State Road 135 (SR 135) in the

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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.

Route description

The southern terminus is the

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on the east side of Mauckport. The bridge connects to

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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

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in Jackson County and the

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. It then passes into the flatter terrain of

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and

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counties. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 31 on the south side of Indianapolis, about south of its interchange with

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History

State Road 135 was known as State Road 35 until

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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

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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

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