State Road 135 (SR 135) in the
U.S. State of
Indiana is a road that connects
Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
with the
Ohio River
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; 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
Matthew E. Welsh Bridge is a two-lane, single-pier cantilever bridgeDurkee, Jackson "World's Longest Bridge Spans" National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999 on the Ohio River. The bridge connects Kentucky Route 313 and Indiana State Road 135, ...
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
Starve Hollow State Recreation Area is a List of Indiana state forests, state recreation area in Vallonia, Indiana. The recreation area was created from part of the larger Jackson–Washington State Forest. The area offers fishing, swimming, hiki ...
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
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on the south side of Indianapolis, about south of its interchange with
Interstate 465.
History
State Road 135 was known as
State Road 35
The following highways are numbered 35:
International
* European route E35
Canada
* Alberta Highway 35
* British Columbia Highway 35
* Ontario Highway 35
* Quebec Autoroute 35
* Saskatchewan Highway 35
China
* G35 Expressway
Costa Rica ...
until
U.S. Route 35
U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States Highway that runs southeast-northwest for approximately from the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia to northern Indiana. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nomi ...
was commissioned in Indiana in February 1935.
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
References
External links
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135 135 may refer to:
* 135 (number)
* AD 135
* 135 BC
* 135 film, better known as 35 mm film, is a format of photographic film used for still photography
*135 (New Jersey bus) 135 may refer to:
* 135 (number)
* AD 135
* 135 BC
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Transportation in Indianapolis
Transportation in Brown County, Indiana
Transportation in Harrison County, Indiana
Transportation in Jackson County, Indiana
Transportation in Johnson County, Indiana
Transportation in Marion County, Indiana
Transportation in Washington County, Indiana