Ohio State Route 3

State Route 3
Route of SR 3 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	248.50 mi[1] (399.92 km)
Existed:	1923 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 / US 22 / SR 264 in Cincinnati
	I‑71 in Cincinnati I‑71 near Orient I‑70 in Columbus I‑71 in Columbus I‑76 in Seville I‑71 near Brunswick I‑71 in Cleveland
North end:	US 6 / US 20 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 in Cleveland
Location
Counties:	Hamilton, Warren, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Franklin, Delaware, Knox, Ashland, Holmes, Wayne, Medina, Cuyahoga
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 2 SR 4 →

State Route 3 (SR 3) is a major north–south highway in Ohio which leads from Cincinnati to Cleveland by way of Columbus. It is the second longest state route in Ohio. Because of this the road is also known as the 3-C Highway, a designation which predates the Ohio state highway system.^[2] It is the only state route to enter all three of Ohio's largest cities (though it has largely been bypassed by Interstate 71). The route's southern terminus is in downtown Cincinnati at the US 27/US 52/US 127 concurrence, which is also the western terminus of US 22. SR 3 and US 22 share the same path for nearly 70 miles (110 km), parting ways in the city of Washington Court House, where SR 3 is joined with US 62. This concurrency runs nearly 40 miles (64 km) to Columbus. From there SR 3 continues solo to Sunbury, where it joins US 36 for just over 24 miles (39 km) until it reaches Mount Vernon. SR 3 ends in Cleveland at Public Square, with the last several miles concurrent with US 42 from Parma. It is one of 9 other routes to enter downtown Cleveland at Public Square.

