U.S. Route 25 in Ohio

This article is about the former section of highway in Ohio. For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 25.

US Highway 25 (US 25) was a part of the United States Numbered Highway System in the state of Ohio that ran from its present terminus near Covington, Kentucky, to its Michigan continuation. By the time it was decommissioned in 1973, all but the section north of Cygnet ran concurrently with Interstate 75 (I-75).

U.S. Route 25
Former routing of US 25 prior to its decommissioning in Ohio denoted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	208.18 mi[a] (335.03 km)
Existed	November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11)[1]–September 26, 1973 (1973-09-26)[2]
History	Replaced by I-75
Major junctions
South end	US 25 in Covington, KY
Major intersections	US 50 in Cincinnati I-275 in Cincinnati US 35 in Dayton I-70 in Dayton US 40 in Vandalia US 30S in Lima US 30N in Beaverdam I-475 / US 23 near Perrysburg US 20 in Perrysburg I-75 in Toledo
North end	US 25 near Erie, Michigan
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Montgomery, Miami, Shelby, Auglaize, Allen, Hancock, Wood, Lucas
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 24 → SR 25

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.^[3] The route that became US 25 was also part of the eastern leg of the Dixie Highway. In 1950s and 1960s, US 25 was transferred to a new freeway that was the basis for I-75.^[4] Nearly all of the original road remains intact, however, still named Dixie Highway in some parts, and with some segments given county highway 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.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[6]	km	Old exit[7][8]	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Ohio River		0.00	0.00			I-75 south / I-71 south / US 25 south – Lexington, Louisville	Continuation into Kentucky
				Brent Spence Bridge; Kentucky–Ohio state line
Hamilton	Cincinnati	0.22	0.35	1	1A	I-71 north / US 50 east (Fort Washington Way) to I-471 south / US 52 east / Second Street – Columbus, Downtown Cincinnati, Riverfront	North end of I-71 overlap; was exit
		0.50	0.80	2	1E	Fifth Street, Central Avenue (US 22 / US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 / SR 3) – Downtown Cincinnati	No southbound entrance
		0.63	1.01	3	1G	US 50 west (River Road, Sixth Street Expressway, SR 264 west) / Linn Street
		0.71	1.14	4	1F	Seventh Street
		1.24	2.00	5	1G	To US 50 west / Freeman Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		1.44	2.32	6	1H	Lincoln Park Drive	No northbound exit, but ramp
		1.72	2.77	7	2A	Western Avenue, Liberty Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		2.51	4.04	8	2B	Harrison Avenue (Western Hills Viaduct)
		3.50	5.63	9	3	US 27 south / US 52 east / US 127 / Hopple Street	South end of US 27/US 52 overlap
		4.23	6.81	10	4	I-74 west / US 27 north / US 52 west – Indianapolis	I-74 exit 20; north end of US 27/US 52 overlap.
		6.46	10.40	11	6	Mitchell Avenue – St. Bernard
		7.81	12.57	13	7	SR 562 east to I-71 – Norwood
		8.57	13.79	14	8	Towne Street – Elmwood Place	Northbound exit and entrance
		9.45	15.21	15	9	SR 4 (Paddock Road) to SR 561 (Seymour Avenue)
		10.31	16.59	16	10A	SR 126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway)	Southbound exit to SR 126 and northbound entrance from westbound SR 126 via exit 10
	Arlington Heights	10.89	17.53	17	10B	Galbraith Road	Signed as exit 10 southbound
	Lockland	11.84	19.05	18	12	Lockland, Reading	No northbound entrance; southbound right-in/right-out to Cooper Avenue and northbound exit to Davis Street
	Evendale	12.92	20.79	19	13	Shepherd Lane, Neumann Way – Lincoln Heights	Southbound exit to Neumann Way via Exit 14; Neumann Way serves GE Aviation
		14.26	22.95	20	14	Glendale-Milford Road Evendale, Woodlawn
