U.S. Route 68

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U.S. Route 68 marker

U.S. Route 68
Route information
Length: 560 mi[1] (901 km)
Existed: 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 62 at Reidland, KY
  I-24 near Cadiz, KY

I-65 near Bowling Green, KY
I-64 / I-75 at Lexington, KY
I-71 near Wilmington, OH

I-70 at Springfield, OH
North end: I-75 at Findlay, OH
Highway system

U.S. Route 68 (US 68) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (900 km) from northwest Ohio to Western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at US 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Findlay, Ohio. It is signed east–west in Kentucky and north–south in Ohio.

Route description

Kentucky

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The KY 9/KY 10 intersection with U.S. 62 and U.S. 68 in Maysville, Kentucky

U.S. Route 68 is designated as a "Scenic Highway" throughout Kentucky. The majority of the route winds through forested, hilly terrain. US 68 is Broadway Street through downtown Lexington, and it is Harrodsburg Road before it leaves Lexington. US 68 goes near or through Maysville, Paris, Lexington, Wilmore, Harrodsburg, Lebanon, Campbellsville, Edmonton, Glasgow, Bowling Green, Auburn, Russellville, Elkton, Hopkinsville, Cadiz, and Reidland.

The route passes several Civil War battle sites. The Battle of Tebbs Bend Historic Civil War Site is located near Campbellsville and the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is outside Perryville. In addition, the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is along the highway about 9 miles (14 km) east of Hopkinsville at the small town of Fairview.

There is an annual 400-mile (640 km) yard sale held along the highway for 4 days in early summer.[2]

The sections of the highway through Campbellsville and Lebanon are slated for expansion to begin in 2008. The long-term goal is to widen and make safer the entire US 68 corridor through Kentucky as part of the Heartland Parkway project.[3][4]

US 68 in Mercer County, Kentucky
US 68 in Jessamine County, Kentucky

Sections in Kentucky have been improved in recent years. The Paris Pike which was completed in 2003. Work is currently in progress to make US 68 four lanes through Land Between the Lakes.

Two spans of the US 68/KY 80 Eggner Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship on January 26, 2012.[5] The bridge reopened to traffic on May 25, 2012.[6]

Ohio

Highest point on US 68 at the US 33 interchange in Bellefontaine, Ohio

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. US 68 takes a north-south route throughout Ohio, roughly paralleling Interstate 75 but covering counties one tier to the east of those counties covered by I-75. US 68 begins at an interchange with I-75 in Findlay. From there, it runs south as a 2-lane generally rural highway while passing through Arlington, Kenton, Bellefontaine, West Liberty and Urbana. South of Urbana, US 68 becomes a 4-lane expressway as it bypasses Springfield. a city it originally passed through. The expressway portion of US 68 ends just south of its interchange with I-70. US 68 then continues south as once again a 2-lane generally rural highway, passing through Yellow Springs, Xenia, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Mount Orab and Georgetown. US 68 intersects with US 52 at Ripley, and duplexes with US 52 for 5.6 miles while traveling on the north bank of the Ohio River, before crossing the William H. Harsha Bridge into Kentucky.

In total, US 68 traverses 179.1 miles within Ohio.

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. US 68 previously ran to Toledo, Ohio, terminating at the west approach to the High Level Bridge south of downtown, but the Toledo-Findlay segment was decommissioned in the 1950s.[7] It also passed through Springfield, Ohio prior to its realignment onto a four-lane bypass of that city.

