Indiana State Road 51

State Road 51
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 9.6 mi[1] (15.4 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 30 east of Merrillville
  US 6 near Hobart
I-80 / I-94 / US 6 in Lake Station
North end: US 20 in Gary
Location
Counties: Lake
Highway system

Indiana roads
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Roads • Former

← SR 49 SR 53 →

State Road 51 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a north–south route on the state highway system in northwest Indiana. It consists of a route about 6 miles (9.7 km) long from a point on U.S. Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Merrillville and 8 miles (13 km) west of Valparaiso, north to U.S. Route 20 in Gary. Immediately north of US 30, the highway is signed as the Adam Benjamin Highway.

Contents

Route description

SR 51 heads due north from its southern terminus. When SR 51 enters Hobart SR 51 is on Lake Pake Ave., then SR 51 turns east onto 10th Street. Then SR 51 turns north on Lincoln Street, Then SR 51 angles onto Main Street. When Main Street ends SR 51 turns onto Front Street, Front Street changes names into Cleveland Ave. Then at State Road 130, SR 51 turns onto SR 130 heading north. SR 51 and SR 130 are concurrent until U.S. Route 6, at that location is SR 130's western terminus. Then US 6 and SR 51 are concurrent until Interstate 80/Interstate 94, when US 6 enters I-80/I-94. SR 51 heads north to its northern terminus at US 20. [2]

History

Between 1917 and 1926, SR 51 went from Elkhart to Michigan State Line, now the route is State Road 19. At that point there was no number route where SR 51 is today. [3]

There was plans to build SR 51 from State Road 10 to State Road 2, but that route was never built. [1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lake County.

Location Mile[4] Destinations Notes
Ross Township 0.00 US 30 – Merrillville, Valparaiso Southern terminus of SR 51
Hobart 5.49 SR 130 east – Valparaiso Southern end of SR 130 concurrency
6.49 US 6 east / SR 130 – Westville Southern end of US 6 concurrency; Western terminus of SR 130
Lake Station 8.76 I-80 / I-94 / US 6 west – Chicago, Detroit Northern end of US 6 concurrency
9.56 US 20 – Gary, Michigan City Northern terminus of SR 51
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Indiana Highway Ends - SR 51
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of SR 51 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Grand+Blvd&daddr=41.47701,-87.2585037+to:Melton+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FV7MeAIduIrM-g%3BFZLjeAIdeYrM-inhGbgdiewRiDH9sUHtqUfUew%3BFUCxegIdwdDM-g&mra=pr&via=1&sll=41.471281,-87.25878&sspn=0.000924,0.002631&ie=UTF8&ll=41.556027,-87.239749&spn=0.003693,0.010525&z=17. Retrieved 2011-1-15. 
  3. ^ Indiana Highway Ends - Old SR 51
  4. ^ "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). staff. http://www.in.gov/indot/files/StateWide_2004.pdf.