Kentucky Route 212 ( KY 212 ) is a short state highway located in Boone County , in the northern region of the U.S. state of Kentucky . The highway is approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km) long, and partially constructed as a freeway , with the rest being a divided highway . The roadway links Interstate 275 (I-275) to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG Airport), and has been designated as a connector route by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). A road first appeared near the location of KY 212 around 1937. A short road was built in the location of KY 212 when the U.S. Army Air Corps built the predecessor to the CVG Airport. The road was reconstructed to a divided highway in 1972, but was part of KY 1334 until 1974 or later, when KY 212 was designated, and KY 1334 was rerouted via Loomis Road and Whitson Drive to end at KY 20 (KY 1334 was decommissioned December 3, 1987 and partially destroyed by the runway extension).
14-516: (Redirected from I-275 ) Interstate 275 ( I-275 ) may refer to: Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky) , a full beltway around Cincinnati, OH; Covington, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN - construction started in 1968 Interstate 275 (Florida) , a loop through Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Bradenton in Florida Interstate 275 (Michigan) , a western bypass of Detroit, Michigan Interstate 275 (Tennessee) ,
28-535: A connection to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, from the north [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate_275&oldid=1247947544 " Categories : Road disambiguation pages Interstate 75 Hidden categories: Short description
42-411: A one-way loop road, named Terminal Drive, in the central region of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. At this interchange, KY 212 is a four-lane divided highway. The highway proceeds northeast reaching a diamond interchange with Kentucky Route 236 (Donaldson Road). A turnaround ramp that transfers southbound traffic to the northbound lanes is located a short distance from the termini of
56-796: A state senator, but locals rarely use these names, instead simply referring to it as "275" or "the loop". In 2011, Kentucky named its segment the Ronald Reagan Highway , not to be confused with Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway across the river in Cincinnati. The section in Clermont County is also designated as the Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin Veterans Memorial Highway . I-275 heads west toward Indiana, passing by Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport , with Kentucky Route 212 (KY 212) used as
70-498: A tractor-trailer hauling a locomotive separated while traveling on the ramp from westbound I-74 to southbound I-275. After the trailer detached, it crashed into supports for the bridge on I-74 eastbound going over the ramps between I-275 and I-74 westbound. As a result, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) shut down eastbound I-74 for several weeks. Both ramps between I-74 west and I-275 were closed as well because of fears
84-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interstate 275 (Ohio%E2%80%93Indiana%E2%80%93Kentucky) Interstate 275 ( I-275 ) is an 83.71-mile-long (134.72 km) highway in Ohio , Indiana , and Kentucky that forms a complete beltway around the Cincinnati metropolitan area and includes a part in a state (Indiana) not entered by
98-605: Is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). Part of the job of the KYTC is to measure traffic along the highway. These counts are taken using a metric called annual average daily traffic (AADT). This is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles that travel along a portion of the highway. The highest AADT along KY 212 at the southern portion of the interchange with I-275, with an approximate count of 21,219 vehicles. The lowest AADT along
112-872: Is officially named in honor of Keith Matthew Maupin , a local soldier killed during the Iraq War . I-275 turns due south toward Milford and connects with SR 28 , SR 450 , SR 32 , and SR 125 . I-275 turns due west toward Kentucky, passing through a short concurrency with US 52 , before crossing over the Ohio River into Kentucky. From Ohio, I-275 heads southwest toward Highland Heights . I-275 has an interchange with I-471 near Highland Heights. I-275 turns due west toward Crestview Hills , passing through an interchange with KY 9 , KY 16 , and KY 17 . In Crestview Hills, I-275 has an interchange with US 25 / US 42 / US 127 . I-275 turns northwest toward I-71 / I-75 . On May 20, 2008,
126-690: The Sam Houston Tollway and the Grand Parkway , both encircling Greater Houston , are longer. For a short distance in northwest Hamilton County , it overlaps with I-74 and US Route 52 (US 52). It is also concurrent with US 52 very briefly in southern Hamilton County as well. I-275 is also known as the Cincinnati Bypass and officially known as the Donald H. Rolf Circle Freeway in Ohio, after
140-579: The bridge would collapse, but two crossovers were built so that traffic could use one lane of westbound I-74 to travel east around the damaged bridge. Kentucky Route 212 The original KY 212 went southeast from KY 100 in Meshack southeast to Center Point. This road was decommissioned by 1974, and is now KY 2439 . There was another KY 212 which was the Owensboro freeway bypass (now part of US 60 ). Kentucky Route 212 begins at an incomplete interchange with
154-519: The concurrency ends, I-275 has an intersection with State Route 126 (SR 126, Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway). Then, I-275 has interchanges with US 27 and US 127 . I-275 turns east, having an interchange with SR 4 , SR 747 , I-75 , and US 42 . I-275 turns southeast, having an interchange with I-71 and US 22 / SR 3 . I-275 passes over the Little Miami River , entering Clermont County , where it
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#1732852114088168-564: The parent route . It had been the only auxiliary Interstate that enters three states, but that changed in July 2018 when I-295 in Delaware and New Jersey was extended into Pennsylvania. It is the longest beltway with an Interstate highway designation in the United States, enclosing an area of over 250,000 acres (100,000 ha). It is also the third longest beltway overall in the United States; only
182-553: The service road to and from the airport. Then, near Hebron , west of the airport, I-275 has an interchange with KY 237 , before passing over the Ohio River into Indiana. In Indiana, I-275 passes through a rural area with only one interchange at US 50 / State Road 1 (SR 1). I-275 heads northeast toward Ohio; at the Ohio state line, I-275 passes over US 50. I-275 heads northeast toward Springdale , and I-275 runs concurrently with I-74 and US 52 . When
196-439: The southbound ramps of the interchange. The roadway continues northward from the interchange, passing a large airport parking lot and a small airport road before reaching a partial cloverleaf interchange with I-275. The road proceeds northward from the interchange, passing a few small businesses before reaching its northern terminus, an at-grade intersection with Kentucky Route 20 , known as Petersburg Road. Kentucky Route 212
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