Indiana State Road 66

State Road 66 is an east–west highway in seven counties in the southernmost portion of the U.S. state of Indiana.

State Road 66
SR 66 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length	150.862 mi[1] (242.789 km)
Existed	October 1, 1926[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 69 in Harmony Township
Major intersections	US 41 in Evansville I-69 in Evansville US 231 in Rockport
East end	US 150 in Rego
Location
Country	United States
State	Indiana
Counties	Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Washington
Highway system
Indiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 65 → SR 67

Route description

State Road 66 begins at the eastern end of a toll bridge over the Wabash River in New Harmony and ends at U.S. Route 150 east of Hardinsburg. It is a divided limited-access highway in the metropolitan Evansville area, where it is part of the Lloyd Expressway, and also between the unincorporated communities of Yankeetown and Hatfield. For the most part, however, State Road 66 is undivided rural highway following the Ohio River, and a large portion of its route (from just east of Newburgh to State Road 62 at Sulphur) carries the designation of the Ohio River Scenic Byway.

History

Lloyd Expressway

Main article: Lloyd Expressway

Within the City of Evansville, the portion of SR 66 east of US 41 is known as the Lloyd Expressway. It is named in honor of former Mayor Russell G. Lloyd, Sr., who was assassinated after leaving office in 1980. In the spring of 1983, buildings in the expressway's path began coming down and construction officially started on July 29, 1983. Motorists endured five years of detours and construction as the expressway was built through the heart of the city.^[3]

Major widening

Increasing traffic on the segment of State Road 66 between Evansville and the Alcoa plant east of Newburgh has led the Indiana Department of Transportation to widen the road (eventually being capable of expansion to six lanes) from State Road 261 to the western end of the present Yankeetown-Hatfield four-lane segment.

As of March 2009, work was well underway on the segment from State Road 261 to the Newburgh Lock & Dam. By the end of 2010, the project was complete from State Road 261 to French Island Trail (formerly Indiana State Road 662), and work was progressing from that point east beyond Indiana State Road 61 to the existing four-lane stretch near Yankeetown.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Posey	Harmony Township	0.000	0.000	SR 69 – Griffin	Western end of SR 66
	Wadesville	6.723	10.820	SR 165 north – Poseyville	Southern terminus of SR 165
Vanderburgh	German Township	15.399	24.782	University Parkway
		17.627	28.368	SR 65 north – Cynthiana	Southern terminus of SR 65
	Evansville	23.698	38.138	US 41 north – Vincennes	Western end of US 41 concurrency
		24.204	38.953	SR 62 east – Boonville	Western end of SR 62 concurrency
		25.286	40.694	US 41 south / SR 62 west – Mt. Vernon, Henderson	Southern end of US 41 concurrency and Eastern end of SR 62 concurrency
		29.894	48.110	I-69 – Evansville, Indianapolis
Warrick	Ohio Township	33.571	54.027	SR 261 north – Boonville	Southern terminus of SR 261
	Anderson Township	39.745	63.963	SR 61 north – Boonville	Southern terminus of SR 61
Spencer	Hatfield	48.750	78.456	SR 161 north – Holland	Western end of SR 161 concurrency
	Reo	52.008	83.699	SR 161 south Owensboro	Eastern end of SR 161 concurrency
	Rockport	56.540– 56.832	90.992– 91.462	US 231 – Dale, Owensboro
	Huff Township	69.275	111.487	SR 70 west	Eastern terminus of western section of SR 70
Perry	Troy	72.408	116.529	SR 545 north	Southern terminus of SR 545
	Tell City	75.500	121.505	SR 37 begins	Southern terminus of SR 37; southern end of SR 37 concurrency
		75.787	121.967	SR 37 north – English	Northern of SR 37 concurrency
	Cannelton	80.088	128.889	SR 237 - Hawesville
	Tobin Township	84.420	135.861	SR 166 east – Tobinsport	Western terminus of SR 166
	Derby	101.584	163.484	SR 70 west	Eastern terminus of SR 70.
Crawford	Sulphur	120.090	193.266	SR 62 west / SR 237 north – St. Croix, English	Western end of SR 62 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 237
	Leavenworth	127.931	205.885	SR 62 east – Corydon	Eastern end of SR 62 concurrency
	Jennings Township	130.555– 130.705	210.108– 210.349	I-64 – Evansville, Louisville	Exit 92 on I-64
	Marengo	140.111	225.487	SR 64 west – English	Western end of SR 64 concurrency
	Milltown	143.799	231.422	SR 64 east – Georgetown	Western end of SR 64 concurrency
Washington	Hardinsburg	150.862	242.789	US 150 – Paoli, New Albany	Eastern terminus of SR 66
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Indiana Department of Transportation (July 2016). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. "Road Numbers to Be Changed". The Hancock-Democrat. The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Driving Division was frustrating, scary". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-07.

External links

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