US Highway 25 (US 25) was a part of the
United States Numbered Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these ...
in the state of Ohio that ran from its present terminus near
Covington, Kentucky
Covington is a list of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Licking River (Kentucky), Licking rivers, across from Cincinnati to the north ...
, to its
Michigan continuation. By the time it was
decommissioned in 1973, all but the section north of
Cygnet ran concurrently with
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from S ...
(I-75).
History
Before the U.S. Route system was established in 1926, the road that became US 25 was mostly numbered as State Route 6 (SR 6), but was numbered as
SR 28 and SR 124 in the Cincinnati area. The route that became US 25 was also part of the eastern leg of the
Dixie Highway
Dixie Highway was a United States auto trail first planned in 1914 to connect the Midwest with the South. It was part of a system and was expanded from an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final system is better understood as a network o ...
. In 1950s and 1960s, US 25 was transferred to a new freeway that was the basis for
I-75
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Southeastern United States, Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end ...
. Nearly all of the original road remains intact, however, still named Dixie Highway in some parts, and with some segments given
county highway
A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the County (United States), county highway departm ...
designations of CR-25A.
In 1973, the route was
decommissioned in Ohio and Michigan due to its redundancy with Interstate highways. From Cygnet northward, the independent routing of US 25, up to its concurrency with
US 24 at the intersection of Detroit Avenue and Cherry Street, became the whole of
SR 25. The former concurrency to Telegraph Road retained the US 24 designation, while the remaining segment of Detroit Avenue northward to the state line was decommissioned as a state highway, continuing into Michigan as
M-125/Dixie Highway. In 1986, the segment of SR 25 along Detroit Avenue was swapped with US 24, with the state route taking a new alignment from downtown Toledo to
I-280.
Major intersections
See also
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Notes
References
External links
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Ohio
Dixie Highway
Transportation in Hamilton County, Ohio
Transportation in Butler County, Ohio
Transportation in Warren County, Ohio
Transportation in Montgomery County, Ohio
Transportation in Miami County, Ohio
Transportation in Shelby County, Ohio
Transportation in Auglaize County, Ohio
Transportation in Allen County, Ohio
Transportation in Hancock County, Ohio
Transportation in Wood County, Ohio
Transportation in Lucas County, Ohio
25 in Ohio