Hype for the Future 95D: United States Route 127 in Ohio

Introduction

United States Route 127 is an auxiliary highway in the United States Numbered Highway System, related to Route 27, which the highway crosses in Cincinnati and meets again in Chattanooga. North of Cincinnati, most of the route is east of Route 27, while further south, the route is generally further west. Within the State of Ohio, the westernmost counties of the State of Ohio, each bordering Indiana, are covered by Route 127.

Communities

Every county seat for the westernmost Ohio counties, with the exception of Defiance, is covered by the route. At the northern end of the State of Ohio, Route 127 also skirts the northwestern corner of Fulton County immediately south of Michigan, while further south, a total of nine (9) other counties are served by the route.

Further south within the State of Ohio, Route 127 covers the communities of Bryan, Sherwood, Paulding, Van Wert, Celina, Greenville, Eaton, Hamilton, and Cincinnati. Smaller communities are also covered throughout the route; however, the City of Defiance is located further east and away from the primary highway.

Hype for the Future 95B: Ohio State Route 124

Introduction

Located in the southern portion of the State of Ohio, Route 124 is notable for serving the east-west direction between near the Ohio River to the east and Route 134 in the southern portion of Clinton County to the west. Serving the southern portion of the State of Ohio, a number of villages are covered along the route, many of which are economically distressed. The impoverished areas covered by Route 124 are especially evident in Meigs and surrounding counties in the State of Ohio, often covering east of the long concurrency with Route 32.

Information

Within the State of Ohio, Route 124 is largely associated with the rural and often impoverished communities in the general vicinity of Route 32. However, many of the communities along Route 124 are smaller than the Route 32 communities, with the former often containing rural two-lane stretches largely surrounded by the Appalachian foothills.

Hype for the Future 94I: Ohio State Route 132

Introduction

Located in the southwestern portion of the State of Ohio, and largely in the historic Virginia Military District of southwestern Ohio, is State Route 132, serving the general north-south direction and most commonly associated with Warren and Clinton Counties.

The Route

Within the State of Ohio, the northern terminus of State Route 132 is located in the Village of Clarksville, effectively along the western edge of Clinton County, Ohio. While Route 132 serves as First Street for the village, Route 350 serves as Clarksville’s Main Street in the east-west direction. To the south, much of the region is quite rural, with just a few tourist farms and agricultural sites of local tourist interest while much of the region remains actively focused on such rural amenities.

To the south of Route 123, Route 132 continues into the Villages of Butlerville and Pleasant Plain, both in Harlan Township, Warren County, followed by the larger Village of Goshen in northern Clermont County. Even further south, beyond Goshen and Route 28, are intersections with Routes 48, 131, and 50, with the latter covering much of the route through the Village of Owensville and serving the Clermont County Fairgrounds. The southernmost communities of the route include Batavia, the eastern side of the former Village of Amelia, and New Richmond.

Hype for the Future 54L: Traffic Network in Vermont

Overview

Of the fourteen (14) counties in the State of Vermont, Lamoille is the only county lacking any of the United States Numbered Highways (2, 4, 5, 7, and 302) associated with the State, though all ten (10) towns in the County are served by state routes such as Routes 12, 15, 100, 108, 109, and 118. The legal load limits are often 24,000 pounds on county-maintained and lesser routes, though many of the state routes can not actually be identified as truck routes in any meaningful way, often resulting in the creation of the occasional bypass routes specifically to serve truck traffic.

While Interstate Highways and United States Highways often exist to serve the truck traffic throughout the State of Vermont, most of the commercial traffic does not actually connect to Vermont at the beginning nor at the end, often having the State as a middle ground, typically between the southern New England states and New York to the south and Québec to the north, though the traffic from New York bound to Québec, Canada, will often be routed through the Plattsburgh area en route to Montréal.

Truck traffic is significantly less frequent in the east-west direction, especially since the State of Vermont maintains a localist culture and a preference for businesses in Vermont to stay rurally bound within the State of Vermont. However, the United States Highways of the east-west direction—Routes 2, 4, and 302—may occasionally seem to serve commercial purposes, though only in limited circumstances (Montpelier to Barre on Route 302, Montpelier to Burlington on Route 2, and around Rutland on Route 4).