U.S. Route 223
Route information | ||||
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Auxiliary route of US 23 | ||||
Maintained by ODOT and MDOT | ||||
Length | 46.34 mi[a] (74.58 km) | |||
Existed | 1930[1][2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 23 / SR 51 / SR 184 in Sylvania, OH | |||
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North end | US 127 in Woodstock Township, MI | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
States | Ohio, Michigan | |||
Counties | OH Lucas MI Monroe, Lenawee | |||
Highway system | ||||
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US Route 223 or US Highway 223 (US 223) is a diagonal (northwest–southeast) United States Numbered Highway lying in the states of Michigan and Ohio. The southernmost section is completely concurrent with the US 23 freeway, including all of the Ohio segment. It connects US 23 in the south near Toledo, Ohio, with US 127 south of Jackson, Michigan. The highway passes through farmland in southern Michigan and woodland in the Irish Hills. Including the concurrency on the southern end, US 223 is 46.34 miles (74.58 km) in total length.
The highway designation was created in 1930 out of the southern end of US 127. Three sets of reroutings through
Route description
US 223 starts at an interchange with
The highway continues westward through the farmland as a two-lane road to the
US 223 returns to a due west track as it crosses a branch of the Norfolk Southern Railway, and the roadway approaches the outskirts of Adrian.[4][6] The highway runs along the southern city limits for Adrian as it meets M-52. The only business loop for US 223 runs north of this intersection with M-52 into downtown Adrian while US 223 continues through a secondary business corridor south and west of town. US 223 crosses Beaver Creek and then intersects M-34 on the western city line in a residential section of Adrian. As US 223 crosses fully into the city of Adrian, it continues northwesterly, then turns due west at the intersection where it meets its business loop's western terminus. Outside of town, the highway crosses through more farmland continuing to northwestern Lenawee County.[4][5]
US 223 passes out of flat farmlands into the
History
As early as 1912, the Ohio section of what is now US 223 was shown on maps as SR 54, however the road was not signed with the number at the time.[10] The Michigan section carried two numbers when the signs were erected by July 1, 1919. The segment from Somerset to Adrian was M-80, and the remainder in Michigan was M-34.[11] Ohio signed its highways, including SR 54, by July 1923.[12][13]
When the
The routing of US 223 was changed through Adrian in 1935, shifting the highway along different streets through town.[15][16] Another change in 1942 through Adrian led to the creation of the first business loop through the city.[17][18] This version of the business loop lasted until the main highway was moved a second time in 1956. With this subsequent move, the business loop designation was shifted to its current location.[19][20]
Location | Whiteford Township |
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Length | 3.715 mi[21] (5.979 km) |
Existed | 1935[22]–1977[23] |
Michigan first started converting US 23 into a freeway in 1957.
The last major change occurred when the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) truncated US 223 at exit 234. The city of Toledo and the state proposed the change in late 1985 to simplify travel in the area.[28] The section of US 223 from Sylvania into downtown Toledo was used for an extension of SR 51 when the change was made between 1985 and 1987.[29][30]
A local regional planning group in Michigan proposed upgrading the section of US 223 through Lenawee County in 1990, citing increased congestion and accidents in the previous five years. The commission also supported upgrades to the highway because it was the main route between the
Future
The original defined alignment of I-73 would have run along
MDOT included using the US 223 corridor as one of its three options to build I-73 in 2000. The others included using the US 127 corridor all the way into Ohio with a connection to the Ohio Turnpike or using US 127 south and a new freeway connection to US 223 at Adrian.[36] MDOT abandoned further study of I-73 after June 12, 2001, diverting remaining funding to safety improvement projects along the corridor.[37] The department stated there was a "lack of need" for sections of the proposed freeway, and the project website was closed down in 2002.[38] According to press reports in 2011, a group advocating on behalf of the freeway is working to revive the I-73 project in Michigan. According to an MDOT spokesman, "to my knowledge, we’re not taking that issue up again."[39] The Lenawee County Road Commission is not interested in the freeway, and according to the president of the Adrian Area Chamber of Commerce, "there seems to be little chance of having an I-73 link between Toledo and Jackson built in the foreseeable future."[39]
In 2012, MDOT announced a construction project along the US 23/US 223 freeway in southern Monroe County what would rebuild the northbound lanes of the freeway between exits 1 and 5 in addition to improving the interchange ramps in the area. The interchange between US 223 the freeway at exit 5 will also be modified to contain a pair of
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[3][21] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Lucas | Sylvania | 0.00 | 0.00 | 234 | US 23 south SR 51 south (Monroe Street) – Sylvania | Southern end of US 23 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 51; exit number follows US 23 and is for SR 51 (also serves SR 184); freeway continues southward as US 23 |
