U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33
US 33 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	709 mi[citation needed] (1,141 km)
Existed	January 1, 1938[1]–present
Major junctions
North end	US 20 at Elkhart, IN
Major intersections	US 6 at Ligonier, IN I-69 / I-469 / US 24 / US 30 at Fort Wayne, IN US 27 at Decatur, IN I-75 at Wapakoneta, OH I-70 / I-71 at Columbus, OH US 50 / SR 32 at Athens, OH I-77 at Ripley, WV I-79 at Weston, WV I-64 at Dumbarton, VA I-81 at Harrisonburg, VA
East end	US 250 / SR 33 at Richmond, VA
Location
Country	United States
States	Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided
← US 32 → US 34

U.S. Route 33 (US 33) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for 709 miles (1,141 km) from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S. routes are north–south, US 33 is labeled east–west throughout its route, except in Indiana where it is labeled north–south. It roughly follows a historic trail used by Native Americans from Chesapeake Bay to Lake Michigan.

As of 2018, the highway's northern terminus is at US 20 in southeastern Elkhart, Indiana, although it once extended to St. Joseph, Michigan, and even to Lake Michigan Beach, Michigan. Until 1998, the route extended northward through South Bend, Indiana, to Niles. Its current eastern (or southern) terminus is Richmond, Virginia. State Route 33 (SR 33) then continues eastward through West Point to Stingray Point, on the Middle Peninsula and Chesapeake Bay near Deltaville, Virginia.

Part of US 33 was created in conjunction with the Blue and Gray Trail in 1938 in order to promote a direct and scenic route between the Great Lakes and Virginia's historic Tidewater region.^[1]