U.S. Route 62 in Ohio
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US 62 in red, US 62T in blue | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 294.829 mi[1] (474.481 km) | |||
Existed | 1934–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Ohio | |||
Counties | Brown, Highland, Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Franklin, Licking, Knox, Holmes, Stark, Columbiana, Mahoning, Trumbull | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is a United States Numbered Highway spanning through Ohio from Aberdeen to Hubbard. Near Killbuck, in Amish Country, it is also marked as an Ohio Byway.
Route description
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US 62 enters Ohio from Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River at Aberdeen. After the river crossing, the highway follows US 52 until Ripley and US 68 until just east of Georgetown. From there, US 62 enters the towns of Russellville, Hillsboro, and Washington Court House. In Washington Court House, US 62 meets up with State Route 3 (SR 3) and continues all the way into Columbus, passing through the towns of Mount Sterling, Orient, Harrisburg, and Grove City. After heading toward downtown Columbus, US 62 diverts from SR 3 onto US 40 (Broad Street) for a few blocks to Nelson Road. US 62 runs concurrently with Interstate 670 (I-670) near John Glenn Columbus International Airport until the eastern side of I-270 where US 62 heads toward Gahanna, New Albany, Johnstown, Utica, Millersburg, and Navarre. About 2.6 miles (4.2 km) north of Navarre, US 62 joins up with US 30 into Canton, where US 62 heads north along I-77. The highway passes West Lawn Cemetery and the President William McKinley memorial and tomb in Canton. At exit 107B on I-77, US 62 heads northeast to Alliance. US 62's departure from Alliance then heads east toward Salem and Canfield.
Crossing into a more suburban landscape in a northeast direction, before Youngstown, US 62 enters the Cornersburg neighborhood. Leaving Cornersburg, US 62 dips into Mill Creek Park. US 62 is carried over Mill Creek by a historic open-spandrel arch bridge built in 1920.[citation needed] Immediately after this bridge, US 62 passes through the historic Idora Park neighborhood, before continuing on a more northward track toward Downtown Youngstown. It leaves Ohio near Hubbard and enters Pennsylvania near the interchange for I-80.
Future
[edit]In Ohio, there are plans to reroute US 62 onto a divided highway from Alliance to Salem, part of a larger relocation of both US 62 and SR 14, then from downtown Youngstown to I-80 as part of the "Hubbard Arterial". Parts of the highway have long been completed to the north of Alliance and Salem; the portion northwest of Alliance is known in documents as US 62T, while the portion north of Salem not already carrying US 62 is known as SR 14T; neither carries a posted route, instead only carrying trailblazer markers indicating routes intersected at the termini.
Based on costs and environmental impacts, ODOT decided in 2018 not to extend US 62T to SR 11 in 2018.[2]
Major junctions
[edit]County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Ohio River | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Kentucky | ||
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge; Kentucky–Ohio state line | ||||||
Brown | Aberdeen | 0.186 | 0.299 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 52 concurrency | |
2.502 | 4.027 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2.767 | 4.453 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 68 concurrency | |||
Ripley | 8.381 | 13.488 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 52 concurrency | ||
Jefferson Township | 13.837 | 22.268 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 68 concurrency | ||
14.144 | 22.763 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Russellville | 18.349 | 29.530 | ![]() | |||
Eagle Township | 26.495 | 42.640 | ![]() | |||
Highland | Concord Township | 33.340 | 53.656 | ![]() ![]() | ||
New Market Township | 37.820 | 60.865 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Hillsboro | 44.770 | 72.050 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 73 concurrency | ||
44.950 | 72.340 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 138 concurrency | |||
45.140 | 72.646 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 73 concurrency | |||
45.900 | 73.869 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 138 concurrency | |||
Penn Township | 51.460 | 82.817 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Leesburg | 55.730 | 89.689 | ![]() | |||
Fayette | Washington Court House | 69.468– 69.703 | 111.798– 112.176 | ![]() | Access provided by US 22I (eastbound) and US 62I (westbound) | |
70.663 | 113.721 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western ends of US 22, SR 3, and SR 41 concurrencies | |||
70.900 | 114.102 | N. Hinde Street (US 62D/SR 3D) | Western end of directional couplet | |||
71.146 | 114.498 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 41 concurrency | |||
71.294 | 114.737 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 22 concurrency | |||
71.772 | 115.506 | E. Market Street (US 62D/SR 3D) | Eastern end of directional couplet | |||
Union Township | 73.608 | 118.461 | ![]() ![]() | |||
