Indiana State Road 37

State Road 37
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 232.5 mi (374.2 km)
Southern Segment
Length: 218 mi[1] (351 km)
South end: SR 66 in Tell City
Major
junctions:		 I-64 in St. Croix
I-74 / I-465 / US 36 / US 40 in Indianapolis
I-69 in Indianapolis
North end: SR 9 in Marion
Northern Segment
Length: 14.5 mi[2] (23.3 km)
South end: I-469 in Fort Wayne
Major
junctions:		 SR 101 in Springfield Township
North end: SR 2 in Scipio Township
Location
Counties: Perry, Crawford, Orange, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Johnson, Marion, Hamilton, Madison, Grant, Allen
Highway system

Indiana roads
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Roads • Former

← SR 32 SR 38 →

State Road 37 (SR 37) in the U.S. State of Indiana is a major route in Indiana, running as a 4-lane divided highway for 110 miles of its course.

At one time the route ran from the northeast corner of the state to the southwest corner. In the pre-Interstate Highway era, Indiana 37 was the most direct route between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Interstate 69 has supplanted it as a through route, and Indiana 37 now consists of two disconnected segments. The segment in northeastern Indiana runs from the Ohio state line to Interstate 469 near Fort Wayne. The other segment starts in Marion in north central Indiana and ends at Tell City on the Ohio River.

Contents

Route description

Southern segment

The southern section section has its northern terminus just south of Marion at a junction with State Road 9. It runs south and southwest, passing near Elwood. From here it continues south to Noblesville where it becomes 4-lane divided highway. After this it It merges with Interstate 69 near Fishers, joining Interstate 465 northeast of Indianapolis, running along the portion of I-465 concurrent with US 31, US 36, US 40, US 52, US 421, and IN 67 (from exits 42 to 46).

It then departs Interstate 465 on the south side of Indianapolis at Exit 4 where it is a 4-lane divided highway until its southern junction with IN-60 75 miles later. The road runs south and southwest through Martinsville, Bloomington, Bedford and Mitchell. It should be noted that this section of the road is the most traveled portion of a state highway in the state and even contains 7 interchanges at major road crossings.

The next 45 mile segment is part of the above southern section but is a 2 lane rural route that has a lot less traffic. It begins in Orleans and runs through Paoli. At English, it turns west along State Road 64 for about 8 miles (13 km) west before turning south at Eckerty (along the Frank O'Bannon Highway), meeting its southern terminus at the junction with State Road 66 on the Ohio River in Tell City.

Northern segment

The northern section begins at the Ohio state line near Harlan, where it continues east as State Route 2. Indiana 37 runs southwest approximately 20 miles (32 km) to end at a junction with Interstate 469 on the northeast side of Fort Wayne.

Future

Due to the fact that SR 37 is already a 4-lane limited access highway (although it is still well short of freeway standards as it contains many at-grade intersections, including 19 traffic lights) it will be upgraded with some work to become Interstate 69 from north of Victor Pike in Bloomington to the curve south of Epler Avenue in Indianapolis, where I-69 will run straight north to Interstate 465.[3]

Frank O'Bannon Highway

In recent years, Indiana's official state highway maps have shown the 10-mile (16 km) extension of the Frank O'Bannon Highway (named for the late former governor) between Interstate 64 at St. Croix and Indiana 64 at Eckerty numbered as Indiana 145. However, when the extension opened in November 2007, the signs proved that the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) had a change of heart.

At I-64 Exit 79, where Indiana 37 once turned east and ran concurrent with the interstate for eight miles (13 km) before continuing its northern journey, the route now continues north approximately 10 miles (16 km) to Eckerty. At Eckerty, westbound Indiana 64 continues the new route to the northwest for a short distance (less than a mile) before meeting the existing Indiana 145, which continues north across Patoka Lake to French Lick. The new roadway thus creates a "straight shot" from Indiana 37's southern terminus at Tell City to French Lick, West Baden and the new casino. It also will reduce travel time for those traveling to Indianapolis.

History

Southern section

For its part, Indiana 37 now turns to the east and is concurrent with Indiana 64 from Eckerty to English, where it exits the eastbound highway and rejoins the old route. The old, winding stretch of 37 from I-64 at Exit 86 north to English has been renumbered as Indiana 237.

Indianapolis

Its original route through Indianapolis started with Binford Boulevard, which continues southwestward from I-69 at the interchange with I-465. Binford Blvd. then ends and traffic merges onto East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive. State Road 37's traffic followed this route still southwestward, then turned to the west onto East 38th Street. SR 37 followed this to North Meridian Street, and turned south, joining with the traffic from U.S. Highway 31 before it too was routed onto I-465. The route continued south to East North Street for one block and then southward onto North Pennsylvania Street for southbound traffic, and northbound traffic was one block to the east on North Delaware Street. The traffic then joined together on Madison Avenue, south of downtown, headed in a south-southeast direction. State Road 37's old route then continued directly south on South East Street to I-465 west to its current exit, #4, Harding Street.

