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Interstate 64 in West Virginia
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In the U. S. state of West Virginia, Interstate 64 travels for 184 miles passing by the major towns and cities of Huntington, Charleston, Beckley, and Lewisburg. It has only two junctions within the state, Interstate 77 in Charleston and in Beckley. The first Interstate Highway segment to be let to construction was in Cabell County in 1957 and this segment, from US60 to Ona was completed in 1960. In 1962, a segment from Exit 28 at Milton to just west of Exit 44 was opened to traffic. This included interchanges 34 and 39, one year later, Interstate 64 was completed to Exit 44, serving originally WV17, now WV817 near St. Albans. In 1964, an 8-mile segment of interstate opened from Exit 20 at Ona to Exit 28 at Milton,1965 saw the completion of a major part of Interstate 64. A lengthy segment opened from the Kentucky state line to Exit 15 at Barboursville, two steel-girder bridges were completed over the Big Sandy River connecting Kentucky to West Virginia. That bridge was replaced in 2000 in an effort that raised the bridge level. In 1966, the first Kanawha River crossing was completed with new interstate mainlines extending from Exit 44 near St. Albans to Exit 50 at Institute under four contracts. This included three new interchanges, Nitro at milepost 45, Cross Lanes at milepost 47 and Institute at milepost 50, one year later, Interstate 64 was extended eastward to Dunbar at milepost 52.40 with a new interchange constructed at that location. For six years, the interstate would end just outside Charlestons borders, planning for the routing of Interstate 64, as well as for Interstate 77 and Interstate 79 through Charleston, was embroiled in controversy since the 1950s. Several alignments were considered included a northern arc around the Charleston metro area, a downtown route. The mayor at the time, John Shanklin, mayor for eight years from 1959 to 1967, was originally an opponent of any Interstate Highway going through the center of the city. Shanklin reversed his decision soon after, stated that Charleston can adjust to the impact, in 1971, the city and many residents were swimming in controversy over the proposed routes of the Interstate Highways. The long planned interstates through West Virginia were either to run directly through the city center or to skirt it, the plan was to bring Interstate 64 through the Triangle District, just west of the downtown center, an urban blight where many of the citys black population lived. Home to the citys highest crime rates where shootings daily were common, urban renewals in the past had failed. Residents living in the Triangle District formed committees and rebelled, federal transportation secretary John Volpe stalled for months at the decision on the routing of Interstate 64 through Charleston. By late 1971, however, the decision was made to route the interstate through the Triangle District
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Interstate 71
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Interstate 71 is an Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes/Midwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 in Louisville and its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 in Cleveland, Ohio. I-71 runs concurrently with Interstate 75 from a point about twenty miles south of Cincinnati, almost three quarters of the route lies east of I-75, thereby putting it out of its proper place in the Interstate grid. While I-71 is designated a highway, it is a major east–west route for cross-country traffic. It links I-80 and I-90 to I-70, and ultimately links to I-40, in Kentucky, I-71 begins east of Downtown Louisville at the Kennedy Interchange, where it meets I-64 and I-65. This interchange is sometimes called the Spaghetti Junction, from Louisville, it roughly follows the Ohio River in a diagonal path toward Northern Kentucky. Between Louisville and Cincinnati, I-71 is largely a four-lane highway and it is one of the worst bus accidents in state and national history. I-71 merges with Interstate 75 near Walton and intersects Interstate 275, after passing through Covington, the freeway crosses the Ohio River via the lower level of the Brent Spence Bridge and continues into Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, I-71 splits immediately from I-75 and heads due east onto Fort Washington Way, just east of downtown, US-50 splits from I-71 and continues east, I-71 bends north and receives Interstate 471, a spur from southeast of the city. I-71 then heads in a general northeast direction through urban Cincinnati, after another interchange with the Interstate 275 beltway, the freeway leaves the metropolitan area and heads towards Columbus. It continues northeast until it reaches South Lebanon, Ohio, where it begins cutting east across the plains of southwest Ohio. The freeway crosses the Little Miami River on the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, which is a truss bridge. I-71 heads towards Columbus then intersects with the bypass I-270 before heading north into urban Columbus, about a mile north of the I-70 junction, it intersects with I-670. After another interchange with the I-270 bypass, the exits out of Columbus and continues north until near Delaware. Beginning its path to Cleveland, I-71 enters the farm country on the edges of the Allegheny Plateau. It continues in this fashion to Lodi/Westfield Center and its junction with I-76, heading north to Medina, it meets the terminus of I-271. The highway then continues north into urban Cuyahoga County and Clevelands suburbs, passing Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, I-71 meets I-480 and enters Clevelands west side, continuing on to downtown. It junctions with State Route 176 and terminates at Interstate 90 on the Innerbelt, the first section of I-71 in Louisville opened in December 1966 between its terminus at Spaghetti Junction and Zorn Avenue, its first exit
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Jeffersonville, Ohio
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Jeffersonville is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2010 census, Jeffersonville was laid out in 1831. The village derives its name from Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, a post office has been in operation at Jeffersonville since 1834. Jeffersonville is located at 39°39′11″N 83°33′28″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.74 square miles, of which 1.70 square miles is land and 0.04 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,203 people,502 households, the population density was 707.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 574 housing units at a density of 337.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 92. 3% White,4. 2% African American,0. 2% Native American,0. 2% Asian,0. 3% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 9% of the population. 28. 1% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the village was 33.9 years. 27. 8% of residents were under the age of 18,11. 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 24% were from 25 to 44,24. 2% were from 45 to 64, and 12. 2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48. 7% male and 51. 3% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 1,288 people,518 households, and 361 families residing in the village. The population density was 756.3 people per square mile, there were 586 housing units at an average density of 344.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 89. 91% White,6. 68% African American, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 39% of the population. 24. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.88. In the village, the population was out with 28. 1% under the age of 18,9. 6% from 18 to 24,27. 8% from 25 to 44,22. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males, the median income for a household in the village was $31,452, and the median income for a family was $35,313. Males had an income of $30,750 versus $21,958 for females
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Interstate 675 (Ohio)
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Interstate 675 is an auxiliary interstate highway in the suburbs of Dayton in the U. S. state of Ohio. Interstate 675 serves as an bypass of Dayton. I-675 measures 26.53 miles in length, as originally proposed, the route was to reconnect with I-75 north of Dayton near Northridge rather than going east towards Springfield and I-70. Construction was completed in 1987, though some have lobbied to extend the highway west of Dayton, from the south, the highway begins at Interstate 75 in Miami Township, with four lanes. The highway opens to six lanes just after the interchange with State Route 725 in Washington Township, the next major junction is made with U. S. Route 35 in Beavercreek, which is a full-access interchange. The highway reduces to four lanes just after the interchange with North Fairfield Road, the highway interchanges with Interstate 70 near Fairborn, where it ends. The road continues as two lane Spangler Road, which leads to the community of Medway. Interstate 675 Endpoint Photos Kurumi - I-675 Ohio
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Beavercreek, Ohio
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Beavercreek is the largest city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and is the second largest suburb of Dayton behind Kettering. The population was 45,193 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Beavercreek area was settled in the early 1800s, a part of Beavercreek Township was incorporated and became the City of Beavercreek in February 1980. The township includes the known as Trebein. The city boasts two golf courses, Beavercreek Golf Club and The Country Club of the North, many Beavercreek residents work on the nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Mall at Fairfield Commons and The Greene Town Center are two malls in the city, in terms of number of residents in an incorporated area, Beavercreek is third in the region behind Dayton and Kettering. In 2007, Beavercreek ranked 84th in Moneys Top 100 places to live, wolfenbarger, former Vice Commander, Air Force Material Command and highest-ranking woman in the United States Air Force, hails from Beavercreek and is 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School. Beavercreek is located at 39°43′46″N 84°3′44″W, approximately five miles east of downtown Dayton, according to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 26.44 square miles, of which 26.40 square miles is land and 0.04 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 45,193 people,18,195 households, the population density was 1,711.9 inhabitants per square mile. There were 19,449 housing units at a density of 736.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 88. 5% White,2. 5% African American,0. 2% Native American,5. 9% Asian,0. 5% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 6% of the population. 24. 9% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age in the city was 40.4 years. 22. 6% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 5% were between the ages of 18 and 24,24. 8% were from 25 to 44,29. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 14. 3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49. 9% male and 50. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 37,984 people,14,071 households, and 11,087 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,439.2 people per square mile, there were 14,769 housing units at an average density of 559. 6/sq mi. The racial makeup of the city was 93. 45% White,1. 42% African American,0. 17% Native American,3. 50% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 31% from other races, and 1. 13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 14% of the population,17. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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Interstate 75 in Ohio
