Ohio State Route 5

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State Route 5

Length:

50.91 mi^[1] (81.93 km)

Formed:

1932

West end:

I-76 near Ravenna

Major
junctions:

I-76 near Ravenna

I-80/OH Tpk. near Newton Falls

East end:

PA 58 near Jamestown, PA

Counties:

Portage, Trumbull

Ohio highways
< SR 4		SR 7 >

State Route 5 is an east-west highway in Ohio. Its western terminus is in Portage County at Interstate 76 near Ravenna, where it’s multiplexed with State Route 44, and its eastern terminus at the Pennsylvania state line, where Pennsylvania Route 58 (Jamestown Rd.) begins eastward. Portions of the route near Ravenna and near Newton Falls (where it intersects with Interstate 80 and the Ohio Turnpike) are 4-lane divide highways, and a 9-mile stretch from 3 miles west of Warren to Elm Road north of Warren is built to freeway standards. This alignment is not the original designation for State Route 5; its original alignment ran from the Indiana state line to the Pennsylvania state line and was almost completely replaced by U.S. Route designations in 1926 (see History).

1 Cities and villages along route
2 Junctions
3 Points of interest
4 History
- 4.1 Before 1932
5 Sources
6 External links

[edit] Cities and villages along route

Ravenna
Cortland
Johnston
Kinsman

[edit] Junctions

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Portage	Rootstown Township	0.0	I-76 SR 44	I-76 Exit 38.
	Rootstown Township	0.3	SR 44	Former northbound alignment of SR 44; SR 5/SR 44 bypass route begins.
	Ravenna Township	3.4	SR 14 - SR 44	SR 44 leaves duplex via full-access interchange to join SR 14 bypass northbound; SR 14 continues south.
	Ravenna Township	4.0	SR 59	Eastern terminus of SR 59; former westbound alignment of SR 5; end of bypass route.
	Paris Township	9.9	SR 5	Former cross-alignment of SR 5.
	Paris Township	12.4	SR 225	Northern terminus of SR 225.
Trumbull	Braceville Township	16.7	SR 534
		18.1	I-80 - OH Tpk	Turnpike Exit 209.
		19.8	SR 5	Former westbound alignment of SR 5.
		20.5	SR 82	SR 82 joins from the west.
	Warren Township	20.9	SR 5 - SR 82	Former northeastbound alignment of duplex (before bypass was constructed); SR 5/SR 82 bypass starts here.
		22.0	SR 82	Former eastbound alignment of SR 82 (after bypass was constructed) via full-access interchange.
		23.7	US 422	Full-access interchange.
	Champion Township	25.9	SR 45	Full-access interchange.
	Bazetta Township	29.3	SR 82	SR 5 leaves expressway; SR 82 continues east-southeast.
		30.7	SR 5	Former northbound alignment of SR 5.
		32.5	SR 305
	Cortland	33.3	SR 46	SR 46 joins from the south.
	Cortland	33.5	SR 46	SR 46 leaves to the north; former southwestern alignment of SR 5.
	Johnston Township	37.4	SR 11	Full-access interchange with SR 11 freeway.
		39.4	SR 88	SR 88 joins from the west.
		39.6	SR 193
		41.1	SR 88	SR 88 leaves to the east.
	Kinsman Township	46.0	SR 7	SR 7 joins from the south.
		47.2	SR 87	Eastern terminus of SR 87.
		47.5	SR 7	SR 7 leaves to the north.
		50.6	PA 58	Pennsylvania state line; PA 58 continues east.

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] Points of interest

West Branch State Park and Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir, near Ravenna
Mahoning River, crossings near Newton Falls and Leavittsburg
Mosquito Creek Lake, near Cortland
Kinsman Lake and Shenango Wildlife Area, Kinsman

[edit] History

1932 – Route established along the former SR 36 alignment from Wooster to the Pennsylvania state line along the current SR 585, an unnumbered road through Akron, SR 59, and east from Ravenna (current Newton Falls Road) through Newton Falls (current Ravenna Road and Warren-Ravenna Road) and Warren (current Market Street and Elm Road) to its current alignment to the state line^[2].
1969 – SR 5 was routed around Ravenna and truncated at the I-76 (then I-80S) junction with SR 44; the segment from Wooster to SR 21 (then US 21) was renumbered as SR 585, and the segment from Akron to just east of Ravenna was designated SR 59^[2].
unknown – Route from Ravenna to 0.7 mi. west of SR 82 in Braceville Township realigned to bypass Newton Falls and railroad crossings probably around the time that the interchange with I-80 and The Ohio Turnpike was constructed. Also realigned in Bazetta Township to avoid 2 crossings of the same railroad.
1970 – Realigned along Warren Bypass from US 422 to Elm Road northeast of Warren and signed as SR 5B (Bypass)^[2].
1971 – Realigned along Warren Bypass from 3 miles west of Warren to US 422^[2].
1978 – Warren Bypass upgraded to freeway^[2].
unknown – Warren Bypass designated as SR 5; SR 5B designation dropped.
1979 – Warren Bypass extended eastward from Elm Road and designated SR 82; original bypass west of Elm Road cosigned SR 5/SR 82^[3].

[edit] Before 1932

1924 – Original route established^[4]; originally ran from the Indiana state line 14 miles west of Van Wert to the Pennsylvania state line 6 miles east of East Liverpool along the following alignments^[2]:
- current US 30 from the Indiana state line to Mansfield.
- US 42 from Mansfield to Ashland.
- US 250 from Ashland to 5 miles west of Wooster.
- US 30 from 5 miles west of Wooster to 2 miles east of Dalton.
- SR 172 from 2 miles east of Dalton to eastern Canton.
- US 30 from Canton to East Liverpool.
- SR 39 from East Liverpool to the Pennsylvania state line.
1926 – All above designations were changed to their current designations except for the segment from Delphos to Mansfield^[2].
1932 – Delphos-Mansfield alignment designated as US 30N^[2].

[edit] Sources

^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Route 5 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
^ Route 82 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
^ Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson