Indiana State Road 9

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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 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.

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

Major intersections

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notes=Interchange. SR 9 and 67 enter I-69 north.INint
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notes=SR 9 leaves the freeway. Northern terminus of SR 109.INint
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street=Ohio Avenue
notes=Western terminus of SR 232.INint
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notes=Eastern terminus of SR 128.INint
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notes=Northern terminus of SR 37.INint
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county=Huntington
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notes=Southern terminus of SR 105.INint
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location=Mount Etna
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street=Wabash Road/West Park Drive
notes=Western terminus of US 24 BUS.INint
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street=North Jefferson Street/North Goshen Road
notes=Western terminus of US 224.INint
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street=West Illinois Road
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location=Columbia City
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street=Radio Road
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street=East Chicago Street (Lincolnway)
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street=Van Buren Street
notes=US 30 BUS splits west, SR 205 splits east.INint
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county=Noble
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notes=INint
location=Albion
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notes=Western terminus of SR 8.INint
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county=LaGrange
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street=Central Avenue
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location=Howe
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street=Defiance Street
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street=Indiana Toll Road
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notes=State line.

References

External links

* [http://www.mikeandjohn.com/pics/galleries.asp?parent=455 Highway 9 -- The Highway of Vice Presidents]