Editing Griffith, Indiana (section)

==Transportation==
[[Gary/Chicago International Airport]] in Gary is Griffith's nearest commercial airport.
*05C - [[Griffith-Merrillville Airport]], (generally known locally simply as “Griffith Airport”) is a smaller airport within the boundaries of the Town of Griffith.

[[Cline Avenue]] runs through Griffith north to [[East Chicago]]. [[Interstate 65]], The [[Borman Expressway]], The [[Indiana Toll Road]] [[US 30]] and [[U.S. Route 41 in Indiana|US 41]] are all short drives from Griffth.

The closest Amtrak station is in Dyer,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dyer, IN (DYE) {{!}} Amtrak |url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/dye |access-date=June 19, 2022 |website=www.amtrak.com |language=en}}</ref> while the closest South Shore Line station is in East Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps & Stations |url=https://www.mysouthshoreline.com/plan-your-trip/maps-stations |access-date=June 19, 2022 |website=www.mysouthshoreline.com |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017184744/https://www.mysouthshoreline.com/plan-your-trip/maps-stations |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Broad Street, the major north–south road through Griffith, used to be designated Indiana State Route 73. It was what has come to be called a "[[Frontage road|feeder road]]," connecting [[US 6]] at the north end to [[US 30]] at the southern end, and at the southern end of the downtown area crossed over the six intersecting rail lines' 13 tracks, creating what was known for a time as the busiest railroad crossing in the country. SR 73 was the shortest state route in Indiana, and was the only Indiana state route to exist in only one town. Technically, a part of it straddled the border between St. John township and Schererville, but since the entire right of way did not reside in either, that part which did lie entirely within the borders of any designated area, were only in Griffith, and hence the appellation stuck. As the railroad traffic decreased and truck traffic increased [[US 30]] was moved south to its present divided 4 lane route, and the old road became known as "Old US 30," Joliet Road, and SR 330. Also, [[US 6]] was removed from its route along [[U.S. Route 6 Business (Gary, Indiana)|Ridge Road]] at the northern terminus of SR 73 to the [[Borman Expressway]]. Its importance diminished and its major connections removed, the Indiana legislature felt that a road that lay entirely within a single town (or at least did not have a portion that sat entirely in another town), should not be provided state funding as its primary source of upkeep. As such, [[List of former state highways in Indiana (1–199)|SR 73 was decommissioned]] as an Indiana state route on September 26, 1969.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}