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Interstate 75 runs from Cincinnati to Toledo by way of Dayton in the U. S. state of Ohio. The highway enters the state running concurrently with I-71 from Kentucky on the Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River, I-75 continues north into the Miami Valley and then passes through the Great Black Swamp before crossing into Michigan. In Cincinnati, approximately 17 miles of the highway will be reconfigured by three separate ODOT projects happening simultaneously. The Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project will replace the Brent Spence Bridge, the Mill Creek Expressway project will modernize the Mill Creek Expressway segment of the highway, from the Western Hills Viaduct to the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway interchange. The Thru the Valley project will continue from the Reagan Highway north to Interstate 275 and these projects will improve safety by eliminating all left-hand exit ramps and increasing vehicular capacity. The segment from West Chester to Middletown was widened in 2010, construction on the highway continues from Middletown all the way to I-675. In Dayton, Interstate 75 is currently in the process of total reconfiguration with several projects occurring simultaneously, the intersection of I-75 and I-70 was reconfigured to handle an increased traffic load at the intersection. I-75 through downtown Dayton at the intersections of Ohio State Route 4, US35, and between are currently under construction for widening and modernization. As of July 2014, initial stages of a project have begun in order to widen this stretch of road to three lanes in each direction, with an estimated completion date of November 2016. A few miles later, Interstate 75 intersects with I-80/I-90 the Ohio Turnpike, after the interchange, Interstate 75 continues north into Downtown Toledo. Just north of Downtown Toledo, Interstate 475 rejoins with Interstate 75, after continuing northeast, Interstate 75 intersects Interstate 280, which connects to I-80/I-90 the Ohio Turnpike. Following this, Interstate 75 enters Michigan and follows the shore of Lake Erie, in 2005, ODOT considered reconfiguring I-75s existing interchange in Findlay with US224 and SR15 west as a diverging diamond interchange to improve traffic flow. Had it been constructed, it would have been the first such interchange in the United States, by 2006, ODOT had reconsidered, instead adding lanes to the existing overpass. Traffic congestion in the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor has led to proposals for a regional I-75 bypass to divert through traffic, on January 19,2015, an overpass north of Hopple Street near Cincinnati collapsed onto the highway below at approximately 10, 30pm. The span that failed was the segment of the northbound ramp to Hopple Street that passed over the southbound lanes of I-75. The overpass had been closed and was in the process of being removed after a replacement ramp was opened on 26 December 2014, the interstate underneath was open at the time of the failure. One construction worker on the overpass was killed during the collapse by a steel beam. A truck driver was injured when his semi hit the fallen overpass immediately after the collapse, one other worker was in a backhoe on the bridge but was uninjured
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Ohio State Route 4
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State Route 4, formerly known as Inter-county Highway 4 until 1921 and State Highway 4 in 1922, is a major north–south state highway in Ohio. It is the fifth longest state route in Ohio and its southern terminus is at U. S. Route 42 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and its northern terminus is at U. S. Route 6 in Sandusky, Ohio. Its path is nearly ruler-straight for many miles, some portions of the route are still marked as Dixie Highway. The northern portion was constructed by the Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike Company, State Route 4 begins in Cincinnati, running through Dayton, then joining Interstate 70, with which it runs concurrently for over three miles. The route then goes through Springfield and continues to Marion and it then travels to Bucyrus, finally heading northeast to Sandusky, where it ends. 1959 – Alignment from Dayton to Springfield rerouted and upgraded to freeway,1967 – Segment from SR201 to SR444 upgraded to freeway. 2011 – Dayton segment is rerouted via I-75 State Route 4 By-Pass is a 5. 97-mile-long north–south state highway through Butler County in the part of the state. The route runs from SR4 in Fairfield to SR4 in Fairfield Township north of the Hamilton city limits, SR 4B begins at a quadrant roadway intersection with SR4 and Ross Road in eastern Fairfield. Here, the road is located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection. The route travels north as a divided four-lane road first crossing over a CSX railroad, the next three intersections SR 4B has are superstreet intersections that opened in 2012. The roadway briefly expands to three lanes in each direction between Symmes Road and Tylersville Road as it crosses over a Norfolk Southern railroad and this segment also features the Fairfield-Hamilton city boundary. After the Hamilton Mason Road intersection, SR 4B comes to an interchange with SR129. North of Hamilton Princeton Road, the route shrinks to an undivided road, passes under an overpass carrying Milliken Road. The entirety of SR 4B is included as a part of the National Highway System, SR 4B was constructed in the early 1970s by ODOT to allow for easier travel between Cincinnati and Middletown. In the 1990s, the Butler County Transportation Improvement District was formed to address traffic congestion along the fully two-lane bypass route. Construction of the expanded roadway finished in August 2012 and the BCTID is continuing to study the option of widening SR 4B north of SR129, the entire route is in Butler County
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Dayton, Ohio
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Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the U. S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County. A small portion of the city extends into Greene County, the Dayton-Springfield-Greenville Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,080,044 in 2010, making it the 43rd-largest in the United States. Dayton is within Ohios Miami Valley region, just north of the Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky metropolitan area, Dayton also hosts significant research and development in fields like industrial, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering that have led to many technological innovations. Much of this innovation is due in part to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, with the decline of heavy manufacturing, Daytons businesses have diversified into a service economy that includes insurance and legal sectors as well as healthcare and government sectors. Other than defense and aerospace, healthcare accounts for much of the Dayton areas economy, hospitals in the Greater Dayton area have an estimated combined employment of nearly 32,000 and a yearly economic impact of $6.8 billion. It is estimated that Premier Health Partners, a network, contributes more than $2 billion a year to the region through operating, employment. In 2011, Dayton was rated the No.3 city in the out of the top 50 cities in the United States by HealthGrades for excellence in health care. Many hospitals in the Dayton area are consistently ranked by Forbes, U. S. News & World Report, and HealthGrades for clinical excellence. Dayton is also noted for its association with aviation, the city is home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force and is the birthplace of Orville Wright, other well-known individuals born in the city include poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and entrepreneur John H. Patterson. Dayton is also known for its patents, inventions, and inventors that have come from the area. In 2008,2009, and 2010, Site Selection magazine ranked Dayton the No.1 mid-sized metropolitan area in the nation for economic development, also in 2010, Dayton was named one of the best places in the United States for college graduates to find a job. Dayton was founded on April 1,1796, by 12 settlers known as The Thompson Party and they traveled in March from Cincinnati up the Great Miami River by pirogue and landed at what is now St. Clair Street, where they found two small camps of Native Americans. Among them was Benjamin Van Cleve, whose memoirs provide insights into the Ohio Valleys history, two other groups traveling overland arrived several days later. In 1797, Daniel C. Cooper laid out Mad River Road, Ohio was admitted into the Union in 1803, and the city of Dayton was incorporated in 1805. The city was named after Jonathan Dayton, a captain in the American Revolutionary War who signed the U. S, constitution and owned a significant amount of land in the area. Historically, Dayton has been the home for many patents and inventions since the 1870s, according to the National Park Service, citing information from the U. S. Patent Office, Dayton had granted more patents per capita than any other U. S. city in 1890, the Wright brothers, inventors of the airplane, and Charles F. Kettering, world-renowned for his numerous inventions, hailed from Dayton. Paul Laurence Dunbar – a famous African-American poet and novelist – penned his most famous works in the late 19th century, innovation led to business growth in the region
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Interstate 70 in Indiana
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In the U. S. state of Indiana, Interstate 70 travels east–west across the state passing through the capital of Indianapolis. I-70 crosses from Illinois into Indiana near Terre Haute and departs into Ohio at Richmond and it covers 156.60 miles in Indiana, paralleling U. S. Route 40, the old National Road. The Indiana portion of I-70 begins at the Illinois state line west of Terre Haute, heading east, I-70 crosses the Wabash River soon after entering the state. US40 travels concurrent with I-70 briefly before breaking off and traveling north of the interstate into the center of the city, the interstate crosses through the south side of Terre Haute, where it has an interchange with US 41/US150. Just outside the city to the east, I-70 passes near Terre Haute International Airport before continuing onward to the east-northeast through rural lands towards Indianapolis. This stretch of I-70 does not have any interchanges with any significant cities until it reaches the Indianapolis metropolitan area, entering the Indianapolis area, I-70 passes through the southern reaches of Plainfield in Hendricks County, home to many logistics and warehousing companies. Turning north, the section of I-70 along the east side of downtown Indianapolis travels concurrent with I-65. Upon leaving I-65 at the split, I-70 reaches a maximum width of ten lanes as it departs downtown Indianapolis toward the east-northeast. On the east side of the city, I-70 again intersects with the I-465 beltway at another interchange before departing the city, county. The portion of I-70 east of Indianapolis has been designated as the Anton Tony Hulman, Tony Hulman is most known for rescuing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and making the Indianapolis 500 popular. This stretch of I-70 does not have any interchanges with any significant cities until it reaches Richmond, on the northwest side of Richmond, US35 joins I-70 and remains on the freeway as both routes jointly cross into Ohio. It also has an interchange with US27 providing access to Richmond south of the interstate, on the east side of Richmond, US40 intersects with I-70 immediately to the west of the Ohio state line. Like all Interstate highways in Indiana, I-70 was constructed in segments which when all were complete, the urban portions through the capital city itself within I-465 were mostly deferred until the end of the Interstate construction process in the early to mid-1970s. The first section of Interstate 70 to be built in Indiana was the portion around Richmond east of the Centerville exit, which opened to traffic on September 17,1961. The final portion outside of I-465 to be completed was the middle of the three segments, located between SR46 near Terre Haute and Indiana State Road 43, which opened on October 20,1969. Within I-465, the section between Shadeland Avenue and the I-465 interchange had opened along with the rest of I-70 from that point east to SR9 near Greenfield on December 2,1968. Another section of I-70 on the southwest side of Indianapolis between the I-465 beltway and Holt Road had been completed and opened by December 10,1969, but the remainder of the I-70 mileage through the heart of the city was not finished and open to traffic until around 1974. Between 2003 and 2005, I-70 was rebuilt about 1,000 feet south of its alignment on the western edge of Indianapolis
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Richmond, Indiana
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Richmond /ˈrɪtʃmənd/ is a city in east central Indiana, United States, bordering on Ohio. It is the county seat of Wayne County, and in the 2010 census had a population of 36,812, situated largely within Wayne Township, its area includes a non-contiguous portion in nearby Boston Township where the Richmond Municipal Airport is located. The city is called the cradle of recorded jazz because some early jazz records were made there at the studio of Gennett Records. The city has received the All-America City Award, most recently in 2009. Richmond is located at 39°49′49″N 84°53′26″W, according to the 2010 census, Richmond has a total area of 24.067 square miles, of which 23.91 square miles is land and 0.157 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 36,812 people,15,098 households, the population density was 1,539.0 inhabitants per square mile. There were 17,649 housing units at a density of 737.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 83. 9% White,8. 6% African American,0. 3% Native American,1. 1% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,1. 9% from other races, and 4. 0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 1% of the population,34. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the family size was 2.91. The median age in the city was 38.4 years. 22. 1% of residents were under the age of 18,11. 4% were between the ages of 18 and 24,24. 4% were from 25 to 44,25. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 16. 5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47. 9% male and 52. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 39,124 people,16,287 households, and 9,918 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,685.3 people per square mile, there were 17,647 housing units at an average density of 760.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 86. 78% White,8. 87% African American,0. 27% Native American,0. 80% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,1. 09% from other races, and 2. 14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 03% of the population,33. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was out with 23. 4% under the age of 18,11. 0% from 18 to 24,27. 5% from 25 to 44,21. 6% from 45 to 64
