U.S. Route 50 in Ohio

U.S. Route 50
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 209 mi[1] (336 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 50 at IN state line near Cleves
  I-275 near Cincinnati
I-71 / I-75 / I-471 in Cincinnati
I-275 near Milford
US 68 in Fayetteville
US 62 in Hillsboro
US 23 / US 35 in Chillicothe
US 33 in Athens
East end: US 50 at WV state line at the Ohio River
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

Ohio highways
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes

SR 49 SR 51

U.S. Route 50 runs east–west across the southern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, passing through Cincinnati, Chillicothe, and Athens. It is mainly a two-lane road except for the easternmost part. Near Athens it becomes part of State Route 32, a four-lane divided highway known as Corridor D, and from Reedsville to the Ohio/West Virginia border it also overlaps State Route 7 before crossing into Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Route description

US 50 enters Ohio from Indiana near Lawrenceburg, immediately crossing under Interstate 275 before entering the extreme western suburbs of the greater Cincinnati area. US 50 (known in this area as River Road) follows the Ohio River until entering the villages of Cleves and North Bend, where a monument and tomb of President William Henry Harrison stands on the eastbound side of the road. In Cincinnati it is routed along the Sixth Street Expressway, Fort Washington Way, and the historic Columbia Parkway (from which trucks are banned). In Fairfax, US 50 becomes known as Wooster Pike and crosses the Little Miami River via the Wooster Pike Bridge in Milford. East of Milford, US 50 becomes a two-lane highway as it travels through Hillsboro and Bainbridge before reaching the outskirts of Chillicothe. In Chillicothe, US 50 becomes Western Avenue and then Main Street before merging with U.S. Route 23 and U.S. Route 35 east of the city. State Route 104 overlaps US 50 through downtown Chillicothe. As US 50 leaves Chillicothe it becomes a two-lane highway once again as it winds its way through McArthur and heavy forested Southern Ohio before reaching the outskirts of Athens where it becomes a four-lane highway. It will remain four-lane until reaching the Ohio River. US 50 joins with State Route 32 near the Ohio University Bush Airport–Snyder Field in Albany, west of Athens. US 50 intersects with U.S. Route 33 east of the city before continuing eastward toward Belpre and the Ohio River. US 50 begins to overlap SR 7 near Reedsville as it heads north along the river, and splits from SR 7 before it crosses the river on the Blennerhassett Island Bridge to Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Junction list

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Indiana state line
Hamilton Elizabethtown 0.2 I-275 No access
Cleves 3.7 SR 128 Southern terminus of OH-128
4.5 SR 264 Western terminus of OH-264
Cincinnati 18.6 SR 264 Western end of concurrency with OH-264
20.1 US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-264
Exit to US 27/42/52/127
20.2 I-71 south / I-75 – Dayton, Lexington Western end of concurrency with I-71, I-71 exit 1G; I-71/I-75 N exit 1D; I-75 S exit 1G
21.2 I-71 north – Columbus Eastern end of concurrency with I-71, I-71 exit 1J
21.8 I-471 Newport I-471 S only, I-471 exit 6A
27.7 SR 32 / SR 125 / SR 561 Western termini of OH-32 and OH-125
Southern terminus of OH-561
Terrace Park 36.1 SR 126 Eastern terminus of OH-126
Clermont Milford 37.0 SR 28 Western terminus of OH-28
37.7 SR 131 Western terminus of OH-131
39.2 I-275 I-275 exit 59, via Milford Parkway
Stonelick 43.7 SR 222 Northern terminus of OH-222
Owensville 46.9 SR 132 Western end of concurrency with OH-132
47.3 SR 132 / SR 276 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-132
Northern terminus of OH-276
Monterey 51.0 SR 133
Marathon 54.3 SR 286 Western terminus of OH-286
Brown Vera Cruz 57.4 SR 131
Fayetteville 59.3 US 68
St. Martin 61.3 SR 251 Southern terminus of OH-251
Highland Dodsonville 65.7 SR 134 Western end of concurrency with OH-134
65.8 SR 134 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-134
Allenburg 67.8 SR 135 Southern terminus of OH-135
Hillsboro 76.2 SR 124 Western end of concurrency with OH-124
76.7 US 62 / SR 73 / SR 138
77.2 SR 124 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-124
Rainsboro 86.2 SR 753 Western end of concurrency with OH-753
87.1 SR 753 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-753
Ross Bainbridge 94.7 SR 41 Western end of concurrency with OH-41
95.6 SR 41 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-41
Slate Mills 110.0 SR 28 Eastern terminus of OH-28
Chillicothe 114.7 SR 104 Western end of concurrency with OH-104
115.0 SR 772 Northern terminus of OH-772
115.4

US 23 BUS/OH-104/OH-159
Eastern end of concurrency with OH-104; Southern terminus of OH-159
116.8 US 23 / US 35 Western end of concurrencies with US 23 and US 35; Interchange
118.0 US 23 south – Portsmouth Eastern end of concurrency with US 23
Interchange
Schrader 119.7 US 35 east – Jackson Eastern end of concurrency with US 35
Interchange
Londonderry 127.2 SR 327 Western end of concurrency with OH-327
Vinton 131.2 SR 327 Eastern end of concurrency with OH-327
Ratcliffburg 134.4 SR 671 Eastern terminus of OH-671
Allensville 139.9 SR 683 Northern terminus of OH-683
McArthur 146.7 SR 93
149.3 SR 677 Southern terminus of OH-677
Prattsville 152.1 SR 278 Southern terminus of OH-278
Bolins Mills 157.9 SR 356 Southern terminus of OH-356
Athens Albany 160.2 SR 143 Northern terminus of OH-143
161.1 SR 32 Western end of concurrency with OH-32
163.3 SR 681
Athens 171.2 US 33 east – Pomeroy, Ravenswood Western end of concurrency with US 33; Exit 18
172.1 SR 682 Southern terminus of OH-681; Exit 17
173.7 US 33 west – Columbus Eastern end of concurrency with US 33; Exit 16
Canaanville 178.7 SR 690 Southern terminus of OH-690
Guysville 183.3 SR 329 Southern terminus of OH-329
Coolville 192.7 SR 7 – Pomeroy, Gallipolis Western end of concurrency with OH-7
Interchange
194.2 SR 144
Washington Little Hocking 200.5 SR 124 Eastern terminus of OH-124
Redbush 201.0 SR 555 Southern terminus of OH-555
Porterfield 202.4 SR 618 Western terminus of OH-618
203.3 SR 339 Interchange
203.9 SR 7 / SR 32 Eastern end of concurrencies with OH-7 and OH-32
Interchange
204.2 SR 618
Blennerhassett Island Bridge, West Virginia state line

References

U.S. Route 50
Previous state:
Indiana
Ohio Next state:
West Virginia