State Road 161 in the
U.S. State
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of
Indiana
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is a rural undivided north–south highway in the southwestern portion of the state.
Route description
State Road 161 begins in Spencer County approximately nine miles southwest of
Rockport at the northern end of the
Owensboro Bridge
The Owensboro Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that spans the Ohio River between Owensboro, Kentucky and Spencer County, Indiana. Dedicated to the memory of the late U.S. Congressman Glover H. Cary (1885–1936) and often called the "Glover ...
across the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
in the
Ohio Township. It goes north to
Reo. Which passes into Warrick County, where it has concurrencies with State Road 62 and State Road 68. At the north end of the county it passes over Interstate 64 three times in five miles (8 km), but the only interchange is at the last overpass. State Road 161 ends in Dubois County at
State Road 64 approximately four miles west of
Huntingburg.
History
The route of SR 161 was extended by nearly in the fall of 2002 when the Indiana Department of Transportation redesignated the former route of
U.S. Route 231
U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north-south United States Numbered Highway System, U.S highway that is a parallel route of U.S. Route 31, US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, St. John, Indiana, at U.S. Route 41 in Indiana, US 41 ...
in
Spencer County.
Major intersections
References
External links
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161
Year 161 ( CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 '' Ab urbe condi ...
Transportation in Dubois County, Indiana
Transportation in Spencer County, Indiana
Transportation in Warrick County, Indiana
U.S. Route 231