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Interstate 69 in Indiana
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Interstate 69 presently has two discontinuous segments of freeway in the U. S. state of Indiana. This original section is known as Segment of Independent Utility 1 in the national plan for expansion of I-69. The portion of I-69 between US41 and I-64 is also known as the Robert D. Orr Highway and originally existed as I-164. Southbound at this junction, most I-69 motorists take exit 200, running in a northeasterly direction and concurrent with SR37, I-69 turns east-northeast at the end of that overlap just past mile marker 205 in Fishers. From there, the turns more easterly through the Campus Parkway/Southeastern Parkway interchange. After bypassing Pendleton to the west and north, SR9 and SR67 join I-69, there, SR9 departs, and shortly thereafter I-69 begins two long curves to the northeast, and then the north. Between Daleville and Chesterfield, SR67 departs I-69, bound for Muncie, from the Anderson–Muncie region, I-69 continues north, running concurrently with US35 between SR28 east of Alexandria and SR22 near Gas City. After passing SR18 east of Marion, I-69 then heads more northeast, at the south junction of I-469, located at Lafayette Center Road near the General Motors truck assembly plant, US33 joins I-69. US24 used to be cosigned with I-69 from this point to the interchange at Jefferson Boulevard, now, eastbound US24 joins northbound I-69 and US33 there. The next junction is the US 27/SR3 interchange at Lima Road on the side of Fort Wayne. Past the next interchange at Coldwater Road, which was the routing of US27 north of town. At the north junction of I-469, both US30 and the present routing of US24 now depart to the east along that beltway and shortly thereafter I-69 leaves the Fort Wayne metro area. I-69 then continues north, passing just to the west of Auburn, Waterloo, very shortly thereafter, the route crosses into the state of Michigan at a point just northwest of Fremont. The portion of I-69 between Indianapolis and the Toll Road was first proposed in the seminal report Interregional Highways, released in January 1944, by March 1946, it was formally made part of the new National System of Interstate Highways by the U. S. In 1958, its first extension was approved and this took the route into Michigan in order to connect with I-94 near Marshall. It was extended yet again, north to Lansing in the 1960s, originally, there were seven rest areas and two weigh stations located along the original length of I-69 in Indiana. Of those, only four rest areas and one weigh station remain open at present, the Pipe Creek Rest Areas serve northbound and southbound travelers in Delaware County near mile marker 250. Totally rebuilt in 2008, these also serve motorists on US35
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Marion, Indiana
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Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 census, the city is the county seat of Grant County. It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War, the traditional campus enrolls approximately 2800 students. Since 2016, Jess Alumbaugh has been Marions mayor, Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of actor James Dean, and cartoonist Jim Davis, though James Dean and Jim Davis were raised in nearby Fairmount. It was also the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts, the city is also the site of the infamous lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Marion is located along the Mississinewa River, according to the 2010 census, Marion has a total area of 15.794 square miles, of which 15.71 square miles is land and 0.084 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 29,948 people,11,828 households, the population density was 1,906.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 13,715 housing units at a density of 873.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 78. 1% White,14. 7% African American,0. 4% Native American,0. 7% Asian,2. 4% from other races, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. 5% of the population. 36. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age in the city was 36.2 years. 21. 1% of residents were under the age of 18,16. 3% were between the ages of 18 and 24,22. 1% were from 25 to 44,24. 5% were from 45 to 64, and 16% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47. 0% male and 53. 0% female, as of the census of 2000, there are 31,320 people. The population density is 2,355.5 people per square mile, there are 13,820 housing units at an average density of 1,039.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city is 79. 64% White,15. 57% African American,0. 47% Native American,0. 68% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 43% from other races, and 2. 18% from two or more races. 3. 60% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race,33. 8% of all households are made up of individuals and 14. 2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the family size is 2.91. In the city, the population is out with 23. 3% under the age of 18,12. 5% from 18 to 24,26. 0% from 25 to 44,21. 3% from 45 to 64
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Interstate 94 in Indiana
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Interstate 94 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Billings, Montana, to Port Huron, Michigan. I-94 enters Indiana from Illinois in the west, in Munster and runs eastward through Hammond, Gary and Portage. The interstate runs for approximately 45.75 miles through the state, the landscape traversed by I-94 include urban areas of Northwest Indiana, wooded areas, and farmland. The section of I-94 between the Illinois state line and Lake Station is named the Borman Expressway, Interstate 94 enters Indiana from Illinois on the Borman Expressway, in Munster. The freeway heads towards the east as an interstate, quickly entering the City of Hammond. The road has an interchange with Calumet Avenue, which US41 is concurrent with towards the north of the interchange, after the Calumet interchange is an interchange with Indianapolis Boulevard, which carries US41 south of this interchange and SR152 to the north. East of Indianapolis Boulevard the interstate passes over Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks, after Kennedy Avenue, the freeway passes to the north of industrial properties, before having an interchange at SR912, also known as Cline Avenue. Between Kennedy Avenue and SR912 is one of the highest average daily traffic in the state at 163,912 vehicles. At the interchange with Cline Avenue, the Borman Expressway becomes an eight-lane interstate, it also leaves Hammond, east of SR912 the interstate has an overpass over railroad tracks, before having an interchange with Burr Street. After Burr Street the highway passes near woodland, as a ten-lane interstate, the freeway has an interchange with both Grant Street and Broadway. The interstate has an interchange with I-65, Central Avenue has an incomplete interchange, eastbound exit and westbound entrance, with the interstate that is accessed through ramps at I-65 exit. East of Central Avenue the freeway becomes a six-lane interstate passing near wooded areas, the highway enters Lake Station and has an interchange with US6. East of the interchange with US6, the Borman Expressway has an interchange with the Indiana Toll Road, i-80 leaves I-94 and heads east of the toll road. The Borman Expressway name ends at the road interchange. The freeway passes over the road, before leaving Lake Station. In Portage the interstate passes over US20 and begins to parallel US20, east of SR249 the highway leaves Portage and enters Burns Harbor, before passing under SR149. I-94 has a interchange with US20, before entering Porter. While passing through Porter, the passes over a Norfolk Southern railroad track
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Michigan City, Indiana
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Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It is one of the two cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City Combined Statistical Area. Located in the known to locals as Michiana, it is approximately 50 miles east of Chicago and 40 miles west of South Bend. The city had a population of 31,479 at the 2010 census, Michigan City is noted for both its proximity to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and for bordering Lake Michigan. Due to this, Michigan City receives an amount of tourism during the summer months, especially by residents of Chicago. The lighthouse is a symbol for the city and is incorporated in the heading of Michigan Citys sole newspaper, The News Dispatch. Michigan City hosted the events at the 1987 Pan American Games. Michigan City is located at 41°42′34″N 86°53′13″W, according to the 2010 census, Michigan City has a total area of 22.855 square miles, of which 19.59 square miles is land and 3.265 square miles is water. Michigan City is also home to the stream Trail Creek which flows into Lake Michigan, as of the census of 2010, there were 31,479 people,12,136 households, and 7,147 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,606.9 inhabitants per square mile, there were 14,435 housing units at an average density of 736.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 64. 9% White,28. 1% African American,0. 4% Native American,0. 7% Asian,2. 1% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. 9% of the population. 34. 3% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.05. The median age in the city was 37.1 years. 23. 5% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24,27. 8% were from 25 to 44,26. 2% were from 45 to 64, and 13. 5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51. 4% male and 48. 6% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 32,900 people,12,550 households, and 7,906 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,678.6 inhabitants per square mile, there were 14,221 housing units at an average density of 725.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 69. 45% White,26. 31% African American,0. 26% Native American,0. 51% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 10% from other races, and 2. 36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 15% of the population,30. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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U.S. Route 20 in Indiana
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U. S. Route 20 in Indiana is a main east–west highway that is parallel to the Indiana Toll Road. The western terminus of US20 is at the Illinois state line, US20 through Whiting, East Chicago, and Gary is concurrent with US12 twice. The route varies between one-way, two-lane, and four-lane streets, in northwestern Indiana, from the east side of Gary to west of South Bend, US20 is a four-lane undivided highway. The route then heads around the west and south sides of South Bend, East of Elkhart County Road 17, US20 is two-lane rural highway. US20 was part of the Dunes Highway from the Illinois state line to Michigan City, the Dunes Highway started being paved in 1922. The section of the highway, that is known as Lincoln Way as part of the 1913 section of the Lincoln Highway, Indiana State Highway Commission, later renamed Indiana Department of Transportation, began signing US20 in 1926. US20 went through downtown South Bend and Elkhart before the St. Joseph Valley Parkway was built, before the parkway was completed, the route that was open to traffic was called Bypass US20. A small realignment in LaGrange County was done in 2005, in which the roadway was straightened, other small realignments included the route through Michigan City, which followed US35 from US12 to I-94. Only the segment of US20 that is concurrent with the St. Joseph Valley Parkway are included as a part of the National Highway System, the NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation. The highway is maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation like all other U. S, the department tracks the traffic volumes along all state highways as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called average annual daily traffic. This measurement is a calculation of the level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year. In 2010, INDOT figured that lowest traffic levels were the 3,390 vehicles and 1,090 commercial vehicles used the highway daily near the Ohio state line. The peak traffic volumes were 36,040 vehicles and 731 commercial vehicles AADT along the section of US20 concurrent with SR331, US20 enters Indiana concurrenct with US12 and US41, at which point it passes under the Indiana Toll Road. The road passes by commercial and industrial areas, between Wolf Lake and Horseshoe Casino. US12, US20, and US41 are concurrent until US41 turns south on Calumet Avenue, US12 and US20 head southeast toward East Chicago, in East Chicago, US12 turns east and US20 continues south. US20 meets State Road 312 and passes under the Indiana Toll Road, US20 turns left onto Michigan Street and heads east to Gary passing both industrial and residential. On the way to Gary, US20 has an interchange with SR912, at the interchange, just west of Gary, US12 and US20 have a concurrency. US12 and US20 are concurrent through most of Gary, from Bridge Street to Vermont Street, the eastbound traffic of US 12/US20 is on 5th Avenue and westbound traffic is on 4th Avenue
