U.S. Route 35

U.S. Route 35 marker

U.S. Route 35
Route information
Length: 412 mi[1] (663 km)
Existed: 1934[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I64 at Scott Depot, WV
 

WV 2 at Point Pleasant, WV
SR 7 at Gallipolis, OH
US 23 / US 50 at Chillicothe, OH
I-71 at Jeffersonville, OH
I-675 at Beavercreek, OH
I-75 at Dayton, OH
I-70 in Richmond, IN

US 30 near Hamlet, IN
North end: US 20 at Michigan City, IN
Location
States: West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
Highway system

U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States highway that runs northwest-southeast for approximately 412 miles (663 km) from northern Indiana to the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nominally north-south. The highway's northern terminus is in Michigan City, Indiana, at U.S. Route 20. Its southern terminus is in Scott Depot, West Virginia, at Interstate 64.[2] Currently, the West Virginia portion of the highway is being expanded to four lanes, mostly along a completely new route. The Ohio portion has already been upgraded to a four-lane highway/freeway between the West Virginia state line and Trotwood, west of Dayton.

Route description

West Virginia

In West Virginia from Scott Depot to Point Pleasant, US 35 is currently being expanded to a four-lane expressway. Currently the route is four lanes from I-64 to the junction with the bridge to Buffalo (West Virginia Route 869), which serves the large Toyota engine and transmission plant in Buffalo, and continues as a 2-lane route for 14.6 miles (23.5 km) to another four lane section of eight miles (6 km) to the Ohio River, which is the state line.

The remaining 14.6 mile gap had a $174 million contract awarded for its completion on June 2, 2015. The section will tentatively be completed by fall of 2019.[3] A possibility of completion as a toll road had been put forward before funding was made available.

Officially, US 35's new alignment begins at I-64 Exit #40 near Scott Depot, from which point US 35 proceeds north on its new roadway.[2]

Ohio

Signed east-west in Ohio, US 35 crosses the Ohio River on the Silver Memorial Bridge, and enters Ohio. The first interchange is located adjacent to the Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport in Gallipolis as well as State Route 7. From there, it continues as a full freeway towards Jackson, with interchanges at SR 160, SR 850, and SR 325. Passing Rio Grande, the highway becomes a four-lane at-grade expressway when it reaches Centerville. This setup continues until SR 32 where the highway bypasses Jackson. A strange interchange configuration currently exists at US 35 and SR 32 - an interchange called a windmill interchange. Each highway has ramps that exit to the other highway ending at an intersection that one can travel either direction. This is odd because both highways end up having at-grade intersections, albeit with a grade-separation of the main highway corridors. Continuing west, the highway reverts to an expressway until it reaches Richmond Dale. The section between Richmond Dale and Chillicothe was upgraded to a full freeway in 2005 and includes a large cut through a 1,000-foot (300 m) ridge. This section of road provides westbound motorists with a panoramic view of the Scioto River valley. Travelers eastbound at Chillicothe near the Bridge Street exit can see the hills that are shown on the Great Seal of the State of Ohio. The next major interchange is with Interstate 71 in Jeffersonville. As the route continues through flat farmlands, it has a full-access interchange with I-675 in Beavercreek. Several miles later, US 35 opens into a three-lane highway (with five lanes in some parts) through downtown Dayton and has another full-access interchange with Interstate 75 in downtown Dayton. The Ohio portion of US 35 merges with Interstate 70 near New Paris. The portion of US 35 from the western edge of Dayton to the merge with I-70 is the only two-lane section remaining, passing through the city of Eaton. US 35 is a major Appalachian corridor linking I-70 and points west to I-64 and points east.

The portion of the route between Jackson and Gallipolis is known as the Bob Evans Highway. This section is designated as a Welsh Byway by the Ohio Department of Transportation as well.[4]

Indiana

US 35 enters Indiana with Interstate 70, and splits off on the northwest side of Richmond. US 35 then travels in a northwest path as a winding 2-lane highway to the city of Muncie, where it merges with Indiana highways 3 and 67 as a 4-lane expressway. It then continues north, returning to a 2-lane highway near the town of Royerton, to an intersection with Indiana 28 where it turns west, toward Interstate 69.

