Indiana State Road 45

State Road 45
Frank McCloskey Highway
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length:	55 mi (89 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 231
North end:	SR 135 at Bean Blossom
Highway system
Indiana State Road Interstates • US • State • Former ← SR 44 SR 46 →

State Road 45 is a state route from Bean Blossom, Indiana to Scotland, Indiana in the southern half of the state.

State Road 45 in Brown County

Route description

From Bean Blossom and through Brown County, State Road 45 is a narrow, shoulderless two-lane road that passes between the Morgan-Monroe State Forest and the Yellowwood State Forest. It is heavily wooded and follows the natural terrain, which gives the road tight curves and steep hills.

As the road passes into Monroe County, the woods disappear and farms and homes begin to line the road. The road remains hilly and curvy until it reaches Bloomington, where it bypasses the city concurrent with State Road 46 and then State Road 37. West of Bloomington, shoulders appear on State Road 45 and its two lanes become wider. The road meanders with the rolling terrain until it meets and overlaps State Road 58, after which it is straight and flat until its terminus at US 231.

Future

State Road 45's concurrency with State Road 46 in Bloomington is under major construction as it is in the process of being upgraded from a 2 lane road to a 4-6 lane highway. This project is set for completion in Nov. 2012.

Also the section from Bloomington until State Road 58 will become the most direct link between State Road 37 and the new I-69 between Crane and Evansville upon the latter's completion in late 2012.

After 2014 the next section of I-69 from Crane to Bloomington will be complete and this part of State Road 45 will be a minor route running close to the new interstate.

History

Prior to the early 1980s, State Road 45 was multiplexed with U.S. 231 from Rockport to the State Road 58 junction near Scotland. However, as with State Road 43's former multiplex with 231 from Spencer to Lafayette, the state highway department deleted much of the route.

This left the current segment along with a short, 5-mile section from Patronville to Rockport that acted as a connector to then-U.S. 231 (now State Road 161) and Owensboro, Kentucky. This southern section was decommissioned and turned over to the control of the city of Rockport (within the city limits) and Spencer County (outside of Rockport) in early 2001, about a year before U.S. 231 was rerouted onto the William H. Natcher Bridge.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Greene	Scotland	0.00	US 231 / SR 58 west – Loogootee, Elnora, Bloomfield	Southern end of SR 45, as well as southern terminus of concurrency with SR 58
	Owensburg	9.07	SR 58 east – Bedford	Northern end of concurrency with SR 58 after 9.07 miles
	Cincinnati	16.56	SR 54 east – Bedford	Southern end of concurrency with SR 54
		16.70	SR 54 west – Bloomfield	Northern end of concurrency with SR 54 after 0.14 miles
		18.58	SR 445 south	Northern terminus of SR 445
Monroe	Bloomington	29.82	SR 37 south – Bedford	Southern end of concurrency with SR 37
			SR 48 west	Eastern terminus of SR 48
		32.88	SR 37 north / SR 46 west – Martinsville, Spencer	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 37 after 3.06 miles. Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 46.
		36.23	SR 46 east – Columbus	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 46 after 3.35 miles.
Brown	Bean Blossom	55.65	SR 135 – Nashville, Morgantown	Northern terminus of SR 45
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi