Route 5
From route 76 at Rootstown to Pennsylvania state line 5 miles east of
Kinsman. Continuation of Pennsylvania route 58.
Counties:
Portage, Trumbull
Length:
50 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 82 from Leavittsburg to 10 miles east of Leavittsburg.
Intersections:
0: 76,44S; 2: 14,44N; 3: 59; 12: 225; 17: 534;
19: 80; 23: 82W; 25: 422; 27: 45; 30: 82E;
34: 305; 35: 46; 38: 11; 40: 88W,193;
41: 88E; 46: 7S; 47: 7N,87; 50: PA
Freeway Sections:
Warren bypass.
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From Rootstown to route 59.
From route 534 to route 82W.
History of route 5:
Certified in 1932.
Originally routed from Wooster to Pennsylvania state line along current
routes 585, 59, 5, and an unnumbered road through Akron.
Entire route was route 36 before 1932.
Wooster to route 21 certified as route 585 in 1969.
3 miles south of Cuyahoga Falls to 3 miles east of Ravenna certified as
route 59 in 1969.
Rerouted around Revenna and truncated at Rootstown in 1969.
Route 422 to 3 miles east of Warren upgraded to divided highway and
certified as route 5B (Bypass 5) in 1970.
3 miles west of Warren to route 422 upgraded to divided highway in 1971.
Warren bypass certified as route 5 in 1971.
Warren bypass upgraded to freeway in 1978.
Route 5 Before 1932:
From Indiana state line 14 miles west of Van Wert to Pennsylvania state
line 6 miles east of East Liverpool.
Routed along current route 30 from Indiana state line to Mansfield,
route 42 from Mansfield to Ashland, route 250 from Ashland to 5 miles west
of Wooster, route 30 from 5 miles west of Wooster to 2 miles east of
Dalton, route 172 from 2 miles east of Dalton to Waco, route 30 from Waco
to East Liverpool, and route 39 from East Liverpool to Pennsylvania state
line.
Indiana state line to Delphos and 5 miles west of Wooster to
East Liverpool certified as route 30 in 1926.
East Liverpool to Pennsylvania state line certified as route 39 in
1926.
Mansfield to Ashland certified as route 42 in 1926.
Ashland to 5 miles west of Wooster certified as route 6 in 1926.
Truncated at Delphos and Mansfield in 1926.
Delphos to Mansfield certified as route 30N in 1932.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 1-10-98 at 17:31 EST.