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State Route 3 (SR 3) is a major north–south (physically northeast-southwest) highway in Ohio which leads from Cincinnati to Cleveland by way of Columbus. It is the second longest state route in Ohio. For this reason, the road is also known as the 3-C Highway, a designation which antedates the Ohio state highway system.^[2] It is the only state route to enter all three of Ohio's largest cities, though it has largely been bypassed by Interstate 71 (I-71).

Route

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The route's southern terminus is in downtown Cincinnati at the U.S. Route 27 (US 27)/US 52/US 127 concurrency, which is also the western terminus of US 22. SR 3 and US 22 share the same path for nearly 70 miles (110 km), parting ways in the city of Washington Court House, where SR 3 is joined with US 62. This concurrency runs nearly 40 miles (64 km) to Columbus.

From there, SR 3 continues solo to Sunbury, where it joins US 36 for just over 24 miles (39 km) until it reaches Mount Vernon. SR 3 ends in Cleveland at Public Square, with the last several miles concurrent with US 42 from Parma. It is one of nine other routes to enter downtown Cleveland at Public Square.

History

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1923 – Original route established;^[3] originally followed its current alignment (more or less) from Cincinnati to 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville, the SR 226 alignment from 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville to 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster, its old alignment from 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster to Medina, and US 42's alignment from Medina to Cleveland.^[4]
1927 – 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Loudonville to 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wooster rerouted to current alignment, along former SR 250; original alignment certified as SR 250; Medina-to-Parma routing changed to current alignment, and former alignment here certified as US 42.^[4]^[5]
1932 – Alignment from Cincinnati to Washington Court House dually certified with US 22; alignment from Washington Court House to Columbus dually certified with US 62.^[4]
1938 – Medina-Parma alignment changed to the pre-1926 routing and dually certified with US 42; previous alignment signed SR 200 until 1939.^[4]
1939 – Medina-Parma alignment switched back to current alignment.^[6]
1961 – SR 3 routed to new freeway alignment from Harrisburg to Columbus.^[4]
1962 – Harrisburg-Columbus alignment dually certified as I-71.^[4]
1967 – Reverted to US 62 alignment from Harrisburg to Columbus.^[4]

