Indiana State Road 933

State Road 933 marker

State Road 933
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length: 16.83 mi[1] (27.09 km)
Existed: 1998[2][3] – present
Major junctions
South end: Lincoln Way & Ash Road in Osceola
  I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road in Roseland
North end: M‑51 near Roseland
Highway system
← SR 931SR 1 →

State Road 933 (SR 933) is an Indiana State Road that runs between Elkhart and South Bend in US state of Indiana. The 16.83 miles (27.09 km) of SR 933 that lie within the state serve as a major conduit. None of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are urban two-lane highway and urbanized four-lane divided highway. The highway passes through residential and commercial properties.

SR 933 was first designated as a state road in the 1990s. A section of the highway originally served as part of the Lincoln Highway. SR 933 replaced the original SR 1 and SR 2 designation of the highway which dated back to the formation of the Indiana State Road system. The highway replaced the U.S. Route 33 (US 33) designation of the highway which dated back to the 1930s.

Route description

SR 933 southern terminus is at the St. Joseph–Elkhart county line. The highway follows Lincolnway and heads due west. The road is placed between Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and commercial properties, before being surrounded by commercial properties, in Osceola. After leaving Osceola, the route enters Mishawaka. There the road passes through mostly residential, as a four-lane undivided road with a center turn lane. In Mishawaka the route has a traffic light at SR 331.[4][5][6]

West of SR 331, SR 933 enters downtown Mishawaka and has an intersection at Main Street, Old SR 331. The road leaves Mishawaka heading west towards South Bend, passing through commercial properties. The highway curves northwest parallel to the St. Joseph River and has an interchange with SR 23. This interchange is the west end of the concurrency between SR 23 and SR 933. The concurrency heads due west into downtown South Bend, crossing under the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks. In downtown South Bend the concurrency ends when SR 933 turns north onto one-way streets, with southbound on Main Street and northbound on Michigan and St. Joseph Street.[4][5][6]

State Road 933 (Michigan Street) at Monroe Street in downtown South Bend

The streets head north as two four-lane streets, passing through downtown South Bend. Both streets pass under the Norfolk Southern again and at Western Avenue the northbound name changes to St. Joseph Street. Western Avenue gives access to the Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium the home of South Bend Silver Hawks, the street was formerly number SR 2. After Colfax Avenue, the northbound lanes curve back onto Michigan Street and at Marion Street Michigan Street has both directions of SR 933. The highway heads north as a four-lane undivided highway with a center turn lane.[4][5][6]

Michigan Street crosses over the St. Joseph River as it leaves downtown South Bend. The highway heads for Roseland, passing between the University of Notre Dame on the east side of the road and Holy Cross College and Saint Mary's College on the west side of the road. North Saint Mary's College is the access road to the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/Interstate 90). The road passes under the Indiana Toll Road, as it passes through commercial properties heading towards the state line. SR 933 end at the Indiana–Michigan state line; the roadway continues into Michigan as M-51.[4][5][6]

No part of SR 933 is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS).[7] The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.[8] The highway is maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) like all other state roads in the state. The department tracks the traffic volumes along all state highways as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). This measurement is a calculation of the traffic level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year. In 2010, INDOT figured that lowest traffic levels were the 12,300 vehicles and 197 commercial vehicles used the highway daily on a section between Marion Street and Riverside Drive north of downtown South Bend. The peak traffic volumes were 25,040 vehicles and 2,610 commercial vehicles AADT along a section of SR 933 near Bittersweet Road in Mishwaka.[9]

History

In 1917, Main Market route number 1 was given to the north–south section and Main Market route number 2 was the given to the east–west route that SR 933 takes today. Main Market 2 was also known as the Lincoln highway.[10][11] In 1926, at the creation of the U.S. Routes, SR 1 was changed to US 31 and the east–west stayed as SR 2.[12][13] Then the SR 2 section became US 33 in 1935, and US 33 was concurrent with US 31 north of Sample Street.

In 1991 the US 20 bypass opened around Elkhart and South Bend and in 1998 INDOT decommissioned US 33 north of US 20 to the Michigan state line. The road was to come under local jurisdiction in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties. Local governments in Elkhart County, mainly the city of Elkhart, accepted jurisdiction of the road, while St. Joseph County did not accept local control and the road became SR 933 within that area. In 2004, INDOT tried to decommission SR 933 and again St. Joseph County did not accept local control so the designation remained unchanged.[2][3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in St. Joseph County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Osceola0.000.00Lincoln Way and Ash RoadSouthern terminus of SR 933
Mishawaka4.056.52 SR 331 – Bremen
South Bend9.5115.30 SR 23 northEastern end of SR 23 concurrency
10.1216.29 SR 23 south – WalkertonWestern end of SR 23 concurrency
Roseland13.2921.39 I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road - Chicago, OhioExit 77 on the Indiana Toll Road
16.8327.09 M‑51 north – NilesNorthern terminus of SR 933
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff (2004). "Reference Post Book" (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. S-933. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Portion of U.S. 33 is now Indiana 933". South Bend Tribune. April 18, 1998. p. A6. OCLC 8793233. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Handover of road opposed: Osceola leader calls state proposal costly". The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne). Associated Press. November 21, 2004. p. 5C. OCLC 7368210. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Google (January 1, 2011). "Overview map of SR 933" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Indiana Department of Transportation (2012). Indiana Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2011–2012 ed.). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Indiana Department of Transportation (2011). Indiana Railroad Map (PDF) (Map). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ National Highway System: South Bend (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike; Adderly, Kevin (September 26, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Staff (2010). "Indiana Traffic Counts". Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  10. ↑ "1917 Indiana State Highway Map and State Highway Commission". Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ Indiana Main Market Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ISHC. Indiana State Highway Commission. June 1, 1917. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  12. ↑ Indiana Transportation Map of 1925 (Map). Cartography by ISHC. Indiana State Highway Commission. September 30, 1925.
  13. ↑ Rand McNally (1926). Road Map of Indiana (Map) (1926 ed.). Rand McNally. Retrieved December 31, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing