SR 9 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by INDOT | ||||
Length | 189.586 mi[1] (305.109 km) | |||
Existed | October 1, 1926[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Indiana | |||
Counties | Bartholomew, Shelby, Hancock, Madison, Grant, Huntington, Whitley, Noble, LaGrange | |||
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State Road 9 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a long north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Indiana. Its southern terminus is near Columbus at State Road 46, and the northern terminus is at the Michigan/Indiana border between Howe, Indiana, and Sturgis, Michigan, where it continues as M-66.
Some of Indiana 9 is divided highway and even freeway, but Interstate 69 largely supplants it as all but a regional route between Huntington and Anderson.
Route description[edit]
Columbus to Shelbyville[edit]
SR 9 heads north from its southern terminus at State Road 46 (SR 46). SR 9 passes through Hope on the way to the eastern terminus of the western section of State Road 252 (SR 252). North of SR 252, SR 9 heads northeast then northwest toward Shelbyville. SR 9 enters Shelbyville from the south and has an intersection with State Road 44 (SR 44).[3]
Shelbyville to Anderson[edit]
North of SR 44, SR 9 continues into downtown Shelbyville and then continues north passing over Interstate 74/U.S. Route 421. SR 9 heads north toward Greenfield, in Greenfield SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 40 and an interchange with Interstate 70. Then SR 9 heads north toward Pendleton. In Pendleton SR 9 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 36 and State Road 67. Then SR 9 merges onto interstate 69 before the concurrency ends at the next exit. Then SR 9 heads north toward downtown Anderson, passing Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing and Casino.[4]
Anderson to Huntington[edit]
SR 9 passes east of downtown Anderson and heads north out of Anderson. SR 9 passes just east of Alexandria, then just north of Alexandria SR 9 has an intersection with State Road 28. Then SR 9 has an intersection with State Road 26, just west of Fairmount. Then SR 9 enters Marion, where SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 35/State Road 22 followed by an intersection with State Road 37. Then just south of downtown Marion SR 9 has a concurrency with State Road 15. In downtown Marion SR 9 and SR 15 has an intersection with State Road 18. Then north of downtown Marion SR 15 turns northwest toward Wabash and SR 9 turns northeast toward Huntington. On the way to Huntington SR 9 passes near Mt. Etna. Then SR 9 enters Huntington on the southwest side of town.[5]
Huntington to Columbia City[edit]
SR 9 bypasses Huntington on the west side of town, concurrent with U.S. Route 24. On the northeast side of Huntington US 24 and SR 9 have an intersection with U.S. Route 224 and State Road 5. Then SR 9 leaves the bypass on the north side of Huntington and heads north towards Columbia City, passing through an intersection with State Road 114 and State Road 14. SR 9 enters Columbia City on the south side of town. After it enters Columbia City SR 9 has a concurrency with State Road 205. The concurrency ends in downtown Columbia City at Old U.S. Route 30, where SR 205 turns east.[6]
Columbia City to Michigan[edit]
SR 9 heads north out of downtown Columbia City. Before leaving Columbia City SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 30. SR 9 heads north passing through an intersection with U.S. Route 33 and passing near Chain O'Lakes State Park. Then SR 9 enters Albion on the south part of town. In downtown Albion SR 9 has an intersection at the western terminus of State Road 8. SR 9 heads north out of Albion, then SR 9 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 6. It then heads north, passing through Rome City and Wolcottville. In Lagrange, SR 9 has an intersection with U.S. Route 20 and continues north towards the Michigan state line. Before the Michigan state line, SR 9 passes through an intersection with State Road 120 in Howe. Then just south of the Michigan state line, SR 9 has an intersection with the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/Interstate 90). Then SR 9 crosses into Michigan as M-66 heading north toward Sturgis.[7]
History[edit]
From 1917 to 1926 the current route of SR 9 was known as State Road 11. With the SR 9 given to a route that went from Linton to Brazil and a second section from Rockville to Old State Road 10.[8][9]
Explanation of nickname[edit]
The nickname of State Road 9 is Highway of Vice Presidents, from Shelbyville to Columbia City. The reason for the name is that four of Indiana's six Vice Presidents lived in cities along the route:[10]
- Thomas A. Hendricks — Grover Cleveland's Vice President (1885) from Shelbyville
- Thomas R. Marshall — Woodrow Wilson's Vice President (1913–1921) from Columbia City
- J. Danforth Quayle — George H.W. Bush's Vice President (1989–1993) from Huntington
- Michael R. Pence - Donald J. Trump's Vice President (2017—2021) from Columbus
Indiana's other two vice presidents are also honored by the highway nickname:
- Schuyler Colfax — Ulysses S. Grant's Vice President (1869–1873) from South Bend
- Charles W. Fairbanks — Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President (1905–1909) from Indianapolis
Major intersections[edit]
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Bartholomew | Clay–Clifty township line | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 9 | |
Shelby | Shelbyville | 18.999 | 30.576 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of Truck SR 9 | |
20.749 | 33.392 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 44 concurrency | |||
21.111 | 33.975 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 44 concurrnecy; southern end of Truck SR 9 | |||
22.957– 23.196 | 36.946– 37.330 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit number 113 on I-74 | |||
Van Buren Township | 33.039 | 53.171 | ![]() | |||
Hancock | Greenfield | 39.545 | 63.642 | ![]() | ||
41.943– 42.091 | 67.501– 67.739 | ![]() | Exit number 104 on I-70 | |||
Green Township | 47.537 | 76.503 | ![]() | |||
Madison | Pendleton | 53.384 | 85.913 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 36 and SR 67 concurrency | |
54.885 | 88.329 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 38 concurrency | |||
55.045 | 88.586 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 36 concurrency | |||
Anderson | 57.617– 57.703 | 92.726– 92.864 | 222 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-69 concurrency; Northern end of SR 38 | |
61.530 | 99.023 | 226 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-69 and SR 67 concurrency; Northern terminus of SR 109 | ||
62.129 | 99.987 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 236 | |||
64.222 | 103.355 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 32 concurrency; Western terminus of SR 232 | |||
65.675 | 105.694 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Richland Township | 73.286 | 117.942 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 128 | ||
Alexandria | 77.448 | 124.640 | ![]() | |||
Grant | Fairmount | 87.437 | 140.716 | ![]() | ||
Marion | 91.429 | 147.141 | ![]() ![]() | |||
93.643 | 150.704 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 37 | |||
94.387 | 151.901 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 15 concurrency | |||
96.824– 96.976 | 155.823– 156.068 | ![]() | SR 18 runs along one-way pair of West 4th Street (eastbound) and West 2nd Street (westbound) | |||
98.036 | 157.774 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 15 concurrency | |||
Huntington | Wayne Township | 104.545 | 168.249 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 105 | |
105.323 | 169.501 | ![]() | ||||
Mount Etna | 110.721 | 178.188 | ![]() | |||
Huntington | 120.993 | 194.719 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 24 concurrency | ||
122.818 | 197.656 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 224 | |||
124.532– 124.616 | 200.415– 200.550 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 24 concurrency | |||
Clear Creek Township | 131.557 | 211.720 | ![]() | |||
Whitley | Washington Township | 136.605 | 219.844 | ![]() | ||
Columbia City | 141.480 | 227.690 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 205 concurrency | ||
142.489 | 229.314 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 205 concurrency | |||
143.330 | 230.667 | ![]() | ||||
Noble | Noble Township | 152.616 | 245.612 | ![]() | ||
Albion | 160.323 | 258.015 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 8 | ||
Elkhart–Orange township line | 164.291 | 264.401 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 6 concurrency | ||
Orange Township | 167.137 | 268.981 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 6 concurrency | ||
LaGrange | LaGrange | 181.292 | 291.761 | ![]() | ||
Howe | 186.866 | 300.732 | ![]() | |||
Lima Township | 189.329 | 304.695 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 121 on I-80/I-90 | ||
189.586 | 305.109 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Michigan | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2016). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ^ "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Columbus to Shelbyville" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Shelbyville to Anderson" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Anderson to Huntington" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Huntington to Columbia City" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Google (2011-02-24). "overview map of SR 9 from Columbia City to Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Indiana Highways End - Old SR 9". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ "Indiana Highway Ends - Old SR 11". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ "INDOT Memorial Highways and Bridges". Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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