- Corridor B
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highway in theU.S. state s ofNorth Carolina ,Tennessee ,Virginia ,Kentucky , andOhio . It is part of theAppalachian Development Highway System , and generally followsU.S. Route 23 from Interstate 26 and Interstate 40 nearAsheville, North Carolina north toCorridor C north ofPortsmouth, Ohio . [ [http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=1705 ADHS Approved Corridors and Termini] ]Corridor B uses Interstate 240 from its south end into downtown Asheville, where it uses US 23 (current and future
Interstate 26 ) toKingsport, Tennessee . The US 23freeway ends at the Tennessee/Virginia state line, but US 23 is a four-lanedivided highway all the way through Virginia and into northeastern Kentucky. [ [http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=2730 Map of the Appalachian Development Highway System, September 30, 2005] ]At Grays Branch, Kentucky, Corridor B leaves US 23 to turn east on
Kentucky Route 10 over the two-laneJesse Stuart Memorial Bridge into Ohio. The short State Route 253 connects the bridge to U.S. Route 52, afreeway that takes Corridor B north to Wheelersburg. US 52 continues west to Portsmouth, but the proposed alignment of Corridor B continues north and northwest along the planned Portsmouth Bypass to US 23 near Lucasville. The part of Corridor B north of SR 253 is also part of theI-73/74 North-South Corridor .PDFlink| [http://www.portsmouthbypass.com/PDFs/04-Part%20I.pdf Portsmouth Bypass Purpose and Need] |2.05 MiB ]Corridor B-1 runs from Kentucky Route 10 to the north end of the Portsmouth Bypass. In Kentucky, it follows US 23 and U.S. Highway 23 Truck; after crossing the two-lane
Carl Perkins Bridge into Ohio, it uses current and planned State Route 852 - a western bypass of Portsmouth - and US 23. Corridors B and B-1 both end near Lucasville, whereCorridor C continues north along US 23 to Columbus.References
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