End of US highway 152

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Photo credits: Don Hargraves

Approx. time period North terminus South terminus
1934-1938 Hammond, IN Indianapolis, IN

US 152 was an ephemeral little highway: an intrastate route - less than 200 miles long - which lasted only about four years. The original north end of US 152 was at US 20 in Hammond, where IN hwy. 152 ends today:

Hargraves, Nov. 2002

That's looking north on Indianapolis Boulevard at Michigan Street. In the distance, behind the railroad bridge, you can just make out the Indiana East-West Tollroad (I-90) viaduct. Below we're looking the opposite direction, and you can see the backside of the sign bridge:

Hargraves, Nov. 2002

That's from the perspective of eastbound US 20, which continues to the left here on Michigan. Ahead is the north beginning of IN 152 and the historic north beginning of US 152. (The US 41 sign was for a temporary detour.)

Apparently sometime before US 152 was completely decommissioned in 1938, its north end was truncated to the same intersection near St. John IN that now marks the north end of US 231 (view that page for photos).

The south end of US 152 was in Indianapolis. I can offer no explanation as to why it was co-signed with US 52 from there to beyond Lafayette (a distance of about 70 miles). The photo below is looking south on Lafayette Road:

Google Maps Street View, 2008

US 152 ended here at the intersection of 16th Street.