Ohio State Route 161

Ohio State Route 161

State Route 161 marker

State Route 161
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 57.46 mi[1] (92.47 km)
Existed: 1924 – present
Major junctions
West end: SR 29 in Mutual
East end: SR 37 near Alexandria
Location
Counties: Champaign, Union, Madison, Franklin, Licking
Highway system

Ohio highways
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes

SR 160 SR 162
Along State Route 161 just east of its intersection with Interstate 71.

State Route 161 is an east–west state highway in the state of Ohio. Its western terminus is in Mutual at State Route 29 and its eastern terminus is near Alexandria at State Route 37.

On its path through Department of Transportation regional development districts 5, 6, and 7, State Route 161 passes through Columbus, Ohio's Capital, and a variety of towns including Plain City, Dublin (the home of Wendy's International headquarters), and New Albany (the home of Tween Brands and Abercrombie & Fitch).

Contents

History

A view of the old cloverleaf between Route 161 and Interstate 270

1924 – Original route established;[2] Originally ran from Plain City to a junction with State Route 21 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dublin to serve as a more direct connection between Plain City and Dublin.[3]

  • 1931 - Expanded west to include a previously unnumbered section from Mutual to Plain City, and east from 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dublin to Granville, significantly increasing the length of the route and expanded the number of counties served from 3 to 5.[3]
  • 1931 - A large grade separation project allowed 161 to pass underneath the New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad and Columbus, Delaware and Marion tracks in Worthington (Photos)
  • 1938 - Dual designation of cosigned section from 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dublin to Dublin changed from State Route 31 to U.S. Route 33.[3]
  • 1969 - Five-mile section from Dublin west upgraded to freeway.[3]
  • 1976 - Section from Interstate 71 to Gould Park upgraded to divided highway.[3]
  • 1997-2000 - Bypass around New Albany constructed as freeway from Interstate 270 to a point 2 miles (3.2 km) east of New Albany.[3]
  • 2004-2007 - NExT Project begins, modernizing the road from just east of SR-3 to Little Turtle Way. Completion set for end of 2007.[4]
  • 2007-2011 - Freeway completed from 2 miles (3.2 km) east of New Albany to State Route 37

Junction list

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
Champaign
Mutual 0.0 OH-29.svg SR 29
Goshen Township 5.4 OH-559.svg SR 559
7.1 OH-4.svg SR 4
Union
Irwin 8.5 OH-4.svg SR 4
Chuckery 14.0 OH-38.svg SR 38
14.2 OH-38.svg SR 38
Plain City 20.5 US 42.svg US 42
Madison
21.0 US 42.svg US 42
Union
Dublin 26.0 US 33.svg US 33 SR 161 enters (EB) / exits from (WB) US 33 freeway; old US 33 / SR 161 on Post Rd east of this interchange
Franklin
27.5 Avery-Muirfield Dr Actually Avery Rd (south) and Muirfield Dr (north)
28.7 I-270.svg I-270 I-270 Exit 17A-B; US 33 / SR 161 is freeway west of here
29.4 Post Road Former routing of SR 161
29.8 OH-745.svg SR 745 SR 745's southern terminus; center of "Olde Dublin"
30.0 US 33.svg US 33 OH-257.svg SR 257 SR 257's southern terminus
Worthington 34.0 OH-315.svg SR 315
35.0 US 23.svg US 23
Columbus 36.3 OH-710.svg SR 710 SR 710's western terminus
36.6 I-71.svg I-71 I-71 Exit 117
Minerva Park 39.8 OH-3.svg SR 3 Access via folded diamond / service roads.
Columbus 40.9 I-270.svg I-270 I-270 Exit 30; SR 161 is freeway east of here
41.5 Sunbury Rd Spui and half cloverleaf combined
42.5 Little Turtle Way old SR 161 follows Dublin-Granville Rd east of this interchange
43.8 Hamilton Rd
45.5 New Albany Rd
New Albany 46.9 US 62.svg US 62
Licking
Beech Rd
St. Albans Township 54.2 SR 310
57.5 SR 37
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  2. ^ Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
  3. ^ a b c d e f Route 161 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
  4. ^ Northeast EXpressway Transformation Official Project Site

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