State Road 445

Coming from the west, 1.4 miles after beginning at the intersection with SR 54, SR 455 meets SR 45. SR 56 forms a 56 mile northeastward leading highway from U.S. 231 near Exit 87 of I-69 to Beanblossom in Brown County at SR 135.

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SR 45 travels south for 19 miles to Crane and north for 15 miles to Bloomington. Interestingly, no signage mentions Interstate 69, which lies to the east, as the final destination along SR 445 past this intersection.

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East of the intersection with SR 45, the SR 445 connector between SR 45 and I-69 serves as a super-two highway with hard shoulders and grade-separation between the two points. Construction of the route carved a new path between the two highways where none had existed before.

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Spanning Indian Creek along SR 445 eastbound.

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Carter Road passes below SR 445 prior to Interstate 69, allowing the state road to maintain controlled access standards.

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SR 445 nears its eastern end at a dog-bone roundabout interchange with Interstate 69. I-69 runs for 114 miles between SR 37 in Bloomington and U.S. 41 in Evansville. A more established 157 mile stretch exists between Indianapolis and the Michigan state line.

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Interstate 69 south leads travelers 107 miles from SR 445 to Evansville.

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Traffic bound for SR 54 east to the unincorporated community of Cincinnati is directed onto a branch of the wye intersection.

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An end sign for SR 445 stands at the roundabout with the north side ramps with Interstate 69. I-69 meanders northeast for the 17 mile journey to Bloomington and the 65 mile trip to Indianapolis.

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SR 445 begins at the eastern half of the dog-bone roundabout interchange with Interstate 69.

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Passing underneath Interstate 69, a guide sign directs motorists to continue around the roundabout with the south side ramps of I-69 onto SR 445 west.

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Now west of the interchange with Interstate 69, another SR 445 shield guides motorists onto the two lane concrete connector leading west to SR 45.

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Hidden from sight, SR 445 passes over Carter Road before bridging Indian Creek along the nearly two mile long stretch of highway from Interstate 69 to SR 45.

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The SR 445 connector constitutes a controlled access roadway with no intersections or private driveways to SR 45.

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SR 445 nears the stoplight intersection with SR 45, a 56 mile highway between U.S. 231 near I-69 and SR 135 at Beanblossom.

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SR 45 parallels the I-69 corridor south 19 miles to Crane and 15 miles back north toward Bloomington. Bloomfield lies 13 miles to the west via SR 445 and 54.

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Before SR 445 was extended, the junction with SR 45 was a wye-intersection, similar to what is found at the intersection of SR 445 and SR 54, 1.4 miles to the west.

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A banner-less SR 445 shield stands to the immediate west of SR 45. At one time north/south direction banners accompanied the highway since it was an odd-numbered route. That is the typical practice done for north/south routes in Indiana. Banners were removed to SR 445 to reflect the more correct east/west direction.

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The original stretch of SR 445 lacks shoulders. The more wider design east of SR 45 is reflective of more modern highway standards.

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A sign directs traffic bound for the Greene County seat of Bloomfield to stay to the right. Despite that, Bloomfield-bound traffic needs to stay forward as SR 445 flows directly onto SR 54 west at a wye intersection.

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SR 54 constitutes a 55 mile long highway that runs from U.S. 41 outside Sullivan and passes east through Linton and Bloomfield before trekking southeast toward Oolitic at SR 37. An end sign formally marks the conclusion of SR 445.

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