{{short description|Highway in Indiana}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=IN |type=IN |route=252 | map={{maplink-road|from=Indiana State Road 252.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 252 highlighted in red |alternate_name= |length_mi=41.724 |length_ref=<ref name="indot"/> |established=1931<ref name="roads_added_early_1931">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7022907/roads_added_may_15_1931/|title=Roads Added to State System|work=The Daily Reporter|location=Greenfield|date=May 15, 1931|accessdate=October 20, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |section1=Western segment |length_mi1=30.542 |length_ref1=<ref name="indot" /> |direction_a1=West |terminus_a1={{jct|state=IN|I|69}} in Martinsville |junction1={{jct|state=IN|US|31}} near Edinburgh |direction_b1=East |terminus_b1={{jct|state=IN|I|65}} near Edinburgh |section2=Eastern segment |length_mi2=11.182 |length_ref2=<ref name="indot" /> |direction_a2=West |terminus_a2={{jct|state=IN|US|52|IN|1}} in Brookville |direction_b2=East |terminus_b2={{jct|state=OH|OH|126|OH|129}} near Scipio, OH |counties=Franklin, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby |previous_type=IN |previous_route=250 |next_type=IN |next_route=256 }}
'''State Road 252''' ('''SR 252''') in the U.S. state of Indiana consists of two segments. The western stretch runs from Interstate 69 in Martinsville to Interstate 65 near Edinburgh. The eastern stretch is from U.S. Route 52/State Road 1 in Brookville to the Ohio state line near Scipio, Ohio.
== Route description ==
=== Western section === The western section heads southeast from Martinsville.<ref name="Google Maps #1">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=IN-252+E&daddr=IN-9+S%2FE+Vandalia+Rd&geocode=FWqUWQIdlp_Z-g%3BFfCqWAIdqlTj-g&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=39.426713,-86.395583&sspn=0.015017,0.058451&ie=UTF8&ll=39.369739,-85.832062&spn=0.060116,0.233803&z=13|title=overview map of SR 252 from Martinsville to SR 9|accessdate=2011-04-02}}</ref> SR 252 heads southeast until Morgantown where it turns northeast towards Trafalgar. SR 252 heads east from Trafalgar towards U.S. Route 31 (US 31). US 31 and SR 252 have a concurrency that ends near Edinburgh. SR 252 passes easterly through Edinburgh to an interchange with Interstate 65 (I-65) where the SR 252 designation terminates. The road continues as a county road to SR 9 named Old State Rd 252.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shelby County, IN GIS Map |url=https://shelbyin.wthgis.com/?soid=221222082013409 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=shelbyin.wthgis.com}}</ref>
=== Eastern section === From the western terminus of this section at US 52/SR 1, SR 252 heads east towards Ohio. On the way to Ohio SR 252 passes through Mt. Carmel. At the Ohio state line SR 252 ends at an intersection with Ohio State Route 126, near Ohio State Route 129.<ref name="Google Maps #2">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=E+4th+St&daddr=IN-252+E&geocode=FZJ6WQIdDtDu-g%3BFegSWQIdGcbx-g&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=39.391831,-84.817801&sspn=0.007512,0.02105&ie=UTF8&ll=39.40808,-84.888611&spn=0.060083,0.233803&z=13 |title=overview map of SR 252 from Brookville to Ohio |accessdate=2011-04-02}}</ref>
== History == In the 1930s the western section of SR 252 was to end at SR 29, now U.S. Route 421, but the section from I-65 to SR 29 was never built. The western section ended at Flat Rock until a new part of the road was built to SR 9 in the winter of 2005–2006. Originally SR 252 went along Hospital Road and through what is now Camp Atterbury and Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area. It was moved north to its current location after Camp Atterbury was built. As of January 19, 2020{{Citation needed|date=December 2022|reason=I added proof w link to the county GIS data, need citation for date it occurred}}, SR 252 no longer heads east towards SR 9, per INDOT.<ref name=":0" />
== Major intersections == {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="indot">{{INDOT ref|title=RPB-2016|access-date=June 20, 2017}}</ref>}} {{INint |county=Morgan |cspan=2 |location=Martinsville |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=IN|I|69|SR|44|to2=to|city1=Evansville|city2=Indianapolis}} |notes=Connector ramps to SR 44; Western terminus of SR 252 and SR 44}} {{INint |location=Jackson Township |ctdab=Morgan |mile=8.994 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|135|dir1=south|city1=Nashville}} |notes=Western end of SR 135 concurrency}} {{INint |county=Johnson |cspan=3 |location=Trafalgar |mile=15.354 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|135|dir1=north|city1=Indianapolis}} |notes=Eastern end of SR 135 concurrency}} {{INint |location=Blue River Township |ctdab=Johnson |mile=24.077 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=IN|US|31|dir1=north|city1=Franklin|city2=Greenwood|city3=Indianapolis}} |notes=Northern end of US 31 concurrency}} {{INint |location=Edinburgh |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=27.810 |road={{Jct|state=IN|US|31|dir1=south|city1=Columbus|city2=Scottsburg}} |notes=Southern end of US 31 concurrency}} {{INint |county=Shelby |mile=30.392 |mile2=30.542 |road={{Jct|state=IN|I|65|city1=Indianapolis}}, Louisville |notes=Exit 80 on I-65; eastern terminus of the western section of SR 252}} {{Jctgap}} {{INint |county=Franklin |cspan=2 |location=Brookville |mile=36.638 |road={{Jct|state=IN|US|52|SR|1|SR|101|to3=yes|location1=Whitewater Canal State Historic Site}} |notes=Western terminus of the eastern section of SR 252}} {{INint |location=Springfield Township |ctdab=Franklin |mile=47.819 |road={{Jct|state=OH|SR|126|SR|129|name1=Cincinnati Brookville Road|name2=Hamilton Scipio Road|city1=Cincinnati|city2=Hamilton}} |notes=Ohio state line}} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML}}
252 Category:Transportation in Franklin County, Indiana Category:Transportation in Johnson County, Indiana Category:Transportation in Morgan County, Indiana Category:Transportation in Shelby County, Indiana