0.66 0.000 | 1.06 0.000 | Ohio–Michigan state line | ||||
Monroe | Whiteford Township | 1.487 | 2.393 | 1 | Sterns Road | |
2.980 | 4.796 | 3 | Ottawa Lake, Lambertville | Connects to Consear Road | ||
5.098 | 8.204 | 5 | US 23 north – Ann Arbor | Northern end of US 23 concurrency; northern end of freeway section | ||
Southern terminus of Bus. US 223 | ||||||
26.328 | 42.371 | Industrial Drive | ||||
Bus. US 223 east (Maumee Street) | Western terminus of Bus. US 223; indirect southbound access from Bus. US 223 | |||||
Woodstock Township | 45.695 | 73.539 | US 127 – Hudson, Jackson | Northern terminus; highway continues as US 127 north | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Business loop
Location | Adrian, Michigan |
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Length | 3.751 mi[21] (6.037 km) |
Existed | 1956[19][20]–present |
Business US Highway 223 (Bus. US 223) is a business route running through downtown
The current routing of Bus. US 223 marks the second time the designation has been used in the Adrian area. The first was created in 1942 when the first bypass of Adrian was constructed. This bypass was built along Cadmus Road at Treat Highway west to M-52 (Adrian Highway). US 223 then ran along M-52 to connect with the previous routing. Bus. US 223 was designated along Church, Center, Beecher and Treat streets, the former routing of US 223 through downtown.[17][18] This incarnation of Bus. US 223 would survive until March 26, 1956 when another new bypass of Adrian was built. The first Bus. US 223 was deleted to allow the designation to be used on the routing of the first US 223 bypass. This first bypass became the current alignment of Bus. US 223.[19][20]
In the current routing, Bus. US 223 follows M-52 (Main Street) and a former route of US 223 through downtown. The southern terminus is at US 223 at an intersection with M-52 near the southern city line. The business loop runs concurrently with M-52 north into downtown on Main Street, breaking off and running northwesterly along Church Street. From there Bus. US 223 turns westward onto Maumee Street. The route follows Maumee Street to its northern terminus, meeting US 223 again northwest of downtown Adrian.[42]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Lenawee County.
Location | mi[21] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Madison Township–Adrian city line | 0.000 | 0.000 | M-52 south (Adrian Highway) US 223 – Toledo, Jackson | Southern end of M-52 concurrency; highway continues into Madison Township as M-52 | |
Adrian | 1.004 | 1.616 | M-34 west – Hudson | Eastern terminus of M-34 | |
1.649 | 2.654 | M-52 north (East Main Street) | Northern end of M-52 concurrency | ||
3.751 | 6.037 | US 223 north | No direct access between Bus. US 223 and US 223 south | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Michigan Highways portal
- Ohio portal
- U.S. Roads portal
Notes
- ^ Total mileage is a summation of the state mileages.
References
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- ^ . Retrieved December 31, 2010.
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- ^ .
- ^ a b c d e Google (September 26, 2010). "Overview Map of US 223" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (April 2009). Michigan's Railroad System (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (December 2003). National Highway System, Toledo, OH–MI (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2005). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
- ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
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- OCLC 15607244. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
- Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (April 1922). Map of Ohio State Highways Showing All Improved Roadways and Indicating System Constructed Under Administration of Gov. Harry L. Davis(PDF) (Map). c. 1:563,200. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (July 1923). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
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- OCLC 12701143.
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- ^ a b Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (July 6, 1977). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 2. Retrieved August 2, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
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- ^ United States Congress (December 18, 1991). "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991". Washington, DC: United States Congress. §1105(c)(5). Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ United States Congress (November 28, 1995). "The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995". Washington, DC: United States Congress. §1105(c)(5). Retrieved September 28, 2010.
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- ^ OCLC 33972687. Archived from the originalon April 1, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ Patch, David (April 17, 2012). "Forum Planned on US 23 Work In Monroe Co.: Roundabouts To Be Built at US 223 Junction". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2006). Truck Operator's Map (Map). c. 1:221,760. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Detroit, Lansing insets.
- ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). c. 1:221,760. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Adrian inset. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
External links
- Geographic data related to US 223 at OpenStreetMap
- US 223 at Michigan Highways
- US 223 at US Ends
- Bus. US 223 at Michigan Highways