Indiana State Highway 37
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Indiana 37 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Indiana that at one time ran from the northeast of the state to the south end. In the pre-Interstate era, Indiana 37 was the most direct route between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, although Interstate 69 has supplanted it and some other highways as through routes. It remains as the principal link between Indianapolis and Bloomington.
The Indiana Department of Transportation has decommissioned some sections of Indiana 37 where it coincided with existing highways. It now consists of three discontinuous segments:
- A northern section, begins at the Ohio state line near Harlan, where it continues east as Ohio State Highway 2. Indiana 37 runs southwest approximately 20 miles to end at a junction with Interstate 469 on the northwest side of Fort Wayne.
- A middle section has its northern terminus just south of Marion at a junction with Indiana State Highway 9. It runs south and southwest, passing near Elwood and Noblesville. It merges with Interstate 69 near Fishers, with its southern terminus at the junction with Interstate 465 northeast of Indianapolis.
- A southern section has its northern terminus on the south side of Indianapolis at a junction with Interstate 465. It runs south and southwest through Martinsville, Bloomington, Bedford and Paoli. It then continues south through the Hoosier National Forest and merges with Interstate 64 for about 7 miles west before continuing southwest to its southern terminus at the junction with Indiana State Highway 66 on the Ohio river just north of Tell City. Indiana 37 previously continued south to the Kentucky state line at Cannelton, Indiana.
A proposed southward extension of Interstate 69 from Indianapolis will probably use parts of the divided, but not yet Interstate-standard Indiana 37 between Indianapolis and Bloomington.