U.S. Route 31 in Indiana

U.S. Route 31
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 31 at Kentucky state line
 

I-65 near Jeffersonville
I-265 near Clarksville
I-65 near Corthersville
I-65 near Edinburgh
I-65 at Indianapolis southside
I-465 at Indianapolis twice

I-80 / I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. near South Bend
North end: US 31 at Michigan state line
Location
Counties: Clark, Scott, Jackson, Bartholomew, Johnson, Marion, Hamilton, Tipton, Howard, Miami, Fulton, Marshall, St. Joseph
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

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

← US 30 SR 32 →

U.S. Route 31 {US 31) enters Indiana from Kentucky, proceeding north to Indianapolis parallel to Interstate 65, joining Interstate 465, then continuing north into Michigan.

Contents

Route description

Jeffersonville to Columbus

US 31 overlaps I-65 in Jeffersonville, after crossing the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge from Kentucky. It then diverges as the access frontage lanes before splitting off north of Jeffersonville at Clarksville and proceeding to Indianapolis. The stretch of US 31 that runs through Columbus is the only inter-metropolitan stretch of the route that consists of a single lane in either direction. Construction has begun to widen US 31 to two lanes in both directions for its length through Columbus.

Columbus to Indianapolis

At I-465 on the south side of Indianapolis, US 31 is routed onto I-465 to the east of the city. This is the closest approach the highway makes to downtown Indianapolis. (Previously the route of the highway through Indianapolis was on East Street, Madison Avenue, North Street, and then Meridian Street.)

Indianapolis to Michigan

US 31 exits I-465 (coincidentally at Exit 31) in southern Hamilton County, and continues northward, primarily as a divided highway. US 31 then passes through or near Kokomo, Rochester, Plymouth, and Lakeville. As US 31 approaches southern South Bend, the route becomes a full interstate-grade freeway as converges with US 20/St. Joseph Valley Parkway and proceeds west then north, bypassing South Bend and proceeding into Michigan. (See U.S. Route 31 in Michigan.)

History

Freeway upgrades for northern sections

Three sections of US 31 in Northern Indiana are being relocated or upgraded. All are part of the Indiana Department of Transportation Major Moves Project designed to convert US 31 to Interstate-grade freeway from South Bend to Indianapolis. The conversion of these over-capacity segments is expected to be completed in 2018.[1] Funding has yet to be approved for the 78 miles of US 31 located between these three segments.[2]

South Bend to Plymouth

The New US 31 Plymouth to South Bend project will relocate US 31 on primarily new alignment from US 30 near Plymouth to US 20/St. Joseph Valley Parkway south of South Bend. Groundbreaking for the project occurred on September 17, 2008,[3][4][5] and the first portions to be completed will be overpasses at two locations, Lilac Road and Plymouth-Goshen Trail in northern Marshall County.[6] This section of highway is scheduled to open by the end of 2014.[1]

Kokomo

The Kokomo Corridor Project will cover 14 miles (23 km) of new highway primarily in Howard County. The new limited-access highway will be east of Kokomo and will have four interchanges at SR 26, E. Boulevard (CR 100S), US 35/SR 22 (Markland Avenue), Touby Pike and US 35 north of Kokomo. Groundbreaking for the project occurred in the afternoon of September 17, 2008, only hours after the groundbreaking for the South Bend-to-Plymouth stretch.[5][7] This section of highway is scheduled to be completed in 2013.[1][8]

