Transportation & Logistics

Northeast Indiana transportation and logistics are a huge part of our region's economic growth and stability. The Indiana transportation industry supports growing Indiana business ventures and their ever-present need to take messages and products to the rest of the Nation. A region where need and respect for Indiana's transportation industry runs high, northeast Indiana is the perfect location for existing Indiana business to grow and new companies to find their place.

As home to numerous Indiana businesses in the defense, bioscience, food processing and advanced manufacturing industries, often choosing Northeast Indiana for its proximity to major metros, we offer an extensive customer base for Indiana transportation companies.

Whitley County Wages, 2011

Occupation	Average Wage
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	$30,056
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand	$40,102
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation & Material-Moving Machine & Vehicle Operators	$50,398
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	$33,758
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services	$27,040
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$35,381
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand	$25,584
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$30,597
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$22,797

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Major Moves

Indiana remains the only state in the nation with a fully-funded 10-year transportation and infrastructure plan. The northeast Indiana region is scheduled to receive $659,959,927, or approximately 17.5 percent of the Major Moves money. The major new construction projects include plans for additional lanes on Interstate 69 (north Allen County and at US 20 in Steuben County), and Interstate 469 to US 24 (to the Ohio state line). Major preservation or resurfacing projects are planned for practically every northeast Indiana county.

Major Interstates

Northeast Indiana is served by two major interstate highways-one going north-south-I-69-and the other going east and west-Interstate 80/90, also known as the Indiana Toll Road. The two interstate highways intersect near Fremont, Indiana, near the Michigan and Ohio state lines in the extreme northeast corner of the state. Interstate 69 is 355 miles in length and runs from Indianapolis northeast to the Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan. In the 10-county region of northeast Indiana, I-69 traverses nearly 100 miles-from exit 73 in Warren in Huntington County in the south to exit 157 at the Michigan state line in the north. The Indiana Toll Road is a tolled highway running east-west across the northernmost part of Indiana. It is a part of the New York-Chicago Toll Road system, and is advertised as the "Main Street of the Midwest."

Sources: Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, EMSI Covered Employment - 2011.4, Indiana Department of Transporation

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