State Road 205 (SR 205) is a
State Road
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in the north-eastern section of the state of Indiana. Running for roughly in a general northeast-southwest direction, it connects the cities and towns of
South Whitley,
Columbia City and
Garrett via
SR 327. SR 205 was originally introduced in the mid-1930s routed between South Whitley and
Churubusco
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. The road was extended northeast to the intersection with SR 327 in the mid to late 1940s.
Route description
SR 205 begins at
SR 5 in South Whitley and heads northeast, as a two-lane highway passing through residential. The highway leaves South Whitley and the road curves due east, passing through rural farmland with a few houses. In rural
Whitley County the road curves due north, before curving back northeast. The highway enters
Columbia City and curves due north. SR 205 is concurrent with Line Street before turning east onto Radio Road. After one block the road turn north onto
SR 9, locally known as Main Street. Main Street crosses over the
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad
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tracks and enters downtown Columbia City. The concurrency with SR 9 passes through commercial properties and the Whitley County Court House. At the northeast of the court house is a traffic light with Van Buren Street and SR 205 turns east onto Van Buren Street. The street passes through a mix of residential and commercial properties, before an intersection at
U.S. Route 30
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(US 30).
The highway heads northeast from Columbia City as a two-lane highway, passing through rural farmland with some houses. The route enters
Churubusco
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough ''(delegación)'' of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery ''(ex convento de C ...
passing through residential properties. SR 205 is concurrent with Whitley Street through Churubusco, as a two-lane city street, passing mainly residential properties. The street has a traffic light at
US 33. The road leaves Churubusco, still heading northeast, passing through rural farmland with some house. The road is headed for
LaOtto, passing through rural
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and
Noble
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Counties. The route enters LaOtto, passing through residential properties and has an
all-way stop
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with Old SR 3. As the route begins to leaves LaOtto the road crosses into
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and has an intersection with
SR 3. The road now enters rural DeKalb County, heading northeast. The northern terminus of SR 205 is at an all-way stop with the southern terminus of SR 327. The roadway continues east, toward
Auburn
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, as County Road 56 (CoRd 56). The road has access to
Interstate 69
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, via CoRd 11A.
No part of SR 205 in Indiana is included in 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
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(INDOT) like all other State Roads in Indiana. 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
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(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 2,290 vehicles and 120 commercial vehicles used the highway daily between SR 5 and Whitley CR 400 West. The peak traffic volumes were 9,370 vehicles and 900 commercial vehicles AADT along the section of SR 205 at is concurrent with SR 9, between the Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad tracks and Van Buren Street in Columbia City.
History
SR 205 had its beginning in 1934 when it was authorized from South Whitley to Churubusco.
Construction began in 1936 on this section of roadway and was completed one year later. An extension for SR 205 was proposed in 1936 that proposal would have extended SR 205 northeast to US 27.
[ ] In 1937 that extension was canceled.
The route between Churubusco and
Ari
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was commissioned in 1942.
The state highway commission constructed the last section of road between Ari and
US 27
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(now SR 327), south of Garrett, in 1947.
[ ]
Major intersections
See also
*
State Road 105
References
External links
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