Market Access

Tier One Automotive Manufacturer's Concentration
"The Greater Michiana Area Tier One Automotive Capacity"
 

Access!

...from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation:

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Indiana has more than 11,000 total highway miles and is intersected by eight interstate highways – more than any other state in the nation.

5 Each year, 724 million tons of freight travel the roads and highways of Indiana, making it the 5th busiest state for commercial freight traffic.

12 Indiana has initiated Major Moves, a massive $12 billion infrastructure investment program, as part of the country’s largest ever monetization of public infrastructure. The program will fund more than 200 infrastructure improvement projects statewide. Indianapolis International Airport is currently investing over $1 billion in expansion and upgrades

10 Indiana has earmarked $2.8 billion in new highway construction in the next 10 years (over and above previously earmarked funds)

3 Indiana has three international airports, including the Indianapolis International Airport, the Gary Chicago International Airport (which serves Chicago as well as northern Indiana), and the Ft. Wayne International Airport, as well as 114 other public airports.

9 Indiana ranks ninth in the United States in railroad mileage and 14th in water-borne shipping.

5 Indiana ranks fifth in total freight volume nationwide.

«Indiana is served by a rail system of more than 4,700 miles of mainline track.

«Indiana is known as an international leader in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.

«Indiana is within a day’s drive of one-third of the U.S. population. Indiana provides easy access to New York City; Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta; Nashville, Tennessee; St. Louis; Kansas City; Chicago; Detroit; Cleveland; Cincinnati; Louisville and Toronto.

«A total of 150 million people live within 500 miles of Indiana.

«The expansion of the I–69 artery will connect the NAFTA superhighway through southwest Indiana.

«Indiana has a workforce of 250,000 logistics professionals; Central Indiana alone employs 90,000 people in the TDL industry.

«Indiana has three fully modern ports. Ships can sail directly from Indiana to the Atlantic Ocean, or to the Gulf of Mexico from an Indiana port.
 

Market Access to the Midwest
 

Destination

Mileage

 

Destination

Mileage

       

Mishawaka, IN

23

 

Kankakee, IL

148

South Bend, IN

28

 

Wheaton, IL

148

Portage, MI

48

 

Bowling Green, OH

149

Kalamazoo, MI

58

 

Indianapolis, IN

150

Fort Wayne, IN

59

 

Palatine, IL

150

Michigan City, IN

68

 

Aurora, IL

159

Marion, IN

76

 

St. Charles, IL

161

Portage, IN

84

 

Elgin, IL

162

Kokomo, IN

92

 

Waukegan, IL

162

Gary, IN

92

 

Ann Arbor, MI

162

Wyoming, MI

98

 

Findlay, OH

171

Kentwood, MI

99

 

Richmond, IN

175

Grand Rapids, MI

102

 

Dekalb, IL

183

Lafayette, IN

112

 

Romulus, MI

184

Holland, MI

115

 

Livonia, MI

185

Jackson, MI

115

 

Kenosha, WI

186

Chicago, IL

123

 

Taylor, MI

192

Lima, OH

123

 

Flint, MI

193

Noblesville, IN

126

 

West Bloomfield, MI

196

Muncie, IN

132

 

Dearborn, MI

197

Joliet, IL

133

 

Racine, WI

198

Anderson, IN

135

 

Detroit, MI

203

Lansing, MI

139

 

Danville, IL

216

Toledo, OH

139

 

Urbana, IL

227

Highland Park, IL

147

     

 

 


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Market Access to the US and Canada
 

Within 300 miles

 

Within 600 miles

       

Destination

Mileage

 

Destination

Mileage

       

South Bend, IN

25

 

Pittsburgh, PA

356

Fort Wayne, IN

60

 

Lexington, KY

356

Gary, IN

92

 

St. Louis, MO

392

Grand Rapids, MI

104

 

Buffalo, NY

430

Chicago, IL

120

 

Toronto, Canada

440

Toledo, OH

140

 

Nashville, TN

459

Indianapolis, IN

150

 

Minneapolis, MN

530

Dayton, OH

192

 

Baltimore, MD

598

Detroit, MI

200

     

Milwaukee, WI

213

     

Columbus, OH

219

     

Cleveland, OH

225

     

Cincinnati, OH

255

     

Madison, WI

267

     

Louisville, KY

286

     

 
 

 


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