US 35 then rides along with I-69 northward to Indiana 22 then turns west and travels through the cities of Gas City, and Greentown, arriving at a new (opened 2014) interchange with US Highway 31 (Proposed Interstate 67) just east of Kokomo. It rides along with US Highway 31 northward for only 4.5 miles, to a new interchange (opened 2014) where it splits off toward the northwest, toward Logansport.

US Highway 35 then widens to a 4-lane expressway, just prior to its intersection with US Highway 24, where it bypasses Logansport as part of a new expressway between Lafayette and Fort Wayne (opened 2015), but splits off to the north after just 4.2 miles, and heads north/northwest to travel through the towns of Winamac, Knox and La Porte before finally terminating at US 20 in Michigan City which has been the terminus as of 2010.

History

Originally, US 35 was routed from Charleston, West Virginia, on the north side of the Kanawha River (the current West Virginia Route 62) to Point Pleasant, West Virginia until the collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967. When the new Silver Memorial Bridge was completed in 1969, US 35 was moved to the south side of the river (the former West Virginia Route 17) away from Point Pleasant, and its terminus was in St. Albans, West Virginia, at the junction of US 60. US 35 in Indiana also originally went through Kokomo down Markland Ave, Washington St through downtown then Davis Rd on to its current route. It was later bypassed to what is now State Road 931 before being changed to its current route in 2014.[5]

As of June 15, 2009, the old segment of US 35 between Buffalo Bridge, West Virginia, and US 60 is now signed as West Virginia Route 817.

On October 1, 2009, the State of Indiana transferred the western 5.31 miles (8.55 km) of US 35 to Michigan City's local highway system. US 35 in Michigan City is currently being served by commercial traffic that travels in and out of downtown (where it originally terminated at US 12); according to local traffic counts, only half of the measured traffic on US 35 is through traffic. After the transfer of control, Michigan City began reconstructing the road using local, state and federal-aid funds.[6] The change was approved by AASHTO on October 17, 2008.[7]

Major intersections

StateCountyLocationmi[8]kmDestinationsNotes
West VirginiaPutnamTeays Valley Teays Valley Road (CR 33) St. Albans, Scott DepotWestern terminus of CR 33/3
I64 Huntington, St. Albans, CharlestonI–64 exit 40
WV 34 / CR 13 (Poplar Fork Road) Winfield
To WV 817 (via CR 817/2)
To WV 62 (via WV 869) Buffalo, EleanorWestern terminus of WV 869
WV 817 southsouth end of WV 817 overlap
MasonBeech Hill WV 817 northnorth end of WV 817 overlap
WV 817 south
WV 2 Point Pleasant, Huntingtoninterchange
Ohio RiverSilver Memorial Bridge
OhioGalliaGallipolis Township SR 7 Pomeroy, Gallipolisinterchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
SR 735 to SR 7 Pomeroy, Gallipolisinterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
SR 160 Vinton, Gallipolisinterchange; no eastbound exit
Mills SR 160 Vinton, Gallipolisinterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Springfield Township SR 850 (Rodney Pike)interchange
Raccoon Township SR 325 Vinton, Rio Grandeinterchange
SR 279 west Centerville (Thurman post office), Oak HillEastern terminus of SR 279
JacksonBloomfield Township SR 327 Wellston, Cooper Hollow Wildlife Areainterchange
Lick Township SR 32 / SR 124 Athens, Cincinnatiinterchange
Pattonsville Road / Broadway Streetinterchange
SR 93 Coalton, Jacksoninterchange
Coal TownshipCounty Road 84 (Chillicothe Pike)interchange
RossJefferson TownshipVigo Road / Watson Road - Richmond Daleinterchange
Liberty Township US 50 east Athenseast end of US 50 concurrency; interchange
Scioto Township US 50 west (Eastern Avenue) to US 23 southwest terminus of US 50 concurrency; interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
US 23 south to US 50 west Portsmouth, Waverlyeast end of US 23 concurrency; interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
To US 50 west / Main Street Chillicotheinterchange
US 23 north Columbuswest end of US 23 concurrency; interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance

