Indiana State Road 66

State Road 66 marker

State Road 66
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 153.77 mi[1] (247.47 km)
Major junctions
West end: IL 14 at New Harmony
 

US 41 in Evansville
I-69 in Evansville
US 231 in Rockport

I-64 in Carefree
East end: US 150 in Rego
Location
Counties: Orange, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburg, Warrick,
Highway system
SR 65SR 67

State Road 66 is an eastwest highway in six counties in the southernmost portion of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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 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.

Lloyd Expressway

The expressway contains a mix of intersections and interchanges. Despite the construction delays and need for improvements, the $160 million eastwest expressway allows drivers to travel from one end of the city to the other with much greater ease.[2] Plans exist to add additional diamond interchanges as well as a cloverleaf interchange with US 41.[3]

History

Lloyd Expressway

In the spring of 1983, buildings in the expressway's path began coming down and construction officially continued on July 29, 1983. Motorists endured five years of detours and construction as the expressway was built through the heart of the city.[2]

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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
PoseyNew Harmony0.000.00 IL 14 west CrossvilleWestern terminus of SR 66 on New Harmony Toll Bridge
1.412.27 SR 69 south Mt. VernonWestern end of SR 69 concurrency
Harmony Township2.303.70 SR 69 north GriffinEastern end of SR 69 concurrency
Wadesville9.0114.50 SR 165 north PoseyvilleSouthern terminus of SR 165
VanderburghGerman Township19.9432.09 SR 65 north CynthianaSouthern terminus of SR 65
Evansville26.0041.84 US 41 north VincennesWestern end of US 41 concurrency
26.5042.65 SR 62 east BoonvilleWestern end of SR 62 concurrency
27.8844.87 US 41 south / SR 62 west Mt. Vernon, HendersonSouthern end of US 41 concurrency and Eastern end of SR 62 concurrency
32.4052.14 I-69 Evansville
WarrickOhio Township36.0558.02 SR 261 north BoonvilleSouthern terminus of SR 261
Newburgh39.3163.26 SR 662 west NewburghEastern terminus of SR 662
Anderson Township42.2167.93 SR 61 north BoonvilleSouthern terminus of SR 61
SpencerHatfield51.2082.40 SR 161 north HollandWestern end of SR 161 concurrency
Reo54.4787.66 SR 161 south OwensboroEastern end of SR 161 concurrency
Rockport59.0194.97 US 231 Dale, Owensboro
Huff Township71.68115.36 SR 70 westEastern terminus of western section of SR 70
PerryTroy74.94120.60 SR 545 northSouthern terminus of SR 545
Tell City78.33126.06 SR 37 north EnglishSouthern terminus of SR 37
Cannelton82.65133.01 SR 237 - Hawesville
Tobin Township86.98139.98 SR 166 east TobinsportWestern terminus of SR 166
Derby104.19167.68 SR 70 westEastern terminus of SR 70.
CrawfordSulphur122.75197.55 SR 62 west / SR 237 north St. Croix, EnglishWestern end of SR 62 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 237
Leavenworth130.49210.00 SR 62 east CorydonEastern end of SR 62 concurrency
Jennings Township133.18214.33 I-64 Evansville, LouisvilleExit 92 on I-64
Marengo142.82229.85 SR 64 west EnglishWestern end of SR 64 concurrency
Milltown146.49235.75 SR 64 east GeorgetownWestern end of SR 64 concurrency
WashingtonHardinsburg153.77247.47 US 150 Paoli, New AlbanyEastern terminus of SR 66
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). staff.
  2. 1 2 "Driving Division was frustrating, scary". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  3. "Cloverleaf planned at Lloyd, US 41". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
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