More US 31 upgrades between Indy and South Bend

[purdueboiler]

I believe there are 5 stoplights left

Division Road
State Road 18
State Road 218
Business 31 Peru
West 100 N by the truck stop north of US 24

[ITB]

While information about the planned improvements to US 31 in Marshall and Fulton counties has been previously posted in the forum, it's worthwhile to take another look.

First, it should be noted that the Marshall-Fulton US 31 Access Control study is not part of the ongoing US 31 ProPEL (North) study, though there's some coordination among the two.

This spring saw the release of the Marshall-Fulton Level 3 Screening Report. The Report's recommendations were then presented at a public open house on March 13, 2015.

Of significance, the Level 3 Report recommended that US 31 be transitioned to a freeway from the town of Argos in Marshall County to just south of CR 700 in Fulton County. Interchanges at SR 10 and SR 110, plus an overpass over US 31 at CR 700, are included in the preferred improvement package. At this time, six other crossing points along the study corridor are undergoing further evaluation.


Indiana Department of Transportation

At the March open house, the preliminary preferred configurations of the proposed interchanges, plus the overpass at CR 700, were presented:


Indiana Department of Transportation


Indiana Department of Transportation


Indiana Department of Transportation

Two more public meetings are planned regarding the project, one this fall, the other in the spring of 2026. While nothing is set in stone, the study's preferred recommendations are more likely than not to be adopted and ultimately built. Letting is tentatively scheduled for 2027 or early 2028, with construction commencing sometime in 2028.

 

[Terry Shea]

While information about the planned improvements to US 31 in Marshall and Fulton counties has been previously posted in the forum, it's worthwhile to take another look.

First, it should be noted that the Marshall-Fulton US 31 Access Control study is not part of the ongoing US 31 ProPEL (North) study, though there's some coordination among the two.

This spring saw the release of the Marshall-Fulton Level 3 Screening Report. The Report's recommendations were then presented at a public open house on March 13, 2015.

Of significance, the Level 3 Report recommended that US 31 be transitioned to a freeway from the town of Argos in Marshall County to just south of CR 700 in Fulton County. Interchanges at SR 10 and SR 110, plus an overpass over US 31 at CR 700, are included in the preferred improvement package. At this time, six other crossing points along the study corridor are undergoing further evaluation.


Indiana Department of Transportation

At the March open house, the preliminary preferred configurations of the proposed interchanges, plus the overpass at CR 700, were presented:


Indiana Department of Transportation


Indiana Department of Transportation


Indiana Department of Transportation

Two more public meetings are planned regarding the project, one this fall, the other in the spring of 2026. While nothing is set in stone, the study's preferred recommendations are more likely than not to be adopted and ultimately built. Letting is tentatively scheduled for 2027 or early 2028, with construction commencing sometime in 2028.

 

It would seem then that converting US-31 to a freeway from US-30 south to Rochester would be the next logical move, unless InDOT has been perpetrated by MDOT type thinking.   

[silverback1065]

that is a weird looking interchange with SR 10!

[IndyAgent]

I believe there are 5 stoplights left

Division Road
State Road 18
State Road 218
Business 31 Peru
West 100 N by the truck stop north of US 24

Thank you

[ITB]

It's happening. As expected, residential development is now moving into northern Hamilton County. Regional builder Arbor Homes, based in Indianapolis, has a new, large community planned in the town of Arcadia. Called Langdon Crossing, the neighborhood will be located near the intersection of SR 19 and E. 256th Street, directly west and across from Hamilton Heights High School.


Credit: Airbus, Maxar Technologies; Map data Google
Eyeballing the street layout of the development, it appears the community will comprise 150–200 homes, maybe more. Depending on how fast Arbor proceeds, build-out may take upwards of 5–7 years.

It seems likely the community's vehicular traffic traveling to points west and south, such as Westfield, Carmel, Indianapolis, and Indianapolis International Airport, will use US 31, accessing the highway at the 236th Street interchange (Bakers Corner), instead of coming down SR 19 into Noblesville.

To the west in the town of Sheridan major residential development is underway too. Like the town of Arcadia, Sheridan has water and sewer infrastructure, which facilitates the building of new residential developments. Simply put, no water and no sewers, no housing developments.


Credit: Airbus/Landsat, Copernicus Maxar Technologies; Map data Google

As shown, three major housing communities are in various states of development in Sheridan. To the north of downtown, D. R. Horton, generally ranked as the nation's largest home builder, is building Centre Place, a community comprising 154 homes. On 226th Street on the south side, Lennar, another leading home builder, is developing Eastwood Village. And, third, just west of Lennar's development Arbor Homes is building out its large Maple Run community.

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[monty]

"It seems likely the community's vehicular traffic traveling to points west and south, such as Westfield, Carmel, Indianapolis, and Indianapolis International Airport, will use US 31, accessing the highway at the 236th Street interchange (Bakers Corner), instead of coming down SR 19 into Noblesville."

Absolutely. US 31 is the connection to "the city" center that is Indianapolis for all of these new homes. SR 19 in Hamilton County is fast becoming a suburban-ish slow churning highway to Cicero and Noblesville.

The whole north side of I 465 is going to witness some very large increases in traffic as the northern communities explode with US 31 right in the middle of it pumping in vehicles.