History
US 33 formerly ended in St. Joseph, Michigan, at the junction of the old U.S. Highway 12, was extended to a junction with Interstate 196 near Lake Michigan Beach, Michigan, north of St. Joseph, but later truncated south of Niles, Michigan (junction U.S. Highway 12), then in April 1998 at Elkhart, Indiana. Before its second truncation, it passed through South Bend, Indiana. Former segments of US 33 are now known as M-63, M-51, and State Road 933. Between South Bend and Fort Wayne, US 33 was part of the Lincoln Highway.
Various segments of US 33 have been improved to limited-access freeways. These include Ohio segments from St. Marys to Wapakoneta; Huntsville (near Bellefontaine) to Dublin (a northwestern suburb of Columbus); and bypasses around Lancaster and Pomeroy.
In West Virginia, US 33 from Interstate 79 near Weston east nearly to Elkins is four-lane, built as part of Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The route's steep grade up Shenandoah Mountain is easternmost West Virginia has been widened, with some sharp curves improved.
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