 State Road 5 | ||||
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 SR 5 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by INDOT | ||||
| Length | 96.194 mi[1] (154.809 km) | |||
| Existed | 1931[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 22 in Upland | |||
| North end |  SR 120 near Shipshewana | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Indiana | |||
| Counties | Grant, Huntington, Whitley, Noble, LaGrange | |||
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State Road 5 (SR 5) is a north–south state road in the US state of Indiana. Its southern terminus is at SR 22 in Upland, and the northern terminus is at SR 120 just north of Shipshewana. The state road runs for just over 96 miles (154 km), passing through five counties in northern Indiana, mostly through rural farm fields and small towns. The largest city along its path is Huntington. It is entirely a surface highway that is very rural outside of the towns. SR 5 runs along two dams the first being J. Edward Roush Lake Dam and the second being the Wilmot Dam.
Dating back to the early days of the state road system, SR 5 was first signed in the southern part of the state in the 1920s. During the 1930s, the highway was moved to northern Indiana, before being moved very soon after to its current alignment. The road was extended to the Michigan state line in the late 1930s. In the mid-1960s SR 5 had its southern end moved north to Warren. Within the next several year the northern end was moved to SR 120 from the Michigan state line. Around the mid-1980s SR 5 was extended south SR 22 in Upland, replacing an old state road that was decommissioned around ten years earlier.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
indotwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Roads Added to State System". The Daily Reporter. Greenfield. May 15, 1931. Retrieved October 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