75.758 | 121.921 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Madison | Mount Sterling | 86.130 | 138.613 | W. Main Street (US 62D/SR 3D) | Western end of directional couplet | |
86.496 | 139.202 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 207 concurrency | |||
86.764 | 139.633 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 207 concurrency | |||
87.179 | 140.301 | E. Main Street (US 62D/SR 3D) | Eastern end of directional couplet | |||
Pickaway | Darby Township | 94.935 | 152.783 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Franklin | Pleasant Township | 97.050 | 156.187 | ![]() | I-71 exit 94 | |
98.575 | 158.641 | ![]() | ||||
Jackson Township | 103.525 | 166.607 | ![]() | I-270 exit 2 | ||
Columbus | 107.315 | 172.707 | ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, access to eastbound I-70 via Sullivant Avenue; I-70 exit 98A | ||
108.825 | 175.137 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | SR 315 exit 1A | |||
110.105 | 177.197 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 23 and US 33 concurrencies | |||
110.535 | 177.889 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 23, US 33, and SR 3 concurrencies; western end of US 40 and SR 16 concurrencies | |||
111.225 | 178.999 | ![]() | No access to I-71 north from US 62 east | |||
112.975 | 181.816 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 40 and SR 16 concurrencies | |||
115.065 | 185.179 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-670 concurrency, I-670 exit 8 | |||
Mifflin Township | 115.945– 116.505 | 186.595– 187.497 | Stelzer Road (CR 177) / Johnstown Road (CR 377) / Cassady Avenue (CR 96) – Airport | I-670 exit 9; Johnstown Road not signed westbound; Cassady Road not signed eastbound | ||
117.575 | 189.219 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of I-670, I-670 exit 10 | |||
Gahanna | 119.145 | 191.745 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 317 | ||
New Albany | 125.165 | 201.434 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 605 | ||
125.855 | 202.544 | ![]() | Interchange | |||
Licking | Johnstown | 133.725 | 215.210 | ![]() | ||
Burlington Township | 142.155 | 228.776 | ![]() | |||
Utica | 147.615 | 237.563 | ![]() | |||
Knox | Martinsburg | 153.945 | 247.750 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 586 concurrency; western terminus of SR 541 | |
154.075 | 247.960 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 586 concurrency | |||
Harrison Township | 160.125 | 257.696 | ![]() | |||
Union Township | 164.105 | 264.101 | ![]() | Interchange, access via unsigned US 36C | ||
Danville | 167.875 | 270.169 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 205 and SR 514 | ||
Holmes | Richland Township | 175.812 | 282.942 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 206 | |
Killbuck Township | 184.028 | 296.164 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 520 | ||
184.426 | 296.805 | ![]() | ||||
Mechanic Township | 189.047 | 304.242 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 83 concurrency | ||
Millersburg | 191.951 | 308.915 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 83 concurrency; western end of SR 39 concurrency | ||
192.071 | 309.108 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 241 | |||
Berlin Township | 197.053 | 317.126 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 557 | ||
198.757 | 319.868 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 39 concurrency | |||
Paint Township | 204.700 | 329.433 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 515 | ||
Stark | Wilmot | 210.306 | 338.455 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of USend of SR 586 concurrency250 concurrency | |
210.376 | 338.567 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of USend of SR 586 concurrency250 concurrency | |||
Sugar Creek Township | 213.126 | 342.993 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 93 concurrency | ||
213.486 | 343.572 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 93 concurrency | |||
Navarre | 218.206 | 351.169 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 21 concurrency | ||
Perry Township | 221.296 | 356.141 | 185 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 21 concurrency; southern end of US 30 concurrency | |
Perry Township | 223.186 | 359.183 | 187 | ![]() | ||
Canton | 226.176– 226.656 | 363.995– 364.767 | 190 | ![]() | ||
227.826 | 366.650 | — | Harrison Avenue | |||
228.566 | 367.841 | 104 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 30 concurrency; southern end of I-77 concurrency | ||
229.776 | 369.789 | 105 | ![]() | |||
230.606 | 371.124 | 106 | 13th Street Northwest – Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, McKinley Memorial | |||
231.636 | 372.782 | 107B | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-77 concurrency | ||
231.706 | 372.895 | 107A | ![]() ![]() | |||
232.376 | 373.973 | 232 | Cleveland Avenue NW | |||
233.466 | 375.727 | 233 | ![]() | |||
Nimishillen Township | 239.636 | 385.657 | ![]() | |||
Washington Township | 244.946 | 394.202 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 173 concurrency | ||
Alliance | 248.346 | 399.674 | ![]() | |||
