Indiana State Road 9

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State Road 9
Highway of Vice Presidents Maintained by INDOT
Length:	196 mi[1] (315 km)
South end:	SR 46 near Columbus
Major junctions:	I-74/US 421 in Shelbyville I-70 in Greenfield I-69 in Anderson US 36 in Pendleton US 35/SR 22 in Marion US 24 in Huntington US 30 in Columbia City US 33 US 6 US 20 in LaGrange I-80/90/Indiana Toll Road
North end:	M-66 near Sturgis, MI
Counties:	Bartholomew, Shelby, Hancock, Madison, Grant, Huntington, Whitley County, Indiana, Noble, LaGrange
Major cities:	Hope, Shelbyville, Greenfield, Pendleton, Anderson, Alexandria, Fairmount, Marion, Mount Etna, Huntington, Columbia City, Albion, Rome City, Wolcottville, LaGrange, Howe
Indiana roads < SR 8 SR 10 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Roads - Former

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 state line 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.

Contents 1 Miscellanea 2 Major intersections 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Miscellanea

The nickname of State Road 9 is utilized because three of Indiana's five Vice Presidents lived in cities along the route:

• 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

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

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Bartholomew	Columbus	0.00	SR 46
Shelby	Shelbyville		SR 44 (Colescott Street)
			SR 44 (Broadway Street)
			I-74/ US 421	Interchange.
	Shelby County		US 52
Hancock	Greenfield		US 40
			I-70
	Hancock County		SR 234
Madison	Pendleton		US 36/ SR 67
			SR 38
			US 36
	Anderson		I-69	Interchange. SR 9 and 67 enter I-69 north.
			I-69/ SR 67/ SR 109	SR 9 leaves the freeway. Northern terminus of SR 109.
			SR 236 (53rd Street)
			SR 32/ SR 232 (Ohio Avenue)	Western terminus of SR 232.
			SR 32 (University Boulevard)
	Madison County		SR 128	Eastern terminus of SR 128.
	Alexandria		SR 28
Grant	Fairmount		SR 26
	Marion		US 35/ SR 22
			SR 37	Northern terminus of SR 37.
			SR 15 (30th Street)
			SR 18
			SR 15 (North Wabash Road)
Huntington	Huntington County		SR 105	Southern terminus of SR 105.
			SR 218
	Mount Etna		SR 124
	Huntington		US 24/US 24 BUS (Wabash Road/West Park Drive)	Western terminus of US 24 BUS.
			SR 5/ US 224 (North Jefferson Street/North Goshen Road)	Western terminus of US 224.
			US 24 (West Illinois Road)	Interchange.
	Whitley County		SR 114
Whitley			SR 14
	Columbia City		SR 205 (Radio Road)
			US 30 BUS (East Chicago Street (Lincolnway))
			US 30 BUS/ SR 205 (Van Buren Street)	US 30 BUS splits west, SR 205 splits east.
			US 30
Noble	Noble County		US 33
	Albion		SR 8	Western terminus of SR 8.
	Noble County		US 6
			US 6
LaGrange	LaGrange		US 20 (Central Avenue)
	Howe		SR 120 (Defiance Street)
	LaGrange County		I-80/I-90 (Indiana Toll Road)	Exit 121.
			M-66	State line.

[edit] References

1. ^ Indiana Highway Ends - SR 9

[edit] External links

• Highway 9 -- The Highway of Vice Presidents