Indiana State Road 218
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by INDOT | ||||
| Length: | 91.45 mi[1] (147.17 km) | |||
| Existed: | March 28, 1932[2] – present | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length: | 41.61 mi[1] (66.96 km) | |||
| West end: |
 SR 25 in Delphi | |||
| Major junctions: |
 US 35 in Walton US 31 | |||
| East end: |
 SR 19 in Santa Fe | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length: | 49.84 mi[1] (80.21 km) | |||
| West end: |
 SR 15 in La Fontaine | |||
| Major junctions: |
 US 27 in Berne | |||
| East end: |
 SR 707 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Carroll, Cass, Miami, Huntington, Wells, Adams | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Indiana State Road 218 exists in two different sections in the central part of the U.S. state of Indiana, on either side of Mississinewa Lake. The road covers a total distance of about 91 miles; the ends of the two sections are separated by about 14 miles. The road is a rural surface highway for its entire length.
Route description
The western section of the road begins just north of Delphi at State Road 25. The road generally runs east although it is routed along State Road 29 for a few miles north of Deer Creek and along U.S. Route 31 in front of the Grissom Air Reserve Base. The western section of the road terminates at State Road 19 in Santa Fe on the west side of Mississinewa Lake. The towns and villages located along this route are: Delphi, Camden, Deer Creek, Walton, Bunker Hill, and Santa Fe.
The eastern section of the road picks up on the east side of Mississinewa Lake in La Fontaine at State Road 15, about 14 miles to the east of Santa Fe. This section of the road runs almost entirely due east for most of its span. The road terminates at the Ohio state line at Ohio State Route 707. The towns and villages located along this route are: La Fontaine, Warren, Mount Zion, Poneto, Reiffsburg, and Berne.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Carroll | Delphi | 0.00 | 0.00 | SR 25 – Delphi, Logansport | Western terminus of SR 218 | ||
| Camden | 5.84 | 9.40 |  SR 75 south – Flora | Northern terminus of SR 75 | |||
| Carrollton Township | 13.79 | 22.19 |  SR 29 south – Burlington | Southern end of SR 29 concurrency | |||
| 17.49 | 28.15 | SR 29 north – Logansport | Northern end of SR 29 concurrency | ||||
| Cass | Walton | 25.16 | 40.49 | US 35 – Kokomo | |||
| Miami | Pipe Creek Township | 32.22 | 51.85 | US 31 north – South Bend | Northern end of US 31 concurrency | ||
| 33.32 | 53.62 | US 31 south – Indianapolis | Southern end of US 31 concurrency | ||||
| Santa Fe | 41.61 | 66.96 | SR 19 – Amboy, Peru | East end of western section of SR 218 | |||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Huntington | La Fontaine | 41.61 | 66.96 | SR 15 – Marion, Wabash | West end of eastern section | ||
| Wayne Township | 46.89 | 75.46 |  SR 105 | ||||
| 47.25 | 76.04 |  SR 9 – Marion, Huntington | |||||
| Warren | 52.81 | 84.99 |  SR 5 south – Upland | Western end of SR 5 concurrency | |||
| 53.49 | 86.08 |  I-69 – Indianapolis, Fort Wayne | Exit number 73 on I-69 | ||||
| 57.64 | 92.76 | SR 5 north – Huntington | Eastern end of SR 5 concurrency | ||||
| 61.43 | 98.86 |  SR 3 – Hartford City, Markle | |||||
| Wells | Reiffsburg | 73.03 | 117.53 |  SR 1 – Redkey, Bluffton | |||
| Adams | Hartford Township | 78.52 | 126.37 |  SR 116 – Bluffton, Geneva | |||
| Berne | 83.30 | 134.06 | US 27 – Geneva, Decatur | ||||
| Jefferson Township | 91.45 | 147.17 | SR 707 east – Mendon | Eastern end of SR 218 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 3 4 "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). staff.
- ↑ "State Highway System Adds 70 Miles of Road". The Franklin Evening Star. March 29, 1932. p. 6. Retrieved November 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
