Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States. It was the first and eastern-most state in the Midwest admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is OH; its old-style abbreviation is O. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The name refers to the Ohio River that forms its southern border.

Transportation

Ohio has a highly developed network of roads and highways. Major east-west through routes include the Turnpike in the north, U.S. 30 a bit further south, I-70 through Columbus and Dayton, and the Appalachian Highway running from West Virginia to Cincinnati. Major north-south routes include I-75 in the west through Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati, I-71 through the middle of the state from Cleveland through Columbus (which angles westward toward Cincinnati), and I-77 in the eastern part of the state from Cleveland down into West Virginia. The north-south routes except for I-75 are less important to non-local traffic than the east-west routes because, due to the presence of Lake Erie, they do not go through.

Related Topics:
Turnpike - U.S. 30 - I-70 - Columbus - Dayton - Appalachian Highway - West Virginia - Cincinnati - I-75 - Toledo - I-71 - Cleveland - I-77 - Lake Erie

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See also: ODOT.

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