U.S. Route 136

{{short description|U.S. Numbered Highway in the United States}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox road | country = USA | type = US | route = 136 | map = {{maplink-road|from=U.S. Route 136.map}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = US 136 highlighted in red | length_mi = 804 | length_ref = {{citation needed|date=February 2018}} | established = 1951{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} | direction_a = West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{Jct|state=NE|US|6|US|34}} in Edison, NE |junction={{plainlist| *{{Jct|state=MO|I|29}} at Rock Port, MO *{{Jct|state=MO|I|35}} at Bethany, MO *{{Jct|state=IL|I|155}} near Emden, IL *{{Jct|state=IL|I|55}} at McLean, IL *{{Jct|state=IL|I|74}} near Le Roy, IL *{{Jct|state=IL|I|57}} at Rantoul, IL }} |terminus_b={{Jct|state=IN|I|74|I|465}} in Speedway, IN |states={{flatlist| *Nebraska *Missouri *Iowa *Illinois *Indiana }} |spur_type=US |spur_of=36 }}

'''U.S. Route 136''' is an east–west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at US 6 and US 34 to the I-74/I-465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of {{convert|804|mi}}. Due to the removal of almost every numbered route in Indianapolis, US 136 never meets its parent, US 36; however, it does come within two miles of it at its interchange with I-465/I-74 at its eastern terminus.

==Route description==

===Nebraska=== {{main|U.S. Route 136 in Nebraska}} U.S. 136 closely parallels Nebraska's southern border from its western terminus near Edison to the Missouri River. It passes through Beatrice and exits the state at Brownville via the Brownville Bridge. It is designated the Heritage Highway throughout Nebraska.

===Missouri=== {{main|U.S. Route 136 in Missouri}} {{Attached KML|from=U.S. Route 136 in Missouri}} US 136 enters Missouri on the west just east of Brownville, Nebraska, over the Missouri River. It leaves the state at Alexandria on the east, running concurrently with US 61. During its journey, it enters every county seat in the nine counties it traverses. The distance across Missouri is approximately {{convert|257|mi|km}}.<ref name=MoDOT>{{MoDOT Flex|access-date=December 25, 2025}}</ref> US 136 is two lanes over its entire course through Missouri.

===Iowa=== {{main|U.S. Route 136 in Iowa}} US 136 in Iowa consists of a {{convert|3.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} route which travels across the south-easternmost tip of Lee County. It crosses the Des Moines River from Missouri with US 61, overlapping for just over {{convert|1|mi|km}}. East of the US 61 split, US 136 is overlapped by US 61 Bus. through Keokuk. US 136 enters Keokuk along 7th Street, which takes a turn to the northeast towards downtown. At the intersection with Main Street, which is the southern end of US 218, it turns to the southeast towards the Mississippi River. US 136 travels another {{convert|2/3|mi}} before crossing the Mississippi into Hamilton, Illinois via the Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge.<ref name=IowaDOT>{{IowaDOT|2010-06-26|year=2009}}</ref>

===Illinois=== {{Main|U.S. Route 136 in Illinois}} US 136 spends {{convert|225.95|mi|km|2}} within the state of Illinois.<ref name=t2>{{cite web |author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |access-date=November 8, 2007 |year=2006}}</ref> It crosses the Mississippi River into Illinois from Iowa just past Keokuk. It passes through historic Carthage; site of the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and home of the Kibbe biological museum, then Macomb, where Western Illinois University is located. It continues as an east–west route intersecting with I-155 and I-55 south of Bloomington-Normal and north of Lincoln in Central Illinois. It later intersects with I-74, and then I-57 just outside Rantoul, approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} north of Champaign-Urbana. US 136 then travels concurrently with Illinois Route 1 in far east central Illinois before entering Danville. At Danville, it turns east as it passes into Indiana.