Bluff Road, a south-southwest-bound street on the south side of Indianapolis was sometimes shown on some road maps as "37A", because State Road 37 used to follow this route, but does not interchange with I-465/SR 37, nor does it have an intersection with State Road 37 south of that; it stops just short of the road in a dead end (though there is access to 37 via nearby Wicker Road immediately before that dead end). Allisonville Road, a north-northeast bound street on the opposite side of Indianapolis, was also shown as State Road 37A, but the road does terminate at State Road 37 north of the city and at Binford Blvd. at its south end.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[4] Exit Destinations Notes
Perry
 Tell City 0.00 SR 66 south – Evansville, Tell City Southern terminus of SR 37
Troy Township SR 237 south – Cannelton northern terminus of the southern section of SR 237
Anderson Township SR 145 north – St. Meinrad Southern terminus of SR 145
Union Township SR 70 east – Derby Western terminus of SR 70
St. Croix SR 62 – Evansville, New Albany
I-64 – St. Louis, Louisville
Crawford
 Eckerty SR 64 west – Huntingburg Western end of SR 64 concurrency
English SR 64 east / SR 237 south – Georgetown, Sulphur Eastern end of SR 64 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 237
Orange
 Paoli US 150 west / SR 56 west – Loogootee, Jasper Western end of US 150 and SR 56 concurrency
US 150 east / SR 56 east – New Albany, Salem Eastern end of US 150 and SR 56 concurrency
Orleans SR 337 south Northern terminus of SR 337
Lawrence
 Mitchell SR 60 east – Salem Southern end of SR 60 concurrency
SR 60 west – Georgia Northern end of SR 60 concurrency
Marion Township US 50 west – Shoals, Washington, Vincennes Southern end of US 50 concurrency
Bedford US 50 east / SR 450 to SR 158 – Bedford, Seymour Northern end of US 50 concurrency
SR 58 east – Columbus Southern end of SR 58 concurrency
Oolitic SR 54 west / SR 58 west – Avoca Eastern terminus of SR 54; northern end of SR 58 concurrency
Monroe
 Bloomington SR 45 south Southern end of SR 45 concurrency (Interchange)
SR 48 west Eastern terminus of SR 48 (Interchange)
SR 45 north / SR 46 – Spencer, Bloomington Northern end of SR 45 concurrency (Interchange)
Morgan
 Martinsville SR 39 north – Martinsville Southern terminus of SR 39 (Interchange)
SR 252 east – Morgantown Western terminus of SR 252
SR 44 east – Franklin Western terminus of SR 44
Johnson
 Waverly 135.21 SR 144 west – Mooresville Eastern terminus of SR 144
Marion
 Indianapolis 145.10 4 I-74 west / I-465 west / US 36 west / US 40 west
SR 67 south		 Western end of I-74/I-465/US 36/US 40/SR 67 concurrency
2 US 31 south – Greenwood southern end of US 31 concurrency
54 I-65 – Indianapolis, Gary, Louisville
49 I-74 east / US 421 south – Cincinnati Eastern end of I-74 concurrency; southern end of US 421 concurrency
47 US 52 east – Cincinnati Southern end of US 52 concurrency
46 US 40 east – Dayton Eastern end of US 40 concurrency
44 I-70 – Indianapolis, St. Louis, Dayton, Columbus
Lawrence 42 US 36 east / SR 67 north – Pendleton Eastern end of US 36/SR 67 concurrency
Indianapolis 165.69 37
0		 I-69 / I-465 west
US 31 north / US 52 west / US 421 north		 Eastern end of I-465 concurrency; northern end of US 52/US 421 concurrency; southern terminus of I-69
Hamilton
 Fishers 170.86 5 I-69 north – Fort Wayne Northern end of I-69 concurrency
Noblesville 175.04 SR 32 / SR 38 – Noblesville, Anderson, Pendleton
Madison
 Jackson Township 186.76 SR 13 south – Lapel Southern end of SR 13 concurrency
Elwood 193.04 SR 13 north – Elwood Northern end of SR 13 concurrency
195.73 SR 28 – Tipton, Elwood, Albany
Grant
 Hackleman 207.23 SR 26 – Lafayette, Hartford City, Portland
Marion 211.77 US 35 / SR 22 – Kokomo, Gas City
214.23 SR 9 – Marion, Anderson Northern terminus of the southern section of SR 37
Gap in route
Allen
 Fort Wayne 214.23 I-469 / Maysville Road – Fort Wayne, New Haven
Springfield Township 230.16 SR 101 – Woodburn, Butler
Scipio Township 234.37 SR 2 east – Hicksville, Bryan, Toledo Ohio state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Length of Indiana Route 37: Southern Segment (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=IN-37%2FIN-66%2FIN-70%2FPayne+St&daddr=IN-37%2FIN-64%2FW+State+Rd+64+to:IN-37%2FS+State+Rd+37+to:IN-44%2FState+Rd+44+to:40.13899,-85.892487+to:IN-37%2FS+Strawtown+Pike&hl=en&geocode=FYpEQwIdoP_T-g%3BFZ7QSAIdoKfW-g%3BFZhYSgIdz8vY-g%3BFf6vWQIdkNfZ-g%3B%3BFVAoagIdu7rk-g&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4&sll=40.125341,-85.829315&sspn=0.454676,0.883026&ie=UTF8&ll=40.363288,-84.462891&spn=3.624281,7.064209&z=7. Retrieved August 12, 2009. 
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Length of Indiana Route 37: Northern Segment (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=41.132965,-85.007915&daddr=41.26955,-84.802094&hl=en&geocode=%3BFS65dQId0gXy-g&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=41.140463,-84.988604&sspn=0.027989,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=41.264388,-84.666138&spn=0.446968,0.883026&z=10. Retrieved August 12, 2009. 
  3. ^ Staff. "I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis Preferred Route". Indiana Department of Transportation. http://www.in.gov/dot/projects/I69/index.html. 
  4. ^ Staff. "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). Indiana Department of Transportation. http://www.in.gov/indot/files/StateWide_2004.pdf. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 

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