Major intersections

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County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton	Cincinnati	0.00	0.00	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 👁 Image 👁 Image US 22 / SR 264	SR 3 begins northbound concurrent with US 22 (also its western terminus), US 27, US 42, US 52 and US 127; eastern terminus of SR 264 (eastbound)
		0.09	0.14	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 / SR 264	Southbound lanes of US 27, US 42, and US 127 as well as eastbound US 52 enter from the east; westbound SR 264 crosses from east to west.
		0.17	0.27	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 27 / US 52 / US 127	US 22/US 42/SR 3 leaves northbound lanes of concurrency, heading east; northbound US 27/US 127 as well as westbound US 52 continue north.
		0.25	0.40	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 27 / US 42 / US 52 / US 127 👁 Image SR 264	Southbound lanes of US 27, US 42, and US 127 as well as eastbound US 52 and westbound SR 264 cross from north to south.
		0.33	0.53	👁 Image US 42	Northbound lanes of US 42 leave US 22/SR 3 to the north.
		1.45	2.33	👁 Image I-71	Ramps from eastbound US 22/SR 3 concurrency to northbound I-71 and southbound I-71 to westbound US 22/SR 3 only; I-71 Exit 2.
		4.46	7.18	👁 Image I-71	Northbound exit/southbound entrance to/from interstate only; I-71 Exit 5.
	Norwood	6.19	9.96	👁 Image SR 561	SR 561 joins from the southeast
		6.22	10.01	👁 Image SR 562 (Norwood Lateral Expressway)	Full-access interchange with US 22/SR 3/SR 561.
		6.29	10.12	👁 Image SR 561	SR 561 leaves to the northwest.
	Cincinnati	11.41	18.36	👁 Image I-71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 12.
	Montgomery	13.30	21.40	👁 Image SR 126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway)	Eastern terminus of expressway; SR 126 joins from the west.
	Montgomery	13.57	21.84	👁 Image SR 126	SR 126 leaves to the east.
	Sycamore Township	16.15	25.99	👁 Image I-275	Full-access interchange; I-275 Exit 50.
Warren	Hamilton Township	24.69	39.73	👁 Image SR 48
	Morrow	30.02	48.31	👁 Image SR 123	SR 123 joins from the north.
	Salem Township	31.75	51.10	👁 Image SR 123	SR 123 leaves to the south.
	Washington Township	37.59	60.50	👁 Image SR 350
Clinton	Adams Township	41.73	67.16	👁 Image SR 380	Southern terminus of SR 380.
	Wilmington	47.20	75.96	👁 Image SR 73	SR 73 joins from the northwest.
		48.06	77.35	👁 Image 👁 Image US 68 / SR 134
		50.63	81.48	👁 Image SR 73	SR 73 leaves to the south.
	Richland Township	56.81	91.43	👁 Image SR 72
	Sabina	58.95	94.87	👁 Image SR 729
Fayette	Union Township	68.58	110.37	👁 Image US 35	Full-access interchange with US 35 expressway, shared with US 62 to the south.
	Washington Court House	69.75	112.25	👁 Image 👁 Image US 62 / SR 41	US 62 joins from the southwest; SR 41 joins from the south.
		70.23	113.02	👁 Image SR 41	SR 41 leaves to the northwest; former southeastbound alignment of US 35.
		70.38	113.27	👁 Image US 22	US 22 leaves to the east.
	Union Township	74.85	120.46	👁 Image SR 38	Southern terminus of SR 38.
Madison	Mount Sterling	85.63	137.81	👁 Image SR 207	SR 207 joins from the south.
Madison	Mount Sterling	85.89	138.23	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 56 / SR 207	SR 207 leaves northwest concurrent with SR 56; SR 56 continues southeast.
Pickaway	Darby Township	94.08	151.41	👁 Image SR 762	Northern terminus of SR 762
Franklin	Pleasant Township	96.18	154.79	👁 Image I-71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 94.
	Pleasant Township	97.72	157.27	👁 Image SR 665
	Jackson Township	102.66	165.22	👁 Image I-270	Full-access interchange; I-270 Exit 2.
	Columbus	106.46	171.33	👁 Image I-70	Full-access via side streets to the south and north of crossing; I-70 Exit 98A-B.
		107.98	173.78	👁 Image SR 315	Full-access interchange from SR 315.
		109.15	175.66	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 23 south / US 33 south
		109.25	175.82	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 23 north / US 33 north	Southern terminus of US 23/US 33/US 62/SR 3 concurrency
		109.68	176.51	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 40 / US 62 / SR 16	US 62 leaves to the east, concurrent with US 40 and SR 16 which continue west
		109.88	176.83	👁 Image 👁 Image US 23 / US 33	US 23 leaves to the north; US 33 leaves to the west 0.1 mi. later
		110.62	178.03	👁 Image I-670	I-670 Exits 4C (eastbound) and 5 (westbound); westbound exit/entrance via Jack Gibbs Blvd.
	Minerva Park	118.93	191.40	👁 Image SR 161 (Dublin-Granville Road)	Full-access interchange with expressway.
	Blendon Township	120.39	193.75	👁 Image I-270	Full-access interchange; I-270 Exit 29.
