State Road 57 (SR 57) in the U.S. state of

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is a north–south, largely two-lane road in the southwestern portion of the state.

Route description

SR 57 begins at U.S. Highway 41 in

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and provides access to

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. It is routed concurrently with

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to SR 68 just north of

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then is concurrent with SR 68 for roughly 1 mile before resuming its original route. The highway serves a number of small communities and the cities of Oakland City,

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and

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. The final few miles of SR 57 are

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with US 231. SR 57 ends at the south junction of US 231 and SR 67, southwest of

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. In 2009, a portion of SR 57 was relocated onto the new I-69 route and overlapped with SR 68. The original route has been removed and now exists only as a service road to the

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Industrial Park. Prior to Interstate 69, SR 57 had been a frequently congested highway with a number of dangerous intersections, such as SR 68 near Haubstadt, SR 168 in Mackey, SR 64 in Oakland City, SR 56 and SR 61 in Petersburg, US 50 in Washington and SR 58 in Elnora. The road had been widened in a number of spots to accommodate the heavy volume.

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