U.S. ROUTE 68

'U.S. Highway 68' is an east-west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (901 km) from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky.

Contents

Termini

Route description

Major cities

Major intersections

Miscellanea

Related U.S. Routes

References

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is Findlay, Ohio, at Interstate 75. Its western terminus is Reidland, Kentucky, at U.S. Highway 62.

Route description

The highway passes through the following states:

★ Ohio

★ Kentucky

Major cities

★ Findlay, Ohio

★ Springfield, Ohio

★ Maysville, Kentucky

★ Paris, Kentucky

★ Lexington, Kentucky

★ Bowling Green, Kentucky

★ Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Major intersections

★ With the William H. Natcher Parkway at Bowling Green, Kentucky;

★ With U.S. Route 231 at Bowling Green, Kentucky;

★ Concurrent with U.S. Route 31W through Bowling Green, Kentucky;

★ Concurrent with U.S. Route 62 from Kentucky to Redoak, Ohio (near Georgetown);

★ Concurrent with U.S. Route 52 (along with U.S. 62) from Aberdeen to Ripley, Ohio;

★ With U.S. Route 50 in Fayetteville, Ohio;

★ With U.S. Route 22 in Wilmington, Ohio;

★ With Interstate 71 north of Wilmington;

★ With U.S. Route 35 and U.S. Route 42 in Xenia, Ohio;

★ With Interstate 70 south of Springfield, Ohio;

★ With U.S. Route 40 in Springfield;

★ With U.S. Route 36 in Urbana, Ohio;

★ With U.S. Route 33 in Bellefontaine, Ohio;

★ With U.S. Route 30 near Dunkirk, Ohio;

★ Terminating at Interstate 75 in Findlay.

Miscellanea

U.S. Route 68 takes a north-south route throughout much of Ohio. In Bellefontaine and Xenia, it intersects with U.S. Route 33 and U.S. Route 35 (respectively) at counterintuitive angles. Both of those highways take east-west routes at their intersections with 68, despite their being marked as north-south.

Related U.S. Routes

★ U.S. Highway 168

References

1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).