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.
 State Road 135 | ||||
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 SR 135 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by INDOT | ||||
| Length | 138.55 mi[1] (222.97 km) | |||
| Existed | February 1935[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  KY 79 in Mauckport | |||
| North end |  US 31 at Indianapolis | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Indiana | |||
| Counties | Brown, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Marion, Washington Morgan County | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editThe 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
editState 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
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Meade | Brandenburg | 0.00 | 0.00 |  KY 79 south – Brandenburg | Southern terminus of SR 135 at the Ohio River |
| Ohio River | Matthew E. Welsh Bridge | ||||
| Harrison | Mauckport | 0.43 | 0.69 |   SR 11 north – Elizabeth | Southern terminus of SR 11 |
| Corydon | 14.45 | 23.26 |  SR 62 – Dale, Corydon | ||
| 15.24 | 24.53 |  SR 337 – Corydon, Depauw | |||
| 16.15 | 25.99 |  I-64 – St. Louis, Louisville | Exit number 105 on I-65 | ||
| Jackson Township | 18.81 | 30.27 |  SR 335 north – Crandall | southern terminus of SR 335 | |
| New Salisbury | 22.03 | 35.45 |  SR 64 – Depauw, Georgetown | ||
| Palmyra | 28.53 | 45.91 |  US 150 – Fredericksburg, Greenville | ||
| Washington | Salem | 42.80 | 68.88 |   SR 60 east – Sellersburg | Southern end of SR 60 concurrency |
| 43.61 | 70.18 |   SR 56 / SR 60 west – Paoli, Mitchell, Scottsburg | Northern end of SR 60 concurrency | ||
| Jackson | Driftwood Township | 59.45 | 95.68 |  SR 235 north – Medora | |
| Brownstown Township | 64.80 | 104.29 |  US 50 east – Brownstown | Eastern end of US 50 concurrency | |
| 67.86 | 109.21 | US 50 west – Bedford | Western end of US 50 concurrency | ||
| 73.39 | 118.11 |  SR 58 west – Bedford | Southern end of SR 58 concurrency | ||
| Freetown | 74.65 | 120.14 | SR 58 east – Columbus | Northern end of SR 58 concurrency | |
| Brown | Washington Township | 96.38 | 155.11 |  SR 46 east – Columbus | Eastern end of SR 46 concurrency |
| Nashville | 99.46 | 160.07 | SR 46 west – Bloomington | Western end of SR 46 concurrency | |
| Beanblossom | 104.75 | 168.58 |  SR 45 south – Bloomington | Northern terminus of SR 45 | |
| Morgan | Morgantown | 112.29 | 180.71 |  SR 252 west – Martinsville | Western end of SR 252 concurrency |
| Johnson | Trafalgar | 118.67 | 190.98 | SR 252 east | Eastern end of SR 252 concurrency |
| Union Township | 121.24 | 195.12 |  SR 44 – Martinsville, Franklin | ||
| Bargersville | 126.02 | 202.81 |    SR 144 east to I-65 – Franklin | Western terminus of SR 144 | |
| Marion | Indianapolis | 138.55 | 222.97 | US 31 – Greenwood, Indianapolis | Northern terminus of SR 135 |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15.
- ^ 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.
