Highway 41 into Illinois

 

Back onto Highway 41, and we're about to experience a state change.  No, not water freezing into ice.  We're going to leave Indiana!

OK, important intersection here, though it may not look like it. Highway 41 has been headed due north, as Calumet Avenue; now it bears northwest (there's a really good reason for that, which will be seen shortly) as Indianapolis Boulevard.

If you look closely, you can see cars on a train parallel to Indianapolis Boulevard. MORE trains!

Highway 41 is now under an interstate, I-90.

There may not be a sign right here, but this is the Indiana-Illinois border.  I verified it by going back and forth on Streetview a couple of times.

Not far from where we just were on Highway 41 is this obelisk, the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Marker (click that link for much more information). It's NOT the big arch you'll see if you pan around. You will also see another body of water.




So let's get back to the highway. Yes, we are still on Highway 41!



Do you believe that we crossed the Illinois-Indiana border on one of the most famous highways in the entire United States, and there wasn't a sign? But we did.

MUCH more to see up ahead.