The unusual one-way arrow is at the first signal west of OH 7, Lawrence CR 144. It's far from unique in this area, but it's unique to this area.

Usually Ohio uses white paint for the relief on its cast metal town signs.


All courtesy Lou Corsaro; the last two photos are right after each other at the same interchange, as you can tell by the distance to Ironton. Bit of a waste of money/sign.


Third and last photos in this run are courtesy Lou Corsaro.


First and last photos for the OH 93 exit are courtesy Lou Corsaro.


This time, only the 3rd-to-last photo is from Lou Corsaro, but click on the penultimate photo to see when it used to have additional messages, courtesy Lou.


The 3rd- and 4th-to-last photos are courtesy Lou Corsaro. Sorry for all the interruptions, but Lou used to have a monopoly on WB signs on this page before I got to US 52 myself.


US 52 leaves the surface street (Kellogg Ave.) and joins a short freeway connector to I-275. I-275 runs east-west through Kentucky, so it avoids running that direction in Ohio (other than, of course, the top of the beltway), except according to these signs. The Ohio River really is supposed to be the corner where it turns.


The other side of the concurrency from Kellogg Ave. WB, picking up US 52 as I-275 drops it off.


Into Cincinnati, second photo courtesy H.B. Elkins, then Lou Corsaro provides some views of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, which is KY 17 once it gets out over the Ohio River.


Most of US 52 in the city is multiplexed with other routes - see all of the big links below. Trying to get from the previous photo run to this last photo (courtesy H.B. Elkins) requires careful planning, because you cannot hope to follow signs on the ground. Once US 52 and 27 meet up, they together run up Central Ave. and pick up US 42 and 127. The four routes pass through city center before US 42 breaks off and 27/52/127 all head up Central Parkway. (US 52 may as well be on I-75 for all this distance, because it's not signed at all here.) Finally, US 52 NB heads onto I-75 at Exit 3 (Bates Ave.), but US 52 SB never touches the route, given a direct ramp from I-74 to Central Pkwy. And if you're a truck, you'll have even less luck, because Central Pkwy. is one of those truck-free parkways. Truck US 27/127 are bad enough, petering out in the middle of the route and then coming back at the end, but there's no Truck US 52 at all.

Business US 62/68 and US 52/Bus. US 62/68
Onto I-275 and US 52/I-74/275
US 42 and US 52/27/42/127
US 127 and US 52/27/127
Onto I-74 and US 52/I-74
Back to US 52 main page
Onto Business US 52
Onto Co Rd 1, old US 52
Abandoned Torrence Rd. (from US 52)

Back into West Virginia on US 52
Onto OH 7
Into Ironton
Onto OH 93
To I-71
To I-471
To US 50
Onto US 27
Onto the Roebling Suspension Bridge
Onto I-75
Back to Ohio Roads
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