SR 159 / US 23 Bus. (Bridge Street) to US 23 north Kingston, Columbus
interchange
SR 104 (High Street)interchange
Union Township To US 50 / Pleasant Valley Road / Egypt Pikeinterchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
County Road 550 - Pleasant Valleyinterchange
Concord TownshipCounty Road 87 - Frankfortinterchange
SR 138 Greenfield, Clarksburginterchange
FayetteUnion Township SR 753 Greenfield, Washington CHinterchange
SR 41 Greenfieldinterchange
US 22 / US 62 / SR 3 Washington CH, Hillsborointerchange
Palmer Roadinterchange
Jefferson Township SR 435 to I-71interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
SR 435 to I-71 Columbus, Cincinnatiinterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
GreeneJamestown SR 72 Jamestown, Cedarvilleinterchange
Silvercreek TownshipOld US 35 - Jamestowninterchange
Xenia TownshipBickett Roadinterchange
Xenia US 68 (Home Avenue) Wilmingtoninterchange
US 42 Lebanoninterchange
Lower Bellbrook Roadinterchange
Xenia Township
US 35 Bus. east (West Main Street) Xenia
interchange
Beavercreek SR 835 west (Research Boulevard) / North Fairfield Roadinterchange
I-675 Cincinnati, ColumbusI-675 exit 13
Dayton-Xenia Road / Linden Avenueinterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
MontgomeryRiverside SR 835 (Woodman Drive)interchange
DaytonSmithville Roadinterchange
Steve Whalen Boulevardinterchange
Keowee Street / Wayne Avenueinterchange
SR 48 (Main Street) / Jefferson Streetinterchange
Ludlow Street / Perry Streetinterchange
35.3056.81 I-75 / SR 4 north Cincinnati, ToledoI-75 exit 52B
James H. McGee Boulevardinterchange
Gettysburg Avenueinterchange
Drexel30.2248.63 SR 49 north GreenvilleSouthern terminus of SR 49
PrebleWest Alexandria17.2227.71 SR 503 (Main Street)
Eaton11.9219.18 SR 122 east (South Franklin Street)Eastern end of SR 122 concurrency
11.6818.80 US 127 / SR 732 south (Barron Street) Fort St. Clair
11.4218.38 SR 122 west (West Main Street)Western end of SR 122 concurrency
Jackson Township2.383.83 SR 320 northSouthern terminus of SR 320
Jefferson Township1.662.67 I-70 east Dayton, Columbuseast end of I-70 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 35 east follows exit 1
 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Ohio–Indiana state line
IndianaWayneWayne Township0.330.53 US 40 (National Road) Lewisburg, OHI-70 exit 156
3.655.87 SR 227 Union CityI-70 exit 153
5.228.40 US 27 (Chester Boulevard)I-70 exit 151
7.2511.67 I-70 west / Williamsburg Pike Indianapolisnorth end of I-70 overlap; US 35 north follows exit 149B
Webster Township8.5113.70 SR 38 west Greensfork, Hagerstown, New CastleEastern terminus of SR 38
Dalton Township23.1537.26 SR 1
RandolphUnion Township27.2043.77 US 36 Summit Lake State Park
Henry
No major junctions
DelawareMuncie41.0966.13 SR 3 south / SR 67 south New Castle, Muncie, Ball State UniversitySouthern end of SR 3/SR 67 concurrency; interchange; no access from US 35 north to SR 3 south / SR 67 south or SR 3 north / SR 67 north to US 35 south
Center TownshipMemorial Driveinterchange
Muncie43.7070.33 SR 32 Winchester, Muncieinterchange
Hamilton Township47.2175.98 SR 67 north (SR 67 Bus. south) PortlandNorthern end of SR 67 concurrency; interchange
Muncie (SR 3 Bus. south)interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
50.1080.63 SR 3 north / SR 28 east Hartford City, AlbanyNorthern end of SR 3 concurrency; south terminus of SR 28 concurrency
Harrison Township60.1196.74 I-69 south / SR 28 west Alexandria, IndianapolisSouthern end of I–69 concurrency; north end of SR 28 concurrency; US 35 south follows exit 245
GrantJefferson Township70.34113.20 SR 26 Fairmount, Hartford CityI-69 exit 255
Gas City74.46119.83 I-69 north / SR 22 east Fort Wayne, Upland, Taylor UniversityNorthern end of I–69 concurrency; south end of SR 22 concurrency; US 35 north follows exit 259
