Interstate 275 South - Sharonville to Kentucky

Construction between 2007-09 rebuilt the bridge across Mill Creek to ten overall lanes. The Circle Freeway proceeds east to a folded diamond interchange (Exit 44) with Mosteller Road in Sharonville.

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Mosteller Road travels north to Crescentville Road and south to Sharon Road by a number of industrial parks and manufacturing plants in Sharonville.

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Finished in 2009, a $117 million project expanded Interstate 275 between Winton Road (Exit 39) and U.S. 42 (Exit 46). The two year project added a lane in each direction (Cincinnati Enquirer, 2004).

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Eastbound confirming marker for I-275 posted where the beltway crosses over an abandoned railroad corridor and Reading Road.

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U.S. 42 (Lebanon Road) branches northeast from Reading Road in Sharonville to cross paths with Interstate 275 at a diamond interchange (Exit 46). Business parks and commercial retail line the four lane arterial and exchange with I-275 nearby.

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U.S. 42 travels northeast from Sharonville to the city of Mason and south through Evendale to Reading.

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Interstate 275 arcs east across a hilly area north of Sharon Lake to next meet Reed Hartman Highway at Exit 47.

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Reed Hartman Highway constitutes a commercial arterial southward from Exit 47 through the city of Blue Ash.

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I-275 turns southeast and bee lines 1.5 miles to Interstate 71 as Exit 47 departs with two lanes for Reed Hartman Highway at east Sharonville.

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The beltway runs between several office and industrial parks and a pair of sports complexes across northern Blue Ash to Exit 49 with Interstate 71 south to Cincinnati and north to Columbus.

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All traffic departs from I-275 east in unison for Interstate 71. The 248 mile route of I-71 in the Buckeye State stretches northeast from the Queen City to Cleveland.

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Entering the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 49) with I-71 on Interstate 275 east.

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Interstate 71 extends north through the Warren County suburbs to Lebanon while the freeway southbound separates Blue Ash and Montgomery to Silverton and the Madisonville neighborhood of east Cincinnati.

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The Interstate 275/SR 32 Interchange Improvements project removed loop ramps from the beltway to SR 32 while expanding the arterial route. A new directional ramp and tunnel replaced Exit 63 B here for Batavia while Exit 63A was reconfigured to intersect SR 32 at a traffic light. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place for the $32 million project on September 10, 2015 (ODOT, 2015).

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Southbound Interstate 275 at the Clough Pike over crossing, one mile out from Exit 65 with SR 125 (Beechmont Avenue). SR 125 meets the freeway in an unincorporated area of Clermont County near Withamsville.

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A six-ramp parclo interchange links I-275 and SR 125 (Beechmont Avenue). Beechmont Avenue carries the state route west to Cherry Grove and Forestville before SR 125 enters the Mt. Washington community of southeast Cincinnati.

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Exit 65 departs I-275 south for SR 125 (Beechmont Avenue). SR 125 leaves the Cincinnati metro area via Ohio Pike to Amelia and Hamlet. The state route runs 86 miles between U.S. 50 in the city and U.S. 52 at Friendship.

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Confirming marker for Interstate 275 south posted at the Hopper Hill Road underpass at Tobasco in Union township.

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Interstate 275 enters Anderson township in Hamilton County just southwest of Nordyke Road and Eightmile Creek.

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Interstate 275 winds across hilly areas just north of the Ohio River to the Combs-Hehl Bridge. The exchange with I-471 follows the crossing in eight miles. Lexington, destination of I-75 south from Northern Kentucky, is 95 miles away.

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Turning west, Interstate 275 next meets Five Mile Road at Exit 69 southwest of Forestville.

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Asbury Road spans I-275 south a half mile from Exit 69. Five Mile Road heads north to SR 125 (Beechmont Avenue) at the Anderson Towne Center retail complex and Fruit Hill, ending at Clough Pike.

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A lane drop occurs along I-275 west at the diamond interchange (Exit 69) with Five Mile Road.

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Five Mile Road arcs southwest to Markley Road and then parallels I-275 by the Withrow Nature Preserve to Kellogg Avenue near U.S. 52 and Belterra Park.

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The four lane section of I-275 runs west to Exit 71 and the merge with U.S. 52.

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Confirming markers for I-275 switch from south to west after Exit 69.

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The beltway winds west 1.5 miles to Exit 71. There an expressway connector links U.S. 52 with Kellogg Avenue (old U.S. 52) west to the Belterra Park thoroughbred racetrack and Riverbend Music Center.

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Louisville, 102 miles to the southwest via I-71, replaces Lexington on this distance sign posted 13 miles east of the exchange with I-71/75.

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U.S. 52 straddles the north banks of the Ohio River east from an adjacent trumpet interchange with Kellogg Avenue to Woodland Mound Park by the Clermont County line.

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Burney Lane passes under I-275 from forested subdivisions a half mile east of Exit 71 to U.S. 52 east. U.S. 52 hugs the Ohio River from Cincinnati eastward to Chesapeake and the West Huntington Bridge into West Virginia.

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Exit 71 leaves Interstate 275 west for U.S. 52 east as U.S. 52 west joins the beltway to Exit 72 with Kellogg Avenue. The village of New Richmond is an eight mile drive to the southeast along U.S. 52.

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I-275/U.S. 52 westbound overlap for just 0.9 miles. Kellogg Avenue parallels the freeway to the south along the former US route.

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Straddling the hillside above Belterra Park and the Coney Island theme park, I-275/U.S. 52 advance west toward their split at Kellogg Avenue. U.S. 52 rejoins Kellogg Avenue north through the California neighborhood of Cincinnati.

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U.S. 52 follows Kellogg Avenue north to Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport (LUK) and Riverside Drive west along the Ohio River between the East End neighborhood and Downtown Cincinnati.

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I-275/U.S. 52 part ways at a parclo interchange (Exit 72) just within the Cincinnati city limits. U.S. 52 meets I-275 again with Interstate 74 in western Hamilton County.

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The Combs-Hehl Bridge comes into view along Interstate 275 west from California. The cantilever spans cost $30.5 million to construct (Mecklenborg, n.d.).

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The Ohio River I-275 Bridge accommodates six overall lanes of traffic. The twin spans are 1,440.6 feet long with 51.2 foot wide decks (Baughn, n.d.).

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