	Sharonville	15.39	24.77	21	15	Sharon Road – Glendale
		16.79	27.02	22	16	I-275 to I-71 / I-74 – Columbus, Indianapolis	I-275 exits 43A-B
Butler	West Chester Township	21.23	34.17	23	21	Cincinnati–Dayton Road	Former US 25
		22.82	36.73	24	22	Tylersville Road – Mason
Warren	Monroe	29.10– 29.11	46.83– 46.85	25	29	SR 63 – Monroe, Lebanon, Hamilton
	Middletown	32.82	52.82	26	32	SR 122 – Middletown
	Franklin	36.89	59.37	27	36	SR 123 – Franklin, Lebanon
	Franklin–Springboro line	38.74	62.35	28	38	SR 73 – Springboro, Franklin
Montgomery	​	43.51– 43.52	70.02– 70.04	29	43	I-675 north – Columbus	Directional T interchange.
	Miamisburg	44.66	71.87	30	44	SR 725 – Centerville, Miamisburg
	West Carrollton	47.31	76.14	31	47	East Dixie Drive – West Carrollton, Moraine	Former US 25; Converted to full access interchange in 2012[9]
	Moraine	50.23	80.84	32	50A	Dryden Road
		50.49	81.26		50B	SR 741 south (Springboro Pike)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Dayton	51.36	82.66	Bridge over the Great Miami River
		51.70	83.20	33	51	Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, Nicholas Road
		52.14– 52.56	83.91– 84.59	34	52A	Albany Street, Stewart Street	Former southbound exit and northbound entrance; closed in spring 2010 as part of I-75 Downtown Modernization[10]
		52.69	84.80	35	52B	US 35 / SR 4 – Xenia, Eaton	Southern end of SR 4 concurrency; ramps to westbound US 35 and from eastbound US 35 include entrances and exits for Germantown Street
		53.18	85.58	Bridge over the Great Miami River
		53.41	85.96	36	53	Second Street, Salem Avenue, First Street	Formerly signed as 53A (Third Street) and 53B (Salem Avenue, First Street) before interchange rebuild in 2016; no southbound access to First Street
		53.8	86.6	Bridge over the Great Miami River
		54.22	87.26	38	54A	Grand Avenue, Riverside Drive, Main Street	Now Closed; southbound originally had two ramps to Riverside Drive which were later removed; access consolidated with newly built Main Street exit as part of I-75 Downtown Modernization[11]
		54.38	87.52	39	54B	SR 48 (Main Street)
		54.63	87.92	Bridge over the Great Miami River
		54.84– 54.87	88.26– 88.30	40	54C	SR 4 / Webster Street, Keowee Street – Springfield	Northern terminus of SR 4 concurrency.
		55.28– 55.58	88.96– 89.45	41	55	Keowee Street, Leo Street	Now Closed; was signed northbound as exits 55A (Keowee Street south) and 55B (Keowee Street north, Leo Street); access to Keowee consolidated with Webster Street as part of I-75 Downtown Modernization[11]
		55.95	90.04	42	56	Stanley Avenue
		56.15	90.36	Bridge over the Great Miami River
	​	56.46	90.86	43	57A	Neva Drive	Former northbound exit and southbound entrance; closed with I-75 Downtown Modernization[11]
	​	56.74	91.31	44	57B	Wagner Ford Road, Siebenthaler Avenue, Neff Road	Neff Road signed southbound only; southbound exit ramp connects to Neff Road, Keats Drive, and a traffic circle which connects to Wagner Ford Road and Dixie Drive.
	​	58.21	93.68	45	58	Needmore Road
	​	60.71	97.70	46	60	Little York Road	Now Closed; northbound access was via Poe Avenue and southbound access via Miller Lane; replaced by exit 59
	​	61.36– 61.38	98.75– 98.78	47	61	I-70 – Indianapolis, Columbus	Signed as exits 61A (east) and 61B (west) southbound; I-70 west exit 33, east exit 33A-B
	Vandalia	63.18	101.68	48	63	US 40 – Donnelsville, Vandalia
		63.84	102.74	49	64	Northwoods Boulevard
Miami	Tipp City	67.96	109.37	50	68	SR 571 – Tipp City, West Milton
		69.74	112.24	51	69	County Road 25A	Former US 25
	Troy	73.19– 73.20	117.79– 117.80	52	73	SR 55 – Ludlow Falls, Troy
		75.05	120.78	53	74	SR 41 – Troy, Covington
	​	78.50	126.33	54	78	County Road 25A	Former US 25
	​	78.62	126.53	Bridge over the Great Miami River
	Piqua	82.06– 82.08	132.06– 132.09	55	82	US 36 – Urbana, Piqua
