State Road 3 (SR 3) in the U.S. state of
Indiana
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is a discontinuous
state highway
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running through eastern Indiana from near the
Ohio River
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to near the
Michigan
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state line. The southernmost terminus is at
SR 62 in
Charlestown, and the northernmost terminus is at
SR 120 near
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
.
The route was continuous until 1972, when the route was split into two segments that exist today.
Route description
Southern section
SR 3 begins just south of Charlestown at SR 62 and heads north toward downtown Charlestown. When in downtown Charlestown SR 3 intersects
SR 403. SR 3 heads north out of Charlestown. Then just over north of SR 403, there is a
wrong-way concurrency
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with
SR 203 for , meaning southbound SR 203 and northbound SR 3 are going the same direction. After SR 203, SR 3 heads north toward
Vernon and then
North Vernon
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History
North Vernon was originally called Tripton, sometimes referred to as “The Gem of the Midwest” and under the latter na ...
. In North Vernon SR 3 has an intersection with
U.S. Route 50
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(US 50). After North Vernon SR 3 heads mainly due north for until
SR 46 just west of
Greensburg. SR 3 joins SR 46 on a four-lane
divided highway
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and then enters Greensburg from the southwest. After entering Greensburg SR 46 leaves SR 3 at Main Street. In downtown Greensburg SR 3 has an intersection with
US 421.
After US 421, SR 3 leaves Greensburg heading northeast, then just north. SR 3 has an interchange with
Interstate 74 (I-74), from US 421. After I-74, SR 3 becomes a two-lane undivided highway. SR 3 has a concurrency with
US 52 that lasts for in
Rushville. SR 3 heads due north toward
US 40 and then SR 3 heads east on US 40 for a short concurrency after . After US 40, SR 3 has an interchange with
I-70
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. Just south of I-70 SR 3 becomes a four-lane divided highway. After I-70, SR 3 passes near
New Castle. SR 3 and
US 36 have an interchange near
Mount Summit. After US 36, SR 3 head north toward
Muncie
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, where SR 3 has an interchange with
SR 67.
At the interchange with SR 67, SR 3 heads east, then north along the bypass. Interchange includes
US 35 south,
SR 32, and SR 67 north. The bypass is a
limited-access
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highway.
North of the Muncie Bypass, US 35 leaves SR 3 due west to
Kokomo. After US 35, SR 3 heads due north to
Markle. Passing through
Hartford City, where SR 3 meets
SR 26. South of Markle SR 3 turns northeast, then SR 3 meets
SR 116. Then after SR 116, SR 3 comes to its northern terminus of the southern section of SR 3, at
US 224.
Northern section
The southern terminus of the northern section of SR 3 begins at
I-69
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and the northern terminus of
US 27. The road heads north from this point, as a six–lane major
arterial
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passing through both
commercial
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and
residential
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areas. North of Dupont Road, on the northside of Fort Wayne, the road becomes a rural four–lane divided highway. North of Fort Wayne, the route bypasses
Huntertown, north of I-69. The road then enters
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, with a traffic light at
SR 205. Very soon after SR 205, the road enters
Noble County, bypassing
LaOtto and
Avilla. In Noble County, the route passes through rural farming land and parallels an abandoned railroad track on its way to
Kendallville. In Kendallville the route has a short concurrency with
US 6. After the US 6 concurrency SR 3, becomes a two–lane rural highway heading due North, until
Mongo
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where the road turns northwest. Entering into
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, SR 3 reaches its northern terminus at
SR 120.
History
Between 1972 and 1973, SR 3 was removed between US 224 in
Markle and I-69 on the north side of Fort Wayne. The final route through the Fort Wayne metro area followed Indianapolis Road/Baer Road past the city's
main airport (then known as
Baer Field
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) to Lower Huntington Road in the Waynedale district of Fort Wayne. SR 3 there turned east onto that road for only a short distance, before turning north again onto Bluffton Road (
SR 1). Bluffton Road hugs the bank of the
St. Mary's River before curving east and crossing it. SR 1 and SR 3 then immediately turned south onto Broadway for two blocks before turning east onto Rudisill Boulevard. SR 1/SR 3 followed Rudisill Boulevard to Lafayette Street (US 27/US 33 northbound) and Clinton Street (US 27/US 33 southbound) at which points the state routes turned north to join the others heading to/from downtown Fort Wayne. In the heart of the city US 33 departed, then upon leaving downtown Lafayette Street becomes Spy Run Boulevard (still one way northbound) before joining Clinton Street on the north side of the city. Shortly thereafter, US 27/SR 1/SR 3 turned toward the northwest onto Northrop Street and Lima Road until they reached the I-69 interchange, where SR 3 continued north on Lima Road and US 27/SR 1 turned east onto northbound I–69. With SR 3 through traffic easily using the then-recently completed I-69 to bypass Fort Wayne, the route between US 224 and the junction with SR 1 on the southwest side was turned back over to local control and the SR 3 designation was removed along the portions shared with other routes within the city.
Until 1980, SR 3 ran concurrently with
SR 62 until it reached
I-65
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in
Jeffersonville.
In 1990, the four-lane upgrade from the DeKalb–Allen County line north of Huntertown to Kendallville was completed, bypassing the towns of
LaOtto and
Avilla. This made SR 3 four lanes for the from
I-69
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in
Fort Wayne
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to
US 6 in
Kendallville.
In early 2010, construction began on SR 3 widening for about from Ludwig Road in Fort Wayne to Dupont Road on the north side of Fort Wayne. This section of highway along Lima Road was widened from four-lane divided roadway to six-lane divided highway and was completed in November 2011.
At one point, the northern terminus was at the Michigan state line.
Major intersections
References
External links
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