Future

In Clark County, Ohio, there is an almost full-access interchange between controlled-access US 68 and US 40/SR 4, which is itself a controlled-access highway until approximately 0.3 mile west of the US 68 interchange. One exit ramp from US 68 ends on Upper Valley Pike, rather than on US 40/SR 4; another entrance ramp includes two-way traffic and an at-grade entrance to a retirement community. On US 40/SR 4 between the controlled-access portion and US 68, there are an at-grade intersection at Upper Valley Pike, other street and driveway breaks in access control and a steep grade on the eastbound approach toward Upper Valley Pike. In September 2013, the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) ranked the US 40/SR 4/Upper Valley Pike intersection as the most hazardous in the county, based on 2010-2012 crash data.[8][9] Because the road design over the years had played a significant factor in the high number of crashes in the area, the TCC conducted a study; in February 2006 it recommended reconfiguring the US 68 interchange and altering nearby traffic patterns. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) the same year approved $5 million to fund the project. However, the TCC soon rejected ODOT's money, concluding that even its recommended fix would not be enough to solve the area road network's underlying problems.[8][10] Instead, the TCC is making small changes, such as improving traffic signal timing and adding signs. ODOT, for its part, is working on reducing the number of driveways near the US 40/SR 4/Upper Valley Pike intersection and on upgrading traffic signals.[8]

