List of unused highways in Ohio

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Main article: List of unused highways in the United States

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} or later closed^[10][11][12]. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp^[13], stub street^[14][2][15], stub-out^[2], or simply stub^[16][17]. The following is a list:

Contents 1 Ohio 1.1 Columbia 1.2 Chesapeake 1.3 Cleveland 1.4 Norwalk 1.5 Alliance 1.6 Columbus 1.7 Kirkersville 1.8 Cincinnati 1.9 Dayton 1.10 Toledo 1.11 Youngstown 1.12 Beaverdam (former) 1.13 Canton 1.14 Piketon 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Columbia

• There is still a short connecting road at the western end of the Ohio Turnpike. This road functioned as a stub ramp to U.S. Route 20 for roughly a year, before the Indiana Toll Road was completed to the state line. It is now closed to the public and is used as a storage area for jersey barriers^{[citation needed]}. [19]

[edit] Chesapeake

• For two decades, State Route 7's partially-completed bypass around the city has a partial trumpet intersection for a future eastward extension to the Proctorville bypass. [20] The Chesapeake Bypass project^[18] is still active, although it no longer has any funding^[19]. [21]

[edit] Cleveland

• When the Airport Freeway past Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was rebuilt to feed directly into Interstate 71 rather than into Rocky River Drive/State Route 237, a portion of the old connection to Rocky River Drive was abandoned and demolished as public roadway^[20]. [22]

[edit] Norwalk

• Where the U.S. Route 20 freeway ends at its older alignment east of Norwalk, stubs exist at the ends of the ramps [23], implying a northward extension^[21]. Either this intersection or the extension would have connected with a never-built alignment of Interstate 80.

[edit] Alliance

• The bypass around the city, which has a hidden designation of US-62T (formerly US-62F), ends at State Route 225, and there are stubs of where the freeway would continue eastward. [24] As of 2007, the project to build the continuation is in the early stages of study^[22]. [25]

[edit] Columbus

• At Interstate 270 and Alum Creek Drive southeast of the city, one ramp from Alum Creek Drive south to I-270 west was never constructed. Grading and right-of-way are evident and may be constructed in the future if suburban growth continues to persist^{[citation needed]}. [26]

• The State Route 315 and Bethel Road interchange has a missing loop ramp in the northwest quadrant, and the ramp from State Route 315 southbound only curves to the right at the very end, as if a left turn movement should be available. Bethel Road ends at State Route 315, although an extension east to Morse Road has been in the plans for decades. However, there has been much opposition from local residents^[23]. [27]

• The Interstate 270 and State Route 315 interchange had a missing direct-right-turn ramp in the northwest quadrant for several decades. Traffic going from State Route 315 southbound to I-270 westbound had to turn left across oncoming traffic to the northeast quadrant loop. A direct right-turn ramp was completed in the 1990s^[24]. current interchange old interchange

• For decades, there was a missing section of Interstate 670 west of State Route 315. [28] In the west, I-670 split off from Interstate 70 and ended at an unfinished parclo interchange at Grandview Ave. [29] In the late 1990s and early 2000s the missing section was completed and the entire I-670 freeway was reconstructed, including reconfiguration of the Spring-Sandusky interchange with State Route 315^[25].

[edit] Kirkersville

• Before Interstate 70 was completed to Columbus, it was temporarily redirected back to U.S. Route 40. When I-70 was completed, this old transfer segment was partially closed. Half of it is now used for State Route 158 to bypass the town of Kirkersville. A single overpass and the crumbling remains of the westbound lanes reveal its original status as an interstate. It can be viewed here [30]

[edit] Cincinnati

• The interchange of Interstate 74 and Beekman Street was supposed to have been the interchange for the Colerain Expressway, which was never constructed. Stub ramps exist on both directions of Beekman and on the westbound I-74 on-ramp. Grading is still visible^[26]. [31]

• Downtown, there is a stub ramp on Interstate 71 southbound as it interchanges with Interstate 75. It used to be the connector ramp from southbound I-71 to northbound I-75^[27]. The replacement ramp is now a left exit. The stub points north, whereas the ramp to merge with southbound I-75 turns south. Stub and old configuration

