U.S. Route 27 in Ohio

U.S. Route 27
	US 27 in red, US 27 directional alternate in blue
Route information
	Maintained by ODOT
Length	40.58 mi[1] (65.31 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 27 at Kentucky state line in Cincinnati
	I-75 in Cincinnati; I-74 in Cincinnati; I-275 near Cincinnati;
North end	US 27 at Indiana state line near Oxford
Location
Counties	Hamilton, Butler
Highway system

U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Ohio runs for 40.6 miles (65.3 km) between the Kentucky and Indiana state lines: 18.5 miles (29.8 km) in Hamilton County and another 22.1 miles (35.6 km) in Butler County. The route crosses into Ohio and Downtown Cincinnati via the Taylor–Southgate Bridge over the Ohio River. US 27 follows Mehring Way, Central Avenue, Ezzard Charles Drive and Central Parkway through Downtown Cincinnati. US 27 briefly duplexes with I-75, exiting at I-74 for another brief duplex before exiting onto Colerain Road. US 27 then continues northwest eventually to Oxford, and then reaches the Indiana border another six miles (9.7 km)northwest at College Corner.

Route description

US 27 enters Ohio on the Taylor–Southgate Bridge, over the Ohio River, as a four-lane highway. After the bridge ends, the highway passes between the U.S. Bank Arena and a parking structure. US 27 has a traffic signal with East Pete Rose Way and Broadway. The route turns west onto East Pete Rose Way, before turning southeast onto Mehring Way, concurrent with US 52. Mehring Way curves towards the west and passes under the Taylor–Southgate Bridge. After the bridge the street parallels the Ohio River on the south side of the road and the U.S. Bank Arena to the north. After the arena the road parallels the Great American Ballpark, on the north side of the road. While passing the ballpark on the north side, the south side of the road passes the Cincinnati Riverfront Park. The street passes under the Roebling Bridge, before passes to the south of Paul Brown Stadium. On the southwest corner of the stadium US 27 and US 52 turns north onto Central Avenue. Central Avenue passes on the west side of the stadium, before having a final traffic signal with Pete Rose Way. The route continues north passing the west side of the romanesque Cincinnati City Hall. The route wanders between I-75 and I-74 before leaving the latter at elevation 490 feet and ascending through Mount Airy forest in 2 miles to 930 ft at the Cincinnati Water Tanks on North Bend Road. The stretch from here to Strubble Road is a quite busy multilane highway. After the intersection at Strubble one passes Mount Rumpke(dump) on the right and the divided rural road crosses the Great Miami River at elevation 525 feet. The road between Strubble and Oxford was called the highway to heaven by 1986. There were at times at least 80 crosses along the highway. After this publicity the road was widened, curves were straightened, and the speed limit was lowered to 45 mph. A herringbone brick intersection of Chestnut Street and Patterson Avenue is at the southeast corner of Oxford at U.S. 27. The highway northwest of Oxford is straight and rural being improved 10-15 years ago. This final section passes to the west of the Oxford Walmart and within a mile of the Butler co. highpoint before reaching College Corner. [2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Ohio River		0.00	0.00	US 27 south (York St)	Continuation into Kentucky
Ohio River		0.00	0.00	Taylor–Southgate Bridge
Hamilton	Cincinnati	0.23	0.37	US 52 east (Pete Rose Way)	Eastern end of SR 52 concurrency
		1.42	2.29	US 42 west / US 127 south	Southern end of US 42/US 172 concurrency
		1.60	2.57	US 22 begin / SR 3 begin / SR 264 ends	Western terminus of US 42; southern terminus of SR 3; eastern terminus of SR 264 eastbound
		1.69	2.72	SR 264 west to US 50	Westbound SR 264
		1.77	2.85	US 22 east / US 42 east / SR 3 north (Central Pkwy)
		4.76	7.66	I-75 south – Lexington
		4.86	7.82	US 127 north (Central Pkwy)	Northern end of US 127 concurrency
		4.94	7.95	I-75 south – Lexington	Northbound US 27/US 52 to I–75 only; southern end of I–75 concurrency
		5.52	8.88	I-75 north / I-74 begins – Dayton	Northern end of I–75 concurrency; southern end of I–74 concurrency; southern terminus of I–74
		6.03	9.70	I-74 west / US 52 west – Indianapolis	Northern end of I–74/US 52 concurrency
		6.84– 6.90	11.01– 11.10	I-74 / US 52
		11.69– 11.87	18.81– 19.10	SR 126 east / Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway	Southern end of SR 126 concurrency
		14.08	22.66	I-275
Butler		19.12– 19.32	30.77– 31.09	SR 126 west / SR 128 – Ross	Interchange. Northern end of SR 126 concurrency
	Millville	24.44	39.33	SR 129 west – Brookville	Southern end of SR 129 concurrency
	Millville	24.73	39.80	SR 129 east – Hamilton	Northern end of SR 129 concurrency
		29.00	46.67	SR 130 east – Hamilton	Western terminus of SR 130
	Oxford	34.09	54.86	SR 73 east – Trenton	Southern end of SR 73 concurrency
	Oxford	34.90	56.17	SR 73 end / SR 732	Northern end of SR 73 concurrency; western terminus of SR 73
	College Corner	40.58	65.31	US 27 north – Liberty, Richmond	Continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". Retrieved September 21, 2013.
Google (May 24, 2019). "Overview Map of U.S. Route 27 in Ohio" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

External links

Media related to U.S. Route 27 in Ohio at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. Route 27
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[sld-1] Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". Retrieved September 21, 2013.

[google_maps-2] Google (May 24, 2019). "Overview Map of U.S. Route 27 in Ohio" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 24, 2019.