U.S. Route 136 | ||||
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 US 136 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by INDOT | ||||
| Length | 74.930 mi[1] (120.588 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 136 near Foster | |||
 SR 63 in Foster US 41 in Veedersburg US 231 in Crawfordsville | ||||
| East end |   I-74 / I-465 in Speedway | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Indiana | |||
| Counties | Vermillion, Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hendricks, Marion | |||
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U.S. Route 136 (US 136) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway that runs from Edison, Nebraska, to Speedway, Indiana. In Indiana, it is part of the Indiana State Road system that enters between Danville, Illinois, and Foster, Indiana. The 75.30 miles (121.2 km) of US 136 that lie within Indiana serve as a major conduit. Some sections of the highway are listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway and urbanized four-lane divided highways. The easternmost community along the highway is Speedway, near Indianapolis.
US 136 passes through farm fields and woodlands, and along the central part of Indiana. The highway was first designated as a US Highway in 1932. It replaced the original State Road 33 designation of the highway that dated back to the formation of the Indiana state road system. SR 33 ran from the Illinois to Crawfordsville. US 136 also replaced the second designation of the highway, State Road 34 from the Illinois state line to Crawfordsville to Brownsburg and ended in Indianapolis.
- ^ Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2016). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. US 136. Retrieved January 24, 2018.