List of unused highways in Ohio

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused ["US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing." City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml] .] "Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance." Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf] .] ["Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.", 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html] .] [Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html] .] ["PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT." New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html] .] [House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm] .] [Munroe, Tapan. "TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND." California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf] ] ["Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle." SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf] .] [Anderson, Steve. "CT 11 Expressway." New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/] .] or later closed ["Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation", Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html] .] ["R. v. Sanders", 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html] .] ["HIGHWAY CLOSINGS", R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html] .] . An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp [PDFlink| [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4] |286 KiB , accessed December 28, 2006] , stub street [Sommer, Dick. "Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community." Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf] .] [Bauserman, Christian E. "DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS." 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf] .] , stub-out, or simply stub [Geiger, Gene. "Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus." Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf] .] ["CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY." City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm] .] . The following is a list:

Ohio

=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 barriersFact|date=August 2007. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.630328,-84.801407&spn=0.004322,0.010064&t=h&om=1]

=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. [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&ss=yp.farmington,%20ct~yp.Kendall,%20FL&cp=38.435043~-82.458165&style=a&lvl=16] The Chesapeake Bypass project [cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist9/Chesapeake%20Bypass/chesapeake_bypass_front.htm|title=Chesapeake Bypass|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation] is still active, although it no longer has any funding [cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/earmarks/preview-public-site/agencies/bureaus/accounts/earmarks/earmark745a.html?account-id=264&agency=021&bureau=15&earmark-id=183880&web-timestamp=&public-view=true|title=Earmarks|publisher=whitehouse.gov] . [http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=38.434663&lon=-82.457082&z=17.8&r=0&src=aska]

Cleveland

*When the Airport Freeway north of 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 [cite web|url=http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=17&X=1076&Y=11464&W=2&qs=%7ccleveland%7coh%7c|title=Cleveland, Ohio, United States 7/1/1996|publisher=Microsoft TerraServer] . [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=41.423357,-81.826279&spn=0.007401,0.014591&z=16]

=Norwalk=

*Where the U.S. Route 20 freeway ends at its older alignment east of Norwalk, stubs exist at the ends of the ramps [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=17&X=1840&Y=22837&W=3] , implying a northward extension [cite web|url=http://www.roadfan.com/sanderie.html|title=Sandusky Photos|work=Roadfan.com] . Either this intersection or the extension would have connected with a never-built alignment of Interstate 80.

=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. [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=1227&Y=11329&W=3] As of 2007, the project to build the continuation is in the early stages of studycite web|url=http://www.eastgatecog.org/reg-trac.asp|title=T.R.A.C. Projects|publisher=ODOT] . [http://www.eastgatecog.org/pdf/TracProjects.pdf]

=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 persistFact|date=August 2007. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&ll=39.872858,-82.93504&spn=0.007938,0.021629&t=k&om=1]

*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 [cite web|publisher=Clintonville Area Commission|title=Morse-Bethel Connector|url=http://www.clintonvillecommission.org/comm/orgs/cac/issues/morsebethel.asp] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=40.063506,-83.030183&spn=0.011167,0.026908]

*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 1990scite web|first=John|last=Simpson|url=http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/315.html|title=John Simpson's Unofficial Ohio State Highways Website] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=40.11246,-83.034518&spn=0.011159,0.026908 current interchange] [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=816&Y=11105&W=1&qs=n+high+st%7ccolumbus%7coh%7c&Addr=N+High+St%2c+Columbus%2c+OH+43085&ALon=-83.0187500&ALat=40.0764423 old interchange]

*For decades, there was a missing section of Interstate 670 west of State Route 315. [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=819&Y=11067&W=2&qs=spring+st%7ccolumbus%7coh%7c&Addr=W+Spring+St%2c+Columbus%2c+OH+43215&ALon=-83.0170903&ALat=39.9660835] In the west, I-670 split off from Interstate 70 and ended at an unfinished parclo interchange at Grandview Ave. [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=17&X=407&Y=5533&W=2&qs=spring+st%7ccolumbus%7coh%7c&Addr=W+Spring+St%2c+Columbus%2c+OH+43215&ALon=-83.0170903&ALat=39.9660835] 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 [cite web|url=http://www.roadfan.com/spr-sand.html|title=Spring-Sandusky|publisher=roadfan.com] .