Hamilton County

The New US 31 Hamilton County project will upgrade US 31 to freeway standards from near SR 38 north of Westfield to Interstate 465 near the Marion County line and Indianapolis. Construction is to begin in 2010[6] and to be completed by 2018.[1]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[9] Exit Destinations Notes
Ohio River
 0.00 Clark Memorial Bridge
Clark
 Clarksville 1.51 Old SR 62 – New Albany, Clarksville, Indiana Former SR 62
1.59 1 I-65 south – Louisville Southern end of I-65 concurrency
3.71 2 I-65 north – Indianapolis Northern end of I-65 concurrency
Jeffersonville Township 6.16   SR 60 west – Salem Eastern end of SR 60
Sellersburg 9.28   SR 311 south – New Albany Northern end of SR 311
10.02–
10.05		   SR 403 north – Charlestown Southern end of SR 403
Henryville 19.58   SR 160 – Salem, Charlestown
Scott
 Vienna Township 27.19   SR 356 east – Lexington Western end of SR 356
Scottsburg 29.76   SR 56 – Salem, Hanover
Austin 34.25   SR 256 – Madison
Jackson
 Crothersville 37.14–
37.30		   I-65 – Indianapolis, Louisville Exit 36 on I-65
42.07   SR 250 – Brownstown
Seymour 50.42   US 50 – Seymour, North Vernon
Bartholomew
 Columbus 64.86   SR 7 – Columbus, North Vernon
65.28   SR 46 – Columbus, Greensburg
Taylorsville 77.13–
77.60		   I-65 – Indianapolis, Louisville Exit 76 on I-65
Johnson
 Edinburgh 81.39   SR 252 east – Edinburgh Southern end of SR 252 concurrency
Blue River Township 85.11   SR 252 west – Martinsville Northern end of SR 252 concurrency
Franklin 91.24   SR 44 / SR 144 west – Martinsville, Shelbyville
Marion
 Greenwood 107.17 2 I-74 / I-465
US 36 / US 40 / US 52
SR 37 / SR 67		 Southern and western end of I-465, I-74, US 36, US 40, US 52, SR 37, SR 67 concurrencies
Indianapolis   53 I-65 – Indianapolis, Louisville
49 I-74 east / US 421 south (Southeastern Avenue) - Cincinnati Northern end of I-74 concurrency; southern end of US 421 concurrency
47 US 52 east (Brookville Road) - Cincinnati Southern end of US 52 concurrency
46 US 40 east (Washington Street) - Dayton Northern end of US 40 concurrency
  44 I-70 – Indianapolis, Dayton
Lawrence 42 US 36 east / SR 67 north (Pendleton Pike) – Pendleton Northern end of US 36/SR 67 concurrency
Indianapolis 37 I-69 north / SR 37 north (Binford Boulevard) – Fort Wayne Northern end of SR 37 concurrency; southern end of I-69
33 Keystone Avenue – Carmel Former SR 431
Hamilton
 Carmel 31 I-465 west / US 52 west / US 421 north – Indianapolis Western and northern end of I-465, US 52, and US 421 concurrency
137.60 Keystone Avenue – Carmel, Indianapolis Former State Road 431; southbound exit and northbound entrance
Westfield 140.65   SR 32 (Main Street) – Lebanon, Noblesville
144.26   SR 38 (Sheridan Road) – Sheridan, Noblesville
Tipton
 Jefferson Township 156.72   SR 28 – Frankfort, Tipton, Elwood
Howard
 Kokomo 166.58   SR 26 (CR 400S) – Lafayette
170.91   US 35 south (Markland Avenue) / SR 22 – Kokomo, Gas City Southern end of US 35 concurrency
175.52   US 35 north – Logansport, La Porte, Michigan City Northern end of US 35 concurrency
Miami
 Deer Creek Township 178.50   SR 18 – Galveston, Marion
Pipe Creek Township 183.73   SR 218 east – Bunker Hill Southern end of SR 218 concurrency
184.83   SR 218 west – Walton Northern end of SR 218 concurrency
Peru 190.96–
191.71		   US 24 – Logansport, Fort Wayne
Denver 197.88   SR 16 (CR 700 North) – Denver
Fulton
 Rochester 211.58–
212.36		   SR 25 (Main Street) – Rochester, Logansport
213.18   SR 14 (West 18th Street) – Rochester, Winamac No access due to grade separation
Richland Township 221.37   SR 110 – Mentone Fulton–Marshall county line
Marshall
 Argos 226.08   SR 10 (Indiana Avenue) – Culver, Argos
Plymouth     Lincoln Highway (Old US 30)  
233.67–
234.17		   US 30 – Valparaiso, Warsaw, Fort Wayne
La Paz 241.27   US 6 – Walkerton, Bremen
St. Joseph
 Lakeville 247.66   SR 4 west (Pierce Road) – La Porte Eastern end of the western section SR 4
South Bend 262.27 79 US 20 east – Mishawaka, Elkhart Southern end of US 20 concurrency; US 31 joins the St. Joseph Valley Parkway
  76 SR 23 – North Liberty, South Bend
  73 SR 2 west (Western Avenue) – La Porte, South Bend Eastern end of SR 2
262.24 71 US 20 west (Lincolnway West) – Michigan City, South Bend Northern end of US 20 concurrency
263.43–
263.60		 264 I-80 / I-90 / Ind. Toll Rd. – Elkhart, Chicago, Toledo Exit 72 on the Indiana Toll Road
266.02   US 31 north – Niles, Benton Harbor Michigan state line; St. Joseph Valley Parkway continues into Michigan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Supplemental routes

Main article: Bannered routes of U.S. Route 31

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "U.S. 31 completion schedule for Kokomo moves up (press release)". State of Indiana. 2010-01-12. http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/49902.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  2. ^ "U.S. 31 bypass around Kokomo is running 2 years early". Elkhart Truth. 2010-01-13. http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=502916. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
  3. ^ Jackson, Adam (2008-09-18). "Ground breaks on U.S. 31 work". South Bend Tribune. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/News01/809180324. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
  4. ^ Grove, Dustin (2008-09-17). "New U.S. 31 project underway". WSBT-TV. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/28529284.html. Retrieved 2008-09-18.  Includes video.
  5. ^ a b Platt, Sarah (2008-09-17). "Governor Daniels breaks ground on new U.S. 31 in Lakeville". WNDU-TV. http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/28565199.html. Retrieved 2008-09-18.  Includes video.
  6. ^ a b Sulok, Nancy J (2008-01-27). "Bridges to signal start of new U.S. 31 freeway". South Bend Tribune. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/1428541861.html?FMT=ABS. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  7. ^ Smith, Scott (2008-09-17). "Ceremony for new U.S. 31 corridor draws crowd". Kokomo Tribune. http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_261235616.html. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  8. ^ Smith, Scott (2010-01-12). "U.S. 31 bypass work moving along". Kokomo Tribune. http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_012145224.html. Retrieved 2010-01-13. 
  9. ^ "INDOT Roadway Referencing System" (PDF). staff. http://www.in.gov/indot/files/StateWide_2004.pdf. 
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