| Show indiana dunes highway Is now 0 AIRY IND completion of ono one GARY G of tho the roost mst cult road building projects ever undertaken in the middle west was celebrated when the million dollar dunes highway was thrown open tol to traffic from gary to michigan city connecting tile tho west michigan pike with chicago opening of the new route comes just years after the establishment of the first through trail to bi chicago leago froin filin tho the northeast the now new highway from Balley town east to michigan city follows tile the exact route of tile the old de troit chicago trail laid out in 1823 under tile tho administration of president james monroe when chicago was only a trading post the new road Is rich in historical associations it passes through tile the calumet portage which was used quite as much I 1 li the days of marquette and la salle as the chicago portage both of these famous explorers used it here was fought one of the battles of the lie present and future are equally interesting here Is gary one of tile the won der cities of the world here will be in the future ford city Chi cagos mu li arbor in lake calumet the lako michigan harbor to be jointly constructed by illinois ani and indiana on tile tho state 11 line lie the terminus of the lie lakes to gulf water route here ila 13 tho the dunes state park just established d by indiana flung through tile the marshes and sand hills ills of tile the indiana dunes dune 3 the road constitutes an engineering achievement of the first rank from bailey town to michigan michla a n city the highway followed old trails but from gary to Balley town the concrete was pushed forward laboriously through ugh a virgin viran waste of swamp and dune land many relles relies of the frontier days whee baileys trading post for which Balley town was named and which inch was the only stopp stopping ilig pence on oil the detroit Clife chicago agG trail between en chicago and white pigeon mich were found by the contractors ns as they pushed their grade forba forward d through the swamps more than 1000 will have been spent on did dunes highway before it Is completed A bridge still Is to be built west of Balley town to carry rattle over tile the new york central railroad tracks |
