 
Access to multiple modes of transportation are just steps away in Michigan City! No feelings of isolation here!
With quick and easy access to major interstates including Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road), Interstate 80/94, and Interstate 65, you can reach neighboring states and connect to other parts of the U.S. quickly and efficiently. This applies not only to you and your employees, but also to transportation of your goods as well.
Michigan City is just 25 minutes from one the largest ports in the country, the International Port of Indiana, exporting over two million tons of cargo worldwide in 1999. The Port offers low-cost water transportation to global markets via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Also served by the Port are Gulf markets, via the inland waterway system, and all across the U.S. and Canada by linked rail systems. In it's short 30 year life, the Port has become the nation's largest steel-hauling port and one of the area's two foreign trade zones (the other being the Gary/Chicago Airport), which provide a break in costs and duty taxes normally associated with storing, assembling, sorting, and grading foreign goods on U.S. soil. And with it's new $5 million dock to increase ship capacity and a new 60,000 square foot transit shed to boost storage space, the Port can handle more ships and more traffic than ever before.
For freight by rail, The South Shore Line, Norfolk & Southern and Amtrak all pass through or around Michigan City, all linking to the Chicago rail hub. With passenger commuter rail service via The South Shore Line to and from Chicago, those selecting residence in Michigan City are easily connected to Chicago, and by a legend - the last electric interurban line in the country.
By air, the Michigan City Municipal Airport offers convenient prop, turbo-prop, and small jet air options. Three major regional airports offering jet passenger service are less than 30 minutes away, including the South Bend Regional Airport, Chicago/Midway Airport, and Gary/Chicago Airport. And with Chicago O'Hare International Airport just over an hour away, your global customers are well within reach.
One if by land? Sure, in fact, many by land are no problem at all in Michigan City. With access to over 40 trucking lines, in Michigan City your goods can reach over 40% of your domestic customers and two-thirds of the population of the United States and Canada within one day's drive.
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