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==History==
==History==
The first path along part of the modern SR 120 roadway was the Vistula Trail, an old [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trail, between Fort Duquesne and Green Bay via South Bend and the south shore of Lake Michigan. In 1922 Vistula Road construction happens for a cost of $87,500, {{Inflation|US|87,500|1922|r=2|fmt=eq|cursign=[[United States dollar|US$]]}}. During 1930 SR 19 was proposed and accepted as a state road along modern SR 120 from Elkhart to Bristol.<ref name="map1930-1">{{INDOT map|year=1930-1|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1930-8">{{INDOT map|year=1930-8|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1930-9">{{INDOT map|year=1930-9|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> The second state road proposed along modern SR 120 was SR 827 from Fremont east to the Michigan/Indiana border in 1934.<ref name="map1934">{{INDOT map|year=1934|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1935">{{INDOT map|year=1935|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> The right-of-way for SR 827, east of Fremont, was purchased in 1935. The following year Steuben County was having trouble maintaining the roadway, with bridges needing replacement and the gravel road surface was deteriorating. The state highway commission accepted Vistula Road as a state road in 1937 and it becomes part of SR 120. In late 1938 or early 1939 two parts of SR 120 opens to traffic with the first being between SR 13 and SR 3 and the second being throughout Steuben County.<ref name="map1938">{{INDOT map|year=1938|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1939">{{INDOT map|year=1939|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> By 1941 SR 120 went between Elkhart and the Michigan state line, east of Fremont, uninterrupted. The entire roadway was paved by 1965.<ref name="map1964">{{INDOT map|year=1964|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1965">{{INDOT map|year=1965|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> In late 1969 or early 1970 SR 120s western end was moved from an intersection between Middleton Run Road and US 20 (now Old US 20/Toledo Road) to an intersection between Goshen Avenue and Jackson Boulevard.
The first path along part of the modern SR 120 roadway was the Vistula Trail, an old [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trail, between Fort Duquesne and Green Bay via South Bend and the south shore of Lake Michigan. In 1922 Vistula Road construction happens for a cost of $87,500, {{Inflation|US|87,500|1922|r=2|fmt=eq|cursign=[[United States dollar|US$]]}}. During 1930 SR 19 was proposed and accepted as a state road along modern SR 120 from Elkhart to Bristol.<ref name="map1930-1">{{INDOT map|year=1930-1|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1930-8">{{INDOT map|year=1930-8|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1930-9">{{INDOT map|year=1930-9|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> The second state road proposed along modern SR 120 was SR 827 from Fremont east to the Michigan/Indiana border in 1934.<ref name="map1934">{{INDOT map|year=1934|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1935">{{INDOT map|year=1935|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> The right-of-way for SR 827, east of Fremont, was purchased in 1935.<ref name="SR 827 Row">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=County Council Authorizes Right of Way Purchase |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5811983/sr_327_sr_120old_827_sr_427_row/ |newspaper=Angola Herald |page=1 |date=July 12, 1935 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 21, 2016}} {{open access}}</ref> The following year Steuben County was having trouble maintaining the roadway, with bridges needing replacement and the gravel road surface was deteriorating.<ref name="Vistula Rd ISHD improvement ">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Vistula Road Boosters Given Encouragement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5832189/vistula_road_ishd_improvement/ |newspaper=Angola Herald |page=1 |date=September 11, 1936 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 21, 2016}} {{open access}}</ref> The state highway commission accepted Vistula Road as a state road in 1937 and it becomes part of SR 120. In late 1938 or early 1939 two parts of SR 120 opens to traffic with the first being between SR 13 and SR 3 and the second being throughout Steuben County.<ref name="map1938">{{INDOT map|year=1938|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1939">{{INDOT map|year=1939|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> By 1941 SR 120 went between Elkhart and the Michigan state line, east of Fremont, uninterrupted. The entire roadway was paved by 1965.<ref name="map1964">{{INDOT map|year=1964|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="map1965">{{INDOT map|year=1965|section=|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> In late 1969 or early 1970 SR 120s western end was moved from an intersection between Middleton Run Road and US 20 (now Old US 20/Toledo Road) to an intersection between Goshen Avenue and Jackson Boulevard.


At one time, State Road 120 was to have been rerouted onto [[County Road 17 (Elkhart County, Indiana)|Elkhart County Road 17]] to end at U.S. 20.<ref name="illi-indi">[http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1120&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends - SR 120]</ref>
At one time, State Road 120 was to have been rerouted onto [[County Road 17 (Elkhart County, Indiana)|Elkhart County Road 17]] to end at U.S. 20.<ref name="illi-indi">[http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1120&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends - SR 120]</ref>

Revision as of 20:11, 21 July 2016

State Road 120 marker
State Road 120
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length60.02 mi[1] (96.59 km)
Major junctions
West endElkhart
East endMichigan state line east of Fremont
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountiesElkhart, LaGrange, Steuben
Highway system
  • Indiana State Highway System
← SR 119→ SR 121
Classic farmhouse along the south side of SR 120 on the east side of Howe.

State Road 120 in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west state highway located close to the Michigan border. It runs from Elkhart in the west to the Michigan border at the eastern edge of Indiana.