===Indiana=== {{Main|U.S. Route 136 in Indiana}} Through most of its duration in Indiana, US 136 is parallel to the newer I-74. Within Indianapolis, the highway is also called Crawfordsville Road, and US 136 ends in the town of Speedway, at the I-74/I-465 interchange, where Crawfordsville Road continues without numbered designation. As part of Indiana's Accelerate 465 project, the I-74/I-465 interchange was reworked to eliminate tight spiral ramps and to add a full interchange for US 136 with I-465.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/indot/3042.htm |title=Accelerate 465 |access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> It was completed in December 2012.<ref name=":0" /> The entire portion of US 136 in Indiana is part of the Dixie Highway.

==History== In Illinois, the designation of US 136 in 1951 replaced IL 10 from the Iowa state line in Keokuk to IL 119 in Havana, The route then followed IL 119 to an intersection with IL 1, where it traveled south to IL 10, heading east to Danville and the Indiana state line.<ref name="136signs">{{cite news|title=New Route 136 Being Marked|newspaper=Herald and Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5233801/us_136_marked_february_20_1951/|access-date=May 11, 2016|agency=Decatur Herald|date=February 20, 1951|via=Newspapers.com|page=3}} {{open access}}</ref>

In Missouri, most of US 136 was designated as '''Route 4''' in 1922. This highway began at St. Joseph and followed present US 169 to Stanberry, turning east there to the Iowa state line along US 136. The rest of US 136 was initially '''Route 1A''' (Nebraska to Rock Port), part of Route 1, and '''Route 18''' (Tarkio to Stanberry). The east end was truncated to Wayland in 1926, when US 61 was designated over the part east to Iowa, and in 1927 Route 4 absorbed the former Route 52 from St. Joseph southwest to Atchison, Kansas. In 1932, Route 4 was rerouted west of Stanberry, absorbing Route 18 and Route 102 (the latter a ca. 1930 renumbering of Route 1A); the portion from Stanberry to St. Joseph was deleted in favor of US 169 and the portion from St. Joseph to Kansas became Route 18 (which became part of US 59 in 1934). US 136 replaced Route 4 east of Stanberry in 1951 and the rest in 1960.

In Nebraska, US 136 was previously "Route 3." US 136 replaced Route 3 in 1960.

US 136 was originally proposed to use I-465 in Indiana to the US 36 interchange so US 136 could meet its parent, US 36.

==Major intersections== ;Nebraska : {{jct|country=USA|US|6|US|34}} north-northwest of Edison : {{jct|country=USA|US|183}} north-northwest of Alma. The highways travel concurrently to Alma. : {{jct|country=USA|US|281}} in Red Cloud : {{jct|country=USA|US|81}} south-southeast of Hebron : {{jct|country=USA|US|77}} in Beatrice : {{jct|country=USA|US|75}} in Auburn ;Missouri : {{jct|country=USA|I|29}} in Rock Port : {{jct|country=USA|US|275}} northwest of Rock Port : {{jct|country=USA|US|59}} south-southwest of Tarkio. The highways travel concurrently to Tarkio. : {{jct|country=USA|US|71}} east-southeast of Burlington Junction. The highways travel concurrently to Maryville. : {{jct|country=USA|US|169}} in Stanberry. The highways travel concurrently to north-northwest of Darlington. : {{jct|country=USA|US|69}} southwest of Bethany. The highways travel concurrently to Bethany. : {{jct|country=USA|I|35}} in Bethany : {{jct|country=USA|US|65}} in Princeton. The highways travel concurrently through Princeton. : {{jct|country=USA|US|63}} south-southeast of Glenwood. The highways travel concurrently to Lancaster. : {{jct|country=USA|US|61}} west-northwest of Alexandria. The highways travel concurrently to Keokuk, Iowa. ;Iowa : {{jct|country=USA|US|218}} in Keokuk ;Illinois : {{jct|country=USA|US|67}} in Macomb. The highways travel concurrently to east of Macomb. : {{jct|country=USA|US|24}} in Duncan Mills. The highways travel concurrently to south of Duncan Mills. : {{jct|country=USA|I|155|dab1=Illinois}} east-northeast of Emden : {{jct|country=USA|I|55}} in McLean : {{jct|country=USA|US|51}} in Heyworth : {{jct|country=USA|I|74}} south-southeast of Le Roy : {{jct|country=USA|US|150}} southeast of Le Roy : {{jct|country=USA|I|57}} in Rantoul : {{jct|country=USA|US|45}} in Rantoul : {{jct|country=USA|US|150}} in Danville ;Indiana : {{jct|country=USA|US|41}} in Veedersburg. The highways travel concurrently through Veedersburg. : {{jct|country=USA|US|231}} in Crawfordsville : {{jct|country=USA|I|74|I|465}} on the Indianapolis–Speedway line. <ref name=randmcnally>{{cite book |author = Rand McNally |year = 2014 |title = The Road Atlas |edition = Walmart |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally |pages = 32, 36, 39, 58–59, 62–63|isbn = 978-0-528-00771-2}}</ref>

