Ohio State Route 142

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State Route 142

Length:

13.6 mi^[1] (21.9 km)

Formed:

1926^[2]

West end:

US 42 / SR 38 / SR 56 / SR 665 at London

East end:

I-70 near West Jefferson

Counties:

Madison

Ohio highways
< SR 141		SR 143 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

State Route 142 Begins in London and acts as a spur of US 42 serving West Jefferson, although its interchange with I-70 primarily provides Interstate access to West Jefferson and nearby Lake Darby rather than as a connection to US 42. Sometimes the road (Plain City-Georgesville Rd) from that interchange northward to Plain City is also incorrectly referred to as Route 142 by locals.

1 Cities and villages along route
2 Junctions
3 History
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Cities and villages along route

[edit] Junctions

Western terminus in London

JCT with US 40 in West Jefferson

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Madison	London	0.0	SR 56 SR 665	Western terminus of both SR 142 and SR 665
		0.0	US 42 SR 38	US 42 and SR 38 split south of this point
		0.2	US 42 SR 38
	West Jefferson	10.1	US 40	Former eastern terminus
	Jefferson Township	11.2	US 40
	Jefferson Township	13.6	I-70	Diamond interchange; I-70 Exit 85

[edit] History

Originally, the eastern terminus was at West Jefferson^[2] The route was extended to meet I-70 when it opened in 1971.^[2]^[3] According to West Jefferson locals, ODOT hadn't originally planned for the SR 142 extension or its interchange with I-70, and felt the town would be adequately served by SR 29. The citizens protested, and gained the support of the Battelle Memorial Institute, located on Plain City-Georgesville Rd between US 40 and the proposed I-70. As a result, ODOT added an interchange at Plain City-Georgesville Rd to their plans, and extended SR 142 past Batelle to that interchange.^{[citation needed]}