Indiana State Road 64

Highway in Indiana

Not to be confused with Interstate 64 in Indiana.

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State Road 64

Indiana 64

SR 64 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length| 107.49 mi[1] (172.99 km)
Existed| October 1, 1926[2]–present
Major junctions
West end|  IL 15 at the Wabash River, near Mount Carmel, Illinois
Major intersections|  US 41 in Princeton
I-69 near Oakland City
US 231 at Huntingburg
East end|  I-64 / SR 62 near Edwardsville
Location
Country| United States
State| Indiana
Counties| Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Pike
Highway system

* Indiana State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Scenic

| ←  I-64| | →  I-65

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Western terminus at Illinois Route 15, this usually congested bridge once crossed the Wabash River to Mount Carmel, Illinois

State Road 64 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east-west highway that crosses most of the southern portion of the state, covering a distance of about 107 miles (172 km).

The route parallels Interstate 64, which often causes confusion, as the widest distance between them is 20 miles (32 km) at the Wabash River, and both routes exist in Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, and Harrison Counties. It is often referred to as Indiana 64 to distinguish it from the Interstate.

## Route description[edit]

State Road 64 begins at a bridge across the Wabash River at Mount Carmel, Illinois, connecting it with Illinois Route 15. It ends at Interstate 64 near Edwardsville. For the bulk of its length, it runs parallel to Interstate 64 and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of it. Most of the route is two-lane undivided highway, with undivided multi-lane segments in the city of Princeton around the junction of U.S. Route 41, and through the city of Huntingburg as well as near English.

## Traffic Congestion[edit]

Traffic conditions on the stretch between Princeton and Mount Carmel are notorious for often being congested with a large number of coal trucks between local mines and Gibson Generating Station, located near the route's western terminus and Illinois resident employees of both the plant and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana and suppliers in Princeton using the same two lane road in their commute combined with decreases in local grocery stores resulting in more senior citizens on the main roads often result in severe traffic congestion during two distinct periods in the day. Due to the coal truck traffic from Gibson County Coal's new mine near Owensville, the Indiana 64-65 CR 650 Intersection, located halfway between Princeton and Mount Carmel, received a long-awaited upgrade from flashing lights to a full traffic light intersection in December 2014, allowing a more orderly traffic flow and reducing the amount of fatal crashes at the junction. 2 people were killed at this intersection in 2017. In addition, others have been killed in 2016 and 2017. The Gibson County Sheriff department and Indiana State Police seldom patrol this stretch of deadly highway. A new coal loading facility is being built adjacent to this stretch of highway which has already increased the number of accidents prior to the opening of the facility. Despite INDOT continuing to insist there is no need, many commuters in both Indiana and Illinois have been pushing for widening it to 4 lanes, in part or in whole from Princeton to Mount Carmel.

Until late 2010, at the western end of the highway were two very narrow bridges that typically handled[citation needed] at least 900–1,200 vehicles a day, doubling to ~2,000 a day vehicles during Mount Carmel's Ag Days, Lone Ranger Festival, and other holidays. Excavation began on a parallel replacement bridge in April 2008, and the new bridge was opened (with the highway realigned appropriately) in December 2010.

## Major intersections[edit]

County| Location| mi[1]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Gibson| White River Township| 0.00| 0.00|
IL 15 west – Mt. Carmel| Western terminus of SR 64
Patoka Township| 4.71| 7.58|
SR 65 south – Owensville, Cynthiana| Western end of SR 65 concurrency
Princeton| 9.56| 15.39|  US 41 – Evansville, Terre Haute|
11.26| 18.12|
SR 65 north – Petersburg| Eastern end of SR 65 concurrency
Oakland City| | |  I-69 – Evansville, Indianapolis| Only Southbound Sign has destination.
Northbound current only says "I-69 North" until route is completed to Indianapolis
22.87| 36.81|  SR 57 – Evansville|
24.28| 39.07|
SR 357 north – Oakland City| To Oakland City University
Pike| Patoka Township| 29.88| 48.09|  SR 61 – Boonville, Petersburg|
Lockhart Township| 36.40| 58.58|  SR 257 – Stendal, Washington|
Dubois| Patoka Township| 41.89| 67.42|
SR 161 south – Holland| Northern terminus of SR 161
Huntingburg| 46.27| 74.46|  US 231 – Dale, Jasper|
Jackson Township| 50.88| 81.88|  SR 162 – Ferdinand, Jasper|
Birdseye| 61.31| 98.67|
SR 145 south| Western end of SR 145 concurrency
Crawford| Patoka Township| 65.66| 105.67|
SR 145 north – French Lick| Eastern end of SR 145 concurrency
Eckerty| | |
SR 37 south – Tell City| Western end of SR 37 concurrency
English| | |

SR 37 north / SR 237 south – Paoli| Eastern end of SR 37 concurrency; Northern terminus of SR 237
Marengo| 82.30| 132.45|
SR 66 west – Tell City| Western end of SR 66 concurrency
Whiskey Run Township| 85.98| 138.37|
SR 66 east| Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
Harrison| Depauw| 90.00| 144.84|
SR 337 south – Corydon| Northern terminus of SR 337
New Salisbury| | |  SR 135 – Corydon, Salem|
Jackson Township| 99.16| 159.58|
SR 335 south| Southern terminus of the southern section of SR 335
Floyd| Georgetown Township| 107.49| 172.99|  I-64 / SR 62 – Evansville, New Albany| Eastern terminus of SR 64
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15.
2. ^ "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 - via Newspapers.com.

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