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West Virginia
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West Virginia /ˌwɛst vərˈdʒɪnjə/ is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north, West Virginia is the 9th smallest by area, is ranked 38th in population, and has the second lowest household income of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston, West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20,1863, and was a key Civil War border state. The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States, the unique position of West Virginia means that it is often included in several geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant logging and coal mining industries and it is one of the most densely karstic areas in the world, making it a choice area for recreational caving and scientific research. The karst lands contribute to much of the states cool trout waters and it is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, and hunting. Many ancient man-made earthen mounds from various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of village societies and they had a tribal trade system culture that crafted cold-worked copper pieces. The Iroquois drove out other American Indian tribes from the region to reserve the upper Ohio Valley as a ground in the 1670s. Siouan language tribes such as the Moneton had also recorded in the area previously. West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony from 1607 to 1776, residents of the western and northern counties set up a separate government under Francis Pierpont in 1861, which they called the restored government. Most voted to separate from Virginia and the new state was admitted to the Union in 1863, in 1864 a state constitutional convention drafted a constitution, which was ratified by the legislature without putting it to popular vote. West Virginia abolished slavery and temporarily disfranchised men who had held Confederate office or fought for the Confederacy, West Virginias history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, numerous and vast river valleys, and rich natural resources. These were all factors driving its economy and the lifestyles of its residents, a 2010 analysis of a local stalagmite revealed that Native Americans were burning forests to clear land as early as 100 BC. Some regional late-prehistoric Eastern Woodland tribes were involved in hunting and fishing, practicing the slash. Another group progressed to the more time-consuming, advanced companion crop fields method of gardening, also continuing from ancient indigenous people of the state, field space and time was given to tobacco growing through to early historic. Maize did not make a contribution to the diet until after 1150 BP
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Ohio
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Ohio /oʊˈhaɪ. oʊ/ is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Ohio is the 34th largest by area, the 7th most populous, the states capital and largest city is Columbus. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, the name originated from the Iroquois word ohi-yo’, meaning great river or large creek. Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, the state was admitted to the Union as the 17th state on March 1,1803, Ohio is historically known as the Buckeye State after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as Buckeyes. Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives, Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections. Six Presidents of the United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state, Ohios geographic location has proven to be an asset for economic growth and expansion. Because Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest, much cargo, Ohio has the nations 10th largest highway network, and is within a one-day drive of 50% of North Americas population and 70% of North Americas manufacturing capacity. To the north, Lake Erie gives Ohio 312 miles of coastline, Ohios southern border is defined by the Ohio River, and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie. Ohios neighbors are Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, Ontario Canada, to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, Ohio is bounded by the Ohio River, but nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia. Ohio has only that portion of the river between the rivers 1792 low-water mark and the present high-water mark, the border with Michigan has also changed, as a result of the Toledo War, to angle slightly northeast to the north shore of the mouth of the Maumee River. Much of Ohio features glaciated plains, with a flat area in the northwest being known as the Great Black Swamp. Most of Ohio is of low relief, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills, in 1965 the United States Congress passed the Appalachian Regional Development Act, at attempt to address the persistent poverty and growing economic despair of the Appalachian Region. This act defines 29 Ohio counties as part of Appalachia, the worst weather disaster in Ohio history occurred along the Great Miami River in 1913. Known as the Great Dayton Flood, the entire Miami River watershed flooded, as a result, the Miami Conservancy District was created as the first major flood plain engineering project in Ohio and the United States. Grand Lake St. Marys in the west central part of the state was constructed as a supply of water for canals in the era of 1820–1850. For many years this body of water, over 20 square miles, was the largest artificial lake in the world and it should be noted that Ohios canal-building projects were not the economic fiasco that similar efforts were in other states. Some cities, such as Dayton, owe their emergence to location on canals. Summers are typically hot and humid throughout the state, while winters generally range from cool to cold, precipitation in Ohio is moderate year-round
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Indiana
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Indiana /ɪndiˈænə/ is a U. S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States and its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U. S. state on December 11,1816, before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Indiana has an economy with a gross state product of $298 billion in 2012. Indiana has several areas with populations greater than 100,000. The states name means Land of the Indians, or simply Indian Land and it also stems from Indianas territorial history. On May 7,1800, the United States Congress passed legislation to divide the Northwest Territory into two areas and named the section the Indiana Territory. In 1816, when Congress passed an Enabling Act to begin the process of establishing statehood for Indiana, a resident of Indiana is officially known as a Hoosier. The first inhabitants in what is now Indiana were the Paleo-Indians, divided into small groups, the Paleo-Indians were nomads who hunted large game such as mastodons. They created stone tools made out of chert by chipping, knapping and flaking, the Archaic period, which began between 5000 and 4000 BC, covered the next phase of indigenous culture. The people developed new tools as well as techniques to cook food, such new tools included different types of spear points and knives, with various forms of notches. They made ground-stone tools such as axes, woodworking tools. During the latter part of the period, they built mounds and middens. The Archaic period ended at about 1500 BC, although some Archaic people lived until 700 BC, afterward, the Woodland period took place in Indiana, where various new cultural attributes appeared. During this period, the people created ceramics and pottery, an early Woodland period group named the Adena people had elegant burial rituals, featuring log tombs beneath earth mounds. In the middle portion of the Woodland period, the Hopewell people began developing long-range trade of goods, nearing the end of the stage, the people developed highly productive cultivation and adaptation of agriculture, growing such crops as corn and squash. The Woodland period ended around 1000 AD, the Mississippian culture emerged, lasting from 1000 until the 15th century, shortly before the arrival of Europeans. During this stage, the people created large urban settlements designed according to their cosmology, with mounds and plazas defining ceremonial
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United States Numbered Highway System
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The United States Numbered Highway System is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. The route numbers and locations are coordinated by the American Association of State Highway, the only federal involvement in AASHTO is a nonvoting seat for the United States Department of Transportation. Generally, north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with lowest numbers in the east, the area of the thirteen states of the United States. Similarly, east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the north, where roads were first improved most intensively, major north–south routes have numbers ending in 1 while major east–west routes have numbers ending in 0. Three-digit numbered highways are spur routes of parent highways but are not necessarily connected to their parents, some divided routes exist to provide two alignments for one route, even though many splits have been eliminated. Special routes, usually posted with a banner, can provide various routes, such as an alternate, bypass or business route, Routes were designated, auto trails designated by auto trail associations were the main means of marking roads through the United States. In 1925, the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, recommended by the American Association of State Highway Officials, after several meetings, a final report was approved by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in November 1925. They received complaints from across the country about the assignment of routes, so the Board made several modifications, as a result of compromises made to get the U. S. Highway System approved, many routes were divided, with alignments to serve different towns. In subsequent years, AASHTO called for such splits in U. S, expansion of the system continued until 1956, when the Interstate Highway System was formed. After construction was completed, many U. S, Routes were replaced by Interstate Highways for through traffic. Highways still form many important regional connections, and new routes are still being added, Routes do not have a minimum design standard, unlike the later Interstate Highways, and are not usually built to freeway standards. Many are designated using the streets of the cities and towns through which they run. New additions to the system, however, must substantially meet the current AASHTO design standards, as of 1989, the United States Numbered Highways system has a total length of 157,724 miles. Except for toll bridges and tunnels, very few U. S. AASHTO policy says that a road may only be included as a special route. U. S. Route 3 meets this obligation, in New Hampshire, but US Routes in the system do use parts of four toll roads, US51 uses part of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Illinois, the old road is Illinois Route 251. US278 uses the tolled Cross Island Parkway in South Carolina, US412 uses the Cimarron Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is US64. US412 also uses the Cherokee Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is Alternate US412, Routes follow a simple grid in the contiguous United States, in which odd-numbered routes run generally north to south and even-numbered routes run generally east to west
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Ohio State Route 34