Delaware	Sunbury	131.47	211.58	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 36 / SR 37 / SR 61	US 36 joins from the northwest concurrent with SR 37; SR 37 continues to the southeast; SR 61 begins concurrent with US 36/SR 3 concurrency.
Delaware	Sunbury	131.90	212.27	👁 Image SR 61	SR 61 leaves to the north
Knox	Centerburg	142.13	228.74	👁 Image SR 314	Southern terminus of SR 314.
	Hilliar Township	143.22	230.49	👁 Image SR 657	Western terminus of SR 657.
	Clinton Township	154.89	249.27	👁 Image SR 229	SR 229 joins from the west.
	Mount Vernon	155.85	250.82	👁 Image SR 13	SR 13 southbound directional alternate joins from the north.
		155.97	251.01	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 13 / SR 229	SR 13 southbound directional alternate and SR 229 eastbound leave to the south (concurrency).
		156.11	251.23	👁 Image 👁 Image US 36 / SR 229	US 36 leaves to the east; US 36/SR 229 westbound directional alternate enters from the east.
		156.16	251.32	👁 Image 👁 Image US 36 / SR 229	US 36/SR 229 westbound directional alternate leaves to the west.
		156.18	251.35	👁 Image SR 13	Northbound SR 13 crosses from east to west.
	Monroe Township	158.92	255.76	👁 Image SR 768	Northern terminus of SR 768.
	Brown Township	170.64	274.62	👁 Image SR 205	Northern terminus of SR 205.
Ashland	Hanover Township	176.38	283.86	👁 Image SR 97	Eastern terminus of SR 97.
	Loudonville	178.98	288.04	👁 Image SR 39	SR 39 joins from the west.
		179.13	288.28	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 39 / SR 60	SR 39 leaves to the east concurrent with SR 60; SR 3/SR 60 concurrency continues north.
		179.30	288.56	👁 Image SR 60	SR 60 leaves to the north.
Holmes	Washington Township	184.19	296.43	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 179 / SR 226	SR 226 begins east, concurrent with SR 179, which continues north.
Wayne	Wooster Township	195.86	315.21	👁 Image SR 226	Northern terminus of SR 226; former northbound alignment of SR 3.
	Wooster Township	196.43	316.12	👁 Image SR 95	Eastern terminus of SR 95
	Wooster	197.95	318.57	👁 Image 👁 Image US 30 / US 250 (Lincoln Way)	SR 3 joins expressway via full-access interchange; former northbound alignment of SR 3.
	Wooster	198.62	319.65	👁 Image SR 302	Full-access interchange.
	Wooster Township	199.57	321.18	👁 Image US 250	Full-access interchange (direct ramp eastbound; westbound via Pittsburgh Avenue)
		200.15	322.11	👁 Image US 30	US 30 leaves to the east at full-access interchange.
		200.33	322.40	👁 Image SR 83	SR 83 joins from the south at full-access interchange.
	Wooster	201.08	323.61	👁 Image SR 585	Southern terminus of SR 585 (former cross-alignment) at full-access interchange.
	Wooster	203.26	327.12	👁 Image SR 83	SR 3 leaves expressway; SR 83 continues northwest; former cross-alignment of SR 3.
	Canaan Township	210.85	339.33	👁 Image SR 604
Medina	Seville	217.95	350.76	👁 Image 👁 Image I-76 / US 224	Full-access interchange; I-76 Exit 2.
	Montville Township	222.56	358.18	👁 Image SR 162	SR 162 joins from the west.
	Montville Township	223.05	358.96	👁 Image SR 162	SR 162 leaves to the east.
	Medina	224.96	362.04	👁 Image 👁 Image US 42 / SR 57	US 42 joins from the west; SR 57 joins from the east.
		225.22	362.46	👁 Image SR 18	SR 18 eastbound lanes cross.
		225.30	362.59	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 42 / SR 18 / SR 57	US 42 leaves to the north; SR 18 westbound lanes, concurrent with SR 57, leave to the west.
		225.36	362.68	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 18 / SR 57	SR 18 westbound lanes, concurrent with SR 57, join from the south.
	Medina Township	231.04	371.82	👁 Image I-71	Full-access interchange; I-71 Exit 222.
	Hinckley Township	232.03	373.42	👁 Image SR 606	Western terminus of SR 606.
		233.63	375.99	👁 Image SR 94	SR 94 joins from the south.
		234.66	377.65	👁 Image SR 606
		236.16	380.06	👁 Image 👁 Image SR 94 / SR 303	SR 94 leaves to the east concurrent with SR 303 which continues west.
Cuyahoga	North Royalton	241.55	388.74	👁 Image SR 82
	Parma	248.50	399.92	👁 Image US 42	Southern end of US 42 concurrency
	Cleveland	250.23	402.71	👁 Image SR 94	SR 94 northern terminus.
		254.60	409.74	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 6 Alt. / US 6 / US 20	Southern end of US 6 / US 20 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 6 Alt.
		255.48	411.16	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image US 6 / US 20 / US 42 / Public Square	Northern terminus of SR 3; northern terminus of US 6 / US 20 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 42 (north end of concurrency)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus