Indiana State Road 161

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State Road 161 marker

State Road 161
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SR 161 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 49.691 mi[2] (79.970 km)
Existed: 1931[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: KY 2262 near Owensboro
  I-64 near Dale
North end: SR 64 near Huntingburg
Location
Counties: Dubois, Spencer, Warrick
Highway system
SR 160 SR 162

State Road 161 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a rural undivided north–south highway in the southwestern portion of the state.

Route description

State Road 161 begins in Spencer County approximately nine miles southwest of Rockport at the northern end of the Owensboro Bridge across the Ohio River in the Ohio Township. It goes north to Reo. Which passes into Warrick County, where it has concurrencies with State Road 62 and State Road 68. At the north end of the county it passes over Interstate 64 three times in five miles (8 km), but the only interchange is at the last overpass. State Road 161 ends in Dubois County at State Road 64 approximately four miles west of Huntingburg.

History

The route of SR 161 was extended by nearly 12 miles (19 km) in the fall of 2002 when the Indiana Department of Transportation redesignated the former route of U.S. Route 231 in Spencer County.

Major intersections

County Location mi[2] km Destinations Notes
Daviess Owensboro 0.000 0.000 KY 2262 south – Owensboro Southern terminus of SR 161; continuation into Kentucky
Ohio River Owensboro Bridge
Spencer Ohio Township 8.213 13.218 SR 66 east – Rockport Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
Luce Township 11.471 18.461 SR 66 west – Evansville Western end of SR 66 concurrency
Warrick Skelton Township 21.951 35.327 SR 62 west – Boonville, Evansville Western end of SR 62 concurrency
27.104 43.620 SR 62 east Eastern end of SR 62 concurrency
Pigeon Township 38.485 61.936 SR 68 west – Poseyville Western end of SR 68 concurrency
41.955 67.520 SR 68 east – Dale Eastern end of SR 68 concurrency
42.619–
42.769
68.589–
68.830
I-64 - St. Louis, Louisville Exit number 54 on I-64; diamond interchange
Dubois Patoka Township 49.691 79.970 SR 64 – Oakland City, Huntingburg Northern terminus of SR 161
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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External links

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