State Road 164 in the
U.S. State
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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 ...
is a short east–west two-lane highway in the southwest portion of the state.
Route description
State Road 164 begins in downtown
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ...
at the
U.S. Route 231 and Courthouse Square intersection. Passing east out of town, the road winds through the country, passing to the south of Jasper Lake and through the small town of
Celestine. Just before leaving Dubois County for Crawford County, it crosses an arm of
Patoka Lake
Patoka Lake is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. state of Indiana (after Lake Monroe) and is spread across Dubois, Crawford, and Orange counties in southern Indiana.
Lake
Created as a joint effort between the US Army Corps of Engineers ...
; it then passes through the small town of
Wickliffe on the edge of the
Hoosier National Forest
The Hoosier National Forest is a property managed by the United States Forest Service in the hills of southern
Indiana. Composed of four separate sections, it has a total area of . Hoosier National Forest's headquarters are located in Bedford, wi ...
before terminating at
State Road 145 on the shores of another arm of the lake.
Major intersections
References
164
Year 164 ( CLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus (or, less frequently, year 917 '' Ab urbe condi ...
Transportation in Crawford County, Indiana
Transportation in Dubois County, Indiana
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