Indiana State Road 237 Explained

State:IN
Type:IN
Route:237
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR 237 highlighted in red
Length Mi:15.316
Section1:Southern segment
Length Mi1:5.370
Direction A1:South
Terminus A1: at Cannelton
Direction B1:North
Terminus B1: near Tell City
Section2:Northern segment
Length Mi2:9.946
Direction A2:South
Terminus B2: at English
Junction2: near Sulphur
Direction B2:North
Terminus A2: at Sulphur
Counties:Perry County, Crawford County
Previous Type:IN
Previous Route:236
Next Type:IN
Next Route:240

Indiana State Road 237 in the U.S. state of Indiana is a discontinuous route in Perry and Crawford counties.

Route description

Southern section

The Perry County segment of SR 237, which connects to SR 37 about 1miles northeast of Tell City, Indiana, provides access to Hawesville, Kentucky, via the Bob Cummings - Lincoln Trail Bridge in Cannelton, where it continues southward as Kentucky Route 69. This segment of SR 237 is 5.6miles in length and replaced an older, winding and narrow segment in 2004.

Northern section

The Crawford County segment was created on November 21, 2007, when an 8.9miles segment of SR 37 from Interstate 64 at Sulphur to SR 64 at English was renumbered as SR 237. The redesignation is due to SR 37's designation being transferred to a new route (the Frank O'Bannon Highway) from I-64 to SR 64 and SR 145 between St. Croix and Eckerty.

In 2022, SR 237 was extended south along the mile-long unnumbered stretch of Old State Road 37 between I-64 and Sulphur. The route now ends at the junction of the old highway with SR 62 and SR 66.

Future

In addition, a proposed highway by-pass of Paoli, the seat of Orange County, may carry the SR 237 designation as well. This project is still in the planning stages and construction has yet to be scheduled.

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