Indiana State Road 135

State Road 135 marker
State Road 135
Map
SR 135 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length138.55 mi[1] (222.97 km)
ExistedFebruary 1935[2]–present
Major junctions
South end KY 79 in Mauckport
Major intersections
North end US 31 at Indianapolis
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountiesBrown, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Marion, Washington Morgan County
Highway system
  • Indiana State Highway System
SR 134 US 136

State Road 135 (SR 135) in the U.S. state of Indiana is a road that connects Indianapolis with the Ohio River; for the most part it is a two-lane road except for near Greenwood and Indianapolis.

Route description

The southern terminus is the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge on the east side of Mauckport. The bridge connects to Kentucky Route 79 in Brandenburg, Kentucky on the south side of the river.

The road runs north along rolling terrain in Harrison and Washington counties. It continues north through hilly country, passing Starve Hollow Lake State Recreation Area in Jackson County and the Brown County State Park. It then passes into the flatter terrain of Johnson and Marion counties. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 31 on the south side of Indianapolis, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of its interchange with Interstate 465.

History

State Road 135 was known as State Road 35 until U.S. Route 35 was commissioned in Indiana in February 1935.[2]

State Road 135 previously terminated a few miles farther north in the city, but was shifted down to its current northernmost location of Thompson Road when U.S. Highways and Indiana State Roads were all truncated at or rerouted around major cities onto available bypasses in the early 1990s. It followed Meridian St., Troy Ave., and ended at US 31 and SR 37 at the time (now Madison Ave.).

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
MeadeBrandenburg0.000.00
KY 79 south – Brandenburg
Southern terminus of SR 135 at the Ohio River
Ohio RiverMatthew E. Welsh Bridge
HarrisonMauckport0.430.69
SR 11 north – Elizabeth
Southern terminus of SR 11
Corydon14.4523.26 SR 62 – Dale, Corydon
15.2424.53 SR 337 – Corydon, Depauw
16.1525.99 I-64 – St. Louis, LouisvilleExit number 105 on I-65
Jackson Township18.8130.27
SR 335 north – Crandall
southern terminus of SR 335
New Salisbury22.0335.45 SR 64 – DepauwGeorgetown
Palmyra28.5345.91 US 150 – Fredericksburg, Greenville
WashingtonSalem42.8068.88
SR 60 east – Sellersburg
Southern end of SR 60 concurrency
43.6170.18
SR 56 / SR 60 west – Paoli, Mitchell, Scottsburg
Northern end of SR 60 concurrency
JacksonDriftwood Township59.4595.68
SR 235 north – Medora
Brownstown Township64.80104.29
US 50 east – Brownstown
Eastern end of US 50 concurrency
67.86109.21
US 50 west – Bedford
Western end of US 50 concurrency
73.39118.11
SR 58 west – Bedford
Southern end of SR 58 concurrency
Freetown74.65120.14
SR 58 east – Columbus
Northern end of SR 58 concurrency
BrownWashington Township96.38155.11
SR 46 east – Columbus
Eastern end of SR 46 concurrency
Nashville99.46160.07
SR 46 west – Bloomington
Western end of SR 46 concurrency
Beanblossom104.75168.58
SR 45 south – Bloomington
Northern terminus of SR 45
MorganMorgantown112.29180.71
SR 252 west – Martinsville
Western end of SR 252 concurrency
JohnsonTrafalgar118.67190.98
SR 252 east
Eastern end of SR 252 concurrency
Union Township121.24195.12 SR 44 – Martinsville, Franklin
Bargersville126.02202.81

SR 144 east to I-65 – Franklin
Western terminus of SR 144
MarionIndianapolis138.55222.97 US 31 – Greenwood, IndianapolisNorthern terminus of SR 135
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15.
  2. ^ a b "Seven Changes in Route Numbers on Indiana Highways". The Rushville Republican. February 18, 1935. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved June 8, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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