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State Route 34 is an Ohio State Route that runs between Indiana State Road 427, west of Edon and US6 in the US state of Ohio. The 32.02 miles of SR34 that lie within the state serve as a minor highway, none of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway and urban four-lane highway, the highway passes through residential and commercial properties. The highway was first signed in 1923 and was longer than it is today, going from the Indiana state line, west of Edon, to SR101. Most of the route was replaced by US6 or SR412, SR34 was extended in the late 1950s, when US6 was rerouted onto a more southerly route near Bryan. SR34 heads east from the Indiana state line towards Edon, the road enters Edon and passes through residential properties. In the center of the town is a stop with SR49. East of SR49 the route leaves the town and crosses the Indiana Northeastern Railroad track, the highway has east passing through farmland with a few houses, before making a sharp curve south. The road heads due south towards Blakeslee, in Blakeslee the route passes under a Norfolk Southern Railroad track and the highway turns east–southeast towards Bryan. On the way to Bryan the highway makes a few curves and crosses over the St. Joseph River, the road enters Bryan heading due south and crossing over more Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks, before turning due east concurrent with High Street. The street heads towards downtown Bryan, as an undivided highway passing through commercial and residential properties. In downtown the route has a light with U. S. Route 127. This intersection is the end of SR2 concurrency with SR2 joining from the south. The highway leaves downtown Bryan heading east through residential and commercial properties, at Union Street, High Street narrow to a two-lane highway and enters a mostly commercial area. East of Bryan the road heads east, passing mostly farmland with a few houses. The road becomes curvy, before turning southeast. In eastern Williams County the highway crosses over the Tiffin River and has an intersection with SR191 and this intersection is the eastern end of the SR2 concurrency with SR2 heading north concurrent with SR191. The road continues southeast, passing farmland and entering Henry County
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Ohio State Route 9
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State Route 9 is a north–south route running through four counties in east central Ohio. Its route is 92.5 miles long, the southern terminus is at SR148 in Armstrongs Mills and the northern terminus is with US62 north of Salem. Before 1931 – Route 9 ran from Cincinnati to Michigan and this highway followed the current U. S. Highway 127 from the Ohio River at Cincinnati to just south of Bryan and followed current Ohio State Route 15 northward to the Michigan state line. 1935 – New incarnation of route 9 certified, Originally routed from Malaga to Salem along current routes 145,148,1938 – Southern end truncated to Armstrongs Mills. 1974 – Northern end extended through Salem to 2 miles north of Salem
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U.S. Route 33 in Indiana
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U. S. Route 33 is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for 709 miles from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U. S. routes are north–south, US33 is labeled east–west throughout its route except in Indiana where it is labeled north–south, as of 2016, the highways northern terminus is at U. S. Highway 20 in southeastern Elkhart, Indiana. Its eastern terminus is in Richmond, Virginia, prior to 1998, the route extended northward through South Bend, Indiana, to Niles, Michigan. In Virginia, Route 33 continues east as State Route 33 to Stingray Point, on the Chesapeake Bay near Deltaville, the road is the main overland link between the Fort Wayne metropolitan area and South Bend metropolitan statistical areas. From Elkhart, U. S.33 continues southeast passing through the suburbs of Dunlap and Midway before crossing State Road 15 and State Road 4, then continues southeast toward Benton as Lincolnway East. In Whitley County, the road eastward to bypass Blue Lake before intersecting with State Road 205 in Churubusco near the county line with Allen County as it heads toward Fort Wayne. Most of the route in the state, particularly east of Columbus, is expressway, the highway crosses over the Ravenswood Bridge into West Virginia. US33 extends 248 miles in West Virginia, from the Ohio River at Ravenswood to the Virginia state line atop Shenandoah Mountain west of Harrisonburg, shortly after entering West Virginia and crossing the Ohio River, US33 turns south, joining Interstate 77 to Ripley. The route then turns east from I-77, joining US119 at Spencer, then passing through rural areas of Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer. US33 Intersects Interstate 79 at Weston, West Virginia, from Interstate 79 east, US33 is a four-lane highway, part of Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The four-lane segment continues on through rural areas of Upshur, and Randolph counties, US33 then joins SR28 at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, and continues south in the Potomac River headwaters through scenic forest and farmland landscapes. US220 joins US33 for about half a mile in Franklin, after Franklin, US33 continues eastward through rural areas, then climbs steeply to cross Shenandoah Mountain at Dry River Gap at about 3,450 feet into Rockingham County, Virginia. U. S. Route 33 extends 139 miles in Virginia from the West Virginia state line west of Harrisonburg across the Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains, before its second truncation, it passed through Mishawaka and South Bend, Indiana. Former segments of US33 are now known as M-63, M-51, between South Bend and Fort Wayne, US33 was part of the Lincoln Highway. Various segments of US33 have been improved to limited-access freeways and these include Ohio segments from St. Marys to Wapakoneta, Huntsville to Dublin, and bypasses around Lancaster, Nelsonville, and Pomeroy. In West Virginia, US33 from Interstate 79 near Weston east nearly to Elkins is four-lane, the routes steep grade up Shenandoah Mountain is easternmost West Virginia has been widened, with some sharp curves improved. The highways travel concurrently through the city, i‑64 in Dumbarton I‑295 northwest of Glen Allen US522 in Cuckoo. The highways travel concurrently to north-northwest of Cuckoo, the highways travel concurrently to Gordonsville
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U.S. Route 36
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U. S. Route 36 is an east–west United States highway that travels approximately 1,414 miles from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highways western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado and its eastern terminus is at US250 in Uhrichsville, Ohio. US Route 36 begins at US34 at Deer Ridge Junction in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and it then passes through Boulder and Denver on its way to Kansas. Between Boulder and Denver, the road that is now US36 was originally built as the Denver-Boulder Turnpike and it serves today as a major arterial freeway in the Front Range Urban Corridor. Between Denver and Byers, US36 exists in unsigned overlaps with I-270 and I-70, after it diverges from I-70 in Byers, US36 is a relatively lightly-traveled two-lane rural highway to the Kansas state line. US-36 passes through all 13 counties in Kansas which border Nebraska, the highway enters the Sunflower State from Colorado in Cheyenne County and shares a 7-mile concurrency through the town of St. Francis with K-27, the first north–south route intersected in Kansas. K-27 splits east of St. Francis and heads south toward Goodland, and US-36 then continues through Bird City and McDonald before intersecting K-25 in Atwood, the seat of Rawlins County. K-383 splits in eastern Norton County and bends northeast toward Almena, the highway passes through the small towns of Agra and Kensington before reaching Smith Center, the seat of Smith County, where US-281 joins US-36 for a 12-mile concurrency. Near Lebanon, US-36 passes about 4 miles south of the Geographic center of the contiguous United States, the road then passes through largely unpopulated areas, except for the tiny town of Mankato in Jewell County. US-81 northbound is a four-lane, at-grade expressway into Nebraska, where it passes through Hebron, after passing through Washington County, US-36 picks up brief concurrencies with US-77 in Marysville, the seat of Marshall County, and with US-75 in Fairview. Between the junctions with US77 and US75, the passes through Nemaha County and its seat. The section of US-36 from Washington, Kansas to St. Joseph and it crosses the Missouri River on the Pony Express Bridge. From the western junction with K-383 to the Missouri state line, except for wider sections in towns and passing lanes on hills, US-36 through Kansas is mostly a two-lane surface road. However some of the principal intersections all along the road are grade-separated diamond interchanges, from the Little Blue River just west of the K-148 junction to the US-77 North junction just west of the Big Blue River at Marysville, US-36 is a four-lane divided surface highway. From Hiawatha to west of Wathena, the road is a two-lane freeway, after passing through Wathena as a surface street, it becomes a four-lane freeway to the Missouri state line. US36 across Missouri is an expressway with some freeway sections, passing through or near St. Joseph, Cameron, Chillicothe, Brookfield, Macon, Monroe City. Between I-35 in Cameron and the Illinois state line, it part of the principal route between Kansas City and Chicago. In the state of Illinois, U. S.36 runs concurrently with much of Interstate 72 and it enters from Missouri across the Mississippi River on the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, and runs east, crossing Interstate 55 in Springfield
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Charleston, West Virginia
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Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U. S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County, as of the 2013 Census Estimate, it had a population of 50,821, while its metropolitan area had 224,743. It is a center of government, commerce, and industry, early industries important to Charleston included salt and the first natural gas well. Later, coal became central to economic prosperity in the city, today, trade, utilities, government, medicine, and education play central roles in the citys economy. The first permanent settlement, Ft. Lee, was built in 1788, in 1791, Daniel Boone was a member of the Kanawha County Assembly. Charleston is the home of the West Virginia Power minor league team, the West Virginia Wild minor league basketball team. Yeager Airport and the University of Charleston are also located in the city, West Virginia University and the WVU Institute of Technology, Marshall University, and West Virginia State University also have higher education campuses in the area. Charleston is also home to McLaughlin Air National Guard Base of the West Virginia Air National Guard, after the American Revolutionary War, pioneers began making their way out from the early settlements. Many slowly migrated into the part of Virginia. Capitalizing on its resources made Charleston an important part of Virginia. Today, Charleston is the largest city in the state and the state capital, Charlestons history goes back to the 18th century. Thomas Bullitt was deeded 1,250 acres of land near the mouth of the Elk River in 1773 and it was inherited by his brother, Cuthbert Bullitt, upon his death in 1778, and sold to Col. George Clendenin in 1786. The first permanent settlement, Fort Lee, was built in 1787 by Col. Savannah Clendenin and this structure occupied the area that is now the intersection of Brooks Street and Kanawha Boulevard. Historical conjecture indicates that Charleston is named after Col. Clendenins father, Charles Town was later shortened to Charleston to avoid confusion with another Charles Town in eastern West Virginia, which was named after George Washingtons brother Charles. Six years later, the Virginia General Assembly officially established Charleston, on the 40 acres that made up the town in 1794,35 people inhabited seven houses. Charleston is part of Kanawha County, the origin of the word Kanawha, Kanawha, derives from the regions Iroquois dialects meaning water way or Canoe Way implying the metaphor, transport way, in the local language. It was and is the name of the river flows through Charleston. The grammar of the hard H sound soon dropped out as new arrivals of various European languages developed West Virginia, the phrase has been a matter of Register
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Trotwood, Ohio
