| Ohio 73 follows Central Avenue, the main east-west arterial of Springboro, two miles east to junction Ohio 741 (Main Street). The state highway continues east from there four miles to Ohio 48 and nine miles to Waynesville. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 north at the Exit 38 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Ohio 73 (2nd Street west / Central Avenue east). Ohio 73 overall tallies 173 miles between U.S. 27 at Oxford and U.S. 23 at Portsmouth. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 crosses the Montgomery County line on the two-mile approach to junction Interstate 675 (Exit 43). Interstate 675 provides an outer bypass route of Dayton and Kettering between Exit 43 and Interstate 70 near Medway. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 675 is signed as the route to Columbus, the capital city 62 miles east of Dayton by way of Interstate 675 north and Interstate 70 east. Interstate 675 also serves the east Dayton suburbs of Centerville, Bellbrook, Beavercreek, and Fairborn. Pictured here is the one-mile overhead for Exit 43 near the Miamisburg-Springboro Pike overpass. An interchange will be built on Interstate 75 for Miamisburg-Springboro Pike west and Austin Road east between Fall 2008 and Spring 2010. The exit is part of a $37 million project to expand capacity along Miamisburg-Springboro Pike. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Three quarters of a mile south of the Interstate 675 northbound split from Interstate 75 north (Exit 43). Interstate 675 follows a 26.53 mile routing around Kettering, Dayton, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 northbound expands to four lanes in anticipation of the Exit 43 split with Interstate 675 north. Interstate 675 was approved as a future Interstate in 1962 and first opened between Interstate 70 and Exit 15 in 1976, followed by a 1986 opening between Interstate 75 and Exit 4. All of the freeway was complete by 1989.1 Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| The northbound beginning of Interstate 675 leaves Interstate 75 at Exit 43. Interstate 675 travels 13 miles to the U.S. 35 freeway at Beavercreek and 15 miles to the south entrance to Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The freeway ends at Interstate 70 just west of Springfield at Clark County 335 south of Medway. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| A wide tri-level stack interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 75 and the southern terminus of Interstate 675 at Exit 43. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Ohio 725 (Miamisburg Centerville Road) crosses paths with Interstate 75 near Dayton Mall at West Carrollton. The state highway constitutes an east-west arterial from Central Avenue in Miamisburg to downtown Centerville, a distance of 5.8 miles. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| A diamond interchange with Ohio 725 (Exit 44) sandwiches between Alexanderville Road and Ohio 741 (Springboro Pike) on Interstate 75. Miamisburg Centerville travels a short distance east to Dayton Mall between Exit 44 and Exit 2 of Interstate 675. Ohio 725 travels 51 miles from the Indiana state line to U.S. 42 at Spring Valley. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 44 leaves Interstate 75 north for Ohio 725 (Miamisburg Centerville Road). Downtown Miamisburg is a three-mile drive west on Ohio 725. Alexanderville Road north leads into West Carrollton and Centerville lies four miles east along the divided arterial of Ohio 725. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 47 joins northbound drivers along Interstate 75 with the cities of Moraine and Kettering via Dixie Highway. Dixie Highway travels northeast from West Carrollton City toward Moraine at junction Ohio 741 (Springboro Pike). Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Dixie Drive carries northbound traffic only from West Carrollton to the partial "Y" interchange of Exit 47. Central Avenue south represents the counterpart of Dixie Drive between Moraine and West Carrollton. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Nearing the Exit 47 off-ramp onto Dixie Drive north from Interstate 75 north. Dixie Drive merges with Central Avenue and continues northeast as Dixie Highway along the Moraine and West Carrollton city line. The sprawling GM Moraine Facility lies north of Dixie Highway along Ohio 741 (Springboro Pike). Beyond Ohio 741, Dixie Highway again splits into a one-way street couplet as Dixie Highway north and Kettering Boulevard south. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| A half diamond interchange with Dixie Drive and Central Avenue intertwine with the Exit 47 ramps from Interstate 75 north. Dixie Highway transitions into Patterson Boulevard upon entering the city of Dayton. Central Kettering is 2.5 miles east of Dixie Highway. Future projects along Interstate 75 (2013 and beyond) include adding additional ramps at Exit 47 to provide full access between Central Avenue and Dixie Drive. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Dryden Road ventures north from Dixie Highway and meets Interstate 75 at Exit 50A within the city of Moraine. The two highways come together in an industrial area near the Great Miami River. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 veers northeast to the Exit 50A partial cloverleaf interchange, passing over both Dryden Road and the parallel CSX Railroad. Dryden Road intersects Arbor Avenue and River Road before crossing the Great Miami River northbound to Broadway Street in Dayton. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 50A departs Interstate 75 northbound for Dryden Road. Dryden Road south intersects Northlawn Avenue in 0.6 miles at the GM Moraine Facility plant; Northlawn Avenue stems east to Ohio 741 (Springboro Road). Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| There is no Exit 50B along Interstate 75 northbound, however a half-diamond interchange joins southbound with Ohio 741 (Springboro Road) opposite the CSX Railroad under crossing. Interstate 75 north next encounters Exit 51 for Nicholas Road and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, the first Dayton city interchange. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| One quarter mile out from the Exit 51 diamond interchange with Edwin C. Moses Boulevard at the Interstate 75 crossing of the Great Miami River. Edwin C. Moses Boulevard hugs the west bank of the river from Dryden Road to the central business district. University of Dayton Arena resides along the road just east of Interstate 75. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 northbound narrows to two lanes at the forthcoming symmetrical stack interchange with U.S. 35 (Exit 51) near downtown Dayton. Exit 51 departs the freeway here for Edwin C. Moses Boulevard. Nicholas Road continues the boulevard in name west of Dryden Road to Danner Avenue, Madden Park, and Gettysburg Avenue. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 north continues through the Stewart Street half-diamond interchange to junction U.S. 35 at Exit 52B. U.S. 35 constitutes an east-west freeway throughout the city of Dayton. The federal highway joins the west suburbs of Trotwood and Drexel with Riverside and Beavercreek to the east. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| All motorists bound for the U.S. 35 freeway depart in unison from Interstate 75 north via Exit 52B. U.S. 35 west continues from Dayton 10 miles to New Lebanon, 24 miles to Eaton, and 36 miles to Richmond, Indiana with Interstate 70. East of the city, the federal highway travels 14 miles to Xenia and another freeway carrying U.S. 35 onward to Washington Court House and Chillicothe. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Ramps partition for U.S. 35 west and east from Interstate 75 northbound near downtown Dayton. U.S. 35 east spans the Great Miami River and meets Perry Street south of downtown; westbound travelers continue next to James H. McGee Boulevard, with a connecting ramp serving Germantown Street. Widening of Interstate 75 through the U.S. 35 interchange will begin in November 2009 on a two-year $92-million project to expand the freeway to six overall lanes. The half-diamond interchange with Albany Street (Exit 52A on southbound) will be eliminated during this construction. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| U.S. 35 travels along the ground level at the four-level stack interchange with Interstate 75. Interstate 75 north next meets Third Street at the Dayton central business district. Interests to the Dayton Art Institute, Fifth Third Field (home of the Dayton Dragons Minor League Baseball team), Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Dayton Convention Center, and Sinclair Community College should use Exit 53A (Third Street). Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 again spans the Great Miami River before entering downtown Dayton. Exit 53A joins the freeway with Third Street at Robert Drive at the east banks of the river. Third Street enters the core of downtown one half mile east where it intersects Main Street. Exit 53A departs immediately afterwards onto First Street, two blocks northward. Planned for 2013, a $400 million project will modernize Interstate 75 through the downtown area. Improvements include the consolidation of left and right-hand ramps into a single interchange serving downtown. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 53A leaves Interstate 75 north to Third Street. Third Street constitutes an east-west through street between Dayton-Eaton Pike near Trotwood and Airway Road at Riverside. Drivers bound for First Street (Exit 53A) leave quickly following Exit 53A. First Street spans the adjacent river to Salem Avenue at Edwin C. Moses Boulevard. Salem Avenue continues First Street northwest to Trotwood along the old alignment of Ohio 49, the shield removed from Exit 53B overheads. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 53B leaves Interstate 75 north and partitions quickly into turn lanes for First Street north to Salem Avenue and First Street east into downtown. Ohio 49 saw relocation from Salem Avenue onto a four-lane divided highway southward to the U.S. 35 freeway end west of Dayton. Salem Avenue still remains as a through route northwest to the community of Fort McKinley and city of Clayton. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 north leaves the Dayton central business district and again crosses the Great Miami River. The next exit joins the freeway with Ohio 48 (Main Street) as the state highway exits downtown on a northward path to Clayton. Exit 54B serves the Schuster Theatre on Main Street south. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Northbound Interstate 75 loses two lanes to Exits 54B (Ohio 48) and 54C (Ohio 4 east). Ohio 48 (Main Street) heads south from downtown Dayton to Oakwood and Kettering. Grand Avenue provides the connection from Exit 54B to Main Street and Riverside Drive, a continuation of Patterson Boulevard northward along the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 turns eastward from the Exit 54B ramp departure to Grand Avenue and Ohio 48 (Main Street) to the split with the Ohio 4 freeway (Exit 54C). Ohio 4 travels eastward initially as a full freeway from central Dayton to Wright Patterson A.F.B. at the Greene County line. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| An exit ramp joins the Ohio 4 freeway beginning with Webster Street at Deeds Park. Webster Street travels south across the Mad River to Third Street east of downtown and north parallel to Interstate 75 to Stanley Avenue. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| A loop ramp joins Interstate 75 northbound from Riverside Drive ahead of the fourth crossing of the Great Miami River on Interstate 75 north. Ohio 4 splits with Interstate 75 north at a tri-level stack interchange at the east banks of the river. Ohio 4 journeys eastward from Dayton to Riverside, Huber Heights and a merge with Interstate 70 east toward Springfield. