Indiana State Road 9
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by INDOT | ||||
| Length: | 196.20 mi[1] (315.75 km) | |||
| Existed: | October 1, 1926[2] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 SR 46 near Columbus | |||
  I-74 / US 421 in Shelbyville I-70 in Greenfield I-69 in Anderson US 36 in Pendleton  US 35 / SR 22 in Marion US 24 in Huntington US 30 in Columbia City US 33 US 6 US 20 in LaGrange   I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road | ||||
| North end: |
 M-66 near Sturgis, MI | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Bartholomew, Shelby, Hancock, Madison, Grant, Huntington, Whitley County, Indiana, Noble, LaGrange | |||
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State Road 9 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a long north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Indiana. Its southern terminus is near Columbus at State Road 46, and the northern terminus is at the Michigan/Indiana border between Howe, Indiana, and Sturgis, Michigan, where it continues as M-66.
Some of Indiana 9 is divided highway and even freeway, but Interstate 69 largely supplants it as all but a regional route between Huntington and Anderson.
Route description
Columbus to Shelbyville
SR 9 heads north from its southern terminus at State Road 46 (SR 46). SR 9 passes through Hope on the way to the eastern terminus of the western section of State Road 252 (SR 252). North of SR 252, SR 9 heads northeast then northwest toward Shelbyville. SR 9 enters Shelbyville from the south and has an intersection with State Road 44 (SR 44).[3]
Shelbyville to Anderson
North of SR 44, SR 9 has a roundabout in downtown Shelbyville. From downtown Shelbyville, SR 9 heads north passing over Interstate 74/U.S. Route 421. SR 9 heads north toward Greenfield, in Greenfield SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 40 and an interchange with Interstate 70. Then SR 9 heads north toward Pendleton. In Pendleton SR 9 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 36 and State Road 67. Then SR 9 enters interstate 69 after enter the I-69, SR 9 exits at the next exit. Then SR 9 heads north toward downtown Anderson.[4]
Anderson to Huntington
SR 9 passes east of downtown Anderson and heads north out of Anderson. SR 9 passes just east of Alexandria, then just north of Alexandria SR 9 has an intersection with State Road 28. Then SR 9 has an intersection with State Road 26, just west of Fairmount. Then SR 9 enters Marion, where SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 35/State Road 22 followed by an intersection with State Road 37. Then just south of downtown Marion SR 9 has a concurrency with State Road 15. In downtown Marion SR 9 and SR 15 has an intersection with State Road 18. Then north of downtown Marion SR 15 turns northwest toward Wabash and SR 9 turns northeast toward Huntington. On the way to Huntington SR 9 passes near Mt. Etna. Then SR 9 enters Huntington on the southwest side of town.[5]
Huntington to Columbia City
SR 9 bypasses Huntington on the west side of town, concurrent with U.S. Route 24. On the northeast side of Huntington US 24 and SR 9 have an intersection with U.S. Route 224 and State Road 5. Then SR 9 leaves the bypass on the north side of Huntington and heads north towards Columbia City, passing through an intersection with State Road 114 and State Road 14. SR 9 enters Columbia City on the south side of town. After it enters Columbia City SR 9 has a concurrency with State Road 205. The concurrency ends in downtown Columbia City at Old U.S. Route 30, where SR 205 turns east.[6]
Columbia City to Michigan
SR 9 heads north out of downtown Columbia City. Before leaving Columbia City SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 30. SR 9 heads north passing through an intersection with U.S. Route 33 and passing near Chain O'Lakes State Park. Then SR 9 enters Albion on the south part of town. In downtown Albion SR 9 has an intersection at the western terminus of State Road 8. SR 9 heads north out of Albion, then SR 9 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 6. It then heads north, passing through Rome City and Wolcottville. In Lagrange, SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 20 and continues north towards the Michigan state line. Before the Michigan state line, SR 9 passes through an intersection with State Road 120 in Howe. Then just south of the Michigan state line, SR 9 has an intersection with the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/Interstate 90). Then SR 9 crosses into Michigan as M-66 heading north toward Sturgis.[7]
History
From 1917 to 1926 the current route of SR 9 was known as State Road 11. With the SR 9 given to a route that went from Linton to Brazil and a second section from Rockville to Old State Road 10.[8][9]
Explanation of nickname
The nickname of State Road 9 is Highway of Vice Presidents, from Shelbyville to Columbia City. The reason for the name is that three of Indiana's five Vice Presidents lived in cities along the route:[10]
- Thomas A. Hendricks — Grover Cleveland's Vice President (1885) from Shelbyville
- Thomas R. Marshall — Woodrow Wilson's Vice President (1913–1921) from Columbia City
- J. Danforth Quayle — George H.W. Bush's Vice President (1989–1993) from Huntington
Indiana's other two vice presidents are also honored by the highway nickname:
- Schuyler Colfax — Ulysses S. Grant's Vice President (1869–1873) from South Bend
- Charles W. Fairbanks — Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President (1905–1909) from Indianapolis
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Bartholomew | Columbus | 0.00 | 0.00 | SR 46 – Columbus, Greensburg | Southern terminus of SR 9 | |
| Shelby | Washington Township | 16.66 | 26.81 |  SR 252 west – Edinburgh | Eastern terminus of SR 252 | |
| Shelbyville | 27.60 | 44.42 |  SR 44 west (Colescott Street) – Franklin | Southern end of SR 44 concurrency | ||
| 27.96 | 45.00 | SR 44 east (Broadway Street) – Rushville | Northern end of SR 44 concurrnecy | |||
| 29.93 | 48.17 | I-74 / US 421 – Indianapolis, Cincinnati | Exit number 113 on I-70 | |||
| Van Buren Township | 39.81 | 64.07 |  US 52 – Indianapolis, Rushville | |||
| Hancock | Greenfield | 46.33 | 74.56 |  US 40 – Indianapolis, Richmond | ||
| 48.78 | 78.50 | I-70 – Indianapolis, Dayton | ||||
| Green Township | 54.28 | 87.36 |  SR 234 | |||
| Madison | Pendleton | 60.12 | 96.75 |  US 36 west / SR 67 south – Indianapolis | Southern end of US 36 and SR 67 concurrency | |
 SR 38 east – New Castle | Southern end of SR 38 concurrency | |||||
| 61.79 | 99.44 | US 36 east | Northern end of US 36 concurrency | |||
| Anderson | 64.44 | 103.71 | 222 | I-69 south – Indianapolis | Southern end of I-69 concurrency; Northern end of SR 38 | |
| 68.25 | 109.84 | 226 |  I-69 north / SR 67 north / SR 109 south | Northern end of I-69 and SR 67 concurrency; Northern terminus of SR 109 | ||
| 68.81 | 110.74 |  SR 236 east (53rd Street) – Middletown | Western terminus of SR 236 | |||
| 70.89 | 114.09 |   SR 32 west (Ohio Avenue) / SR 232 east – Anderson | Southern end of SR 32 concurrency; Western terminus of SR 232 | |||
| 72.34 | 116.42 | SR 32 east (University Boulevard) – Muncie | ||||
| Richland Township | 79.93 | 128.63 |  SR 128 west – Frankton | Eastern terminus of SR 128 | ||
| Alexandria | 84.13 | 135.39 |  SR 28 – Elwood, Albany | |||
| Grant | Fairmount | 94.08 | 151.41 |  SR 26 – Kokomo, Fairmount | ||
| Marion | 98.06 | 157.81 | US 35 / SR 22 – Kokomo, Gas City | |||
| 100.28 | 161.39 |  SR 37 south – Elwood | Northern terminus of SR 37 | |||
| 101.03 | 162.59 |  SR 15 south (30th Street) – Gas City | Southern end of SR 15 concurrency | |||
| 103.47– 103.63 | 166.52– 166.78 |  SR 18 – Delphi, Montpelier | ||||
| 104.66 | 168.43 | SR 15 north (North Wabash Road) – Wabash | Northern end of SR 15 concurrency | |||
| Huntington | Wayne Township | 111.17 | 178.91 |  SR 105 north – South Whitley | Southern terminus of SR 105 | |
| 111.96 | 180.18 |  SR 218 – La Fontaine, Warren | ||||
| Mount Etna | 117.68 | 189.39 |  SR 124 – Peru, Bluffton | |||
| Huntington | 127.64 | 205.42 | US 24 west – Wabash | Western end of US 24 concurrency | ||
  US 224 east / SR 5 (North Jefferson Street / North Goshen Road) – Huntington, South Whitley | Western terminus of US 224 | |||||
| 131.27 | 211.26 | US 24 east – Fort Wayne | Eastern end of US 24 concurrency | |||
| Clear Creek Township | 138.17 | 222.36 |  SR 114 – North Manchester, fort Wayne | |||
| Whitley | Washington Township | 143.21 | 230.47 |  SR 14 – South Whitley, Fort Wayne | ||
| Columbia City | 148.39 | 238.81 |  SR 205 south (Radio Road) – South Whitley | Southern end of SR 205 concurrency | ||
| 149.12 | 239.99 | SR 205 north (Van Buren Street) – Churubusco | Northern end of SR 205 concurrency | |||
| 149.98 | 241.37 | US 30 – Wabash, Fort Wayne | ||||
| Noble | Noble Township | 159.31 | 256.38 | US 33 – Goshen, Fort Wayne | ||
| Albion | 166.97 | 268.71 |  SR 8 east – Avilla, Auburn | Western terminus of SR 8 | ||
| Elkhart–Orange township line | 170.93 | 275.09 | US 6 west – Ligonier | Western end of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Orange Township | 174.72 | 281.18 | US 6 east – Kendallville | Eastern end of US 6 concurrency | ||
| LaGrange | LaGrange | 187.97 | 302.51 | US 20 (Central Avenue) – Elkhart, Angola | ||
| Howe | 193.56 | 311.50 |  SR 120 (Defiance Street) – Elkhart, Fremont | |||
| Lima Township | 195.86 | 315.21 | I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road – South Bend, Toledo, Chicago | Exit 121 on I-80/I-90 | ||
| 196.20 | 315.75 | M-66 north – Sturgis | Continuation into Michigan | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 staff. "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). INDOT. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Columbus to Shelbyville" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Shelbyville to Anderson" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Anderson to Huntington" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Huntington to Columbia City" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Columbia City to Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ "Indiana Highways End - Old SR 9". Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "Indiana Highway Ends - Old SR 11". Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "INDOT Memorial Highways and Bridges". Retrieved 2011-02-19.