Indiana State Road 39

State Road 39
Route information
	Maintained by INDOT
Southern section
Length:	14.91 mi (24.00 km)
South end:	SR 56 near Scottsburg
North end:	SR 250 near Browstown
Northern section
Length:	179.7 mi (289.2 km)
South end:	SR 37 in Martinsville
Major; junctions:	I-70 near Monrovia; US 40 in Belleville; US 36 in Danville; I-74 in Lizton; I-65 / US 52 in Lebanon; US 24 in Monticello; US 30 near Hanna; US 6 near Kingsbury; I-80 / I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. near La Porte; US 20 in Springville
North end:	M-239 to I-94 near New Buffalo, Michigan
Location
Counties:	Boone, Carroll County, Indiana, Clinton, Hendricks, Jackson, LaPorte, Morgan, Pulaski, Starke, Washington, White
Highway system

State Road 39 in the U.S. State of Indiana is the name of two distinct north–south highways in the state of Indiana.

[edit] Route description

[edit] Southern section

Located in south-central Indiana, the shorter southern section of State Road 39 begins at State Road 56 west of Scottsburg. It runs north and passes through Little York, then intersects with State Road 250 just before reaching Brownstown. It is concurrent with State Road 250 until both terminate at U.S. Route 50 in Brownstown.

[edit] Northern section

The much longer northern section starts at State Road 37 in Martinsville, southwest of Indianapolis, and runs north to the Michigan border near Interstate 94 (via M-239). Along the route, it passes through these towns (from south to north):

Monrovia (intersects State Road 42)
Danville (intersects US 36)
Lizton (interchange with I-74)
Lebanon (interchange with I-65 Exit 139)
Frankfort (start of US 421 concurrency)
Rossville (concurrent with US 421)
Delphi (concurrent with US 421)
Monticello (end of US 421 concurrency)
Buffalo (concurrency with State Road 16)
North Judson (concurrency with State Road 10)
LaPorte (concurrency with US 35 and State Road 2)
Springville (intersects US 20)

[edit] History

[edit] Northern section

In the 1960s, State Road 39 was the connector between the west end of Interstate 94 (which ended just north of the Michigan-Indiana border) and the Indiana Toll Road. Hence, a dozen miles of this winding 2-lane road carried all of the heavy traffic between Chicago and Detroit.

In 2010, the section of State Road 39 between Monrovia and Belleville was greatly improved and re-paved.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Gibson Township	0.00	0.00	SR 56 – Salem, Scottsburg	Southern terminus of SR 39
Washington	Gibson Township	5.57	8.96	SR 256 east – Austin	Western terminus of SR 256
Jackson	Brownstown Township	14.91	24.00	SR 250 east	Northern terminus of the southern section of SR 39
Gap in route
Morgan	Martinsville	14.91	24.00	SR 37 – Bloomington, Indianapolis	Southern terminus of the northern section of SR 39
	Jefferson Township	18.12	29.16	SR 67 south – Spencer	Southern end of SR 67 concurrency
	Jefferson Township	21.46	34.54	SR 67 north – Indianapolis	Northern end of SR 67 concurrency
	Gregg Township	23.59	37.96	SR 124 west – Eminence	Eastern terminus of SR 142
	Monrovia	29.10	46.83	SR 42 – Crown Center, Mooresville
Hendricks	Liberty Township	31.47	50.65	I-70 – Terre Haute, Indianapolis, St. Louis	Exit 59 on I-70
	Clayton	34.95	56.25	US 40 – Terre Haute, Plainfield, Indianapolis
	Danville	43.44	69.91	US 36 east – Avon, Indianapolis	Eastern end of US 36 concurrency
	Danville	43.79	70.47	US 36 west – Rockville	Western end of US 36 concurrency
	Center Township	45.12	72.61	SR 236 west – North Salem	Eastern terminus of SR 236
	Lizton	52.20	84.01	US 136 – Crawfordsville, Brownsburg
	Lizton	52.80	84.97	I-74 – Indianapolis, Danville	Exit 58 on I-74
Boone	Lebanon	63.69	102.50	I-65 / US 52 – Gary, Lafayette, Indianapolis	Exit139 on I-65
	Lebanon	64.55	103.88	SR 32 – Crawfordsville, Noblesville
	Pike	70.01	112.67	SR 47 – Crawfordsville, Elizaville
Clinton	Cyclone	77.09	124.06	SR 38 east – Noblesville	Southern end of SR 38 concurrency
	Frankfort			US 421 south / SR 28 – Indianapolis	Southern end of US 421 concurrency
	Frankfort			SR 75 north – Flora	Southern terminus of SR 75
	Ross Township	80.64	129.78	SR 38 west – Lafayette	Northern end of SR 38 concurrency
	Rossville			SR 26 – Lafayette, Kokomo
Carroll	Deer Creek Township			SR 18 east – Marion	Southern end of SR 18 concurrency
	Delphi			SR 25 – Lafayette, Logansport
	Tippecanoe Township			SR 18 west – Brookston	Northern end of SR 18 concurrency
White	Monticello	103.16	166.02	US 24 west / US 421 north – Reynolds	Northern end of US 421 concurrency; western end of US 24 concurrency
	Union Township	104.44	168.08	US 24 east – Logansport	Eastern end of US 24 concurrency
	Buffalo	129.50	208.41	SR 16 east / SR 119 north – Royal Center, Winamac	Eastern end of SR 16 concurrency; Southern terminus of SR 119
	Liberty Township	131.11	211.00	SR 16 west – Monon	Western end of SR 16 concurrency
Pulaski	Jefferson Township	142.99	230.12	SR 14 – Parr, Winamac
Starke	North Judson	153.94	247.74	SR 10 west – Demotte	Western end of SR 10 concurrency
	Wayne Township	158.01	254.29	SR 10 east – Bass Lake	Eastern end of SR 10 concurrency
	Jackson Township	163.02	262.36	SR 8 – Kouts, Knox
LaPorte	Hanna Township	169.23	272.35	US 30 / Lincoln Highway – Valparaiso, Plymouth
	Noble Township	176.97	284.81	US 6 – Westville, Nappanee
	La Porte	182.62	293.90	SR 2 west – Valparaiso	Southern end of SR 2 concurrency
		183.93	296.01	US 35 south / SR 2 east to SR 4 – Logansport, South Bend	Northern end of SR 2 concurrency; Southern end of US 35 concurrency
		185.79	299.00	US 35 north – Michigan City	Northern end of US 35 concurrency
	Center Township	187.94	302.46	I-80 / I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. – Gary, South Bend, Chicago	Exit 49 on the Indiana Toll Road
	Springfield Township	189.47	304.92	US 20 – Michigan City, South Bend
	Springfield Township	194.61	313.19	M-239 north – New Buffalo	Northern terminus at Michigan state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi