Question: Rts. US 35 and US 23 in Ohio
Sometime in the next month, I’ll be driving to RV Wholesalers in Lakeview, Ohio, from my home in Richmond, Virginia, to pick up my new TT. This will be the first time I’ve driven west of Charleston, ...
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jolooote wrote:
Grew up in Ohio. It always had some of the worst secondary roads in the country.
I can't speak for the whole state. I've been driving just about every route you can imagine between Columbus and Huntington in WV about twice a month since 1990.
(The "Farm" in 'Farm Camp' is in refrence to a place I own down near the river in Lawrence County. I live in the Columbus area to make a living and pay for my toys.)
The route the OP was looking at US35->23 and the one I've come to prefer (US33) are both much improved even in the last 10 years. Of these two the 35---->23 route is all 4 lane now in the south eastern section of the state. I do not travel that route often any more because (my opinion) there are just too many traffic lights and too much traffic as well as too much "friendly" help from the OSHP once you get on 23. Just my preference there is nothing wrong with the road.
In the past long curvy two lane sections and slow traffic made either route painful.
The US 33 option still has some two lane sections left but even these are mostly "modern" with long straights and easy sight lines - not the twisty hill country road it once was.
Either route will work well. I think the US 33 route is more scenic and less traffic, I think less traffic lights - you just need to avoid the section between I270 and Lancaster between 6:30-9AM headed toward Columbus and 4-6:30PM headed toward Lancaster on work days.
