Columbia Parkway is an expressway/parkway extending from Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio to the Village of Fairfax, and serving as US-50 on Cincinnati's east side. It was constructed in the Art Deco architectural style in 1938 as part of the New Deal. The Parkway's western terminus is Fifth Street, near Fort Washington Way (which carries Interstate 71 and US-50 through downtown Cincinnati).
The road has a "Dead Man's Curve," between Tusculum Avenue and Beechmont Avenue, which is often the site of accidents.
Columbia Parkway is a partially limited access roadway, with crude on and off ramps to many local streets as well as conventional intersections. Westbound Columbia Parkway provides access to Red Bank Road, Eastern Avenue, Tusculum Avenue, Stanley Avenue, Hoge Street, Delta Avenue, Torrence Parkway, William Howard Taft Road, Kemper Lane, Eggleston Avenue, Fort Washington Way/Interstate 71, Sixth Street, Interstate 471, and Fourth Street/Pike Street. Eastbound Columbia Parkway provides access to Riverside Drive/Bains Street, Kemper Lane, William Howard Taft Road (access restored October 2008), Torrence Parkway, Delta Avenue, Hoge Street, Stanley Avenue, Tusculum Avenue, Beechmont Avenue, and Red Bank Road.
The section of the roadway between William Howard Taft Road/ Torrence Parkway and Delta Avenue has numerous abandoned staircases built into the Art Deco retaining walls (which were constructed in 1938 as part of the Works Progress Administration). The City of Cincinnati began the process of sealing up these staircases in 2008.