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Trotwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 24,431 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is served by the Trotwood-Madison City School District, Trotwood was originally called Higgins Station, and under the latter name was platted in 1854. The Village of Trotwood was incorporated in 1901 from portions of Madison Township, in 1996 the village and this merger resulted in the creation of a Trotwood neighborhood that is completely surrounded by the City of Dayton. Several smaller sections are attached to Trotwood by only a roadway or a strip of land. The merger also added a large area to this suburban community consisting of farms, golf courses. Trotwood is located at 39°47′41″N 84°17′24″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.50 square miles, of which 30.49 square miles is land and 0.01 square miles is water. Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Miami River, runs through Trotwood providing fishing, also along Wolf Creek is the only state park in Montgomery County. The 3, 000-acre Sycamore Woods State Park offers horseback riding, hiking, hunting, the city is adjacent to the cities of Dayton, Clayton and Englewood. As of the census of 2010, there were 24,431 people,10,404 households, the population density was 801.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 12,152 housing units at a density of 398.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 28. 1% White,68. 2% African American,0. 2% Native American,0. 3% Asian,0. 5% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 9% of the population. 33. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age in the city was 41.8 years. 23. 6% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 2% were between the ages of 18 and 24,21. 8% were from 25 to 44,28. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 17. 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44. 4% male and 55. 6% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 27,420 people,11,110 households, and 7,343 families residing in the city. The population density was 898.1 people per square mile, there were 12,020 housing units at an average density of 393.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 38. 66% White,58. 34% African American,0. 32% Native American,0. 24% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,0. 43% from other races, and 1. 98% from two or more races
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, USA, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,350 at the 2010 census and it is the principal city of the Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 3.10 square miles. Point Pleasant is located at 38°51′27″N 82°7′43″W, Point Pleasant is home to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park and Krodel Park. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,350 people,2,014 households, the population density was 1,812.5 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,244 housing units at a density of 935.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95. 9% White,1. 3% African American,0. 3% Native American,0. 6% Asian,0. 3% Pacific Islander, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 6% of the population. 38. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 18. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.82. The median age in the city was 44 years. 21. 5% of residents were under the age of 18,7. 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24,21. 6% were from 25 to 44,27. 4% were from 45 to 64, and 21. 6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44. 9% male and 55. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,637 people,2,107 households, and 1,310 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,945.6 people per square mile, there were 2,313 housing units at an average density of 970.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96. 57% White,1. 90% African American,0. 15% Native American,0. 60% Asian,0. 09% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 54% of the population. 34. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 17. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.80. In the city, the population was out with 21. 3% under the age of 18,8. 4% from 18 to 24,23. 7% from 25 to 44,26. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.3 males, the median income for a household in the city was $27,022, and the median income for a family was $33,527. Males had an income of $31,657 versus $16,607 for females
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Interchange (road)
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It differs from a standard intersection, at which roads cross at grade. Note, The descriptions of road junctions are for countries where vehicles drive on the side of the road. For countries where driving is on the left the layout of the junctions is the same, a freeway junction or highway interchange or motorway junction is a type of road junction, linking one controlled-access highway to another, to other roads, or to a rest area/motorway service area. On the UK motorway network, most junctions with roads are numbered sequentially. In the U. S. interchanges are numbered according to cardinal interchange number. A highway ramp or slip road is a section of road which allows vehicles to enter or exit a controlled-access highway. A directional ramp always tends toward the direction of travel. This means that a ramp that makes a left turn exits from the side of the roadway. Left directional ramps are relatively uncommon as the lane is usually reserved for high-speed through traffic. Ramps for a turn are almost always right directional ramps. Where traffic drives on the left, these cases are reversed, a non-directional ramp goes in a direction opposite to the desired direction of travel. A semi-directional ramp exits a road in a direction opposite from the direction of travel. A U-turn ramp leaves the road in one driving direction, turns over or under it, weaving is an undesirable situation in which traffic veering right and traffic veering left must cross paths within a limited distance, to merge with traffic on the through lane. Some on-ramps have a meter, which is a dedicated ramp-only traffic light that throttles the flow of entering vehicles. A complete interchange has ramps to provide access from any direction of any road in the junction to any direction of any other road in the junction. A complete interchange between a freeway and another road requires at least four ramps, complete interchanges between two freeways generally have at least eight ramps, as having fewer would considerably reduce capacity and increase weaving. Depending on the type and the connectivity offered other numbers of ramps may be used. For highways with high-occupancy vehicle lanes, ramps can be used to service these carriageways directly, an incomplete interchange has at least one or more missing ramps that prevent access to at least one direction of another road in the junction from any other road in the junction
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Diamond interchange
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A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the road, one crossing the other over a bridge. The two places where the meet the road are treated as conventional intersections. The diamond interchange uses less space than most types of freeway interchange, thus, diamond interchanges are most effective in areas where traffic is light and a more expensive interchange type is not needed. The at-grade variant of the interchange is the split intersection. Because roundabouts can generally handle traffic with fewer approach lanes than other intersection types and this configuration allows other roads to form approach legs to the roundabouts and also allows easy U-turns. This type of interchange is common in the United Kingdom and Ireland, an example in Canada is found on the Pat Bay Highway in North Saanich, British Columbia, near Victoria International Airport. These two raindrop roundabouts are fused together, forming a single squashed roundabout and this configuration reduces conflicts between vehicles entering the raindrop roundabouts from the ramps, reducing queueing and delays, compared with the dumbbell interchange. Direct U-turns are not possible, although the movement can be made by circulating around both raindrop roundabouts, several interchanges similar to those along Keystone Parkway are being built along the new US31 freeway under construction in northern Indiana. There are some hybrid interchanges of dumbbell and dogbone having one raindrop and this is made when the roundabout intersects more roads than the cross street and ramps. Such a design is found in Perth, Western Australia, between Roe Highway and Berkshire Road, the pair of intersections where the ramps meet the minor road are closely spaced. This spacing forces the turn lanes for each direction to run each other. In a Diverging diamond interchange or, on the bridge the roadways of the street are being exchanged like left-hand traffic to save the third traffic signal phase. In a Three-level diamond interchange, the street is built in a third level with free flowing traffic as a second arterial road. The intersection is split up into four intersections, handling just two conflicting directions each, a two-leg CFI, also in San Marcos, was built in 2015 at the intersection of Hopkins Street, I-35s frontage roads and I-35s Texas U-turns. In both intersections, the left turn lanes merge with the Texas U-turn lanes. Where HOV lanes are present for carpooling, the ramps of a diamond interchange may be folded to the inside instead of the outside. This in turn reduces waiting time for motorists at traffic lights on the smaller road, roads portal City of Carmel, Indiana, USA, Roundabouts page Diverging Diamond Interchange Informational Guide Federal Highway Administration
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Buffalo, West Virginia
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Buffalo is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,236 at the 2010 census, Buffalo is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Along with numerous sites in the Kanawha River Valley, Buffalo was originally settled by waves of ancient cultures of indigenous peoples. Clovis points indicate the presence of more than 10,000 years ago. One of the last cultures, that of the Fort Ancient people, had a few such as Buffalo. Historic tribes such as the Huron, from the Great Lakes region, many of the Conoy by the early 17th century had resettled on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay and below the Potomac River. After decades of encroachment by English colonists, surviving Conoy went north to Pennsylvania and allied with the Susquehannock, the town was named after the American buffalo which once roamed here. Buffalo is located at 38°37′1″N 81°58′48″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.65 square miles, of which,1.40 square miles is land and 0.25 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,236 people,518 households, the population density was 882.9 inhabitants per square mile. There were 568 housing units at a density of 405.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 4% White,0. 5% African American,0. 2% Native American,0. 4% Asian,0. 4% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 7% of the population. 28. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the town was 42.8 years. 21% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 1% were between the ages of 18 and 24,24. 5% were from 25 to 44,28. 7% were from 45 to 64, and 17. 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49. 8% male and 50. 2% female, toyota Manufacturing plant, covering over one million square feet, is located in Buffalo. Transmissions and 4- and 6-cylinder engines are manufactured, Virginia Mae Brown, set many first woman records William Coin Hope Harvey, Developer of Monte Ne, Advanced the idea of monetary bimetallism
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Ohio River
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The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States. The 981-mile river flows through or along the border of six states, through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes many of the states of the southeastern U. S. It is the source of drinking water for three million people and it is named in Iroquoian or Seneca, Ohi, yó, lit. Good River or Shawnee, Pelewathiipi and Spelewathiipi, the river had great significance in the history of the Native Americans, as numerous civilizations formed along its valley. For thousands of years, Native Americans used the river as a major transportation, in 1669, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle led a French expedition to the Ohio River, becoming the first Europeans to see it. After European-American settlement, the served as a border between present-day Kentucky and Indian Territories. It was a transportation route for pioneers during the westward expansion of the early U. S. In his Notes on the State of Virginia published in 1781–82, Thomas Jefferson stated and its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks and rapids, a single instance only excepted. During the 19th century, the river was the boundary of the Northwest Territory. Where the river was narrow, it was the way to freedom for thousands of slaves escaping to the North, many helped by free blacks and whites of the Underground Railroad resistance movement. The Ohio River is a transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the humid subtropical. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates, in winter, it regularly freezes over at Pittsburgh but rarely further south toward Cincinnati and Louisville. At Paducah, Kentucky, in the south, near the Ohios confluence with the Mississippi, Paducah was founded there because it is the northernmost ice-free reach of the Ohio. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, from there, it flows northwest through Allegheny and Beaver counties, before making an abrupt turn to the south-southwest at the West Virginia–Ohio–Pennsylvania triple-state line. From there, it forms the border between West Virginia and Ohio, upstream of Wheeling, West Virginia, the river then follows a roughly southwest and then west-northwest course until Cincinnati, before bending to a west-southwest course for most of its length. The course forms the borders of West Virginia and Kentucky. The Ohio drains parts of 15 states in four regions, northeast New York, a small area of the southern border along the headwaters of the Allegheny. Pennsylvania, a corridor from the corner to north central border
