OHIO STATE ROUTE 3

'State Route 3' is a major north-south highway in Ohio which leads from Cincinnati to Cleveland by way of Columbus. Because of this the road is also known as the '3-C Highway'. It is the only state route to enter all three of Ohio's largest cities. The route’s southern terminus is in downtown Cincinnati at the U.S. Route 27/U.S. Route 52/U.S. Route 127 concurrence, which is also the western terminus of U.S. Route 22. State Route 3 and U.S. Route 22 share the same path for nearly 70 miles, parting ways in the city of Washington Court House, where Route 3 is joined with U.S. Route 62. This concurrency runs nearly 40 miles to Columbus. From there Route 3 continues solo to Sunbury, where it joins U.S. Route 36 for just over 24 miles until it reaches Mount Vernon. The route does not have any other major concurrencies until it reaches Parma, where it joins U.S. Route 42, and the two routes share their final 6 miles, terminating at the U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 20 concurrency about a mile west of Downtown Cleveland.

Contents

Cities and villages along route

Junctions

Points of interest

History

Sources

External links

Cities and villages along route

★ Cincinnati

★ Norwood

★ Silverton

★ Montgomery

★ Morrow

★ Wilmington

★ Sabina

★ Washington Court House

★ Mount Sterling

★ Grove City

★ Columbus

★ Westerville

★ Sunbury

★ Centerburg

★ Mount Vernon

★ Loudonville

★ Wooster

★ Creston

★ Seville

★ Medina

★ North Royalton

★ Parma

★ Cleveland

Junctions

Points of interest

★ Eden Park, Cincinnati

★ Little Miami River, crossing at Fosters near Maineville

★ Deer Creek State Park, near Mount Sterling

★ Big Darby Creek, crossing near Orient

★ Scioto River, crossing in Columbus

★ Fort Hayes Park, Columbus

★ Hoover Reservoir, Westerville and Galena

★ Kokosing River, crossing at Mount Vernon

★ Mohican State Forest, near Loudonville

★ Mohican River, near Loudenville

★ Cuyahoga River, Cleveland

★ Lake Erie

History

★ '1924' – Original route establishedExplanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson; originally followed its current alignment (more or less) from Cincinnati to 6 miles north of Loudonville, the SR 226 alignment from 6 miles north of Loudonville to 2 miles south of Wooster, its old alignment from 2 miles south of Wooster to Medina, and US 42’s alignment from Medina to ClevelandRoute 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1926' – 6 miles north of Loudonville to 2 miles south of Wooster rerouted to current alignment; original alignment certified as SR 226; Medina-to-Parma routing changed to current alignment, and former alignment here certified as US 42Route 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1932' – Alignment from Cincinnati to Washington Court House dually certified with US 22; alignment from Washington Court House to Columbus dually certified with US 62Route 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1938' – Medina-Parma alignment changed to the pre-1926 routing and dually certified with US 42; previous alignment signed SR 200 until 1940Route 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1940' – Medina-Parma alignment switched back to current alignmentRoute 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1961' – SR 3 routed to new freeway alignment from Harrisburg to ColumbusRoute 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1962' – Harrisburg-Columbus alignment dually certified as I-71Route 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1967' – Reverted to US 62 alignment from Harrisburg to ColumbusRoute 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

Sources

External links

★ The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson

★ Ohio Highway Ends | Ohio Route 3 from Ohio Highway Ends by Dan Garnell

★ ''The 3C Highway'', by Michael G. Buettner