State Road 63

Indiana State Road 63

Indiana 63 until 2008 was a continuous north-south highway across far western Indiana that stretched for 96 miles from U.S. 41 in Warren County to Merom in Sullivan County along the Wabash River. In 2008, the highway was decommissioned in its central section from the north side of Terre Haute to Prairie Creek in southwest Vigo County. Today, there is a 16 mile stretch of Indiana 63 from Indiana 58 in Merom to Indiana 246 in Prairie Creek and the larger 61 mile section from Terre Haute to U.S. 41 near Carbondale.

The 61 mile stretch of Indiana 63 is a four-lane expressway that complements the four-lane sections of U.S. 41 to the south of Terre Haute and north of Carbondale, completing a four-lane highway that stretches across western Indiana from Chicago to Evansville. Indiana 63 takes over for the two-lane stretch of U.S. 41 that goes through Parke and Fountain Counties. This stretch contains more hilly terrain and couldn't be widened for four lanes, so Indiana 63 was widened on the other side of the Wabash River. It was in the 1970s when Indiana 63, which went through Vermillion County from Terre Haute to Clinton and northward, was widened to the four-lane expressway. The original stretch of Indiana 63 still exists in various segments, numbered as Indiana 263 in Warren County.

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Page Updated Friday October 04, 2013.