(a) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 1 of this chapter, the slower speed limit specified in this section or established as authorized by section 3 of this chapter is the maximum lawful speed. A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:(1) Thirty (30) miles per hour in an urban district.(2) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour, except as provided in subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7).(3) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside of an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000), except as provided in subdivision (4).(4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a vehicle (other than a bus) having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).(5) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on:(A) U.S. 20 from the intersection of U.S. s located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).(5) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on:(A) U.S. 20 from the intersection of U.S. 20 and County Road 17 in Elkhart County to the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 31 in St. Joseph County;(B) U.S. 31 from the intersection of U.S. 31 and U.S. 20 in St. Joseph County to the boundary line between Indiana and Michigan; and(C) a highway classified by the Indiana department of transportation as an INDOT Freeway.(6) On a highway that is the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3:(A) seventy (70) miles per hour for:(i) a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight of not more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds; or(ii) a bus; or(B) sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds.(7) Sixty (60) miles per hour on a highway that:(A) is not designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;(B) has four (4) or more lanes;(C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways by:(i) an intervening space that is unimproved and not intended t of the national system of interstate and defense highways;(B) has four (4) or more lanes;(C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways by:(i) an intervening space that is unimproved and not intended for vehicular travel;(ii) a physical barrier; or(iii) a dividing section constructed to impede vehicular traffic; and(D) is located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).(8) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in an alley.(b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(b).]As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.92-1991, SEC.2; P.L.1-1993, SEC.56; P.L.151-2005, SEC.2; P.L.1-2006, SEC.163; P.L.188-2015, SEC.63; P.L.189-2018, SEC.104.
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