Columbiana–Mahoning county line | Knox–Smith township line | 254.306 | 409.266 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Butler–Goshen township line | 256.366 | 412.581 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Columbiana | Perry Township | 260.276 | 418.874 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 173 concurrency; southern end of SR 45 and SR 9 Truck concurrencies | |
260.686 | 419.533 | ![]() | ||||
262.456 | 422.382 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 14 Truck concurrency | |||
262.706 | 422.784 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 45 concurrency | |||
Salem | 263.566 | 424.168 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 9 Truck and SR 14 Truck concurrencies | ||
Mahoning | Green Township | 264.986 | 426.454 | ![]() | ||
Canfield | 271.576 | 437.059 | ![]() | |||
272.376 | 438.347 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 46 concurrency | |||
272.466 | 438.492 | ![]() | ||||
Canfield Township | 273.816 | 440.664 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 46 concurrency | ||
Youngstown | 278.546 | 448.276 | ![]() ![]() | |||
279.176 | 449.290 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
280.186 | 450.916 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 7 concurrency | |||
281.706 | 453.362 | ![]() ![]() | No direct access to I-680 from northbound US 62 | |||
282.166 | 454.102 | ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance only | |||
282.746 | 455.036 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance only | |||
283.266 | 455.872 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
283.546 | 456.323 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Trumbull | Hubbard | 288.354 | 464.061 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 304 concurrency | |
289.157 | 465.353 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 304 concurrency | |||
Hubbard Township | 290.508– 290.532 | 467.527– 467.566 | ![]() | |||
291.192 | 468.628 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 7 concurrency | |||
Brookfield Township | 294.111 | 473.326 | ![]() ![]() | |||
294.829 | 474.481 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Pennsylvania | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
[edit]Alliance temporary route
[edit]U.S. Route 62T | |
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Location | Alliance and Lexington Township |
Length | 4.67 mi[3] (7.52 km) |
Existed | 1998–present |
U.S. Route 62 Temporary (US 62T) is a 4.67-mile-long (7.52 km) bypass around the city of Alliance. US 62T, a four-lane highway, begins at US 62 (Atlantic Boulevard NE/State Street) in Stark County. US 62T then has a highway ramp at Beeson Street. Exit ramps provide access from US 62T to Beeson St NE, and then the highway merges onto State Route 225 (SR 225) and ends. Although the US 62T designation is unsigned, signs on the road read "To West US 62 / To State Route 225 North". The entire route is built to freeway standards with a speed limit of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h). US 62T was planned to extend to Youngstown by 2030, but based on costs and environmental impacts, ODOT decided in 2018 to not to extend the route to SR 11.[2]
The entire route is in Stark County. All exits are unnumbered.
Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Lexington Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Diamond interchange | |
Alliance | 2.38 | 3.83 | Beeson Street | Diamond interchange | |
Lexington Township | 4.67 | 7.52 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Roadway Description Inventory Report - DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. August 30, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- Brown County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- HighlandCounty (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Fayette County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Madison County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Pickaway County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Franklin County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Licking County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Knox County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Holmes County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Stark County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Columbiana County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Mahoning County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- Trumbull County (2017), DESTAPE (PDF)
- ^ a b Duer, Benjamin (November 25, 2022). "ODOT to Close, Remove Rt. 225 Bridge in Alliance". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ a b Stark County (2017), pp. 19–20
External links
[edit]Media related to U.S. Route 62 in Ohio at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Highways in Ohio
- U.S. Route 62
- Scenic byways in Ohio
- Transportation in Brown County, Ohio
- Transportation in Highland County, Ohio
- Transportation in Fayette County, Ohio
- Transportation in Madison County, Ohio
- Transportation in Pickaway County, Ohio
- Transportation in Franklin County, Ohio
- Transportation in Licking County, Ohio
- Transportation in Knox County, Ohio
- Transportation in Holmes County, Ohio
- Transportation in Stark County, Ohio
- Transportation in Columbiana County, Ohio
- Transportation in Mahoning County, Ohio
- Transportation in Trumbull County, Ohio