=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 [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=kirkersville,oh&ie=UTF8&ll=39.947714,-82.603197&spn=0.009377,0.024076&t=k&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0]

=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 [cite web|last=Mecklenborg|first=Jake|url=http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/never-built.html|title=Never-Built Cincinnati Expressways|publisher=cincinnati-transit.net] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=colerain+ave.+cincinnati,+oh&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=39.161413,-84.5512&spn=0.003594,0.01075&t=k&om=1]

*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 [cite web|url=http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp?cx=714512&cy=4330725&proj=32616&mpp=1.75&pic=map&prov=lv&stac=10021000|title=Cincinnati, ca 1999|publisher=TerraServer] . The replacement ramp is now a left exit. The stub points north, whereas the ramp to merge with southbound I-75 turns south. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=central+ave+and+mcfarland+cincinnati,+oh&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=39.09946,-84.518144&spn=0.007194,0.021501&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr Stub] and [http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp?cx=714512&cy=4330725&proj=32616&mpp=1.75&pic=map&prov=lv&stac=10021000 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 [cite web|last=Mecklenborg|first=Jake|title=Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway|publisher=Cincinnati-Transit.net|accessdate=2006-12-28| url=http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/cross.html] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=montgomery+ave,+cincinnati,+oh&sll=39.224541,-84.366524&sspn=0.003067,0.007167&ie=UTF8&ll=39.22314,-84.355543&spn=0.001533,0.003583&t=h&z=18&om=1]

*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 [cite web|last=Mecklenborg|first=Jake |title=Interstate 71|url=http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/I-71.html] . 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. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=cincinnati,+oh&layer=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=39.139281,-84.485223&spn=0.001535,0.003583&z=18&iwloc=addr] [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=cincinnati,+oh&layer=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=39.14392,-84.476366&spn=0.001535,0.003583&z=18&iwloc=addr]

=Dayton=

*Where Interstate 75 meets Riverside Dr., a semi-directional interchange to/from I-75 north used to exist [cite web|url=http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=16&X=1851&Y=11014&W=1&qs=%7cdayton%7coh%7c|title=Dayton, Ohio, United States 7/1/1992] . 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. [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=16&X=1851&Y=11014&W=1&qs=%7cdayton%7coh%7c] [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.77143~-84.191086&style=h&lvl=17&sp=aN.qmvq067zhmp1_Riverside%2520interchange___]

*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 RoadFact|date=August 2007. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.725953,-84.066696&spn=0.00774,0.014591&t=k&z=16&om=1] [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=16&X=1878&Y=11003&W=1&qs=%7cdayton%7coh Map] showing it operational.

=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.)Fact|date=August 2007 [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=41.648963~-83.546422&style=h&lvl=17&scene=1263568&sp=aN.qy7gyh813vw1_I-75%2520stub___~aN.qy75qg81456z_Planned%2520route___]

=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. [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/planning/MajorNew/2007-2012MajorNewConstructionProgram-EXTERNAL.pdf] [http://www.eastgatecog.org/pdf/TracProjects.pdf] [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=17&ll=41.104304,-80.634595&spn=0.003832,0.0078]

*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 [cite web|url=http://www.roadfan.com/oh711.html|title=OHIO 711/Division Street|publisher=Roadfan.com] , to serve as a spur from the State Route 11 freeway. [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=1317&Y=11387&W=2&qs=%7cyoungstown%7coh%7c A look prior to construction]

=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 [cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/us30/D1/LatestNews/US30OpenNov907.doc|title=New Section of U.S. 30 Now Open|publisher=ODOT District 1|date=2007-11-09] , putting to use the formerly unused roadway.

=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. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=14&ll=40.783,-81.316&spn=0.029375,0.062399] The freeway is planned to be extended eastward to State Route 44, and had been planned to extend further to State Route 11 [cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/us30/D4/Intro.htm|title=US 30 Information Site|publisher=ODOT] . [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/us30/D4/Public%20meeting%20docs/05Align_base.pdf]

=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. [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/Image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=17&X=1623&Y=21618&W=2&qs=Grove+Rd%7cVan+Meter%7coh%7c&Addr=Grove+Rd%2c+Piketon%2c+OH+45661&ALon=-83.0270419&ALat=39.0453638 old interchange] [http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.044919~-83.026493&style=a&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=9134915&encType=1 current interchange and abandoned ramps]

ee also

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

References