		82.93– 83.11	133.46– 133.75	56	83	County Road 25A – Piqua	Former US 25
Shelby	Sidney	90.58	145.77	57	90	Fair Road – Sidney
	​	91.96	148.00	58	92	SR 47 / I-75 BL – Sidney, Versailles
	​	93.83	151.00	59	93	SR 29 – Sidney, St. Marys
	​	94.73	152.45	60	94	County Road 25A Sidney	Former US 25
	​	99.77	160.56	61	99	SR 119 – Anna, Minster
	​	102.84	165.50	62	102	SR 274 – Jackson Center, New Bremen
	​	104.84	168.72	63	104	SR 219 – Botkins
Auglaize	​	110.82	178.35	64	110	US 33 – St. Marys, Bellefontaine
	Wapakoneta	111.26	179.06	65	111	Bellefontaine Street – Wapakoneta
	​	113.02	181.89	66	113	SR 67 – Uniopolis, Wapakoneta
	Cridersville	118.16	190.16	67	118	National Road – Cridersville
Allen	Fort Shawnee	120.52	193.96	68	120	Breese Road – Fort Shawnee
	Lima	122.63	197.35	69	122	SR 65 – Ottawa, Uniopolis, Lima
		124.51	200.38	70	124	Fourth Street
		125.43	201.86	71	125	US 30S / SR 117 – Lima, Kenton
	​	127.15	204.63	72	127	SR 81 – Ada, Lima
	​	130.23	209.58	73	130	Bluelick Road
	​	134.72	216.81	74	134	Napoleon Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Beaverdam	135.69	218.37	75	135	SR 696 to US 30N – Delphos, Upper Sandusky	Lincoln Highway
	Bluffton	140.52	226.15	76	140	Bentley Road (SR 103) – Bluffton
Hancock		142.48	229.30	77	142	SR 103 – Arlington, Bluffton
	​	145.36	233.93	78	145	SR 235 – Ada, Mount Cory
	Findlay	156.81	252.36	79	156	US 68 south / SR 15 east / I-75 BL north to US 23 – Carey, Columbus, Kenton	South end of SR 15 overlap
		157.90	254.12	80	157	SR 12 – Findlay, Columbus Grove
		159.10	256.05	81	159	US 224 / SR 15 west – Findlay, Ottawa, Tiffin	North end of SR 15 overlap
	​	161.20	259.43	82	161	County Road 99
	​	162.73	261.89	83		Mortimer	Added c. 1968;[12][13] removed 1974[14][15]
	​	164.65	264.98	84	164	SR 613 – McComb, Fostoria
Wood	​	167.15	269.00	85	167	SR 18 – North Baltimore, Fostoria
	​	167.81	270.06	86	168	Eagleville Road, Quarry Road	Eastbound access via Grant Road; westbound access via Insley Road
	​	171.86	276.58	87	171	I-75	End of I-75 concurrency
	Liberty–Portage township line	175.63	282.65			SR 281 – Defiance, Wayne
	Bowling Green	180.13	289.89			US 6 – Fremont, Napoleon	Exit 65 off of US 6
		181.98	292.87			SR 64 (Wooster Street)
	Middleton Township	187.75	302.15			SR 582 (Middleton Pike) – Haskins, Luckey
	Perrysburg	192.83	310.33			I-475 / US 23 to I-75 – Toledo, Dayton, Ann Arbor	Exit 2 off of I-475/US 23; Diverging diamond interchange
		194.38	312.82			SR 65 south (Indiana Avenue)	Southern end of SR 65 concurrency
		194.64	313.24			US 20 east (Front Street) / SR 65 north	Northern end of SR 65 concurrency; southern end of US 20 concurrency
						SR 230	Intersection and route removed for Fort Meigs reconstruction[16]
Lucas	Maumee	195.70	314.95			US 20 west / US 24 west (Anthony Wayne Trail / Conant Street)	Northern end of US 20 concurrency; southwestern end of US 24 concurrency
		198.07	318.76			US 24 east (Anthony Wayne Trail)	Northeastern end of US 24 concurrency
	Toledo	200.44	322.58			SR 2 (Airport Highway)
		202.12	325.28			SR 246 (Dorr Street)
		203.11	326.87			US 223 (Monroe Street)
		203.28	327.15			I-75 – Detroit, Dayton	Exit 203B on I-75
		204.16	328.56			SR 120 (Central Avenue)
		204.83	329.64			US 24 (Cherry Street)	SE end of US 24 concurrency
		206.50	332.33			US 24 (Telegraph Road)	NE end of US 24 concurrency
		207.53	333.99			SR 184 (Alexis Road)
		208.18	335.03			US 25 north (Dixie Highway) – Detroit	Continuation into Michigan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Ohio portal

Notes

1. Found by adding lengths of the section concurrent with I-75, the section that is now OH 25, and the section changed to US 24, with distances found in the 1975 Traffic Survey Report. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/traffic/Traffic_Survey_Reports/1982_Reports/Luc82.pdf