Ohio SR's 16/37/161 Freeway

[juscuz410]

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20100505/NEWS01/5050311/1003/rss01

[juscuz410]

Opened yesterday!

[Chris]

Where is this road exactly? Your first post's link doesn't work. I assume Newark is now fully connected by freeway to Columbus?

[Sykotyk]

Comes off the I-270 in the northeast corner, heads due east towards Newark. Continues as expressway/freeway/major arterial toward Urichsville on US36, where it could conceivably be finished as a freeway to US22 near Cadiz which is currently an expressway from the Jefferson County line.

Great alternate route from Pittsburgh to Columbus. Less traffic. More scenery.

Sykotyk

[juscuz410]

Sorry Chris...old link.
Let's try this one:
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/jun/17/how-will-new-sr-161-affect-area-residents-ar-113426/
Should have video included...if it works.

[heroicman]

im thinking that they will name the OH RTE -161,37,16 too I-78 to reconnect the eastern I-78

i would think that it be an idea for it would u all agree

[Sykotyk]

They could do an east and west portion of I-78, but that would be confusing if you were to extend it to US250 to US22 to I-376 to I-76. As one state would have two branches of I-78, unless you multiplexed I-78 with I-76/I-70/US11/I-81. Which would be confusing.

Maybe an eastern I-72 (I-74 would still be in Cincinnati).

Sykotyk

[juscuz410]

I was also thinking I-72 as well.
Now if we Ohioans can just connect the rest of that freeway to the one in Steubenville...

[Sykotyk]

The four-lane stretch of US22 in Harrison County could easily be upgraded to a full freeway (there's already interchanges for every major cross route). Just run a freeway off the ROW to the dead end four lane stretch of the US250/US36 freeway stub by Urichsville. Although, US250 is a great fast moving road from US36 to US22, there's way too little ROW and driveway access to even turn it into a four-lane expressway, let alone a freeway. My pet peeve with US250 was the lights at the US36 interchange and the cross route where the plaza, gas stations, and fast food shops are at north of OH800.

Sykotyk

[bugo]

This is what I hate about the one state/300 mile AASHTO policy.  This road would make a dandy US route.  Instead it has 3 different numbers.