Major intersections

State County Location mi km Destinations Notes
Kentucky McCracken Reidland US 62 – Paducah, Kentucky Dam
​ I-24 – Kentucky Dam, Nashville, St. Louis I-24 exit 16
​ KY 284 west – Reidland, Symsonia
​ KY 787
Marshall ​ KY 1042 north
Sharpe KY 795 south west end of KY 795 overlap
KY 795 north east end of KY 795 overlap
​ KY 1610 north
​ KY 1396 south
Coy KY 1712 south
​ KY 1413 north
Palma KY 3456 north
KY 1422 east
​ KY 95 north – Calvert City
​ KY 782 west
​ Purchase Parkway – Mayfield, Calvert City Purchase Parkway exit 47
​ US 641 north – Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park west end of US 641 overlap
Draffenville US 641 south east end of US 641 overlap
Briensburg KY 58 west
​ Moors Camp Highway former KY 963
​ KY 1462 west
​ Big Bear Highway former KY 58 east
​ KY 408 west – Benton, Mayfield
Fairdealing Barge Island Road former KY 962 north
KY 962 south
​ KY 1364 south
​ KY 1484 north
Aurora KY 402 west – Mayfield
​ KY 80 west – Murray west end of KY 80 overlap
see KY 80
Metcalfe Edmonton KY 80 east east end of KY 80 overlap
​ KY 3524
​ KY 1243
​ KY 2399
​ KY 544
​ KY 543
​ KY 70 west – Cave City west end of KY 70 overlap
​ KY 745
Green ​ KY 729
​ KY 487 – Exie
​ KY 218 west – Horse Cave
​ KY 61 south – Columbia west end of KY 61 overlap
Greensburg KY 417 (East Columbia Avenue)
KY 61 north / Industrial Park Road (KY 3535 east) – Hodgenville east end of KY 61 overlap
​ KY 793
Taylor ​ KY 2764 (Miller Road)
​ KY 883 (Shiloh Road)
Campbellsville KY 323
KY 55 south / KY 210 west – Hodgenville, Columbia, Green River Reservoir State Park, Jacob Hiestand Museum west end of KY 55 overlap
KY 323 south (Columbia Avenue) – Campbellsville University
KY 70 east / KY 527 north (North Central Avenue) east end of KY 70 overlap
KY 289 north (Lebanon Avenue) – Business District
KY 658 east (Roberts Road)
KY 1799 east – Airport
Arista KY 3211 west (Palestine Road)
​ KY 1834 east (Sportsman Lake Road)
​ KY 208 north / KY 744 – Calvary
Marion ​ KY 412 west west end of KY 412 overlap
​ KY 412 east east end of KY 412 overlap
​ KY 289 south
​ KY 2741 west
​ KY 426 west
​ KY 2154
Lebanon Cemetery Road former KY 208 south
KY 55 north – Airport east end of KY 55 overlap
KY 49 / KY 52 west (Proctor Knott Avenue) – Liberty west end of KY 52 overlap
To KY 55 / Spalding Avenue (KY 55S north)
KY 2154 west (Corporate Drive) to KY 55 north
KY 1404 north
​ KY 1195 north
​ KY 243 south – Gravel Switch, Bradfordsville
Boyle North Fork KY 34 east
​ KY 1894 south (Brumfield Road)
Perryville US 150 west (2nd Street West) – Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site west end of US 150 overlap
US 150 east / KY 52 east (2nd Street East) / KY 1856 south (Bragg Street South) east end of US 150 / KY 52 overlap
​ KY 1941 north
Mercer Nevada KY 1822 south
​ KY 1915 south (Dry Branch Road)
Harrodsburg KY 152 west (Mooreland Avenue) – Springfield west end of KY 152 overlap
US 127 south (South College Street) – Danville west end of US 127 overlap
US 127 north (North College Street) – Lawrenceburg east end of US 127 overlap
KY 152 east (Cane Run Street) – Burgin, Herrington Lake east end of KY 152 overlap
Stringtown
US 127 Byp.
​ KY 1343 north (Curry Pike)
Pleasant Hill KY 33 south – Burgin, Herrington Lake, Danville, Shaker Village west end of KY 33 overlap
​ Shaker Ferry Road former KY 29 north
Kentucky River Brooklyn Bridge
Jessamine ​ KY 33 north – Versailles east end of KY 33 overlap
​ KY 1268 south – Wilmore
​ KY 29 south – Wilmore, Asbury University west end of KY 29 overlap
​ KY 29 north – Nicholasville east end of KY 29 overlap
​ KY 169
​ KY 3375 (Catnip Hill Road)
​ KY 1980 east (Brannon Road)
Fayette Lexington KY 1267 south (Military Pike)
Man o' War Boulevard
KY 4 (New Circle Road) KY 4 exit 2
US 27 south (Bolivar Street) west end of US 27 overlap
US 60 west (West High Street) west end of US 60 overlap
US 25 south / US 60 east / US 421 south (West Vine Street) east end of US 60 overlap; no left turn westbound (left-turning traffic turns right at West Main Street)
US 25 north / US 421 north (West Main Street)
KY 4 (West New Circle Road)
I-75 / I-64 – Cincinnati, Louisville, Knoxville, Ashland I-75 exit 113
KY 3367 south (Johnston Road)
KY 1973 north (Iron Works Pike) west end of KY 1973 overlap
