Ohio State Route 1 (1961–1965)

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State Route 1 (SR 1) is a former state highway in Ohio originally planned as a second Ohio Turnpike. Its southern terminus was in Cincinnati, and its northern terminus was in Conneaut at the Pennsylvania state line. The majority of its route is now Interstate 71.

State Route 1 marker
State Route 1
Map
Original SR 1 highlighted in red;
subsequent changes in green and blue
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length353 mi (568 km)
Existed1961–1965
Major junctions
FromCincinnati
Major intersections
ToPennsylvania state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
SR 872 SR 2

History

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After the original SR 1 was redesignated as US 40 in 1927, SR 1 was not used for an Ohio highway again until 1961.[1] After planning had been completed for the Ohio Turnpike and construction of the Turnpike was substantially underway, Ohio highway authorities began planning a second Ohio Turnpike extending southwest to northeast across the state. It was planned to run from Cincinnati to Conneaut and connect with an extension built across the panhandle of Pennsylvania to the New York State Thruway. As the highway was being planned, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was enacted, and the project was converted from a toll road to a free Interstate Highway. It was designated as SR 1, since the Interstate Highway numbering system had not yet been implemented. Portions of the freeway began to be completed and opened in 1959 with the new Interstate Highway funding, and they were later marked as SR 1 (the Interstate Highway numbers did not go up until 1962[citation needed]). Since large gaps existed along the corridor where no freeway had yet been completed, existing two-lane or four-lane highways were designated as Temporary SR 1 in order to complete the route.

SR 1 was rerouted as sections of Interstate opened.

The SR 1 signage was removed in 1965 as the Interstate Highway numbers adequately marked the route and the state highway numbering was superfluous.[2] The present day route of what was once planned as SR 1 is Interstate 71 from Cincinnati to just northeast of Medina, Interstate 271 for its entire length from northeast of Medina to Willoughby Hills, and Interstate 90 from Willoughby Hills to the Pennsylvania state line at Conneaut.

Since 1965, there has been no highway designated as SR 1.

Route description (1961)

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Columbus-area highway marker designating Interstate 71 and Ohio Route 1 (1965).

In 1961, SR 1 followed Central Ave. in Cincinnati, to John Street, to Lincoln Park Drive (now Ezzard Charles Drive), to Freeman Avenue, to Western Avenue, to Spring Grove Avenue, to Colerain Avenue to Interstate 75 (at what is now the I-75/I-74 interchange); Interstate 75 from current I-74 interchange to West Carrollton; U.S. Route 25 (Dixie Drive) from West Carrollton to Interstate 70; Interstate 70 from Dixie Drive to near Enon (the current I-70/SR 4 split); State Route 4 from near Enon to Springfield; U.S. Route 40 from Springfield to Columbus; Broad St. (US 40) in Columbus, to 4th Street, to Summit/3rd Street (US 23), to Hudson Street, to Interstate 71; I-71 from Columbus to just east of Medina (the only portion of Interstate 71 complete at the time); State Route 18 from near Medina to Montrose; U.S. Route 21 from Montrose to Brecksville; State Route 82 from Brecksville to Aurora; (an alternate SR 1 ran from Twinsburg southeast along State Route 14 to Streetsboro and then on State Route 43 to Aurora, in order to connect SR 1 to the Ohio Turnpike;) State Route 306 from Aurora to State Route 84; SR 84 from State Route 306 to just west of what was then State Route 44; due south to Interstate 90 along what is now a section of SR 44; and finally Interstate 90 to the Pennsylvania state line.[1]

Major intersections (1964)

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
HamiltonCincinnati0.000.00 
 
  I-75 north / US 25
Southern Terminus at Kentucky state line; southern end of I-75 concurrency; southern terminus of US 25 concurrency
See Interstate 75 Exits 1–61
MontgomeryWest Carrollton47.3176.14  I-75Northern terminus of I-75 segment;
Moraine  SR 741
Dayton54.9788.47  SR 48Southern terminus of SR 48 concurrency
55.6989.62   US 35 / SR 4Southern terminus of SR 4 concurrency
  SR 49Southern terminus of SR 49
56.6091.09    US 25  / SR 48  / SR 69Northern terminus of US 25 and SR 48 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 69 concurrency
 
 
SR 202 north
Southern terminus of SR 202
 
 
SR 201 north
Southern terminus of SR 201
 
 
SR 444 north
Southern terminus of SR 444
Wayne Township 
 
SR 235 north
Northern terminus of SR 235
78.1125.7    I-70  / US 40  / SR 69Northern end of SR 69 concurrency; east end of I-70 and US 40 concurrency
ClarkMad River Township84.39135.81  I-70Eastern end of I-70; east end of I-70 concurrency
Bethel Township  SR 369
Springfield Township89.89144.66 
 
SR 440 west
Eastern terminus of SR 440
Springfield  US 68
  SR 41Northern end of SR 41 concurrency
  SR 4Northern end of SR 4 concurrency
  SR 41Southern end of SR 41 concurrency
South Vienna  SR 54
MadisonSummerford  SR 56
  SR 38
Lafayette  US 42
West Jefferson  SR 29Western terminus of SR 29
  SR 142Western terminus of SR 142
FranklinColumbus  US 62East end of US 62 concurrency
137.07220.59    I-71  / US 40 / US 62Southern terminus of I-71 concurrency; east end of US 40 and US 62 concurrency
See Interstate 71 Exits 108B–204
MedinaWestfield Township   I-80S / US 224 – Lodi, Akron
Medina Township247.30397.99 
 
 
 
I-71 south / SR 18 west
Northern terminus of completed I-71; north end of concurrency; west end of SR 18 concurrency
SharonGranger
township line
250.41403.00  SR 94
SummitCopley Township254.83410.11 
 
 
 
US 21 south / SR 18 west
Southern terminus of US 21 concurrency; north end of SR 18 concurrency
Montrose-Ghent257.04413.67   I-77 / SR 176Southern terminus of SR 176 concurrency; southern terminus of I-77
Richfield 
 
SR 176 north
Northern terminus of SR 176 concurrency
  SR 303
264.58425.80  I-77Northern end of concurrency and terminus of completed I-77
265.38427.09  Ohio Turnpike
CuyahogaBrecksville  SR 82
Independence  SR 17
Cleveland   SR 14 / SR 43Southern terminus of SR 14 and SR 43 concurrency
 
 
SR 10 west
Eastern terminus of SR 10
    US 422 / SR 8 / SR 87Southern end of US 422 and SR 87 concurrency
281.58453.16        I-90 / US 21 / US 422 / SR 14 / SR 8 / SR 43 / SR 87Western terminus of I-90 concurrency; northern end of US 21 / US 422 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 concurrency
 
 
SR 2 west
Western end of SR 2 concurrency
 
 
SR 283 west
Western end of SR 283 concurrency
Bratenahl 
 
SR 283 east
Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 283
Cleveland  SR 175
 
 
SR 2 east
Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 2
CuyahogaLake
county line
EuclidWickliffe line  US 20 (Euclid Avenue)
LakeWickliffe  SR 84
Willoughby Hills 
 
 
 
I-271 south / I-290 west
Northern terminus of I-271 and I-290
See Interstate 90 Exits 188–241
AshtabulaConneaut353.15568.34 
 
I-90 east
Continuation into Pennsylvania; Northern terminus of SR 1
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b Ohio Department of Highways (1961). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1965). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1964). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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