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Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 765 as of the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek. The Robert C. Byrd Bridge across the Ohio River connects Chesapeake to Huntington's downtown area. At one time, this was the only bridge ...
Historical map of the Chesapeake Bypass. The Chesapeake bypass was first proposed in 1953. [9] In 1961, the US 52 expressway opened from Chesapeake westward towards Sheridan. The original eastern terminus of the four-lane divided highway was at the current Chesapeake northbound-only exit ramp east of Tallow Ridge Road. [10]
State Route 527 (SR 527) is a north–south state highway in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.Its southern terminus is at the Ohio River in Chesapeake, where the Robert C. Byrd Bridge carries travelers across to Huntington, West Virginia.
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) runs east–west across the southern part of the state of Ohio along the Ohio River, passing through or very near the cities and towns of Cincinnati, Portsmouth, and Ironton. For its first 19 miles (31 km) or so, the highway runs concurrently with Interstate 74 (I-74) and I-75 before it winds through downtown Cincinnati ...
Lawrence County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,240. [1] Its county seat is Ironton. [2] The county was created in 1815 and later organized in 1817. [3]
State Route 243 (SR 243) is an east–west state highway in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.The western terminus of SR 243 is at a diamond interchange with the U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in Coal Grove.
Cabell County, West Virginia, lies across the Ohio River to the south. It is located upstream of most of the rest of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships. Two villages are located along the shoreline of Union Township: Proctorville far upstream, and Chesapeake in the center.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (reporting marks C&O, CO) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington , it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond to the Ohio River by 1873, where the railroad town (and later city) of ...