State Road 39 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by INDOT | ||||
Existed: | October 1, 1926 – present | |||
Southern section | ||||
Length: | 14.91 mi (24.00 km) | |||
South end: | SR 56 near Scottsburg | |||
North end: | SR 250 near Brownstown | |||
Northern section | ||||
Length: | 179.7 mi (289.2 km) | |||
South end: | I-69 / 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 / Indiana Toll Road near La Porte US 20 in Springville |
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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 | ||||
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State Road 39 in the U.S. State of Indiana is the name of two distinct north–south highways in the state of Indiana.
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.
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):
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.