131st St. to be named Main throughout

131st St. to be named Main throughout
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The City of Carmel announced last week that 131st Street will be renamed Main Street for all residents and businesses with Carmel mailing addresses. Currently, sections of this roadway are referred to as Main Street while, in other areas, it is called 131st Street. According to the city’s release on the renaming, the change is occurring to help alleviate confusion for travelers and new residents as well as create a central reference point for cross-city navigation. 


This name change will officially take effect March 15. Beginning that date, all 131st Street signs will begin to be replaced by Main Street signs. The only area of 131st/Main Street where the change will not occur at this time is on the far west side where mailing addresses carry the Westfield designation because there is already a Main Street in Westfield. If the city name is changed in the addresses of this area, the street would be renamed there as well.


In addition to the street name change, a limited number of residences will undergo house numbering changes simultaneously. As Carmel grew west of Meridian, where the 131st Street name was used, the house numbering began again with Meridian as the zero hundred block, where previously, Range Line Road was used. Therefore, changing the street name to Main Street in this area would create duplicate addresses.