The "Ideal Section," a portion of the Lincoln Highway (US 30), was a prototype of construction technology intended to make it the finest road in the world. It began one half mile west of US 41 and extended 1.3 miles westward to Bank Calumet (820 US 30) and from there to Station 44+20, near the "Ideal Section" Indiana State Marker in Dyer, for a total of 1.5 miles. The 1.3 mile section of road had four 10-foot lanes of 10 inch steel reinforced concrete with lighting. The west section, from 820 US 30 to 816 US 30, also had lighting and 10 inch concrete, but tapered to only two lanes with no steel reinforcement. Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway officials Glen L. Eberly, Arthur W. Schweitzer, and Richard A. Jonas wished to dedicate it in memory of Carl G. Fisher, "The Father of The Lincoln Highway," John Carlisle, the first Indiana director, A. W. Stommel, the first county director, and William "Bill" Gettler, who worked on the road and helped with the use of his pictures. Also acknowledged were the late Rev. Patrick Connolly of St. Michael's Parish for donating original "Ideal Section" light poles, Jo Ann Plank of Hawk Enterprises Inc. for the bases and installation of the light pole monuments, and the William and Ramona Jarvis Family.