History

• 1923 – Original route established;^[3] originally followed its current alignment (more or less) from Cincinnati to 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville, the SR 226 alignment from 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville to 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster, its old alignment from 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster to Medina, and US 42's alignment from Medina to Cleveland.^[4]
• 1927 – 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville to 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster rerouted to current alignment, along former SR 250; original alignment certified as SR 250; Medina-to-Parma routing changed to current alignment, and former alignment here certified as US 42.^[4][5]
• 1932 – Alignment from Cincinnati to Washington Court House dually certified with US 22; alignment from Washington Court House to Columbus dually certified with US 62.^[4]
• 1938 – Medina-Parma alignment changed to the pre-1926 routing and dually certified with US 42; previous alignment signed SR 200 until 1939.^[4]
• 1939 – Medina-Parma alignment switched back to current alignment.^[6]
• 1961 – SR 3 routed to new freeway alignment from Harrisburg to Columbus.^[4]
• 1962 – Harrisburg-Columbus alignment dually certified as I-71.^[4]
• 1967 – Reverted to US 62 alignment from Harrisburg to Columbus.^[4]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton	Cincinnati	0.00	0.00	US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 US 22 / SR 264	SR 3 begins northbound concurrent with US 22 (also its western terminus), US 27, US 42, US 52 and US 127; eastern terminus of SR 264 (eastbound)
		0.09	0.14	US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 / SR 264	Southbound lanes of US 27, US 42, and US 127 as well as eastbound US 52 enter from the east; westbound SR 264 crosses from east to west.
		0.17	0.27	US 27 / US 52 / US 127	US 22/US 42/SR 3 leaves northbound lanes of concurrency, heading east; northbound US 27/US 127 as well as westbound US 52 continue north.
		0.25	0.40	US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 SR 264	Southbound lanes of US 27, US 42, and US 127 as well as eastbound US 52 and westbound SR 264 cross from north to south.
		0.33	0.53	US 42	Northbound lanes of US 42 leave US 22/SR 3 to the north.
		1.45	2.33	I‑71	Ramps from eastbound US 22/SR 3 concurrency to northbound I-71 and southbound I-71 to westbound US 22/SR 3 only; I-71 Exit 2.
		4.46	7.18	I‑71	Northbound exit/southbound entrance to/from interstate only; I-71 Exit 5.
	Norwood	6.19	9.96	SR 561	SR 561 joins from the southeast
		6.22	10.01	SR 562 (Norwood Lateral Expressway)	Full-access interchange with US 22/SR 3/SR 561.
		6.29	10.12	SR 561	SR 561 leaves to the northwest.
	Cincinnati	11.41	18.36	I‑71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 12.
	Montgomery	13.30	21.40	SR 126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway)	Eastern terminus of expressway; SR 126 joins from the west.
		13.57	21.84	SR 126	SR 126 leaves to the east.
	Sycamore Township	16.15	25.99	I‑275	Full-access interchange; I-275 Exit 50.
Warren	Hamilton Township	24.69	39.73	SR 48
	Morrow	30.02	48.31	SR 123	SR 123 joins from the north.
	Salem Township	31.75	51.10	SR 123	SR 123 leaves to the south.
	Washington Township	37.59	60.50	SR 350
Clinton	Adams Township	41.73	67.16	SR 380	Southern terminus of SR 380.
	Wilmington	47.20	75.96	SR 73	SR 73 joins from the northwest.
		48.06	77.35	US 68 / SR 134
		50.63	81.48	SR 73	SR 73 leaves to the south.
	Richland Township	56.81	91.43	SR 72
	Sabina	58.95	94.87	SR 729
Fayette	Union Township	68.58	110.37	US 35	Full-access interchange with US 35 expressway, shared with US 62 to the south.
	Washington Court House	69.75	112.25	US 62 / SR 41	US 62 joins from the southwest; SR 41 joins from the south.
		70.23	113.02	SR 41	SR 41 leaves to the northwest; former southeastbound alignment of US 35.
		70.38	113.27	US 22	US 22 leaves to the east.
	Union Township	74.85	120.46	SR 38	Southern terminus of SR 38.
Madison	Mount Sterling	85.63	137.81	SR 207	SR 207 joins from the south.
		85.89	138.23	SR 56 / SR 207	SR 207 leaves northwest concurrent with SR 56; SR 56 continues southeast.
Pickaway	Darby Township	94.08	151.41	SR 762	Northern terminus of SR 762
Franklin	Pleasant Township	96.18	154.79	I‑71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 94.
		97.72	157.27	SR 665
	Jackson Township	102.66	165.22	I‑270	Full-access interchange; I-270 Exit 2.
	Columbus	106.46	171.33	I‑70	Full-access via side streets to the south and north of crossing; I-70 Exit 98A-B.
		107.98	173.78	SR 315	Full-access interchange from SR 315.
		109.15	175.66	US 23 south / US 33 south
		109.25	175.82	US 23 north / US 33 north	Southern terminus of US 23/US 33/US 62/SR 3 concurrency