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Sharp curves carry traffic both onto the Ohio 4 eastbound beginning and the Interstate 75 northbound mainline at Exit 54C. Interstate 75 resumes a northerly course along Hillrose and Hall Avenues; Ohio 4 follows the Mad River east to Riverside. Construction began in October 2007 to redesign the Ohio 4 interchange with softer curves and widen Interstate 75 through the interchange. This is one element of a $145-million project to improve Interstate 75 in the Dayton area. Work is expected to be completed by June 2011. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Northbound at the split with the Ohio 4 eastbound freeway (Exit 54C) on Interstate 75. Ohio 4 ventures five miles east to junction Ohio 444 at Wright Patterson A.F.B. and 10 miles north to junction Interstate 70 at Huber Heights. The state highway overall travels 213 miles between Cincinnati and Sandusky. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Keowee Street stems northward from Wayne Avenue and the U.S. 35 freeway across the Mad River to Valley Street and junction Ohio 4. Exit 55B joins Keowee Street southbound from Interstate 75 north. Chapel Street east connects Keowee Street with Ohio 202 (Troy Street) and Ohio 201 (Valley Street). Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 55B consists of a slip ramp onto adjacent Hillrose Avenue ahead of its intersection with Leo Street. Leo Street heads west to Keowee Street and east to Webster Street and the Chrysler Corp Dayton Thermal Production plant. Keowee Street name changes to Dixie Drive north of the Great Miami River through Northridge. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 56 rounds out the industrial area interchanges of Interstate 75 between the fourth and fifth bridges across the Great Miami River. The six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange joins the freeway with Stanley Avenue, a circuitous street following the Great Miami River north from Kettering Field Park to junction Ohio 4 and Findlay Street. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 parts ways with the Exit 56 off-ramp to Stanley Avenue. Stanley Avenue continues east from Exit 56 0.7 miles to Ohio 202 (Troy Street) and 1.3 miles to Ohio 201 (Brandt Street). Both state highways spur northeast from Dayton to Riverside and Huber Heights. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Turning northwest now, Interstate 75 spans the Great Miami River for a final time between Stanley Avenue and Exit 57A (Neva Drive). Neva Drive serves a residential area north of the river. As part of the Interstate 75 improvement project, the loop ramps at Stanley Avenue will be removed and replaced with a straight northbound on-ramp. The Neva Drive interchange will be completed removed. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 57A leaves Interstate 75 northbound for Neva Drive. Neva Drive dead ends eastward and connects with Dixie Drive westward. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Following Neva Drive, Exit 57B departs Interstate 75 north to Wagner Ford Drive. Wagner Ford Drive heads northeast 2.2 miles from Dixie Drive adjacent to Interstate 75 to Needmore Drive. Siebenthaler Avenue stems west from Dixie Drive nearby to Stillwater Gardens Metro Park and Salem Avenue at Fort McKinley. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Needmore Road crosses paths with Interstate 75 at the Exit 58 diamond interchange near Northridge. Needmore Road ventures 2.3 miles east to junction Ohio 202 (Old Troy Pike) at the Hooks Corner section of northeast Dayton and one mile west to Frederick Pike at Stillwater Gardens Metro Park. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 northbound at Exit 58 to Needmore Road. Needmore Road becomes Shoup Mill and Turner Roads, an arterial leading west to Shiloh and junction Ohio 49 in Trotwood. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Two-mile advance sign posted for junction Interstate 70 (Exits 61A/B), on Interstate 75 north near Vandalia. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Little York Road meanders west from Vandalia to Murlin Heights and Clayton south of Interstate 70. Poe Avenue and Miller Lane provide connections to the east-west road from Interstate 75's Exit 60 ramps. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 59 joins Interstate 75 with Benchwood Road west and Wise Road east in south Vandalia. The new interchange was built in conjunction with the Interstates 70 & 75 reconstruction project, a $145 million investment. Project elements include an aviation motif with Wright "B" Flyers on the concrete retaining walls. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Exit 60 departs Interstate 75 northbound onto Poe Avenue. Poe Avenue travels alongside the freeway between Stop Eight and Little York Roads. Stop Eight Road is now better served by the Exit 59 diamond interchange with Benchwood and Wise Roads. Both exits serve industrial parks that flank both sides of Interstate 75. Ramps to Interstate 70 meanwhile depart Interstate 75 within one mile. Interstate 70 stays well north of Dayton, skimming the suburbs of Clayton, Vandalia, and Huber Heights. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Northbound at the Little York Road overpass, one half mile south from Exit 61A onto Interstate 70 east for Springfield and Columbus. Work is well underway involving reconstruction of the former full-cloverleaf interchange between the two freeways. Begun in March 2002, work replaces all but one of the four loop ramps with directional ramps, including a flyover for Exit 61B onto Interstate 70 west. Completion of the overall project is expected by May 2011. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Nearing the original Exit 1B loop ramp onto Interstate 70 west to Richmond and Indianapolis, Indiana. The high flyover that replaces the loop ramp is visible under construction in the background. Interstate 70 travels 1.5 miles west to the Dayton International Airport Access Road freeway to the airport terminal. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
| Interstate 75 northbound at the former Exit 61B loop ramp to Interstate 70 west. 34 miles separate Vandalia from Richmond, Indiana on the 103-mile drive west to Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo taken 11/13/04. |
Page Updated November 8, 2007.
