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Indiana State Road 441

highway in Indiana

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ985643
Source-derived summary

State Road 441 (SR 441) is a part of the Indiana State Road that runs through Vincennes in the US state of Indiana. The 2.61 miles (4.20 km) of SR 441 that lie within Indiana serve as a minor highway. None of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Most of the route is an urban two-lane highway. The highway passes through residential and commercial properties.

Route description

SR 441 begins on the south side of Vincennes at an interchange with US 41. It passes northwest, as a two-lane highway, through Vincennes where it is concurrent with Willow Street, passing through commercial properties. The road turns northeast onto Sixth Street and passes through a mix of commercial and residential properties. The route enters downtown Vincennes and turns northwest onto Vigo Street. The highway ends at the Illinois / Indiana state line on the Lincoln Memorial Bridge that crosses the Wabash River near the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.

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The public source identifies “Indiana State Road 441” as highway in Indiana. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Indiana, State and Road.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 161-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Indiana, State and Road providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Indiana State Road 441” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.