Indiana State Road 13

State Road 13
SR 13 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length:	138.61 mi[1] (223.07 km)
Existed:	1931[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 36 at Fortville
	I-69 north of Fortville US 35 near Swayzee US 24 at Wabash US 30 at Pierceton US 6 at Syracuse US 33 near Syracuse US 20 near Middlebury I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road / US 131 near Middlebury
North end:	US 131 near Middlebury
Location
Counties:	Hancock, Madison, Grant, Wabash, Kosciusko, Elkhart
Highway system
Indiana State Roads Interstate US State Former Scenic ← US 12 SR 14 →

State Road 13 (SR 13) in the U.S. state of Indiana is a north–south highway in north-central and central Indiana that connects the area east of Indianapolis with the northern part of the state. Its southern terminus is in Fortville where it meets U.S. Highway 36 (US 36) and SR 67. At its northern end, signage for SR 13 ends at the interchange with the Indiana Toll Road; the highway continues unsigned for an additional 0.66 miles (1.06 km) running concurrently with US 131 to the Michigan state line. All of SR 13 is undivided surface road.

Route description

It passes through (from north to south):

• Middlebury, junction U.S. Highway 20
• Millersburg
• Syracuse, just south of its junction with U.S. Highway 6
• North Webster
• Pierceton, junction U.S. Highway 30
• Sidney, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of junction with SR 14
• North Manchester, junction SR 114
• Urbana, 1-mile (1.6 km) south of junction with SR 16
• Wabash, junction U.S. Highway 24, junction SR 15
• Swayzee, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of junction U.S. Highway 35/SR 22
• Elwood, junction SR 28 and SR 37
• Lapel, junction SR 32

It has an interchange with Interstate 69 near Lapel, Indiana, around its southern terminus, but at no identifiable town.

• Fortville, junction U.S. Highway 36 and SR 67 (southern terminus)

History

SR 13 used to extend into downtown Indianapolis until the 1940s. State Road 13 originated with an old Indian trail. This was part of the route that Eastern settlers, having crossed the lakes to Detroit, used after they disembarked to travel south into Indiana. In the early days, SR 13 was called the "Logansport–White Pigeon Road." ^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hancock	Fortville	0.00	0.00	US 36 / SR 67 – Indianapolis, Pendleton	Southern Terminus of SR 13
Madison	Green Township	3.41– 3.53	5.49– 5.68	I-69 – Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
		6.61	10.64	SR 38 – Noblesville, Pendleton
	Fisherburg	10.55	16.98	SR 32 – Noblesville, Anderson
	Jackson Township	17.10	27.52	SR 37 south – Noblesville	Southern end of SR 37 concurrency
		20.97	33.75	SR 128 east – Frankton	Western terminus of SR 128
	Elwood	23.38	37.63	SR 37 north – Marion	Northern end of SR 37 concurrency
		25.33	40.76	SR 28 – Tipton, Alexandria
Grant	Point Isabel	35.69	57.44	SR 26 – Kokomo, Hartford City
	Sims Township	39.67	63.84	US 35 / SR 22 – Kokomo, Gas City
	Richland Township	46.12	74.22	SR 18 west – Converse	Southern end of SR 18 concurrency
		46.43	74.72	SR 18 east – Marion	Northern end of SR 18 concurrency
Wabash	Waltz Township	57.62	92.73	SR 124 – Peru, Bluffton
	Wabash	60.82	97.88	SR 15 south – Marion	Southern end of SR 15 concurrency
		61.94	99.68	SR 15 north – Warsaw	Northern end of SR 15 concurrency
		64.77	104.24	US 24 – Peru, Huntington, Fort Wayne
	Urbana	70.43	113.35	SR 16 – Huntington
	North Manchester	76.46	123.05	SR 114 – Akron, Fort Wayne
Kosciusko	Jackson Township	83.51	134.40	SR 14 – Rochester, Fort Wayne
	Pierceton	93.77	150.91	US 30 – Warsaw, Columbia City, Fort Wayne
		98.85	159.08	Lincoln Highway (Old US 30)
Elkhart	Syracuse	112.67	181.32	US 6 west / CR 33 north – Nappanee, Goshen	Western end of US 6 concurrency
	Benton Township	115.44	185.78	US 6 east / US 33 south – Ligonier, Kendallville, Fort Wayne	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency and SOuthern end of US 33 concurremcy
		116.48	187.46	US 33 north – Goshen, Elkhart	Northern end of US 33 concurrency
	Clinton Township	123.67	199.03	CR 38
		127.60	205.35	SR 4 west – Goshen	Eastern terminus of the middle section of SR 4
	Middlebury	131.10	210.98	US 20 – South Bend, Elkhart, Angola
	York Township	136.28	219.32	SR 120 – Elkhart, Fremont
		137.78	221.74	I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road – South Bend, Chicago, Toledo US 131 begins	Southern end of unsigned US 131 concurrency
		138.61	223.07	US 131 north – Three Rivers	Northern end of unsigned US 131 concurrency at Michigan state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Special routes

There have been two different special routes of SR 13. Business SR 13 (BUS SR 13) in North Manchester and Alternate SR 13 (ALT SR 13) near Lake Wawasee both have been decommissioned.

BUS SR 13

State Road 13 Business
Location:	North Manchester

Business SR 13 (BUS SR 13) was a business spur running through the city of North Manchester. The route started at Main Street (SR 114) and headed north towards SR 13. The road is now Wayne Street and it followed the original route of SR 13 through town.

SR 13A

State Road 13A
Location:	Lake Wawasee
Existed:	1953–1969

SR 13A was an alternate loop route running east of Syracuse, near Lake Wawasee. SR 13A has been decommissioned, the route is now county roads. SR 13A headed east from SR 13 south of Syracuse, then turning north on the eastside of Lake Wawasee. SR 13A had an intersection at SR 8, now ending in Albion. SR 13A headed towards US 6/US 33, SR 13A crossed US 6. SR 13A headed north towards Old US 33 (Lincoln Highway), then turning west on Old US 33 heading toward SR 13.

See also

• Indiana portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. Indiana Department of Transportation (2004). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. S-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
2. "Roads Added to State System". The Daily Reporter. Greenfield. May 15, 1931. Retrieved October 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Staff. "A Brief History of Middlebury". Town of Middlebury. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google