Jonesboro78.73126.70 SR 15 north Jonesboro, Indiana Wesleyan UniversitySouthern terminus of SR 15
MillFranklin
township line
81.21130.69 SR 9 Anderson, Marion
Franklin Township82.35132.53 SR 37 Elwood, Marion
Sims Township89.28143.68 SR 13 / SR 19 north Elwood, Swayzee, Wabashsouth end of SR 19 concurrency
HowardGreentown96.19154.80 SR 213 south WindfallNorthern terminus of SR 213
HowardTaylor
township line
100.13161.14 SR 19 south Tipton, Wildcat Creek Reservoir Parknorth end of SR 19 concurrency
US 31 south / SR 22 west Kokomo, IndianapolisSouthern end of US 31 concurrency; western end of SR 22 concurrency; US 35 south follows exit 162
Center TownshipTouby Pike - AirportUS 31 exit 165
Howard Township US 31 north South BendNorthern end of US 31 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 35 north follows exit 166
HowardClay
township line
SR 931 to US 31 north Peru, Kokomo
Clay TownshipDavis Roadinterchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
CassGalveston113.57182.77 SR 18
Walton120.14193.35 SR 218
Washington Township126.13202.99 US 24 east Fort Waynesouth end of US 24 concurrency
LogansportDowntown Logansportformer US 35 north
No Namenorthbound exit only; former US 24 west / US 35 north
Washington Township SR 25 north Rochesterinterchange; south end of SR 25 overlap
SR 25 south / SR 29 south Lafayette, Indianapolisinterchange; north end of SR 25 overlap
130.58210.15Old State Road 25interchange
Logansport131.92212.30
US 24 west / Bus. US 24 east Logansport, Monticello
interchange; north end of US 24 concurrency
Royal Center141.27227.35 SR 16 Monon
PulaskiWinamac155.15249.69 SR 119 south (Washington Street)Northern terminus of the southern section of SR 119
155.65250.49 SR 14 (11th Street)Southern end of SR 14 concurrency
155.77250.69 SR 14 eastNorthern terminus of SR 14 concurrency
StarkeCalifornia Township165.79266.81 SR 10 east Bass LakeSouthern end of SR 10 concurrency
167.18269.05 SR 10 west North JudsonNorthern end of SR 10 concurrency
Knox172.19277.11 SR 8 east (East Culver Road)Southern end of SR 8 concurrency
Center Township174.20280.35 SR 8 west LaCrosse, Hebron, Airport, Kankakee State Fish Wildlife AreaNorthern end of SR 8 concurrency
Davis Township179.48288.85 US 30 Valparaiso, Plymouthinterchange
LaPorteSouth Center185.80299.02 US 6 east Walkertonsouth end of US 6 concurrency
Washington Township190.75306.98 US 6 west Garynorth end of US 6 concurrency
La Porte197.58317.97 SR 2 / SR 39 south (Lincolnway) to SR 4Southern end of SR 39 concurrency
199.44320.97 SR 39 north to Indiana Toll Road New BuffaloNorthern end of SR 39 concurrency
Springfield Township204.91329.77 US 20 east South BendEastern end of US 20 concurrency
I-94
Michigan City US 20 west / SR 212 north to US 12
Michigan Boulevard
Northern terminus of US 35; western end of US 20 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

List of unused highways in Ohio

References

  1. 1 2 Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).
  2. 1 2 "West Virginia US 35 Deletion Request" (PDF). American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  3. "More Than $174 Million Contract Awarded to Finish U.S. 35 in W.Va.". WSAZ-TV. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  4. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Ohio Byway". Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  5. "1960 Indiana Highway Map".
  6. Indiana Department of Transportation (2008-08-25). "An Application from the State highway or Transportation Department of Indiana" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  7. AASHTO (2008-10-27). "Committee action and approvals". Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  8. Indiana Department of Transportation (2004). Reference Post Book (PDF). Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. U-35. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
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