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Silver Memorial Bridge
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The Silver Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge which spans the Ohio River between Gallipolis, Ohio and Henderson, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1969, shortly after the Silver Bridge disaster, the design of the bridge is much more proven than the ill-fated eyebar chain suspension bridge, which collapsed in 1967. The bridge carries US35 across the river and serves as a crossing for people. The speed limit on the bridge is 65 mph, no toll is imposed at either end. Bridges portal Ohio portal West Virginia portal List of crossings of the Ohio River Silver Memorial Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
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Ohio State Route 7
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State Route 7, formerly known as Inter-county Highway 7 until 1921 and State Highway 7 in 1922, is a north–south state highway in the southern and eastern portions of the U. S. state of Ohio. At just over 292 miles in length, it is the longest state route in Ohio and its southern terminus is an interchange with U. S. Route 52 just west of Chesapeake. Its northern terminus also serves as the terminus of SR531 in Conneaut. The path of SR7 stays within five miles of the Ohio River for the southern portion, the road also remains within 10 miles of the Pennsylvania state line for the northern portion. SR7 starts in Chesapeake and for about 100 miles it runs along the Ohio River, then it heads north along SR11 & US30 from East Liverpool to Rogers. After it turns north in Rogers, it heads up to Youngstown, then the highway heads east overlapped with US62. After that shared alignment, the then heads north again in Hubbard through a lot of small towns to its northern terminus in Conneaut. In 1961, the US52 expressway opened from Chesapeake westward towards Sheridan, the original eastern terminus of the four-lane divided highway was at the current Chesapeake northbound-only exit ramp east of Tallow Ridge Road. US52 originally crossed at the present-day Robert C. Byrd Bridge that connects Chesapeake to Huntington, ten years later, the four-lane expressway was extended eastward to an incomplete trumpet interchange just east of Big Branch Road. A four-lane connector route from the complete interchange to the foot of the Robert C. Byrd Bridge at SR527 was completed. At the same time, the two-lane Chesapeake interchange ramp just east of Tallow Ridge Road was converted to an exit ramp. The abrupt terminus at Chesapeake was envisioned to connect to Proctorville, on May 31,2002, ground was broken for Phase 1-A of the Proctorville bypass. Phase 1-A entailed a two-lane connector road from the East Huntington Bridge to Irene Road, Phase 1-B was designated from Irene Road to State Route 7 near Fairland East Elementary in Rome. Phase 2 was envisioned from Irene Road west to Chesapeake, the total cost was originally estimated to be at $165 million. On April 27,2003, Phase 1-A of the Proctorville bypass opened to traffic, the $6.5 million, one-mile section of three-lane roadway was opened from the foot of the East Huntington Bridge to Irene Road and signed as SR607. On June 3,2003, bids were opened for Phase 1-B from Irene Road to SR7 near Fairland East Elementary. The projected cost of the 4. 5-mile segment was originally $27 million, however, when the bids were let, the lowest bid, which was also accepted, came in at $22.1 million. The road was designed as a two-lane limited-access facility on a four-lane right-of-way, construction began on August 4, with an original estimated completion date of June 30,2005
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Gallipolis, Ohio
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Gallipolis is a chartered village in the U. S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Gallia County. The municipality is located in Southeast Ohio on the Ohio River, the population was 3,641 at the 2010 census. When the population dropped below 5,000, Gallipolis became a village, Gallipolis is the second-largest community in the Point Pleasant Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Gallia County, Ohio and Mason County, West Virginia. Gallipolis was first settled in 1790 by The French 500, a group of French aristocrats and merchants who were fleeing the French Revolution and they were led by Count Jean-Joseph de Barth, an Alsatian member of the French National Assembly. The name Gallipolis, a construct of the French prefix Galli-, a post office called Gallipolis has been in operation since 1794. Gallipolis is located at 38°48′55″N 82°11′51″W, along the Ohio River, according to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.83 square miles, of which 3.60 square miles is land and 0.23 square miles is water. Gallipolis is located in the hills of southeastern Ohio. Gallipolis City Park is located centrally, cassius M. Canaday Memorial Playground is in the citys east end. Sports facilities include Memorial Field and Cliffside Golf Club, there are also ball fields at the waterworks facility on Chestnut Street. Haskins Memorial Park is contiguous with the golf club, the Elizabeth L. Evans Waterfowl and Bird Sanctuary are adjacent to Memorial Field, which also features a skate park. The Texas Road Wildlife Area is located close by, the city owns and operates the Pine Street and Mound Hill Cemeteries. Mound Hill Park is adjacent to the cemetery, as of the census of 2010, there were 3,641 people,1,576 households, and 854 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,011.4 inhabitants per square mile, there were 1,869 housing units at an average density of 519.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 89. 7% White,5. 1% African American,0. 6% Native American,1. 1% Asian,0. 5% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 2% of the population. 39. 7% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.81. The median age in the village was 44.6 years. 18. 9% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 1% were between the ages of 18 and 24,23. 6% were from 25 to 44,28. 7% were from 45 to 64, and 20. 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48. 3% male and 51. 7% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,180 people,1,847 households, and 1,004 families residing in the village
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Controlled-access highway
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A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway, other similar terms include Interstate and parkway. Some of which may be limited-access highways, although this term can refer to a class of highway with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. In countries following Vienna convention, the motorway qualification implies they are forbidden for walking or parking, a controlled-access highway provides an unhindered flow of traffic, with no traffic signals, intersections or property access. They are free of any at-grade crossings with roads, railways, or pedestrian paths. Entrances and exits to the highway are provided at interchanges by slip roads, on the controlled-access highway, opposing directions of travel are generally separated by a median strip or central reservation containing a traffic barrier or grass. Elimination of conflicts with other directions of traffic dramatically improves safety and capacity, controlled-access highways evolved during the first half of the 20th century. Italy opened its first autostrada in 1924 connecting Milan to Varese, Germany began to build its first 30-kilometre autobahn controlled-access highway without speed limits in 1932 between Cologne and Bonn. It then rapidly constructed a system of such roads in anticipation of their use in the Second World War. The first North American freeways opened in the New York City area in the 1920s, Britain, heavily influenced by the railways, did not build its first motorway, the Preston By-pass, until 1958. Most technologically advanced nations feature a network of freeways or motorways to provide high-capacity urban travel, or high-speed rural travel. Many have a national-level or even international-level system of route numbering, exit is marked with another symbol. The definitions of motorway from the OECD and PIARC are almost identical, british Standards Motorway, Limited-access dual carriageway road, not crossed on the same level by other traffic lanes, for the exclusive use of certain classes of motor vehicle. ITE Freeway, A divided major roadway with full control of access and this definition applies to toll as well as toll-free roads. Freeway A, This designates roadways with greater complexity and high traffic volumes. Usually this type of freeway will be found in areas in or near the central core. Freeway B, This designates all other divided roadways with full control of access where lighting is needed, principal arterials may cross through urban areas, serving suburban movements. The traffic is characterized by high speeds and full or partial access control, other roads leading to a principal arterial are connected to it through side collector roads
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Jackson, Ohio
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Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,397 at the 2010 census, Jackson is located at 39°3′3″N 82°38′23″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 8.49 square miles. Jackson has the eighth largest population of people of Welsh descent in the United States, the Welsh-American Heritage Museum in Oak Hill describes the experience of Welsh immigration to this area and their chief occupations in farming, making iron, and manufacturing clay. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,397 people,2,734 households, the population density was 777.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 3,019 housing units at a density of 366.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96. 4% White,0. 7% African American,0. 3% Native American,0. 4% Asian,0. 4% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 5% of the population. 33. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age in the city was 38.1 years. 23. 8% of residents were under the age of 18,9. 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 26% were from 25 to 44, 26% were from 45 to 64, and 14. 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46. 5% male and 53. 5% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 6,184 people,2,667 households, and 1,712 families residing in the city. The population density was 823.4 people per square mile, there were 2,905 housing units at an average density of 386.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 98. 19% White,0. 44% African American,0. 19% Native American,0. 26% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 29% from other races, and 0. 60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 86% of the population,32. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the family size was 2.91. In the city the population was out with 24. 7% under the age of 18,8. 9% from 18 to 24,27. 8% from 25 to 44,22. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males, the median income for a household in the city was $26,728, and the median income for a family was $33,456
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Ohio State Route 160
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State Route 160 is a north–south state highway in the southeastern portion of the U. S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at SR7 in Gallipolis, and the heads north. It meets U. S. Route 35 at an interchange with various collector and distributor ramps, SR160 southbound bypasses the interchange on a 0. 739-mile-long road officially designated SR 160-A. From there, the passes through Vinton in northern Gallia County. Following an intersection with SR32, the heads in a more westerly direction until it meets and its northern terminus is at State Route 93 in Hamden. Extended south to Gallipolis along the alignment of U. S. Route 35
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Ohio State Route 850
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State Route 850 is a north–south state highway in southeastern Ohio, a U. S. state. Its southern terminus is at SR588 in the hamlet of Rodney, SR 850s northern terminus is at SR554 in Bidwell. The route has an interchange with U. S. Route 35, all of SR850 runs within Gallia County. The route is not inclusive within the National Highway System, SR850 was created in 1995 along its current routing between SR588 and SR554, designated in approximately the same timeframe that the US35 freeway was completed east of Rio Grande. No significant changes have taken place to the routing since its designation. The entire route is in Gallia County
