Route 40
From Indiana state line 5 miles west of Gettysburg to West Virginia state
line in Bridgeport. Part of U.S. Route 40, which runs from Park City, Utah
to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Counties:
Preble, Montgomery, Miami, Clark, Madison, Franklin, Licking, Muskingum,
Guernsey, Belmont
Length:
240 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes routes 62 and 16 from Columbus to 1 mile west of Bexley.
Supercedes route 16 from 1 mile west of Bexley to Bexley.
Supercedes route 22 from Zanesville to Cambridge.
Superceded by route 70 from Old Washington to 3 miles west of
Morristown.
Freeway Sections:
From Old Washington to 3 miles west of Morristown.
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From 3 miles west of Springfield to 5 miles west of Columbus.
From Reynoldsburg to Kirkersville.
From Brownsville to 2 miles west of Zanesville.
From 1 mile west of Sundale to 2 miles west of Cambridge.
From 3 miles west of Morristown to Morristown.
History of route 40:
Certified in 1926.
Entire route was route 1 before 1926.
Zanesville to Cambridge dually certified with route 22 in 1932.
West Jefferson to Reynoldsburg upgraded to four lanes by 1946.
Norwich bypass added as a four-lane highway by 1952.
Springfield to West Jefferson and Brownsville to Zanesville upgraded to
four lanes by 1952.
Indiana state line to 1 mile east of Indiana state line upgraded to four
lanes by 1954.
Reynoldsburg to Kirkersville and Hendrysburg to 2 miles east of
Hendrysburg upgraded to four lanes by 1956.
3 miles east of Arlington to Springfield and 1 mile west of Kirkersville
to 2 miles east of Brownsville rerouted onto new freeway by 1959.
Route 235 (route 69 in 1959) to Springfield dually certified with
route 4 in 1959.
3 miles east of Arlington to Springfield and 1 mile west of Kirkersville
to 2 miles east of Brownsville certified as route 440 in 1959.
2 miles south of Vandalia to Columbus dually certified with route 1 in
1960.
New Concord to Cambridge upgraded to four lanes in 1960.
3 miles east of Arlington to Springfield and 1 mile west of Kirkersville
to 2 miles east of Brownsville dually certified with route 70 in 1962.
1 mile west of St. Clairsville to Lansing rerouted along route 70 in
1962.
1 mile west of St. Clairsville to Lansing certified as route 440 in
1962.
Route 1 certification removed in 1966.
Zanesville to 8 miles east of Zanesville rerouted along route 70 in
1966.
Zanesville to 8 miles east of Zanesville certified as route 440 in 1966.
Old Washington to 3 miles west of Morristown rerouted along route 70 in
1967.
St. Clairsville to Lansing changed to original routing and this section
of route 440 decertified in 1967.
3 miles east of Arlington to Springfield changed to original routing and
this section of route 440 decertified in 1969.
3 miles west of Morristown to Morristown upgraded to divided highway in
1969.
1 mile west of Kirkersville to 2 miles east of Brownsville and
Zanesville to 8 miles east of Zanesville changed to original routing and
these sections of route 440 decertified in 1970.
Route 40 Before 1926:
From Washington C.H. to Zanesville.
Routed along current route 22.
Entire route certified as route 10 in 1926.