Ohio State Route 4
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| State Route 4 |
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| Length: | 206.51 mi[1] (332.35 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1924 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 42 in Cincinnati |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-75 in Cincinnati I-75 in Dayton I-70 in Huber Heights I-70 near Enon   I-80/I-90/OH Tpk. near Sandusky |
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| North end: |   US 6/SR 101 in Sandusky |
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| Counties: | Hamilton, Butler, Montgomery, Greene, Clark, Champaign, Union, Delaware, Marion, Crawford, Seneca, Huron, Erie | ||||||||
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State Route 4 is a major north-south state highway in Ohio. 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. State Route 4 is notable in that its path is practically ruler-straight for many miles.
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[edit] Cities and villages along route
- Cincinnati
- Wyoming
- Woodlawn
- Glendale
- Springdale
- Fairfield
- Hamilton
- Middletown
- Germantown
- Dayton
- Springfield
- Mechanicsburg
- Milford Center
- Marysville
- Marion
- Bucyrus
- Chatfield
- Attica
- Sandusky
[edit] Junctions
| County | Location | Mile | Road(s) | Notes |
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| Hamilton | Cincinnati | 0.0 | US 42 |
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| 1.2 |  SR 562Norwood Lateral Expressway |
Full-access interchange with expressway. | ||
| 2.5 |  SR 561 |
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| 2.7 | I-75 Mill Creek Expressway |
Full-access interchange; I-75 Exit 9. | ||
| 3.5 |  SR 126Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway |
SR 4 passes under SR 126. | ||
| Woodlawn | 7.1 | SR 126 |
Former eastbound alignment of SR 126. | |
| 7.5 |  SR 747 |
Southern terminus of SR 747. | ||
| Springdale | 9.4 | SR 126 |
Former westbound alignment of SR 126. | |
| 10.0 |  I-275 |
Full-access interchange; I-275 Exit 41. | ||
| Butler | Fairfield | 12.4 |   SR 4 Bypass |
Southern terminus of bypass route. |
| Hamilton | 18.5 |  SR 129 |
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| Fairfield Township | 21.2 | SR 4 Bypass |
Northern terminus of bypass route. | |
| Liberty Township | 24.3 | SR 747 |
Northern terminus of SR 747. | |
| Lemon Township | 26.3 |  SR 63 |
Western terminus of SR 63. | |
| 28.2 | SR 4 |
Former northbound alignment. | ||
| 28.7 |  SR 73 |
SR 73 joins from the west. | ||
| Middletown | 31.3 |  SR 122 |
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| 31.9 | SR 4 |
Former cross-alignment. | ||
| 32.8 | SR 73 |
SR 73 leaves to the east; former southbound alignment of SR 4. | ||
| Madison Township | 34.6 | SR 4 |
Former northbound alignment. | |
| Montgomery | German Township | 38.9 |  SR 123 |
Western terminus of SR 123. |
| Germantown | 39.9 |  SR 725 |
SR 725 joins from the west. | |
| 40.5 | SR 4 |
Former southwestbound alignment. | ||
| 41.5 | SR 725 |
SR 725 leaves to the east. | ||
| Dayton | 51.6 |  US 35 |
SR 4 passes under expressway. | |
| 51.7 | US 35 |
Former alignment of US 35. | ||
| 52.4 | I-75 |
SR 4 passes under insterstate. | ||
| 52.6 | SR 4 |
Begin split of east- and westbound lanes. | ||
| 53.0 |  SR 48 |
Southbound lanes of SR 48 here; northbound lanes 0.2 mi. later; north of this point SR 4 shares SR 48 lanes southbound. | ||
| 54.4 | SR 4 |
East- and westbound lanes rejoin. | ||
| 54.8 | I-75 SR 202 SR 201 |
SR 4 becomes freeway, with lanes to/from the west connecting to full-access interchange with I-75 Exit 54C; southern terminus of SR 202; southern terminus of SR 201. | ||
| 59.2 |  SR 444 |
Full-access interchange; former eastbound alignment of SR 4. | ||
| Huber Heights | 63.2 |  SR 235 |
SR 235 joins from east via full-access interchange. | |
| 64.6 | I-70 SR 235 |
I-70 joins from the west; SR 235 leaves to the north; full-access interchange; I-70 Exit 41A-B. | ||
| Clark | Mad River Township | 67.8 |  I-675 |
Full-access interchange; northern terminus of I-675; I-70 Exit 44A-B; I-675 Exit 26A-B. |
| 70.5 | I-75 |
SR 4 leaves interstate; I-70 Exit 47 eastbound and Exit 48 westbound (via Enon Road). | ||
| Bethel Township | 73.2 |  SR 369 SR 4 |
Southern terminus of SR 369 via full-access interchange; former cross-alignment of SR 4. | |
| Springfield Township | 76.0 |  US 40 |
US 40 joins; SR 4 expressway ends. | |
| 76.4 |  US 68 |
Full-access interchange with US 68 expressway. | ||
| Springfield | 78.5 |  SR 41 |
SR 41 joins from the north. | |
| 79.0 |  SR 72 |
Southbound lanes of SR 72; northbound lanes 0.1 mi. later. | ||
| 79.6 | US 40 - SR 41 |
US 40/SR 41 duplex leaves SR 4 to the east. | ||
| Moorefield Township | 84.3 |  SR 334 |
Eastern terminus of SR 334. | |
| 85.6 | SR 4 |
Former northeastbound alignment. | ||
| 87.9 | SR 4 |
Former southwestbound alignment. | ||
| Champaign | Union Township | 90.8 |  SR 54 |
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| 93.7 |  SR 56 |
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| Mechanicsburg | 96.9 |  SR 29 |
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| Goshen Township | 100.9 |  SR 161 |
