Indiana State Road 161

State Road 161
Route information
	Maintained by INDOT
Length	49.691 mi[1] (79.970 km)
Existed	1931[2] – 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

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. It goes north 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^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Daviess	Owensboro	0.000	0.000	KY 2262 south – Owensboro	Southern terminus of SR 161; continuation into Kentucky
Ohio River		0.000	0.000	Owensboro Bridge
Spencer	Ohio Township	8.213	13.218	SR 66 east – Rockport	Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
Spencer	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
	Skelton Township	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
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 Concurrency terminus

References

1 2 Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2016). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
↑ "Maintenance on 391". The Franklin Eveing Star. September 25, 1931. p. 3. Retrieved October 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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[indot-1] 1 2 Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2016). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 12, 2017.

[newroadsseptember1931-2] "Maintenance on 391". The Franklin Eveing Star. September 25, 1931. p. 3. Retrieved October 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.