Route description

The western terminus of State Road 120 is in Elkhart at Middleton Run Road (which was State Road 319 before 120 was shortened to this point) as a surface street and an eastern terminus on the short north–south border between Indiana and Michigan, where it becomes a county road called Territorial Road (formerly M-120) a few miles east of Fremont.

Indiana's three-digit state highways are generally "children" of one-digit or two-digit state or U.S. highways in a manner analogous to that of the U.S. highway system. Indiana 120 has U.S. Route 20 as its "parent", to which it is nearly parallel. Until the 1990s, when U.S. 20 was diverted to a limited-access highway to the south of Elkhart, State Road 120 had its western terminus in Elkhart on U.S. 20. After the realignment of U.S. 20, the two miles (3 km) of State Road 120 between the former U.S. 20 through Elkhart and Middleton Run Road were trimmed from it, effective 2000-09-11.[2]

All of Indiana 120 is an undivided surface highway, lightly traveled throughout most of its route due to the nearby Indiana Toll Road (also known as Interstate 80 and Interstate 90) which carries most east–west long-distance travel through northern Indiana. Aside from Elkhart and Fremont, it does not traverse any towns with populations greater than 1000.

State Road 120 has direct access to the Indiana Toll Road and indirect access, through a short stretch of State Road 127, to Interstate 69 a few miles west of Fremont.

West to east, the following towns and villages can be found on State Road 120:

History

The first path along part of the modern SR 120 roadway was the Vistula Trail, an old Native American trail, between Fort Duquesne and Green Bay via South Bend and the south shore of Lake Michigan. In 1922 Vistula Road construction happens for a cost of $87,500, equivalent to US$1,592,743.54 in 2023. During 1930 SR 19 was proposed and accepted as a state road along modern SR 120 from Elkhart to Bristol.[3][4][5] The second state road proposed along modern SR 120 was SR 827 from Fremont east to the Michigan/Indiana border in 1934.[6][7] The right-of-way for SR 827, east of Fremont, was purchased in 1935.[8] The following year Steuben County was having trouble maintaining the roadway, with bridges needing replacement and the gravel road surface was deteriorating.[9] The state highway commission accepted Vistula Road as a state road in 1937 and it becomes part of SR 120. In late 1938 or early 1939 two parts of SR 120 opens to traffic with the first being between SR 13 and SR 3 and the second being throughout Steuben County.[10][11] By 1941 SR 120 went between Elkhart and the Michigan state line, east of Fremont, uninterrupted. The entire roadway was paved by 1965.[12][13] In late 1969 or early 1970 SR 120s western end was moved from an intersection between Middleton Run Road and US 20 (now Old US 20/Toledo Road) to an intersection between Goshen Avenue and Jackson Boulevard.

At one time, State Road 120 was to have been rerouted onto Elkhart County Road 17 to end at U.S. 20.[14]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
ElkhartElkhart0.000.00Jackson Boulevard
Middleton Run Road		Western terminus of SR 120
1.682.70
 CR 17 to Indiana Toll Road
Bristol5.538.90
 SR 15 south		Western end of SR 15 concurrency
5.769.27


 SR 15 north to I-80 / I-90Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument		Eastern end of SR 15 concurrency
York Township12.4720.07
 SR 13 to Indiana Toll Road – Middlebury, Constantine
LagrangeVan Buren Township17.7528.57
 SR 5 south – Shipshewana		Northern terminus of SR 5
Howe26.0941.99
 SR 9 to Indiana Toll Road – Lagrange, Sturgis
Greenfield Township32.1551.74
 SR 3 south – Mongo, Kendallville		Northern terminus of SR 3
SteubenOrland39.6163.75 SR 327
Jamestown Township49.3279.37

 SR 127 south to I-69 – Angola		Northern terminus of SR 127
49.4579.58 I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road – South Bend, ToledoExit number 144 on I-80/I-90/Ind. Toll Road
Fremont52.9085.13
 SR 827 south		Northern terminus of SR 827
Fremont Township60.0296.59Territorial RoadEastern terminus of SR 120 at Michigan State line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF).
  2. ^ "09A3 Digest: Elkhart: City will assume control of part of S.R. 120". Elkhart Truth. 2000-09-09. Retrieved 2008-04-07. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (1930). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). Indiana State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  4. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (August 1, 1930). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). Indiana State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  5. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (September 30, 1930). State Highway System of Indiana (PDF) (Map). Indianapolis: Indiana State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.
  6. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (January 1934). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). 1:600,000. Indianapolis: Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 63673890. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  7. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (January 1935). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). 1:615,000. Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 63899341. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  8. ^ "County Council Authorizes Right of Way Purchase". Angola Herald. July 12, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "Vistula Road Boosters Given Encouragement". Angola Herald. September 11, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (1938). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). 1:630,000. Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 64017142. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  11. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (1939). State Highway System of Indiana (Map). 1:633,600. Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 64016573. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  12. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (1964). Indiana State Highway System (Map). 1:640,000. Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 65195866. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  13. ^ Indiana State Highway Commission (1965). Indiana State Highway System (Map) (1965–1966 ed.). 1:630,980. Indiana State Highway Commission. OCLC 53370381. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau.
  14. ^ Indiana Highway Ends - SR 120
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