U.S. Route 35

U.S. Route 35
Route information
Length:	412 mi (663 km)
Existed:	1934 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-64 at Scott Depot, WV
	WV 2 at Point Pleasant, WV SR 7 at Gallipolis, OH US 23 / US 50 at Chillicothe, OH I-71 at Jeffersonville, OH I-675 at Beavercreek, OH I-75 at Dayton, OH I-70 in Richmond, IN US 30 near Hamlet, IN
North end:	US 20 at Michigan City, IN
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a north-south United States highway that runs northwest-southeast for approximately 412 miles (663 km) from northern Indiana to the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia. The highway's northern terminus is in Michigan City, Indiana, at U.S. Route 20. Its southern terminus is in Scott Depot, West Virginia, at Interstate 64. Currently, the West Virginia portion of the highway is being expanded to four lanes, mostly along a completely new route. The Ohio portion has already been upgraded to a four-lane highway/freeway between the West Virginia state line and Trotwood, west of Dayton, Ohio.

Route description

West Virginia

In West Virginia from Scott Depot to Point Pleasant, US 35 is currently being expanded to a four-lane expressway. Currently the route is four lanes from I-64 to the junction with the bridge to Buffalo (West Virginia Route 869), which serves the large Toyota engine and transmission plant in Buffalo, and continues as a 2-lane route for 12 miles (19 km) to another four lane section of eight miles (6 km) to the Ohio River, which is the state line.

The remaining 12 mile gap is currently "unfunded". A possibility of completion as a toll road has been put forward.^{[citation needed]}

Officially, US 35's new alignment begins at I-64 Exit #40 near Scott Depot, from which point US 35 proceeds north on its new roadway.

Ohio

Signed east-west in Ohio, US 35 crosses the Ohio River on the Silver Memorial Bridge and enters Ohio. The first interchange is located adjacent to the Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport in Gallipolis as well as State Route 7. From there, it continues as a full freeway towards Jackson, with interchanges at SR 160, SR 850, and SR 325. Passing Rio Grande, the highway becomes a four-lane at-grade expressway when it reaches Centerville. This setup continues until SR 32 where the highway bypasses Jackson. A strange interchange configuration currently exists at US 35 and SR 32 - an interchange called a windmill interchange. Each highway has ramps that exit to the other highway ending at an intersection that one can travel either direction. This is odd because both highways end up having at-grade intersections, albeit with a grade-separation of the main highway corridors. Continuing west, the highway reverts to an expressway until it reaches Richmond Dale. The section between Richmond Dale and Chillicothe was upgraded to a full freeway in 2005 and includes a large cut through a 1,000 feet (300 m) ridge. This section of road provides westbound motorists with a panoramic view of the Scioto River valley. Travelers eastbound at Chillicothe near the Bridge Street exit can see the hills that are shown on the Great Seal of the State of Ohio. The next major interchange is with Interstate 71 in Jeffersonville. As the route continues through flat farmlands, it has a full-access interchange with I-675 in Beavercreek. Several miles later, US 35 opens into a three-lane highway (with five lanes in some parts) through downtown Dayton and has another full-access interchange with Interstate 75 in downtown Dayton. The Ohio portion of US 35 merges with Interstate 70 near New Paris. The portion of US 35 from the western edge of Dayton to the merge with I-70 is the only two-lane section remaining, passing through the city of Eaton. US 35 is a major Appalachian corridor linking I-70 and points west to I-64 and points east.

The portion of the route between Jackson and Gallipolis is known as the Bob Evans Highway. This section is designated as a Welsh Byway by the Ohio Department of Transportation as well.

Indiana

US 35 enters Indiana with I-70, and splits off on the northwest side of Richmond. US 35 then travels in a northwest path through the cities of Muncie, Gas City, Greentown, Kokomo, Logansport, Winamac, Knox and La Porte before terminating at US 20 in Michigan City.

History

Originally, US 35 was routed from Charleston, West Virginia on the north side of the Kanawha River (the current West Virginia Route 62) until the collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967. When the new Silver Memorial Bridge was completed in 1969, US 35 was moved to the south side of the river (the former West Virginia Route 17) and its terminus was in St. Albans, West Virginia at the junction of US 60.

As of June 15, 2009, the old segment of US 35 between Buffalo Bridge, West Virginia and US 60 is now signed as West Virginia Route 817.

