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U.S. Route 22 marker
U.S. Route 22
Map
Route information
Length648.84 mi[1][2] (1,044.21 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
West end US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 in Cincinnati, OH
Major intersections
East end I-78 / US 1-9 / Route 21 in Newark, NJ near Newark Airport
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesOhio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Highway system
← US 21US→ US 23
← SR 21OH→ SR 22
← US 40OH → SR 41
← WV 20WV→ WV 23

U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a major east–west route and one of the original United States Numbered Highways, founded in 1926. It runs from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at US 1/9 at the Newark Airport Interchange.[3]

US 22 is named the William Penn Highway through most of Pennsylvania. In southwest Ohio, it overlaps with State Route 3 (SR 3) and is familiarly known as the 3-C Highway, "22 and 3", and Montgomery Road.

A section of US 22 in Pennsylvania between New Alexandria at US 119 and Harrisburg at Interstate 81 (I-81) has been designated a part of Corridor M of the Appalachian Development Highway System.

Route description

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Lengths
  mi[1] km
OH 244.10 392.84
WV 6.01 9.67
PA 338.20 544.28
NJ[2] 60.53 97.41
Total 648.84 1,044.21

Ohio

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Old US 22 marker located near the intersection of US 22 and SR 207 in Pickaway County, Ohio

US 22 has its westernmost endpoint in downtown Cincinnati. Its eastbound and westbound endpoints are not at the same intersection. Officially, US 22 eastbound begins on Central Avenue (US 27 northbound/US 52 westbound/US 127 northbound) at 5th Street, then proceeds north, turning east onto 7th Street. Meanwhile, US 22 westbound follows 9th Street and officially ends at Central Avenue[4] (signage designating the end occurs much sooner, approaching Elm Street, US 42 northbound).[5]

From downtown Cincinnati to Washington Court House, US 22 roughly follows the historic 3-C Highway which connected Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. This section is also concurrent with SR 3. At Washington Court House, SR 3 and US 22 diverge. US 22 continues to the east through Circleville to Lancaster. From Lancaster to Zanesville, US 22 roughly follows the route of Zane's Trace, an early pioneer road blazed by Ebenezer Zane beginning in 1796.

Starting just west of Cadiz, US 22 becomes a limited-access expressway for the remainder of its approximately 30 miles (48 km) in Ohio as it approaches and enters Greater Pittsburgh (with the exception of an at-grade intersection with no stoplights or signs on US 22 and narrowing to two lanes for about a mile (1.6 km) east of Cadiz). It junctions with SR 7 for roughly a mile (1.6 km) along the Ohio River shoreline in Steubenville.

West Virginia

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Main article: U.S. Route 22 in West Virginia
View east along US 22 east of County Route 13 (CR 13) in Weirton, West Virginia

Known as the Robert C. Byrd Expressway, the expressway route that began roughly 30 miles (48 km) to the west near Cadiz, Ohio, continues for approximately five miles (8.0 km) within the state of West Virginia (the highway runs concurrent with West Virginia Route 2, or WV 2, for one of those miles, or 1.6 km) as it approaches more population density within Greater Pittsburgh. US 22 travels through or borders the city of Weirton for its entire length in West Virginia, from the Ohio state line over the Ohio River, to the Pennsylvania state line.

Pennsylvania

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Main article: U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania
US 22 eastbound in Colonial Park, Pennsylvania, east of Harrisburg

US 22 enters Pennsylvania as a limited-access highway connecting Weirton, West Virginia, and Steubenville, Ohio, with Pittsburgh. Through much of Greater Pittsburgh, it overlaps I-376 and US 30. US 30 merges with US 22 near Imperial and Pittsburgh International Airport, and both highways then merge with I-376 in Robinson Township. Together, these three highways form a busy, limited-access multiplex through the city of Pittsburgh. US 30 then splits from I-376 and US 22 in Wilkinsburg, and the I-376/US 22 concurrency continues to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville, where I-376 ends.

East of I-376, US 22 continues east of Pittsburgh as a primary arterial highway. The entire length between Pittsburgh and US 220 and I-99 just west of Altoona was widened to at least four lanes by mid-2011. I-99 links the highway to State College and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Heading east from I-99, US 22 narrows and becomes the primary highway linking Hollidaysburg and Huntingdon. Near Mount Union, it forms a concurrency with US 522, and the two highways go northeast along the Juniata River to Lewistown.

In Lewistown, US 22 breaks with US 522 and forms a concurrency with US 322, and the two routes travel southeast, mostly as an expressway, toward Harrisburg. At the north end of Harrisburg, US 22 and US 322 split and US 22 runs southward toward the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. From there, it turns eastward along Arsenal Boulevard, Herr Street, and Walnut Street to Jonestown Road. Through Dauphin and Lebanon counties, US 22 parallels I-81 and I-78 to the south as a four-lane arterial. East of Fredericksburg, along the border between Lebanon and Berks counties, US 22 forms a concurrency with I-78, which runs to the Allentown area. Former highway alignments of US 22 that parallel this section are collectively known as the "Hex Highway", so called because of the Berks County-based Pennsylvania Dutch families that hang hex signs on their barns.

In the Lehigh Valley, US 22 is a four-lane limited-access expressway between Easton and I-78 to the west; it is dually designated with the Lehigh Valley Thruway in Allentown. The original designation for this expressway was to be I-78, but local opposition to a freeway in Phillipsburg, along with substandard conditions at Easton, forced federal highway officials to relocate I-78 south of Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Phillipsburg. US 22 then crosses the Delaware River on the Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge.

New Jersey

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Main article: U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey
View east along US 22 at Cramer Avenue in Green Brook, New Jersey

US 22 in New Jersey predates and was largely replaced by I-78 after I-78 was built between 1956 and 1989[6] and shares designation with I-78 from exit 3 to exit 18. US 22 was an expressway in some segments, including the area around Perryville and Clinton. It connects Phillipsburg with Newark in New Jersey.

US 22 has one major interchange besides I-78, that being I-287, although it is not a full interchange, with two missing movements: US 22 eastbound to I-287 northbound and I-287 southbound to US 22 westbound.

One of two level crossing of the highway happens in Union County in the Union Township section of the highway (the other occurring in Lewistown, Pennsylvania). It once belonged to the Rahway Valley Railroad; the crossing was closed in 1992 when service on the railroad was ended.

History

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US 22 is one of the original U.S. Highways. In the 1925 plan, it was initially designed to terminate in Cleveland, Ohio, entering Ohio on modern US 422. In the finalized 1926 plan, however, it followed the current course to US 40, where it ended. In 1932, it was extended to Cincinnati as it is currently, replacing SR 10 and following preexisting SR 3.[7][8]

Before the Byrd Expressway, West Virginia's segment of US 22 ran from Pennsylvania Avenue at the West Virginia–Pennsylvania state line to Main Street, then left on Main Street through downtown Weirton (aligning US 22 with WV 2), and right on Freedom Way to the Fort Steuben Bridge and Ohio River to Steubenville, Ohio. US 22 Alternate (US 22 Alt.) ran along Cove Road from Pennsylvania Avenue to the intersection of Harmon Creek Road (left turn) and the continuation of Cove Road.[citation needed]

With the opening of the first segment of the Byrd Expressway on March 9, 1972,[9] US 22 was reassigned, starting on the new road from the West Virginia–Pennsylvania state line, continuing on Cove Road where the expressway ended and joining the remainder of the original route at Main Street. The Pennsylvania Avenue segment of US 22 from Colliers Way to Main Street was reassigned as WV 105 and US 22 Alt. was reassigned as WV 507. In 2003, WV 507 was extended along the previous US 22 alignment from Cove Road to the Fort Steuben Bridge and was reassigned as CR 507. The Fort Steuben Bridge, which originally carried US 22 across the Ohio River until the construction of the Veterans Memorial Bridge, was permanently closed on January 8, 2009,[10] and demolished by detonation on February 21, 2012.[11]

Major intersections

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Further information: U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania § Major intersections, and U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey § Major intersections
StateCountyLocationmi[12][13]kmExitDestinationsNotes
OhioHamiltonCincinnati0.000.00



 US 27 south / US 42 south / US 52 east / US 127 south (Central Avenue) / 5th Street West		Western terminus of US 27 / US 42 south / US 52 / US 127 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 3
0.090.14


 US 50 west / SR 264 west (Sixth Street West) / I-75 north		Eastern terminus of SR 264; western terminus of one-way pair; exit 1E on I-75 south
0.170.27


 US 27 north / US 52 west / US 127 north (Central Avenue) / 7th Street West		Eastern terminus of US 27 / US 42 south / US 52 / US 127 concurrency
0.330.53Elm Street (US 42 north)
0.871.40Broadway StreetEastern terminus of one-way pair
1.262.03
 I-71 north – Columbus		Northbound exit only; exit 2B on I-71 south
1.582.54


 Elsinore Place to I-471 / I-71 north		To US 42
1.893.04


 Eden Park Drive to I-471 / I-71 south
4.497.23
 I-71 south – Louisville		Exit 5 on I-71 north
Norwood5.939.54
 SR 561 south (Sherman Avenue)		Western terminus of SR 561 concurrency
6.2510.06