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Ohio State Route 325
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State Route 325 is a north–south state highway in the southeastern corner of the U. S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of SR325 is at SR141 about 6 miles south of Rio Grande and its northern terminus is at a T-intersection with SR124 approximately 5 miles west of the village of Rutland. The path of SR325 takes it through the counties of Gallia, no stretch of this highway is included as a part of the National Highway System, a network of routes that are considered most important for the nations economy, mobility and defense. SR325 was designated in 1932, in 1937, SR325 was extended northerly and easterly to its current northern terminus at SR124
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Rio Grande, Ohio
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Rio Grande is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The population was 830 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. Although the town is named after the river in the southern United States, Rio Grande is home to the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College, the alma mater of Bevo Francis, who set and until recently still held the NCAA basketball single-game scoring record. It is also the location of Bob Evans Restaurants. The restaurant chain began as a truck stop diner in Rio Grande. The name of Rio Grande was chosen to commemorate the Mexican–American War, Rio Grande is located at 38°53′1″N 82°22′48″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of 1.37 square miles. Rio Grande is located close to Raccoon Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River. As of the census of 2010, there were 830 people,223 households, the population density was 610.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 292 housing units at a density of 214.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 87. 2% White,8. 8% African American,0. 2% Native American,0. 6% Asian,0. 7% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 3% of the population. 27. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age in the village was 21.9 years. 16% of residents were under the age of 18, 47% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 17% were from 25 to 44,12. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 7. 3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50. 4% male and 49. 6% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 915 people,232 households, and 145 families residing in the village. The population density was 764.1 people per square mile, there were 277 housing units at an average density of 231.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 90. 82% White,4. 04% African American,1. 09% Native American,2. 08% Asian,0. 22% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 87% of the population. 26. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.82
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Limited-access road
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The degree of isolation from local traffic allowed varies between countries and regions. The precise definition of these terms varies by jurisdiction, the first implementation of limited-access roadways in the United States was the Bronx River Parkway in New York, in 1907. The New York State Parkway System was constructed as a network of high-speed roads in, the first limited access highway built is thought to be the privately built Long Island Motor Parkway in Long Island, New York. The Southern State Parkway opened in 1927, while the Long Island Motor Parkway was closed in 1937 and replaced by the Northern State Parkway, in the United States, the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices uses full control of access only for freeways. This definition is used by some states, some of which also restrict freeways only to motor vehicles capable of maintaining a certain speed. Some other states use controlled access to mean a higher standard than limited access, while Australias larger capital cities feature controlled-access highway networks, the smaller metropolitan areas mostly rely on limited-access highways for high-speed local traffic. In South Australia the terms expressway and freeway can be synonymous, the Southern and Northern Expressways are both controlled-access highways. However, perhaps confusingly, the Port River Expressway is a limited-access highway, dual carriageways that connect capital cities and regional centres, such as the M31 Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne, are almost all limited-access highways. In spite of this, freeway terminology is used on signage for most regional limited access highways in the state of Victoria, the Expressway Network of the Peoples Republic of China is the longest highway system in the world. The network is known as National Trunk Highway System. As of 2011, the length is 85,000 kilometres. Expressways in China are a recent addition to a complex network of roads. Chinas first expressway was built in 1988, until 1993, very few expressways existed. The network is expanding rapidly after 2000, in 2011,11,000 kilometres of expressways were added to the network. The Philippines has many expressways and highways particularly concentrated on the island of Luzon, the country currently has 6 completed and available expressways and 8 major highways including the Pan-Philippine Highway also known as Asian Highway 26. The Expressways of Pakistan are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed highways in Pakistan and they are one class lower than the countrys motorways and are usually upgraded versions of the national highways. The total length of Pakistans expressways is 260-kilometre as of November,2016, around 770-kilometre of expressways are currently under construction in different part of country. Most of these expressways will be complete between 2017 and 2020, Expressways in Taiwan may be controlled-access highways similar to National Freeways or limited-access roads
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Gallia County, Ohio
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Gallia County is a county located in the U. S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,934 and its name is the Latin word for France. Gallia County is also known by nickname Little Cardiganshire, gallia County is part of the Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. Gallia County was formed on March 25,1803 from portions of Adams, gallia County was originally settled by the French who gave the county the Latin name for France. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 471 square miles. The population density was 66 people per square mile, there were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 95. 26% White,2. 70% Black or African American,0. 43% Native American,0. 35% Asian,0. 15% from other races,0. 61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 25. 20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98. In the county, the population was out with 25. 00% under the age of 18,9. 70% from 18 to 24,27. 50% from 25 to 44,24. 20% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males, the median income for a household in the county was $30,191, and the median income for a family was $35,938. Males had an income of $31,783 versus $22,829 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,183, about 13. 50% of families and 18. 10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25. 20% of those under age 18 and 10. 00% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 30,934 people,12,062 households, the population density was 66.3 inhabitants per square mile. There were 13,925 housing units at a density of 29.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 94. 7% white,2. 6% black or African American,0. 5% Asian,0. 4% American Indian,0. 2% from other races, and 1. 6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0. 9% of the population, in terms of ancestry,18. 6% were American,15. 9% were German,15. 6% were Irish, and 8. 0% were English. The average household size was 2.49 and the family size was 2.99
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Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio
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Centerville is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located near U. S. Route 35 near the terminus of State Route 279 as the highways parallel each other for about 1/2 mile. Its official name has also been spelled Centreville, the community originally was settled chiefly by Welsh immigrants. Centerville is located at 38°53′55″N 82°26′45″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.10 square miles, all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 103 people,43 households, the population density was 1,030.0 inhabitants per square mile. There were 52 housing units at a density of 520.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 98. 1% White,1. 0% African American,25. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the family size was 2.87. The median age in the village was 44.3 years. 12. 6% of residents were under the age of 18,12. 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24,28. 2% were from 25 to 44,24. 4% were from 45 to 64, and 22. 3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 52. 4% male and 47. 6% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 134 people,50 households, and 40 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,350.8 people per square mile, there were 52 housing units at an average density of 524.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 96. 27% White,0. 75% African American,16. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the family size was 3.03. In the village, the population was out with 27. 6% under the age of 18,9. 7% from 18 to 24,21. 6% from 25 to 44,26. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males, the median income for a household in the village was $35,625, and the median income for a family was $35,938
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Ohio State Route 327
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State Route 327 is a north–south state highway in the south central portion of the U. S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U. S. Route 35 about 7 miles southeast of Jackson, heading north, the road crosses paths with SR32 and SR124 at an interchange which completed in 2004 south of Wellston. Leaving Wellston, the road is less traveled as it passes by forests and these characteristics continue until its northern terminus at SR180 in Adelphi. SR327 was commissioned in 1932, routed between Roads and Wellston, in 1935 the highway was extended north to Adelphi. The highway was extended south to U. S. Route 35 in 1937
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To WV 62 (via WV 869) – Buffalo, Eleanor
WV 2 – Point Pleasant, Huntington
SR 7 – Pomeroy, Gallipolis
SR 160 – Vinton, Gallipolis
SR 850 (Rodney Pike)
SR 325 – Vinton, Rio Grande
SR 279 west – Centerville (Thurman post office), Oak Hill
SR 327 north – Wellston, Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area
SR 32 / SR 124 – Athens, Cincinnati
SR 93 – Coalton, Jackson
US 50 east – Athens
US 50 west (Eastern Avenue) to US 23 south
SR 104 (High Street)
SR 138 – Greenfield, Clarksburg
SR 753 – Greenfield, Washington Court House
SR 41 – Greenfield
US 22 / US 62 / SR 3 – Washington Court House, Hillsboro
SR 435 to I-71
SR 72 – Jamestown, Cedarville
US 68 (Home Avenue) – Wilmington
US 42 – Lebanon
US 35 Bus. east (West Main Street) – Xenia
SR 835 west (Research Boulevard) / North Fairfield Road
I-675 – Cincinnati, Columbus
SR 48 (Main Street) / Jefferson Street
I-75 / SR 4 north – Cincinnati, Toledo
SR 49 north – Greenville
SR 503 (Main Street)
SR 122 east (South Franklin Street)
US 127 / SR 732 south (Barron Street) – Fort St. Clair
SR 320 north
I-70 west – Indianapolis
US 40 (National Road) – Lewisburg, Ohio
SR 227 – Union City
US 27 (Chester Boulevard)
SR 38 west – Greensfork, Hagerstown, New Castle
SR 1
US 36 – Summit Lake State Park
SR 3 south / SR 67 south – New Castle, Muncie, Ball State University
SR 32 – Winchester, Muncie
SR 3 north / SR 28 east – Hartford City, Albany
SR 26 – Fairmount, Hartford City
I-69 north / SR 22 east – Fort Wayne, Upland, Taylor University
SR 15 north – Indiana Wesleyan University
SR 9 – Anderson, Marion
SR 37 – Elwood, Marion
SR 13 / SR 19 north – Elwood, Swayzee, Wabash
SR 213 south – Windfall
SR 18
SR 218
US 24 east – Fort Wayne
SR 25 north / SR 329 south – Rochester
SR 25 south / SR 29 south – Lafayette, Indianapolis
SR 16 – Monon
SR 119 south (Washington Street)
SR 14 (11th Street)
SR 10 east – Bass Lake
SR 8 east (East Culver Road)
US 30 – Valparaiso, Plymouth
US 6 east – Walkerton
SR 2 / SR 39 south (Lincolnway) to SR 4
SR 39 north to Indiana Toll Road – New Buffalo, Michigan
I-94 – Chicago, Detroit
US 20 west / SR 212 north to US 12
