State Road 269 (SR 269) is a part of the
Indiana State Road that runs through rural
Posey County
Posey may refer to:
Places
* Posey, California
* Posey, Illinois
* Posey, Texas
* Posey, West Virginia
* Posey County, Indiana
* Posey Township, Indiana (disambiguation)
People
* Posey (Paiute) (1860s–1923), Paiute chief
* Posey (surnam ...
in US state of
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
. The of SR 269 that lie within Indiana serve as a mirror highway. None of the highway is listed on the
National Highway System. The whole length is a rural two-lane highway. The highway passes through farmland and woodland properties.
Route description
SR 269 begins at a rural intersection in Posey County at County Road 330 and Old Dam Road. The route heads southeast away from
Harmonie State Park
Harmonie is a state park in Indiana. It is located in Posey County, Indiana, about northwest of Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at ...
, as a two-lane highway, passing through farmland and woodland. The highway turns due east and heads towards
SR 69. SR 269 ends at a
3-way intersection
A three-way junction (or three-way intersection) is a type of road intersection with three arms. A Y junction (or Y intersection) generally has three arms of equal size coming at an acute or obtuse angle to each other; while a T junction (or T ...
with SR 69.
No segment of SR 269 is included as a part of the
National Highway System (NHS).
The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.
The highway is maintained by the
Indiana Department of Transportation
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways a ...
(INDOT) like all other state road in the state. The department tracks the traffic volumes along all state highways as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called
average annual daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a ...
(AADT). This measurement is a calculation of the traffic level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year. In 2010, INDOT figured that 100 vehicles and 10 commercial vehicles AADT along the route.
Major intersections
References
External links
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269
Year 269 (Roman numerals, CCLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Paternus (or, less frequently, year 102 ...
Transportation in Posey County, Indiana
State highways in the United States shorter than one mile