Roads in Cincinnati

The roads of Cincinnati, Ohio include three major interstate highways, one interstate bypass and one interstate spur and six U.S. highways.

Interstates[]

Cincinnati is served by three major interstate highways, one beltway, and one spur.

Interstate 71 splits off from Interstate 75 near the Brent Spence Bridge and heads eastward through Fort Washington Way. It junctions Interstate 471 before heading northeast towards Mt. Adams and Walnut Hills. It has major junctions with SR 562 (Norwood Lateral) and SR 126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway).
Interstate 74 begins at Interstate 75 west of downtown and proceeds towards Indiana. Its only primary junction is with Interstate 275.
Interstate 75 is a north–south route through the Mill Creek valley. It enters from Kentucky on the Brent Spence Bridge, where it overlaps Interstate 71. Interstate 71 splits eastward at an elevated junction immediately north of the Ohio River. Interstate 75 has major junctions with Interstate 74, SR 562 (Norwood Lateral) and SR 126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway).
Interstate 275 is an outer-belt of Cincinnati. It has major junctions with all major interstate highways that radiate from the city.
Interstate 471 is a spur that begins at the eastern terminus of Fort Washington Way and proceeds southward into Kentucky, where it terminates at the junction of Interstate 275 and US 27.

U.S. highways[]

US 22
US 25 (only exists on the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge within Ohio, and is Kentucky maintained)
US 27
US 42
US 50
- Columbia Parkway
- Sixth Street Expressway
US 52
US 127

State routes[]

City controlled[]

Central Parkway

Future routes[]

Proposed Eastern Bypass

A 68-mile eastern bypass is proposed to run east of I-275 and improve traffic flow in the Cincinnati area.^[1] The route would intersect the following routes:

I-75 near Crittenden, Kentucky

KY 17 in Atwood, Kentucky

KY 117 in Kenton, Kentucky

US 27 in

KY 9 in Mentor, Kentucky

US 52 in Point Pleasant, Ohio

SR 125 east of Amelia, Ohio

SR 32 east of Batavia, Ohio

US 50 in Owensville, Ohio

SR 131 west of Newtonsville, Ohio

SR 28 east of Goshen, Ohio

US 62 / SR 3 west of Morrow, Ohio

I-71 in South Lebanon, Ohio

SR 48 in South Lebanon, Ohio

US 42 west of Lebanon, Ohio

SR 63 west of Lebanon, Ohio

SR 122 north of Lebanon, Ohio

I-75 west of Morrow, Ohio

Mile Road System[]

Some metropolitan streets in a range of municipalities (including Eastern Cincinnati) participate in a road naming scheme that assigns names based on the street's proximity to the mouth of the Little Miami River, which serves as its "zero" and origin. Two Mile Road is approximately two miles from the mouth of the Little Miami River along the Ohio River, Four Mile Road is approximately four miles from the river, and so on. Thus far, the following roads are established: Two Mile Road, Four Mile Road, Five Mile Road, Eight Mile Road, Nine Mile Road, and Ten Mile Road. Five Mile Road was rerouted and made to intersect the major traffic artery of Beechmont Avenue and terminate at Clough Pike. Land was acquired and cleared to extend the road once again by terminating it at Newtown Road, thereby creating a valuable corridor for local traffic, but obstacles in the form of community members successfully impeded and delayed the effort enough that the Township relinquished the land to its Parks Department, which currently still hosts a spacious trail for pedestrians and cyclists in the extension's stead. The historic original route still exists, functioning as a spur under the name Old Five Mile Road. With the narrow exception of Two Mile Road and Four Mile Road, all roads currently have their origins at their respective intersections with US-52.

Defunct routes[]

Bypass 50

Bypass 50 ran concurrently with State route 126 heading east from Springfield Pike (Route 4) in Woodlawn and was known as Glendale-Milford Road then Pfeiffer Road after crossing Kenwood Road. Continuing to its Pfieffer Road terminus at Montgomery Road the route turned south then east at Remington Road. The road changed names back to Glendale-Milford entering Miamiville, then turned south heading through Camp Dennison before terminating at Route 50 (Wooster Pike) in Terrace Park, yards from the Hamilton-Clermont County line. The route was discontinued in 1997 when the Ronald Reagan highway was opened and designated at State Highway 126

References[]

^ "Cincy Eastern Bypass". www.cincyeasternbypass.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.

[1] "Cincy Eastern Bypass". www.cincyeasternbypass.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.

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