Indiana State Road 252

State Road 252
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 50 mi (80 km)
Southern segment
Length: 39 mi[1] (63 km)
Major
junctions:

US 31 near Edinburgh

I-65 near Edinburgh
East end: SR 37 near Martinsville
Eastern segment
Length: 11 mi[1] (18 km)
West end: US 52 / SR 1 in Brookville
East end: SR 126 / SR 129 near Scipio, Ohio
Location
Counties: Franklin, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby
Highway system

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

← SR 250 SR 256 →

State Road 252 (SR 252) in the U.S. State of Indiana consists of two segments. The western stretch runs from State Road 37 in Martinsville to State Road 9 between Hope and Shelbyville. The eastern stretch is from U.S. Route 52/State Road 1 in Brookville to the Ohio state line near Scipio, Ohio.

Contents

Route description

Western section

The western section heads southeast from Martinsville. SR 252 heads southeast until Morgantown where it turns northeast towards Trafalgar. SR 252 heads east from Trafalgar towards U.S. Route 31 (US 31). US 31 and SR 252 have a concurrency that ends near Edinburgh. SR 252 passes through Edinburgh and then east of town SR 252 has an interchange with Interstate 65 (I-65). From I-65, SR 252 heads east towards SR 9, passing through Flat Rock.[2]

Eastern section

From the western terminus of this section that US 52/SR 1, SR 252 heads east towards Ohio. On the way to Ohio SR 252 passes through Mt. Carmel. At the Ohio state line SR 252 ends at an intersection with Ohio State Route 126 and Ohio State Route 129. [3]

History

In the 1930's the western section of SR 252 was to end at SR 29, now U.S. Route 421, but the section from I-65 to SR 29 was never built. The western section ended at I-65 until a new part of the road was built to SR 9 in the winter of 2005-2006.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[4] Destinations Notes
Morgan
 Martinsville 0.00 SR 37 – Bloomington, Indianapolis Western terminus of SR 252
Jackson Township 9.00 SR 135 south – Nashville Western end of SR 135 concurrency
Johnson
 Trafalgar 15.38 SR 135 north – Indianapolis Eastern end of SR 135 concurrency
Blue River Township 24.02 US 31 north – Franklin, Greenwood, Indianapolis Northern end of US 31 concurrency
Edinburgh 27.74 US 31 south – Columbus, Scottsburg Southern end of US 31 concurrency
Shelby
 30.40 I-65 – Indianapolis, Louisville Exit 80 on I-65
Washington Township 36.59 SR 9 – Shelbyville, Columbus Eastern terminus of the western section of SR 252
Gap in route
Franklin
 Brookville 36.59 US 52 / SR 1 – Rushville, Connersville, Lawrenceburg, Cincinnati Western terminus of the eastern section of SR 252
Springfield Township 47.79 SR 126 east / SR 129 east Eastern terminus of SR 252
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Indiana Highway Ends - SR 252
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of SR 252 from Martinsville to SR 9 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=IN-252+E&daddr=IN-9+S%2FE+Vandalia+Rd&geocode=FWqUWQIdlp_Z-g%3BFfCqWAIdqlTj-g&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=39.426713,-86.395583&sspn=0.015017,0.058451&ie=UTF8&ll=39.369739,-85.832062&spn=0.060116,0.233803&z=13. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of SR 252 from Brookville to Ohio (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=E+4th+St&daddr=IN-252+E&geocode=FZJ6WQIdDtDu-g%3BFegSWQIdGcbx-g&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=39.391831,-84.817801&sspn=0.007512,0.02105&ie=UTF8&ll=39.40808,-84.888611&spn=0.060083,0.233803&z=13. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  4. ^ "INDOT Roadway Referencing System". http://www.in.gov/indot/2376.htm.