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Cell towers in East Chicago, Indiana

The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around East Chicago. That is the 46th highest count of any place in Indiana.

Registered structures
16
Median height
46 m (151 ft)
−40.8% vs state median
Tallest
76 m (250 ft)
Per 100k residents
62.5
population 25,610 (2025)

Overview

The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around East Chicago, IN. That is the 46th highest count of any place in Indiana.

The 16 structures here sit at 1.13 per square mile of land.

The tallest structure on the register here is 76 m (250 ft) above ground level.

Northern Indiana Public Service Company holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 5 of 16.

Registrations here span 1988 to 2023.

Structure types

Tower 6
38%
Monopole 5
31%
Lattice tower 3
19%
Pole 1
6%
Mast 1
6%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Northern Indiana Public Service Company Other 5
31%
American Towers LLC Tower company 3
19%
Norfolk Southern Railway Company Railroad 2
13%
Ccatt LLC Tower company 2
13%
East Chicago Transit Other 1
6%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
76 m (250 ft) Lattice tower 2023 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 2720389
76 m (248 ft) Lattice tower 2023 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 2720814
61 m (199 ft) Mast 2009 American Towers LLC 2667627
59 m (195 ft) Tower 1992 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 1097275
50 m (165 ft) Lattice tower 2016 Norfolk Southern Railway Company 2696970
49 m (161 ft) Monopole 1996 American Towers LLC 106479
47 m (153 ft) Tower 1990 American Towers LLC 128004
47 m (153 ft) Monopole 1998 Ccatt LLC 608487
45 m (149 ft) Pole 2008 Ccatt LLC 605928
43 m (140 ft) Tower 2002 East Chicago Transit 2631574
42 m (136 ft) Monopole 2022 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 2720847
39 m (127 ft) Tower 1988 Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC 113052
37 m (120 ft) Monopole 2021 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 2717454
34 m (112 ft) Tower 1998 St Catherines Hospital of E Chicago 619016
32 m (105 ft) Monopole 2018 Vb Bts III, LLC 2701448
13 m (43 ft) Tower 2005 Norfolk Southern Railway Company 2649817

When they were registered

1980s 1
6%
1990s 5
31%
2000s 4
25%
2010s 2
13%
2020s 4
25%

Nearby places

About this data

All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.

The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.

"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.