Indiana State Road 13

Infobox road
state=IN
type=IN
route=13
alternate_name=

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length_mi=138
length_round=
length_ref= [http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=1013&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends - SR 13] ]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction= north of Fortville




near Syracuse

direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
previous_type=US
previous_route=12
next_type=IN
next_route=14
counties=Elkhart, Kosciusko, Wabash, Grant, Madison, Hancock

State Road 13 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a north-south highway in north-central and central Indiana that connects the area east of Indianapolis with the northern part of the state. Its northern terminus is at the Michigan state line, although starting at the interchange with the Indiana Toll Road, where it feeds into U.S. Highway 131 just south of the Michigan state line, markers are no longer posted, and an "END" assembly exists; [ [www.state.in.us/dot/div/development/pavement/Fort_Wayne_2004.pdf Fort Wayne District Area Reference Posts "(dead link)"] ] its southern terminus is in Fortville, Indiana, where it meets U.S. Highway 36 and State Road 67. All of SR 13 is undivided surface road.

It passes through (from north to south):

* Middlebury, junction U.S. Highway 20
* Millersburg
* Syracuse, just south of its junction with U.S. Highway 6
* North Webster
* Pierceton, junction U.S. Highway 30
* Sidney, 2 miles north of junction with State Road 14
* North Manchester, junction State Road 114
* Urbana, 1 mile south of junction with State Road 16
* Wabash, junction U.S. Highway 24, junction State Road 15
* Swayzee, 2 miles north of junction U.S. Highway 35/State Road 22
* Elwood, junction State Road 28 and State Road 37
* Lapel, junction State Road 32It has an interchange with Interstate 69 near Lapel, Indiana, around its southern terminus, but at no identifiable town.
* Fortville, junction U.S. Highway 36 and State Road 67 (southern terminus)

History

• State Road 13 used to extend into downtown Indianapolis until the 1940s.

• State Road 13 originated with an old Indian trail. This was part of the route that Eastern settlers, having crossed the lakes to Detroit, used after they disembarked to travel south into Indiana. In the early days, S.R. 13 was called the "Logansport-White Pigeon Road." [ [http://www.middleburyin.com/index.cfm?pagename=history A Brief History of Middlebury] ]

There is a Business Indiana 13 from Main St. (SR 114) to IN 13 at North Manchester -- labeled as "Wayne St.", it follows the original route of IN 13 through town.

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