State Route 28 (SR 28) is an east–west

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in the

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. Both of the route's termini are on

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(US 50). Its western end is in

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and its eastern end is near Chillicothe. The route has an interchange with Interstate 275 (I-275), and also intersects US 68 and US 62. The route was formerly signed as SR 27 before that number was assigned to US 27 in 1926.

History

The corridor that SR 28 currently occupies has been a part of the state highway system from its establishment in 1912. Between 1912 and 1922, the corridor had been known as State Highway 8. This road extended further west to

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and east to Chillicothe. Following a statewide renumbering of state routes around 1923, the current highway became a part of SR 27. SR 27 ran from Cincinnati to

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by way of

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and

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. After the establishment of the

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in 1926, the designation of US 27 in the southwestern corner of the state resulted in the renumbering of the roadway to SR 28. Following this renumbering, the road to Cincinnati became part of US 50 while the route to Logan resulted in a number of separate highways completing the former routing to the east: US 50, US 23, SR 159, SR 180, and SR 31 (now US 33). Throughout most of its history, SR 28's routing has generally remained the same. Around 1994, a short

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opened east of I-275 that bypassed

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. The bypass features one interchange for Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road. Prior to 2015, a

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existed along US 50 at SR 28's west end in Milford. The road extended along Main Street and Water Street where it crossed the

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into Hamilton County and ended at SR 126.
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Major junctions

References

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