 SR 562 to I-75 / I-71		Exit 3 on SR 562 (Norwood Lateral Expressway); access via Norwood Avenue
6.4610.40
 SR 561 north (Ross Avenue)		Eastern terminus of SR 561 concurrency
Kenwood11.4118.36 I-71 – Columbus, CincinnatiExit 12 on I-71
Montgomery13.3021.40
 SR 126 west (Ronald Reagan Highway)		Roundabout; western terminus of SR 126 concurrency
13.7022.05
 SR 126 east (Remington Road)		Eastern terminus of SR 126 concurrency
16.1525.99

 I-275 to I-71 / SR 32 – Kentucky		Exit 50 on I-275
WarrenHopkinsville24.6439.65 SR 48 – South Lebanon, Maineville
Morrow29.9748.23
 SR 123 north – Lebanon		Western terminus of SR 123 concurrency
Salem Township31.7051.02
 SR 123 south – Blanchester		Eastern terminus of SR 123 concurrency
Washington Township37.5460.41 SR 350 – Fort Ancient
ClintonAdams Township41.6667.05
 SR 380 north – Xenia		Southern terminus of SR 380
Wilmington48.0077.25 US 68 / SR 134 (South Street)
Union Township51.1082.24

 SR 73 to I-71 south – Hillsboro, Waynesville		Interchange
Reesville56.7591.33 SR 72 – Highland, Jamestown
Sabina58.8994.77 SR 729 (Howard Street)
FayetteWashington Court House68.52110.27
 US 35 to I-71 – Dayton, Chillicothe, Fairgrounds		Exit 82 on US 35; access via collector-distributor roads
69.69112.16

 US 62 west (Leesburg Avenue) / SR 41 south (Highland Avenue)		Western terminus of US 62 / SR 41 concurrency
70.08112.78
 SR 41 north (North Street)		Eastern terminus of SR 41 concurrency
70.32113.17

 US 62 west / SR 3 north (Columbus Avenue)		Eastern terminus of US 62 / SR 3 concurrency
72.39116.50

 SR 753 to US 35 Byp.
PickawayAtlanta83.10133.74 SR 207 – Mount Sterling, Deer Creek, Chillicothe
Wayne Township92.40148.70
 SR 138 west – Clarksburg		Eastern terminus of SR 138
94.20151.60 SR 104 – Columbus, Chillicothe
95.62153.89
 SR 56 west – Mount London, London		Western terminus of SR 56 concurrency
Circleville96.79155.77 US 23 – Columbus, ChillicotheInterchange
97.18156.40
 SR 188 east (Court Street)		Western terminus of SR 188
97.83157.44
 SR 56 east (Main Street)		Eastern terminus of SR 56 concurrency
Pickaway–Fairfield
county line		Washington–Clearcreek
township line		103.53166.62
 SR 674 north		Southern terminus of SR 674
FairfieldHocking Township113.09182.00
 SR 159 south – Tarlton		Northern terminus of SR 159
114.16183.72 US 33 – Logan, ColumbusInterchange
Lancaster117.14188.52
 SR 188 west (Cedar Hill Road)		Western terminus of SR 188 concurrency
117.64189.32
 SR 158 north (Columbus Street)		Southern terminus of SR 158
117.93189.79
 SR 37 west (High Street)		Western terminus of SR 37 concurrency
118.77191.14
 SR 188 east (Cherry Street)		Eastern terminus of SR 188 concurrency
121.58195.66
 SR 37 east – Bremen, Junction City, New Lexington		Eastern terminus of SR 37 concurrency
Rushville127.92205.87
 SR 664 to SR 256 – Bremen
PerrySomerset135.61218.24
 SR 668 south		Western terminus of SR 668 concurrency
135.78218.52 SR 13 (Columbus Street)Traffic circle
136.37219.47
 SR 668 north – Brownsville, Flint Ridge		Eastern terminus of SR 668 concurrency
Madison Township141.70228.04
 SR 204 west – Millersport		Eastern terminus of SR 240
MuskingumEast Fultonham146.35235.53
 SR 345 south – East Fultonham, New Lexington, Perry State Forest		Northern terminus of SR 345
Newton Township150.30241.88
 SR 93 south – Roseville, Crooksville		Western terminus of SR 93 concurrency
South Zanesville153.62247.23



 SR 719 east to SR 60 / SR 146 / SR 555		Western terminus of SR 719
Zanesville155.87250.85
 US 40 west (Main Street)		Western terminus of US 40 concurrency
155.93250.95


 SR 60 south / SR 146 east (9th Street) to I-70		Western terminus of SR 60 / SR 146 concurrency
156.05251.14

 SR 60 north / SR 146 west (Underwood Street)		Eastern terminus of SR 60 / SR 146 concurrency
Pleasant Grove158.43254.97
 SR 93 north		Eastern terminus of SR 93 concurrency
Perry Township165.54266.41 I-70 – Wheeling, ColumbusExit 164 on I-70
New Concord170.74274.78
 SR 83 to I-70
GuernseyCambridge177.18285.14

 SR 723 south to I-70		Northern terminus of SR 723
179.23288.44
 SR 209 west (5th Street)		Western terminus of SR 209 concurrency
179.51288.89

 SR 209 east (Southgate Parkway) to I-70		Eastern terminus of SR 209 concurrency
179.84289.42
 US 40 east (Wheeling Avenue)		Eastern terminus of US 40 concurrency
Cambridge Township181.98292.87 I-77 – Marietta, ClevelandExit 47 on I-77
Jefferson Township188.31303.06Salt Fork State Park
Madison Township191.11307.56 SR 285 (Jefferson Road)
Antrim194.96313.76

 SR 513 south to I-70		Northern terminus of SR 513
Londonderry Township202.55325.97
 SR 800 south – Barnesville		Western terminus of SR 800 concurrency
HarrisonFreeport Township203.16326.95
 SR 800 north – Freeport, Clendening Dam		Eastern terminus of SR 800 concurrency
Piedmont206.02331.56
 SR 331 east – Holloway		Western terminus of SR 331
Cadiz Township212.54342.05
 SR 519 east – New Athens		Western terminus of SR 519
Cadiz219.29352.91219
 US 250 west – New Philadelphia		Western terminus of US 250 concurrency
220.14354.28220
 US 250 east / SR 9 – Scio, Cadiz, Bridgeport		Eastern terminus of US 250 concurrency
Green Township224.53361.35224
 SR 151 west – Jewett, Scio		Western terminus of SR 151 concurrency
Hopedale226.27364.15226
 SR 151 east – Hopedale, Smithfield		Eastern terminus of SR 151 concurrency
Green Township227.87366.72-Township Road 65Western terminus of freeway section
JeffersonBloomingdale231.37372.35231 SR 152 – Bloomingdale, Fairgrounds
Wayne Township233.78376.23233Reeds Mills, BroadacreAccess via CR 22A
Reeds Mill235.21–
235.25		378.53–
378.60		235 CR 22A – Wintersville, Reeds MillsEastbound exit and westbound entrance
Wintersville237.48382.19237 SR 43 – Carrollton, Wintersville
​240.18386.53240Lovers Lane – Steubenville
​241.81389.16241John Scott Highway – SteubenvilleServes Eastern Gateway Community College
Alikanna242.90390.91242

 SR 7 north / SR 213 north – East Liverpool		Western terminus of SR 7 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 213 (not signed westbound)
Steubenville243.81392.37244A
 SR 7 south – Downtown		Eastern terminus of SR 7 concurrency; signed as exit 244 westbound
244.20393.00244BUniversity BoulevardWestbuond exit is via exit 244A; serves Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ohio River244.32
0.0		393.19
0.0		Veterans Memorial Bridge
West VirginiaBrooke​0.60.971
 WV 2 south – Follansbee, Wheeling		Western terminus of WV 2 concurrency
​1.21.92
 WV 2 north (Main Street) – Downtown Weirton		Eastern terminus of WV 2 concurrency
Hancock
 No major junctions
BrookeWeirton3.25.13 CR 507 (Harmon Creek Road) / CR 1 (Cove Road)
4.36.94 CR 13 (Three Springs Drive) – WeirtonNo CR 13 signage eastbound; serves West Virginia Northern Community College
Brooke–Hancock
county line		5.58.95 WV 105 (Colliers Way)
Hancock6.09.7—
 US 22 east – Pittsburgh		Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007 software, Driving Directions
  2. ^ a b "US 22 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  3. ^ Mapguy. "Endpoints of US highways." 12 Oct. 2006. 21 Oct. 2006 [1].
  4. ^ "U.S. Route 22 (Hamilton County) - Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "104 W 9th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "Interstate 78 (New Jersey)". nycroads.com.
  7. ^ "U.S. 22: The William Penn Highway". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
  8. ^ "Official Transportation Map". Ohio Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "Moore Stands by Bridge Plan". Weirton Daily Times. March 10, 1972. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Gossett, Dave (January 15, 2009). "Fort Steuben Bridge permanently closed". Weirton Daily Times. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
  11. ^ Scott, Warren (February 21, 2012). "Blast topples Fort Steuben Bridge". Steubenville, Ohio: Herald Star. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  12. ^ Division of Planning, Office of Technical Services (August 30, 2017). "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  13. ^ "U.S. Route 22" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
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