Indiana State Road 933 - Route Description

Route Description

SR 933 southern terminus is at the St. Joseph-Elkhart County line. The highway is concurrent with 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. In Mishawaka 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.

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.

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.

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 ] 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 road continues into Michigan as M-51.

No part of SR 933 is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation. 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.