On October 1, 2009, the State of Indiana transferred the western 5.31 miles (8.55 km) of US 35 to Michigan City's local highway system. US 35 in Michigan City is currently being served by commercial traffic that travels in and out of downtown (where it originally terminated at US 12); according to local traffic counts, only half of the measured traffic on US 35 is through traffic. After the transfer of control, Michigan City began reconstructing the road using local, state and federal-aid funds. The change was approved by AASHTO on October 17, 2008.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	Mile	km	Destinations	Notes
West Virginia	Putnam	Scott Depot			I-64 – Huntington, Charleston CR 33 (Teays Valley Rd) – Scott Depot	Interchange at I–64 Exit 40
		Teays Valley			WV 34 – Teays Valley
		Fraziers Bottom			WV 869 to WV 62 – Buffalo	Western terminus of WV 869
					WV 817 south	Northern terminus of WV 817
	Mason	Point Pleasant			WV 2 – Point Pleasant, Huntington
Ohio River					Silver Memorial Bridge (state line)
Ohio	Gallia	Gallipolis			SR 7
					SR 735 east	Western terminus of SR 735
		Gallipolis Township			SR 160
		Springfield Township			SR 850
		Rio Grande			SR 325
		Centerville			SR 279 west	Eastern terminus of SR 279
	Jackson	Franklin Township			SR 327
		Jackson			SR 32 / SR 124
					SR 788 north	Southern terminus of SR 788
					SR 93
	Ross	Chillicothe			US 50 east	Southern end of US 50 concurrency
					US 23 south	Southern end of US 23 concurrency
					US 50 west	Northern terminus of US 50 concurrency
					US 23 north	Northern end of US 23 concurrency
					SR 159
					SR 104
		Concord Township			SR 138
	Fayette	Washington Court House			SR 753
					SR 41
					US 22 / US 62 / SR 3
		Jefferson Township			SR 435 to I-71
	Greene	Jamestown			SR 72
		Xenia			US 68
					US 42
		Beavercreek			SR 835 east	Eastern terminus of SR 835
					I-675
	Montgomery	Dayton			SR 835 east	Western terminus of SR 835
			35.30	56.81	I-75 – Cincinnati, Toledo
		Drexel	30.22	48.63	SR 49 north – Greenville	Southern terminus of SR 49
	Preble	West Alexandria	17.22	27.71	SR 503
		Eaton	11.92	19.18	SR 122 east	Eastern end of SR 122 concurrency
			11.68	18.80	US 127
			11.42	18.38	SR 122 west	Western end of SR 122 concurrency
		Jackson Township	2.38	3.83	SR 320 north	Southern terminus of SR 320
			1.66	2.67	I-70 east	Eastern end of I–70 concurrency
			0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	Ohio–Indiana state line
Indiana	Wayne	Richmond	0.33	0.53	US 40
			3.65	5.87	SR 227
			5.22	8.40	US 27
			7.25	11.67	I-70 west	Western end of I–70 concurrency
			8.51	13.70	SR 38 west	Eastern terminus of SR 38
		Dalton Township	23.15	37.26	SR 1
	Randolph	Losantville	27.20	43.77	US 36
	Henry	No major junctions
	Delaware	Muncie	41.09	66.13	SR 3 south / SR 67 south	Southern end of SR 3/SR 67 concurrency
			43.70	70.33	SR 32
			47.21	75.98	SR 67 north	Northern end of SR 67 concurrency
			50.10	80.63	SR 3 north / SR 28 east	Northern end of SR 3 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 28 concurrency
		Harrison Township	60.11	96.74	I-69 south / SR 28 west	Southern end of I–69 concurrency; western end of SR 28 concurrency
	Grant	Jefferson Township	70.34	113.20	SR 26
		Gas City	74.46	119.83	I-69 north / SR 22 east	Northern end of I–69 concurrency; eastern end of SR 22 concurrency
		Jonesboro	78.73	126.70	SR 15 north	Southern terminus of SR 15
		Marion	81.21	130.69	SR 9
			82.35	132.53	SR 37
		Sims Township	89.28	143.68	SR 13 / SR 19 north	Eastern end of SR 19 concurrency
	Howard	Greentown	96.19	154.80	SR 213 south	Northern terminus of SR 213
		Taylor Township	100.13	161.14	SR 19 south	Western end of SR 19 concurrency
		Kokomo	104.12	167.56	US 31 south / SR 22 west	Southern end of US 31 concurrency; western end of SR 22 concurrency
			108.73	174.98	US 31 north	Northern end of US 31 concurrency
	Cass	Galveston	113.57	182.77	SR 18
		Walton	120.14	193.35	SR 218
		Logansport	126.13	202.99	US 24 east	Eastern end of US 24 concurrency
			130.30	209.70	SR 29 south	Northern terminus of SR 29
			130.58	210.15	SR 25
			131.92	212.30	US 24 west	Western end of US 24 concurrency
		Royal Center	141.27	227.35	SR 16
	Pulaski	Winamac	155.15	249.69	SR 119 south	Northern terminus of the southern section of SR 119
			155.65	250.49	SR 14	Southern end of SR 14 concurrency
			155.77	250.69	SR 14 east	Northern terminus of SR 14 concurrency
	Starke	Bass Lake	165.79	266.81	SR 10 east	Southern end of SR 10 concurrency
			167.18	269.05	SR 10 west	Northern end of SR 10 concurrency
		Knox	172.19	277.11	SR 8 east	Southern end of SR 8 concurrency
		Center Township	174.20	280.35	SR 8	Northern end of SR 8 concurrency
		Hamlet	179.48	288.85	US 30
	LaPorte	South Center	185.80	299.02	US 6 east	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency
		Kingsbury	190.75	306.98	US 6 west	Western end of US 6 concurrency
		La Porte	197.58	317.97	SR 2 / SR 39 south	Southern end of SR 39 concurrency
			199.44	320.97	SR 39 north	Northern end of SR 39 concurrency
		Michigan City	204.91	329.77	US 20	Northern terminus of US 35
Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled/ETC       Unopened

See also

List of unused highways in Ohio

External links

• Indiana Highway Ends: US 35
• Ohio Byways

Browse numbered routes
← WV 34	WV	WV 36 →
← SR 34	OH	US 36 →
← US 33	IN	US 36 →