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State Road 43 in the
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of
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is split into two segments.


Route description


Southern section

This winding, two-lane section of State Road 43 connects
Indiana State Road 46 State Road 46 in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west state highway in the southern half of Indiana. Route description The western terminus of SR 46 is at I-70 east of Terre Haute at an interchange before becoming a heavily travel ...
in Owen County near
McCormick's Creek State Park McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of Indiana, dedicated on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 vis ...
with
Indiana State Road 54 State Road 54 (SR 54) is an east–west road in Central Indiana in Greene, Lawrence and Sullivan counties. Route description The western terminus of SR 54 is at U.S. Route 41. SR 54 heads east from US 41 toward Linton. ...
in eastern Greene County. It covers a distance of .


Northern section

The northern portion of State Road 43 begins at I–65 near Battle Ground in
Tippecanoe County Tippecanoe may refer to several places or things in the United States: * The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana * A nickname for William Henry Harrison (U.S. President March 1841–April 1841) from his role in the battle ** Tippecanoe and Tyler t ...
. Going north, it passes through Brookston and Chalmers before terminating at
US 24 U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is in Independence Township, Mic ...
and
US 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Carol ...
in
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in White County. It covers a distance of .


History

SR 43 used to connect Michigan City and Solsberry. It followed SR 46 through Spencer,
US 231 U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north-south U.S highway that is a parallel route of US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, at US 41 to south of US 98 in downtown Panama City, Florida. One of its most notable landmarks is ...
from Spencer to West Lafayette, and US 421 from Reynolds to Michigan City, along with its split sections. The early 1950s renumbering of Indiana highways caused SR 43 to be concurrent. US 421 was extended into Indiana in 1951, and US 231 was commissioned in 1952. SR 43 was concurrent with US 421 until the northern terminus was truncated to Reynolds in 1955 in favor of US 421. A large portion of SR 43 from Lafayette to Spencer was eliminated in 1981 in favor of US 231. In Lafayette, SR 43 basically followed the old routing of US 231 for most of the way. The route followed old US 231, 4th Street (after Alabama Street, it was 4th Street northbound and 3rd Street southbound), the Union Street bridge over the
Wabash River The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows fro ...
, and River road after an interchange.


Major intersections


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Indiana Highway Ends: State Road 43
043 Transportation in Greene County, Indiana Transportation in Monroe County, Indiana Transportation in Owen County, Indiana Transportation in Tippecanoe County, Indiana Transportation in White County, Indiana