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100 years of US routes: 1926-2026
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1927-present
US 68 was among the original 1926 routes, and US 62 was brought into the system in 1930. Toward their east end, they joined at Washington KY, and overlapped to a common terminus in Maysville. They did not quite make it to US 52 at Aberdeen, presumably because there was no span over the Ohio River then...
c. 1930, ODoT
...however, there was a ferry, and US 62-68 traffic was directed to the landing. Drivers coming in on 3rd Street went about a block past today's bridge approach, then north on Limestone Street. Today the foot of Limestone has been converted to a pedestrian-only area, but this photo illustrates how things used to be:
Gray, Jan. 2013 (linked to source)
In the foreground is a gap in the floodwall. Beyond that is the elevated railway. Through the underpass the Ohio River is visible; that is where the original ferry landing was located, and that is where US 62 and US 68 originally ended. A few years later, in 1931, the Simon Kenton Bridge was opened to traffic. Perhaps in 1926 it was already planned (or was under construction), and maybe that is why these highways were signed into Maysville in the first place: because they would soon be able to continue across the river. This photo was taken from the bridge, looking back towards Maysville:
James, May 2008
At lower left the railroad underpass is visible, leading to what is now known as "Limestone Landing", the original highway terminus. When this bridge was completed in 1931, it is possible that the US 62-68 designation was extended across the river, to the junction with US 52 in Aberdeen. But even if so, that would have been very short-lived, because US 62 was extended up to Niagara Falls in 1932, and the following year US 68 was extended up to Toledo.
Research and/or image credits: Bo Gray; Carl James; Dale Sanderson
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