• The Ronald Reagan Cross-County Highway (State Route 126) was intended to stretch across the length of Hamilton County and was later truncated to run between Interstate 275 beltway in the late 1950s. As of 2007, the Cross-County Highway's termini are at Montgomery Road and I-275 in the west^[28]. [32]

• Stub ramps exist on Interstate 71 near Victory Parkway, where an interchange with the road was once planned. Attempts at building an interchange in this location have been repeatedly opposed^[29]. Additionally, the ramp from Montgomery Road to I-71 south was built extraordinarily long in order to allow room for the Victory Parkway interchange without traffic weaving. [33] [34]

[edit] Dayton

• Where Interstate 75 meets Riverside Dr., a semi-directional interchange to/from I-75 north used to exist^[30]. While the southwest quadrant cloverleaf is still in use, grading is still evident for the northwest cloverleaf and the southeast ramp. Evidence for the northeast ramp has been mostly if not completely removed. [35] [36]

• Where U.S. Route 35 meets Research Boulevard there is an exit ramp from U.S. 35 southbound and an entrance ramp to U.S. 35 northbound. While the exit ramp is still in use, the entrance ramp is no longer in use and is blocked off. This is a remnant of a merge/split between U.S. 35 and State Route 835 which was partially replaced by the North Fairfield Road interchange. The exit ramp also connects to the local road network via Patterson Road^{[citation needed]}. [37] Map showing it operational.

[edit] Toledo

• Just north of where Interstate 75 meets the Anthony Wayne Trail (State Route 25), a short ramp stub comes off of I-75 southbound. This was apparently planned to connect to a cancelled freeway that would have run from the current Anthony Wayne Trail terminus through downtown, along the banks of the Maumee River. Note that when the Trail ends just east of I-75, the northbound lanes curve sharply to the right of the planned alignment; it is not clear if grading still remains. (The Trail has ended that way since the end was moved from Erie St in the 1950s)(on a county map from 1973, those ramps were to have begun a freeway marked as State Route 112, but that number is used elsewhere. It was planned to run to the Maumee River, through the historic St. Patrick's Catholic Church. That is why they never built it. It would have ended near Cherry St. Bridge.)^{[citation needed]} [38]

[edit] Youngstown

• There is a disconnected roadway along U.S. Route 62 westbound/State Route 7 southbound at the U.S. Route 422 interchange. This was likely intended to be a collector/distributor road, but is unused due to the U.S. 62/State Route 7 freeway not having been completed to the northeast, though an extension is planned to run to Interstate 80^[22]. [39] [40] [41]

• State Route 711, from Interstate 680, originally ended at U.S. Route 422/Burlington Road but had an extension planned to Interstate 80 and State Route 11. This was not built for quite some time but unused stubs, bridges, pavement, and a sign bridge were all in place for the extension. The corridor was eventually built, opening October 24, 2005^[31], to serve as a spur from the State Route 11 freeway. A look prior to construction

[edit] Beaverdam (former)

• Near the Hancock County/Hardin County line, the U.S. Route 30 freeway used to end at a diamond interchange at State Route 235, which U.S. 30 followed north to its former alignment along the Lincoln Highway, leaving the rest of the interchange built but unused. The freeway's eastward extension was opened November 9, 2007^[32], putting to use the formerly unused roadway.

[edit] Canton

• In Stark County, between Canton and East Canton, the U.S. Route 30 freeway ends at an interchange at Trump Avenue, which U.S. 30 follows north to its former alignment along State Route 172. A stub exists where the westbound U.S. 30 freeway will meet the westbound onramp. [42] The freeway is planned to be extended eastward to State Route 44, and had been planned to extend further to State Route 11^[33]. [43]

[edit] Piketon

• Along U.S. Route 23 south of Piketon, there are remnants of an old diamond interchange with State Route 32, before State Route 32 was reconstructed as a four-lane highway and a new interchange built. old interchange current interchange and abandoned ramps

[edit] See also

• List of unused highways in the United States
• List of unused highways
• list of ghost towns

[edit] References