Ohio State Route 79

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State Route 79 marker

State Route 79
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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 45.65 mi[1] (73.47 km)
Existed: 1924 – present
Major junctions
South end: SR 37 near Buckeye Lake
  I-70 in Buckeye Lake
SR 16 in Newark
North end: US 36 in Nellie
Location
Counties: Fairfield, Licking, Coshocton
Highway system
SR 78 SR 80

State Route 79 (SR 79) is a north–south highway that traverses Central Ohio, extending from Buckeye Lake at SR 37 to Nellie at US 36. SR 79 serves Newark, providing direct-access from Downtown Newark to I-70.

History

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Church on SR 79 in Buckeye Lake

SR 79 was first designated between Lancaster and Walhonding in 1924 by way of Hebron, Newark, and Newcastle.[2][3] By 1926, the northern terminus had been rerouted to Nellie.[4][5] In 1932, the segment between Lancaster and Hebron was deleted (the part not concurrent with US 40 became SR 37) but within one year, the route was extended about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). south to Buckeye Lake ending at SR 157.[6][7] In 1959, SR 79 took over most of the routing of SR 157 to end at SR 37, its current southern terminus. This extension occurred around the same time of the completion of I-70 in the area.[8][9] Except for reroutings onto expressways in Hebron and Newark, the route has not experienced any other major changes.

Until 2005,[10] State Route 79 Alternate (SR 79A) was a 1.72-mile-long (2.77 km)[11] alternate route of SR 79. SR 79A split from SR 79 south of Hebron. SR 79 bypasses Hebron to the east, while SR 79A, or Business Route 79, ran through downtown Hebron as High Street. SR 79A followed High Street as it intersected Enterprise Drive, which ended as SR 79A, at SR 79 north of Hebron.[11]

Major junctions

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
FairfieldLicking
county line
WalnutUnion
township line
0.00 0.00 SR 37 – Lancaster
1.35 2.17 SR 360 east / Canal Road Western terminus of SR 360
Licking Buckeye Lake 2.76 4.44 SR 360 west (North Bank Road) Eastern terminus of SR 360
Union Township 4.14–
4.53
6.66–
7.29
I-70 – Wheeling, WV, Columbus Exit 129 (I-70)
Hebron 5.34–
5.77
8.59–
9.29
US 40 (Main Street / National Road) – Hebron, Zanesville Interchange
Newark South end of freeway
12.50 20.12 Union Street Northbound exit / southbound entrance only
12.87 20.71 Grant Street Southbound exit / northbound entrance only
13.31 21.42 Main Street
13.81 22.23 SR 16 west – Columbus Southern end of SR 16 concurrency
13.93 22.42 11th Street Southbound exit / northbound entrance only
14.27–
14.63
22.97–
23.54
SR 13 (South 4th Street / North Hudson Avenue) – Columbus
15.56 25.04 SR 16 east / North Cedar Street – Coshocton Northern end of SR 16 concurrency
North end of freeway
Fallsbury Township 30.13 48.49 SR 586 to SR 16 – Martinsburg
Coshocton Perry Township 39.36 63.34 SR 541
Nellie 45.65 73.47 US 36 – Mount Vernon, Warsaw
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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