Anyone have a map of Indy... Before I-465?

[K_W]

I am curious what Indy's roads where like before I-465 was built. Could someone post or message me a link to a road map of Indy just before I-465 was built? ~1955-59

Thanks.

 

[Leadeye]

There was sort of a two lane blacktop called "road 100" that ran around parts of the city before 465. Can't remember which roads it is now, maybe Shadeland and 82nd Street.

 

[eldirector]

This collection has 1941:
The Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library : Browse

 

[eldirector]

Here we go, 1956 Shell Oil Company Atlas
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Indianapolis (cover title). Shell Street Map of Indianapolis. (insets) Downtown Indianapolis; Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Remember, in the 50's, Indianapolis didn't really go out to or passed what is now I-465. That was still pretty rural that for out.

I love old maps.....

Got to looking at this...
The city limits stopped at the White River to the north! That's cool.

 

[K_W]

All the maps end at 86th/SR 100. I'm mostly curious about 86th to 106th and from 421 to Allisonville

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Most USGS topo maps are pretty old. You might try one of them. The IU link above may have them.

 

[eldirector]

In the top-right corner of the last link I posted, is a set of thumbnails. That is the rest of the old Shell map. The 3rd thumbnail (far right) shows all of central Indiana.

Not gobs of detail, but then again, that was farm land in the 50's.

The Central Library downtown has an awesome map room, and they will have access to platt maps or anything else you might want. It just isn't digital and online.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Both of those links are really cool. Also shows very good detail on how much rail traffic there was into and out of Indy. Lots of hubs and spurrs to all the different places. Before the interstate system rail was still one of the prime ways to ship freight, even on fairly short "intra-state" deliveries.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Also was looking at some unique land marks on the map. I didn't know that a Naval Ordnance Depot used to sit on the grounds that Raytheon is now on, from 16th to 21st at Arlington Road.

 

[eldirector]

Search for Indianapolis on that site, and see even OLDER maps.

In 1927, paved roads other than major "highways" STOPPED inside what is now 465! The roads east/west out of Greenwood were DIRT.

In 1903, Indy was bounded by:
West - White River
North - 22nd Street
South - Garfield Park
East - Rural/Keystone Ave.

Irvington was still it's own town. And there was a "West Indianapolis" on the west side of White River.

 

[Turtle]

gotta old pic

 

[Colt556]

Also was looking at some unique land marks on the map. I didn't know that a Naval Ordnance Depot used to sit on the grounds that Raytheon is now on, from 16th to 21st at Arlington Road.

It was known as Naval Avionics when I was a kid in the 70s. Tried to get a job there after I got out of the Navy but was never called back.