Old US 36 in western Indiana is a pleasant enough road. It won’t knock your socks off like twisty State Road 62 in the hilly Ohio River valley, and it doesn’t carry the history of US 40 to the south. It’s just a minor US highway, two lanes most of the way, with some interesting scenery and occasionally some moderate hills and curves.
What makes US 36 interesting is its history, some of which is still evident in old alignments. I found several along the way, including two that contain covered bridges…
one that never got paved…
and one that stops on one side of a lake and picks up on the other.
There’s more to old US 36 than meets the eye in western Indiana. The whole story, with lots more pictures, is on my roads pages.