Newcomerstown to CadizDescription:
A minimum 28-mile proposed new highway connecting four-lane U.S. Route 22 at Cadiz with four-lane U.S. Route 36 at Newcomerstown. A feasbility study is needed to demonstrate the need for the project and, in January 2008, Congressman Space announced that ODOT would release funding from a 2005 federal earmark to begin the feasibility study.Corridor: First conceived in 1999 as an alternative to realigning U.S. Route 22 to connect with already-congested I-70, this is seen as the last linkage point between already-planned sections of Columbus to Newcomerstown and previously-completed sections of U.S. Route 22 from Pittsburgh to Cadiz.
Multi-Modal: By linking the highway sections, it improves western counties' access to the Ohio River, to flights via Pittsburgh International Airport, and to passenger rail. For eastern counties, it provides improved access to competitive truck-train intermodal and air transportation facilities as well as a congestion reliever to I-70.
Status:
Next Step: ODOT has contracted with Gannett Fleming to begin a feasibility study that is expected no later than October 2009.
Access Ohio: Given macro corridor status in 2005.
TRAC: Not yet presented
Link: ODOT Dist 11 Info
Updated: June 30, 2008