Route 77
From West Virginia state line near Marietta to route 90 in Cleveland. Part
of Interstate 77, which runs from Columbia, South Carolina to Cleveland,
Ohio.
Counties:
Washington, Noble, Guernsey, Tuscarawas, Stark, Summit, Cuyahoga
Length:
162 miles
General Direction:
North/South
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 250 from 2 miles west of New Philadelphia to Strasburg.
Supercedes route 62 from 2 miles south of Canton to 2 miles north of
Canton.
Supercedes route 76 from route 8 to 3 miles north of route 8.
Supercedes route 21 from 10 miles north of route 8 to 2 miles north of
route 271.
Intersections:
0: WV; 1: 7; 6: 821; 16: 821; 25: 78;
28: 821; 37: 313; 41: 209; 44: 70;
46: 40; 47: 22; 54: 541; 65: 36; 73: 751;
81: 250E,39; 83: 39,211; 87: 250W; 93: 212;
101: 627; 103: 800; 104: 30,62W; 105: 172;
107: 62E,687; 118: 241; 122: 277,224; 123: 764;
125: 76E,8; 127: 59; 129: 76W; 130: 261;
131: 162; 135: 21S; 136: 18; 143: 271;
145: 21N; 149: 82; 156: 480; 157: 17;
160: 14; 161: 490; 162: 90,422
Freeway Sections:
Entire route.
History of route 77:
Certified in 1962.
2 miles south of Canton to 2 miles north of Canton was route 62 only
before 1962.
Route 17 to route 14 was route 21 only before 1962.
Current location of route 70 to 5 miles north of Cambridge and route 14
to downtown Cleveland complete and dually certified with route 21 in 1964.
2 miles west of New Philadelphia to Dover and 2 miles north of Canton to
route 241 complete in 1964.
Ghent to 1 mile south of Ohio Turnpike complete and dually certified
with routes 21 and 1 in 1964.
Dover to Strasburg and route 241 to route 162 complete by 1966.
Route 1 certification removed in 1966.
West Virginia state line to route 821 (route 21 in 1967) complete in
1967.
2 miles west of New Philadelphia to Strasburg dually certified with
routes 21 and 250 in 1967.
Route 14 to downtown Cleveland dually certified with route 21 in 1967.
Caldwell to route 70 and Strasburg to 2 miles south of Canton complete
in 1968.
Route 821 (route 21 in 1969) to Caldwell, 5 miles north of Cambridge to
North Salem, and 1 mile south of Ohio Turnpike to Brooksville complete in
1969.
North Salem to 2 miles west of New Philadelphia and Brooksville to
3 miles north of Brooksville complete in 1970.
West Virginia state line to 2 miles west of New Philadelphia dually
certified with route 21 in 1970.
3 miles north of Brooksville to route 17 complete in 1971.
Route 21 certification from West Virginia state line to Strasburg and
from route 17 to downtown Cleveland removed in 1971.
Route 18 to Ghent complete in 1972.
Route 162 to route 18 complete in 1974.
Entire route complete in 1974.
Route 77 Before 1962:
From Marietta to 13 miles north of Killbuck.
Originally routed from Sharpsburg to 3 miles north of Dresden along
current route 377 from Sharpsburg to 2 miles south of Malta, route 78 from
2 miles south of Malta to 1 mile south of Malta, route 37 from 1 mile south
of Malta to McConnelsville, and route 60 from McConnelsville to 3 miles
north of Dresden.
Rerourted from McConnelsville to Marietta along previous route 37 in
1935.
Sharpsburg to 2 miles south of Malta certified as route 377 in 1935.
In 1938, extended to 13 miles north of Killbuck along previous
unnumbered road from 3 miles north of Dresden to Warsaw, route 36 from
Warsaw to 3 miles east of Warsaw, route 234 from 3 miles east of Warsaw to
Killbuck, and an unnumbered road from Killbuck to 13 miles north of Killbuck.
Marietta to 6 miles north of Killbuck certified as route 60 in 1962.
6 miles north of Killbuck to 13 miles north of Killbuck certified as
route 754 in 1962.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 5-09-98 at 17:39 EDT.