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Roads & Streets
- Patching, resurfacing, and sealing;
- Plowing snow and salting;
- Maintaining necessary detours and road closures;
- Maintaining traffic control devices, such as stop, yield, speed limit, and warning signs;
- Maintaining all center lines, edge lines, turn arrows, school zones and crosswalks;
- Providing any necessary assistance to police, fire, and EMS during emergency calls.
- Limiting the gross weight of vehicles and issuing special permits under the Frost Law Ordinance (PDF). @(Model.BulletStyle == CivicPlus.Entities.Modules.Layout.Enums.BulletStyle.Decimal ? "ol" : "ul")>
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Who Maintains Which Roads
Find information about which government entity is responsible for maintaining roads and streets where you live in Porter County.
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Road Preservation
Find information about how the Highway Department is working hard and smart to improve and preserve our roads in unincorporated Porter County.
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Road Closing Alerts
Find information about current road closings and how you can sign up to get road closing alerts via text or email.
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Snow Plowing & Salting
Find information about the Highway Department's process of plowing & salting, ordinances that apply to citizens and mailbox damage claims, travel alerts and how you can help the Highway Department help you.
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Frost Law
Find information about the Porter County Frost Law.
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Highway Department Request For Service
Submit an online form to request service from the Porter County Highway Department.
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Sign Up For Winter Road Condition Updates
Sign up to have our winter weather road conditions updates delivered directly to your email inbox and/or to your phone!
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Highway Department
Physical Address
1955 S State Road 2
Valparaiso, IN 46385
Phone: 219-465-3570
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Jim Polarek
Supervisor