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EspañolOHIO STATE ROUTE 32
In Jackson County, State Route 32 overpasses U.S. Route 35 as State Route 93 (background) overpasses U.S. 35
In southwestern Athens County, State Route 32 is concurrent with U.S. Route 50.
'State Route 32', also known as the 'James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway',[1] is a major east-west highway across the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. It leads from eastern Cincinnati, near the border between the neighborhoods of Linwood, Mount Lookout, and Tusculum, to the Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge across the Ohio River in Belpre.
Except in Belpre, leading up to the bridge into West Virginia, the entire route outside Cincinnati's beltway (Interstate 275) is a high-speed four-lane divided highway, forming the Ohio portion of Corridor D of the Appalachian Development Highway System. This corridor continues east across the Ohio River into Parkersburg, West Virginia and to Bridgeport. Completion of the Blennerhassett Island Bridge - the final portion of Corridor D - across the state line is planned for November 2007.[2]
| Contents |
| History |
| Major intersections |
| References |
History
The 'Batavia Turnpike and Miami Bridge Company' was incorporated and chartered by the state of Ohio. It built a road, which was "about finished" as of 1841, beginning at the Wooster Turnpike (Eastern Avenue), crossing the Little Miami River on the Union Bridge, and turning east to Batavia.[3][4] The Ohio Turnpike to Bethel split after the Little Miami was crossed.
The passage of the McGuire Bill in 1911 led to the designation of a large number of Inter-County Highways to be maintained by the Ohio Department of Highways.[5] This network included the 'Cincinnati-Batavia Road' (ICH 41) and 'Batavia-Winchester Road' (ICH 125), connecting Cincinnati to Batavia, Williamsburg, Mt. Orab, Sardinia, Winchester, and beyond to an intersection with the West Union-Belfast Road (ICH 122) south of Seaman (where Graces Run Road now meets State Route 247). This entire route from Cincinnati to south of Seaman was designated and signed as 'State Route 74' in 1923. The route left downtown Cincinnati on Eastern Avenue, shared with State Route 7 (now U.S. Route 52) and State Route 25 (now State Route 125). SR 7 left at Davis Lane (now Airport Road), while SR 25 and SR 74 turned onto Beechmont Avenue, splitting after crossing the Little Miami River. By 1925, the east end of SR 74 had been realigned and extended, heading east from Winchester through Seaman and continuing through Peebles to State Route 73 northwest of Rarden; the old alignment (Graces Run Road) reverted to local control. Along with U.S. Route 50, US 52, and SR 125, SR 74 was moved to Columbia Parkway in the early 1940s, and in the early 1950s it was removed from downtown Cincinnati to its present terminus. Due to the existence of Interstate 74 west of Cleveland, the number was changed to 'State Route 32' in 1962, with SR 74 signs being removed in June 1963 after a period of dual signage.Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Transportation Maps, including 1912 (first one to show the Inter-County Highways), 1917 (lists the Inter-County Highways by name), 1926 (shows the routing in Cincinnati), 1962 (describes the renumbering), 1969 (shows the proposed Appalachian Highway)
The state relocated the road between Mount Carmel and Batavia as a four-lane divided highway in the early 1960s, several years after the parallel State Route 125 was widened (but not realigned). Because this was done before or during the renumbering, the old road here is known as Old State Route 74, rather than Old State Route 32 to the east. Improvement of the rest of the road did not take place until after it was added to the Appalachian Development Highway System in 1965.[6] This proposed 'Appalachian Highway' - part of Corridor D - was to run across the southern part of the state from Interstate 275 outside Cincinnati to Belpre.[7] From the east end of SR 32 east of Peebles, the route was to continue northeast, joining State Route 772 near Elmgrove, and following State Route 124 beyond Jackson to Roads. After continuing northeast to Radcliff, it would parallel State Route 346 and a portion of State Route 143, merging with U.S. Route 50 west of Albany and following it past Athens and Coolville to Belpre. A never-built branch, planned as part of Corridor B,[8] would have followed State Route 73 and State Route 348 from east of Peebles to Lucasville on U.S. Route 23 (Corridor C).
Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile | Road(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton (7.48 mi) | Cincinnati | 0.00 |     | Interchange; SR 125 also begins here, overlapping SR 32 |
| 0.29 | Wilmer Avenue; Wooster Road | Interchange | ||
| 1.53 |  | Interchange; east end of SR 125 overlap | ||
| Clermont (16.44 mi) | 8.97 |  | Interchange; exit 63 of I-275 | |
| 9.43 | Eastgate Boulevard | Interchange | ||
| 12.46 | Olive Branch Stonelick Road | Interchange | ||
| Batavia | 14.32 | Main Street; Kent Road - Batavia | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 14.90 |   | Interchange | ||
| 18.06 | Front Wheel Drive; Batavia Road | Interchange | ||
| 19.62 | Half Acre Road | Interchange | ||
| 21.43 |  | Interchange | ||
| Brown (8.21 mi) | Mt. Orab | 29.15 |  | Interchange |
| Highland (0.39 mi) | No junctions | |||
| Brown (1.42 mi) | No junctions | |||
| Highland (0.19 mi) | No junctions | |||
| Brown (9.96 mi) | Sardinia | 35.61 |  | |
| 41.18 |  | |||
| Adams (24.85 mi) | Winchester | 45.80 |  | |
| Seaman | 50.38 |  | ||
| 58.80 |  | |||
| 64.08 |  | |||
| Pike (28.42 mi) | 76.87 |  | West end of SR 772 overlap | |
| 78.96 |  | West end of SR 124 overlap; east ond of SR 772 overlap | ||
| 82.66 |  | |||
| 84.16 |  | Interchange | ||
| 88.94 |  | |||
| 94.81 |  | |||
| Jackson (24.46 mi) | 102.82 |  | ||
| 105.78 |  | |||
| 108.20 |  | Interchange | ||
| 109.11 |  | Interchange | ||
| 114.49 |  | East end of SR 124 overlap | ||
| Vinton (7.67 mi) | 125.02 |  | ||
| Meigs (3.82 mi) | 130.94 |  | ||
| Athens (38.72 mi) | 133.71 |  | ||
| 134.73 | | West end of US 50 overlap | ||
| Albany | 136.86 |  | Interchange | |
| Athens | 145.06 |  | Interchange; west end of US 33 overlap; exit 18 of US 33 | |
| 145.71 |  | Interchange; exit 17 of US 33 | ||
| 146.68 147.01 | CR 25; Stimson Avenue | Interchange; exit 16C of US 33 | ||
| 147.13 | | Interchange; east end of US 33 overlap; exit 16 of US 33 | ||
| 149.80 | State Street | Interchange | ||
| 152.24 |  | |||
| 156.95 |  | |||
| 166.36 |  | Interchange; west end of SR 7 overlap | ||
| 167.90 |  | |||
| Washington (10.66 mi) | 174.14 | | ||
| 174.70 |  | |||
| 175.57 |  | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 176.92 |  | |||
| Belpre | 181.77 | | Interchange; east end of SR 7 overlap; west end of SR 618 overlap | |
| 182.55 | | East end of SR 618 overlap | ||
| 182.69 | Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge over the Ohio River | |||
References
1. Ohio Revised Code, Title 55, Chapter 5533, Section 26: James A. Rhodes appalachian highway
2. Brett Dunlap, Parkersburg News & Sentinel, Bridge expected to be completed by November, April 13, 2007
3. Henry A. Ford, A. M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford, History of Hamilton County Ohio, 1881, p. 347
4. Charles Cist, Cincinnati in 1841: Its Early Annals and Future Prospects, p. 81
5. Ohio Department of Transportation, , p. 3 (History of Roadways in Ohio), accessed June 30, 2007
6. Brett Dunlap, Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Bridge remains last major hurdle for Corridor D, June 30, 2007
7. Hillsboro Press Gazette, 175 Miles of Appalachian Road Okayed, August 3, 1965
8. Hillsboro Press Gazette, Ohio Appalachian Highway Progressing; 38.5 Miles Built, August 8, 1969
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