Indiana State Road 331#Route description
{{short description|Highway in Indiana}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|state=IN
|type=IN
|route=331
| map={{maplink-road|from=Indiana State Road 331.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 331 highlighted in red
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=43.278
|established=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=IN|IN|25}} near Tippecanoe
|junction={{jct|state=IN|US|30}} in Bourbon
{{jct|state=IN|US|6}} in Bremen
{{jct|state=IN|US|20}} near Mishawaka
{{jct|state=IN|I|80|I|90|Toll|noshield3=yes}} in Granger
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=IN|IN|23}} in Granger
|counties=
|previous_type=IN
|previous_route=329
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|next_route=332
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State Road 331 (SR 331) is a state highway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Indiana.
Route description
State Road 331 runs from State Road 25 north of Rochester via Bourbon, Bremen and Mishawaka to State Road 23 just north of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/Interstate 90). The SR 331 designation northward from the St. Joseph Valley Parkway (US 20) is prescribed by state law,[http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2018/ic/titles/008#8-23-6-1 IC 8-23-6-1], Indiana Code. as are the locations of the intersections within this section.[http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2018/ic/titles/008#8-23-8-10 IC 8-23-8-10], Indiana Code.
History
SR 331 first appeared on the February 1933 edition of the Indiana State Highway Commission map of the state highway system, running from SR 25 in the south to SR 2 (later US 33 then SR 933) in the north.{{INDOT map|year=1933|section=B6|accessdate=September 7, 2018}} By 1953 it had been extended northward to US 20 (later Business US 20).{{INDOT map|year=1952|section=B7|accessdate=September 7, 2018}}{{INDOT map|year=1953|section=B7|accessdate=September 7, 2018}} Between 1980 and 1987 SR 331 was routed east of downtown Mishawaka.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} In June 1999 it was relocated eastward north of the St. Joseph Valley Parkway (US 20) in anticipation of a highway upgrade there which had been completed in part.{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Signs to Mark Elm, Capital as Indiana 331|date=May 20, 1999|page=D2|work=South Bend Tribune}} Although by law the entire project was to have been completed by January 1, 2009, in reality it was finished by September 30, 2013.{{cite press release|author=Staff|title=2 Major Local Projects Open to Traffic|url=https://wsbt.com/archive/indot-2-major-local-projects-open-to-traffic|date=September 30, 2013|publisher=Indiana Department of Transportation}} Hosted at WSBT-TV's website.{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Briefs|date=October 1, 2013|page=A4|work=South Bend Tribune}} Subsequently in August 2014 the Indiana Department of Transportation relinquished the parallel portions of the route which it had acquired in 1999.{{cite news|first=Joseph|last=Dits|title=City Takes Capital Remnants|date=September 14, 2014|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/city-takes-capital-remnants/article_a33bb5c8-3bf9-11e4-8297-0017a43b2370.html|work=South Bend Tribune|access-date=September 7, 2018|page=A4}}
Major intersections
{{jcttop|length_ref={{INDOT ref|title=RPB-2016|access-date=February 3, 2017}}}}
{{INint
|county=Marshall
|cspan=7
|mile=0.000
|road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|25|city1=Rochester|city2=Warsaw}}
|location=Tippecanoe Township
|ctdab=Marshall
|lspan=2
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 331}}
{{INint
|mile=5.021
|road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|10}}}}
{{INint
|location=Bourbon
|lspan=2
|mile=8.489
|road={{Jct|state=IN|Lincoln|name1=Old US 30}}}}
{{INint
|mile=9.625
|mile2=9.780
|road={{Jct|state=IN|US|30|city1=Plymouth|city2=Warsaw}}}}
{{INint
|mile=19.865
|road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|106|dir1=east}}
|type=concur
|location=Bremen
|lspan=3
|notes=Eastern end of SR 106 concurrency}}
{{INint
|mile=20.762
|road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|106|dir1=west}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of SR 106 concurrency}}
{{INint
|mile=21.794
|road={{Jct|state=IN|US|6|city1=Westville|city2=Nappanee}}}}
{{INint
|county=St. Joseph
|cspan=5
|mile=33.174
|mile2=33.235
|road={{Jct|state=IN|US|20|dir1=west|city1=South Bend}}
|township=Penn
|ctdab=St. Joseph
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of US 20 concurrency}}
{{INint
|mile=35.238
|mile2=35.344
|road={{Jct|state=IN|US|20|dir1=east|city1=Elkhart}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of US 20 concurrency}}
{{INint
|location=Mishawaka
|mile=37.928
|road={{jct|state=IN|IN|933}}
}}
{{INint
|location=Granger
|lspan=2
|mile=42.951
|road={{jct|state=IN|I|80|I|90|Toll|noshield3=yes}}
}}
{{INint
|mile=43.278
|road={{Jct|state=IN|SR|23|city1=South Bend|city2=Granger}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 331}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
External links
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- [http://www.roadfan.com/sbnelkrd.html Routes in South Bend and Metro Northern Indiana] - Includes a timeline of construction of Capital Avenue.