I-80 East, 90)