SR 161 joins from the southwest. | |
| Union | Union Township | 102.3 | SR 161 |
SR 161 leaves to the southeast. |
| 104.3 |  US 36 |
US 36 joins from the northwest. | ||
| Paris Township | 110.1 | US 36 - SR 4 |
Former northeastbound alignment of duplex. | |
| 112.1 |  US 33 |
US 33 expressway joins from the west; expressway multiplex continues northeast. | ||
| 112.5 |  SR 245 |
Eastern terminus of SR 245; former cross-alignment of US 33. | ||
| Marysville | 114.1 |  SR 31 |
Southern terminus of SR 31; former cross-alignment. | |
| Paris Township | 114.9 | US 33 - US 36  SR 38 |
SR 4 leaves expressway via full-access interchange; expressway continues southeast; northern terminus of SR 38; former southbound alignment of SR 4. | |
| Leesburg Township | 122.0 |  SR 347 |
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| 124.9 |  SR 37 |
SR 37 joins from the southeast. | ||
| Claibourne Township | 125.9 | SR 37 |
SR 37 leaves to the west. | |
| Delaware | Thompson Township | 129.9 |  SR 47 |
SR 47 joins from the west. |
| Marion | Prospect Township | 130.6 | SR 47 |
SR 47 leaves to the east. |
| 133.4 |  SR 203 |
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| Marion | 140.7 |  SR 4 - SR 423 |
Southbound lanes of SR4/SR 423 duplex; begin split of north- and southbound lanes. | |
| 140.9 | SR 423 |
SR 423 continues to the south; northbound lanes are continue north. | ||
| 141.1 |  SR 739 |
Eastern terminus of SR 739. | ||
| 141.4 |   SR 95 - SR 309 |
Junction with eastbound lanes; westbound lanes 0.1 mi. later. | ||
| 142.3 | SR 4 - SR 423 |
North- and southbound lanes rejoin. | ||
| Marion Township | 143.7 | SR 423 |
SR 423 leaves to the north. | |
| Grand Prairie Township | 147.0 |  US 23 |
Full-access interchange with US 23 expressway. | |
| Crawford | Dallas Township | 151.8 |  SR 294 |
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| Bucyrus | 158.8 |  SR 98 |
SR 98 joins from the south. | |
| 159.5 |   Bus US 30   SR 19 - SR 100 |
SR 19 and SR 100 join from the east where multiplexed with Bus US 30, which continues west. | ||
| 159.9 | SR 98 |
SR 98 leaves to the northeast. | ||
| Holmes Township | 160.7 | US 30 Lincoln Highway |
Full-access interchange with US 30 expressway. | |
| 161.2 | SR 19 - SR 100 |
SR 19/SR 100 duplex leaves to the west. | ||
| Chatfield | 169.4 |  SR 103 |
SR 103 joins from the west. | |
| Chatfield Township | 170.5 | SR 103 |
SR 103 leaves to the east. | |
| Seneca | Attica | 177.8 |  US 224 |
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| Reed Township | 182.2 |  SR 162 |
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| Huron | Sherman Township | 185.8 |  SR 269 |
Southern terminus of SR 269, which straddles the Seneca-Huron county line. |
| 187.9 |  SR 547 |
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| Lyme Township | 192.5 |   US 20 - SR 18 |
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| 193.8 |  SR 113 |
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| Erie | Groton Township | 198.1 | I-80 - I-90 - OH Tpk |
SR 4 passes under Turnpike here; access ramps are 0.3 mi. later; Turnpike Exit 110. |
| 198.8 |  SR 99 |
Northern terminus of SR 99. | ||
| Perkins Township | 202.6 |  SR 2 |
Full-access interchange with SR 2 expressway. | |
| Sandusky | 206.4 | US 6 - SR 101 |
Northern terminus of SR 101; eastern terminus of US 6/SR 101 duplex; US 6 continues east. |
| Legend | |||||
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| Crossing, no access | Concurrency termini | Decommissioned | Unconstructed | Closed | |
[edit] Points of interest
- Great Miami River, crossings in Middletown, Dayton
- Opossum Creek Metropark, Dayton
- Mad River, crossing in Dayton,
- Eastwood Metropark, Dayton, Fairborn, Medway, Springfield
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton
- Huffman Metropark, Dayton
- Clarence J. Brown Reservoir, Springfield
- Scioto River, crossing near Prospect
- Little Scioto River, crossing near Marion
- Sandusky River, crossing in Bucyrus
- Historic Lyme Village near Bellevue
- Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky
- Lake Erie
[edit] History
- 1924 – Original route established[2]; originally followed current US 23 alignment from Portsmouth to Waldo, and current SR 423 from Waldo to Marion[3].
- 1926 – Alignment from Portsmouth to Marion certified as US 23; SR 4 realigned south of Marion to its current southern terminus in Cincinnati, replacing the former SR 6 from Cincinnati to Middletown, the former SR 52 from Middletown to 3 miles south of Milford Center, and the former SR 38 from Marysville to Marion[3].
- 1959 – Alignment from Dayton to Springfield rerouted and upgraded to freeway; segment through Fairborn around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base designated as SR 444[3].
- 1967 – Segment from SR 201 to SR 444 upgraded to freeway[3].
[edit] Route 4 Bypass
State Route 4 has a corresponding bannered route, State Route 4B, which is a bypass of Hamilton.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
- ^ Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
- ^ a b c d Route 4 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
[edit] External links
- The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson
- End photos of Ohio 4 from state-ends.com by Dan Garnell