		109.68	176.51	US 40 / US 62 / SR 16	US 62 leaves to the east, concurrent with US 40 and SR 16 which continue west
		109.88	176.83	US 23 / US 33	US 23 leaves to the north; US 33 leaves to the west 0.1 mi. later
		110.62	178.03	I‑670	I-670 Exits 4C (eastbound) and 5 (westbound); westbound exit/entrance via Jack Gibbs Blvd.
	Minerva Park	118.93	191.40	SR 161 (Dublin-Granville Road)	Full-access interchange with expressway.
	Blendon Township	120.39	193.75	I‑270	Full-access interchange; I-270 Exit 29.
Delaware	Sunbury	131.47	211.58	US 36 / SR 37 / SR 61	US 36 joins from the northwest concurrent with SR 37; SR 37 continues to the southeast; SR 61 begins concurrent with US 36/SR 3 concurrency.
		131.90	212.27	SR 61	SR 61 leaves to the north
Knox	Centerburg	142.13	228.74	SR 314	Southern terminus of SR 314.
	Hilliar Township	143.22	230.49	SR 657	Western terminus of SR 657.
	Clinton Township	154.89	249.27	SR 229	SR 229 joins from the west.
	Mount Vernon	155.85	250.82	SR 13	SR 13 southbound directional alternate joins from the north.
		155.97	251.01	SR 13 / SR 229	SR 13 southbound directional alternate and SR 229 eastbound leave to the south (concurrency).
		156.11	251.23	US 36 / SR 229	US 36 leaves to the east; US 36/SR 229 westbound directional alternate enters from the east.
		156.16	251.32	US 36 / SR 229	US 36/SR 229 westbound directional alternate leaves to the west.
		156.18	251.35	SR 13	Northbound SR 13 crosses from east to west.
	Monroe Township	158.92	255.76	SR 768	Northern terminus of SR 768.
	Brown Township	170.64	274.62	SR 205	Northern terminus of SR 205.
Ashland	Hanover Township	176.38	283.86	SR 97	Eastern terminus of SR 97.
	Loudonville	178.98	288.04	SR 39	SR 39 joins from the west.
		179.13	288.28	SR 39 / SR 60	SR 39 leaves to the east concurrent with SR 60; SR 3/SR 60 concurrency continues north.
		179.30	288.56	SR 60	SR 60 leaves to the north.
Holmes	Washington Township	184.19	296.43	SR 179 / SR 226	SR 226 begins east, concurrent with SR 179, which continues north.
Wayne	Wooster Township	195.86	315.21	SR 226	Northern terminus of SR 226; former northbound alignment of SR 3.
		196.43	316.12	SR 95	Eastern terminus of SR 95
	Wooster	197.95	318.57	US 30 / US 250 (Lincoln Way)	SR 3 joins expressway via full-access interchange; former northbound alignment of SR 3.
		198.62	319.65	SR 302	Full-access interchange.
	Wooster Township	199.57	321.18	US 250	Full-access interchange (direct ramp eastbound; westbound via Pittsburgh Avenue)
		200.15	322.11	US 30	US 30 leaves to the east at full-access interchange.
		200.33	322.40	SR 83	SR 83 joins from the south at full-access interchange.
	Wooster	201.08	323.61	SR 585	Southern terminus of SR 585 (former cross-alignment) at full-access interchange.
		203.26	327.12	SR 83	SR 3 leaves expressway; SR 83 continues northwest; former cross-alignment of SR 3.
	Canaan Township	210.85	339.33	SR 604
Medina	Seville	217.95	350.76	I‑76 / US 224	Full-access interchange; I-76 Exit 2.
	Montville Township	222.56	358.18	SR 162	SR 162 joins from the west.
		223.05	358.96	SR 162	SR 162 leaves to the east.
	Medina	224.96	362.04	US 42 / SR 57	US 42 joins from the west; SR 57 joins from the east.
		225.22	362.46	SR 18	SR 18 eastbound lanes cross.
		225.30	362.59	US 42 / SR 18 / SR 57	US 42 leaves to the north; SR 18 westbound lanes, concurrent with SR 57, leave to the west.
		225.36	362.68	SR 18 / SR 57	SR 18 westbound lanes, concurrent with SR 57, join from the south.
	Medina Township	231.04	371.82	I‑71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 222.
	Hinckley Township	232.03	373.42	SR 606	Western terminus of SR 606.
		233.63	375.99	SR 94	SR 94 joins from the south.
		234.66	377.65	SR 606
		236.16	380.06	SR 94 / SR 303	SR 94 leaves to the east concurrent with SR 303 which continues west.
Cuyahoga	North Royalton	241.55	388.74	SR 82
	Parma	248.50	399.92	US 42	SR 3 joins US 42.
	Cleveland	250.23	402.71	SR 94	SR 94 northern terminus.
		254.60	409.74	US 6 Alt. / US 6 / US 20	US 42 and SR 3 join US 6 and US 20.
		255.48	411.16	US 6 / US 20 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 / Public Square	US 322, US422, SR 8, SR 14, and SR 43 join US 42, SR 3, US 6, and US 20.
		1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
2. In Search of...The Three-C Highway by Michael G. Buettner, February, 2006
3. Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson Archived May 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Route 3 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson Archived December 12, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
5. Ohio Department of Transportation Official maps for 1926 and 1927
6. Ohio Department of Transportation Official map for 1939

External links

Route map: Bing / Google