Indiana State Road 39


State Road 39 in the U.S. State of Indiana is the name of two distinct north-south highways in the state of Indiana.

Route description

Southern section

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 ends at an intersection with State Road 250 just before reaching Brownstown.

Northern section

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. Along the route, it passes through these towns :

Northern section

In the 1960s, State Road 39 was the connector between the west end of Interstate 94 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.

Southern section

At one point, SR 39 had a section from US 31 in Henryville to SR 3 in Charlestown. It was later decommissioned when SR 160 was extended to end in Charlestown.

Major intersections