KY 1973 south (Muir Station Road) east end of KY 1973 overlap
Bourbon Piper KY 1939 north
Paris KY 1939 (Hume Bedford Road / Bethlehem Road)
US 68 Bus. east (Lexington Road)
US 460 – Georgetown, Paris
US 27 north – Cynthiana east end of US 27 overlap
US 68 Bus. west (East Main Street) to US 460 east – Paris
KY 1940 north
​ KY 1893 west
Millersburg KY 1879 north
Nicholas ​ KY 386
​ KY 648
​ KY 36 east – Carlisle west end of KY 32 overlap
​ KY 32 west / KY 36 west – Cynthiana east end of KY 36 overlap; west end of KY 32 overlap
​ KY 1244
​ KY 32 east – Carlisle east end of KY 32 overlap
​ KY 1455 south – Carlisle west end of KY 1455 overlap
​ KY 1455 north east end of KY 1455 overlap
Ellisville KY 606
​ KY 1244
Robertson ​ KY 165 north – Mount Olivet west end of KY 165 overlap
Fleming ​ KY 2505 (Mount Pleasant Road)
Fairview KY 165 south – Flemingsburg east end of KY 165 overlap
Mason Peed KY 560 (Nepton Road)
​ KY 2517 – Mays Lick
​ KY 324 – Mayslick, Sardis, Wedonia, Mayslick Historic District
​ KY 2517 – Mays Lick
​ KY 2514
​ KY 2514
Maysville US 68 Bus. east – Washington
KY 9 (AA Hwy.) / KY 10 – Brooksville, Maysville interchange
KY 3056
KY 8 – Augusta, Maysville interchange
Ohio River William H. Harsha Bridge
Ohio Brown Aberdeen US 52 east / US 62 west – Aberdeen south end of US 52 / US 62 overlap
Ripley US 52 west north end of US 52 overlap
Redoak US 62 east – Russellville north end of US 62 overlap
​ SR 125 east – Russellville south end of SR 125 overlap
​ SR 125 west – Georgetown Business District north end of SR 125 overlap
Georgetown Mount Orab Pike (C-30A) - Georgetown Business District
Mount Orab SR 774 west
SR 32 – Cincinnati, Jackson interchange
Fivemile SR 286
Chasetown SR 131
Fayetteville US 50
​ SR 123 – Blanchester
Clinton ​ SR 251 south – St. Martin, Chatfield College
​ SR 28 – Blanchester, New Vienna, Martinsville
​ SR 350 – Clarksville, Cuba interchange
Wilmington SR 134 south / to Airborne Road – Martinsville, Lynchburg south end of SR 134 overlap
SR 730 south (West Truesdell Street)
US 22 east / SR 3 east (East Main Street) to SR 73 east – Wilmington College
US 22 west / SR 3 west (West Locust Street) to SR 73 west / I-71 south
SR 134 north (Lorish Avenue) north end of SR 134 overlap
​ SR 73 to I-71 – Waynesville, Hillsboro interchange
​ I-71 – Cincinnati, Columbus I-71 exit 50
Greene Xenia US 35 – Dayton, Washington CH interchange
SR 380 south (South Detroit Street) south end of SR 380 overlap
US 42 / US 35 Bus. (Main Street) north end of SR 380 overlap
​ SR 235 north – Fairborn, WPAFB
Yellow Springs SR 343 east – Clifton, John Bryan State Park
Clark ​ SR 794 east – Springfield Airport
​ Fairfield Pike at-grade intersection; south end of freeway
​ I-70 – Dayton, Columbus I-70 exit 52
Sugar Grove US 40 / SR 4 – Dayton, Springfield
​ SR 41 – Troy, Springfield
​ SR 334 east / River Road – Springfield
Clark
Champaign		 Bowlusville County Line Road
Champaign ​ Springfield-Urbana Pike at-grade intersection; north end of freeway
Urbana SR 55 west
US 36 / SR 29 (Miami Street / Scioto Street) traffic circle
​ SR 296
​ SR 507 east – Ohio Caverns
Logan West Liberty SR 245 – Ohio Caverns
​ SR 508 west – DeGraff
Bellefontaine SR 47 east (North Madriver Street) / SR 540 east (Sandusky Avenue)
SR 47 west (Sandusky Avenue) south end of SR 47 west overlap (southbound only)
To SR 47 east / Rush Avenue north end of SR 47 west overlap (southbound only)
US 33 – Huntsville, Russells Point, Marysville interchange
​ SR 638 north – Belle Center
​ SR 274 – Huntsville, Rushsylvania
​ SR 273 – Belle Center, Mount Victory
Hardin Kenton SR 53 north / SR 67 west (West Espy Street) south end of SR 67 overlap
SR 309 (West Franklin Street)
SR 67 east (West Columbus Street) north end of SR 67 overlap
SR 31 south (West Carrol Street)
​ SR 701 west – Blanchard
Dunkirk SR 81
Hancock ​ US 30 – Fort Wayne, Mansfield interchange
Arlington SR 103 (Main Cross Street)
​ SR 15 east / South Main Street – Findlay, Carey south end of SR 15 overlap
Findlay Lima Avenue - Findlay, Airport interchange; former US 25
I-75 / SR 15 west – Dayton, Toledo north end of SR 15 overlap; I-75 exit 156
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

References

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