==Business routes==

===Albany, Missouri===

{{Infobox road small | state = MO | type = US-Bus | route = 136 | location = Gentry County, Missouri | length_mi = 1.7 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps Albany bus"/> | established =2006<ref name=WI2006/><ref name=WI2008/> }}

[[File:Mo85inAlbany.jpg|thumb|left|South on US 136 Bus. / Missouri Route 85 (North Hundley St) at the junction of US 136 Bus. and Route 85 in Albany, Missouri April 2025]]

'''U.S. Route 136 Business''' ('''US 136 Bus.''') is a business loop of US 136 that runs through the city of Albany, Missouri.<ref name="gmaps Albany bus">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2492672,-94.3536853/40.2485888,-94.3318821/40.2564924,-94.3316609/@40.2508978,-94.3440026,16z/data=!4m6!4m5!1m1!4e1!1m0!1m0!3e0?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|title=Untitled overview of U.S. Route 136 Business|accessdate=December 5, 2025}}</ref>

US 136 Bus. begins at a T intersection with US 136, immediately west of Albany. From its western terminus it proceeds east to promptly enter Albany and run along West Jackson Street. After about {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} US 136 Bus. reaches its western junction with Missouri Route 85 (Route 85) at a T intersection at Hundley Street. US 136 Bus. turns north to run concurrent with Route 85 along North Hundley Street. (Route 85 heads south along South Hundley Street toward Evona.) After proceeding north for {{convert|1/2|mi|km|spell=in|adj=pre|of a}} US 136 Bus. reaches it eastern junction at US 136. (Route 85 ends at that intersection, but the roadway continues north as Missouri Route C.) {{clear left}}

;Major intersections {{jcttop|state=MO|county=Gentry|length_ref=|dest_ref=<ref name="gmaps Albany bus"/>}} {{MOint | location=none | mile=0.0 | road={{jct|state=MO|US|136|dir1=east|city1=Albany|location2=US 136 Bus.}} {{jct|state=MO|US|136|dir1=west|city1=Stanberry|city2=Maryville|city3=Rock Port}} | notes=Western terminus; T intersection}} {{MOint | location=Albany | lspan=3 | mile=1.2 | type=concur | road={{jct|state=MO|MO|85|dir1=south|name1=South Hundley St|city=Evona}} | notes=T intersection; {{ccr-end|east|Route 85}}}} {{MOint | mile=1.7 | mspan=2 | type=concur | road={{jct|state=MO|US|136|dir1=east|city1=Albany|city2=New Hampton|city3=Bethany|city4=Princeton}} {{jct|state=MO|US|136|dir1=west|location1=US 136 Bus.}} {{jct|state=MO|MO|85|dir1=end}} |notes=Northern terminus; {{ccr-end|north|Route 85}}}} {{MOint | mile=none | road={{jct|state=MO|Supp|C|dir1=north|city1=Pinhook|city2=Allendale}} | notes=Continuation north from eastern terminus; southern end of Route C}} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==See also== {{portal|U.S. Roads}} * List of United States Numbered Highways * Illinois Route 336

==References== {{reflist|22em}}

==External links== {{commons category|U.S. Route 136}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [http://usends.com/136.html Endpoints of U.S. Highway 136]

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