<P> Many major east - west transportation corridors go through Ohio . One of those pioneer routes, known in the early 20th century as "Main Market Route 3", was chosen in 1913 to become part of the historic Lincoln Highway which was the first road across America, connecting New York City to San Francisco . In Ohio, the Lincoln Highway linked many towns and cities together, including Canton, Mansfield, Wooster, Lima, and Van Wert . The arrival of the Lincoln Highway to Ohio was a major influence on the development of the state . Upon the advent of the federal numbered highway system in 1926, the Lincoln Highway through Ohio became U.S. Route 30 . </P> <P> Ohio also is home to 228 miles (367 km) of the Historic National Road, now U.S. Route 40 . </P> <P> Ohio has a highly developed network of roads and interstate highways . Major east - west through routes include the Ohio Turnpike (I - 80 / I - 90) in the north, I - 76 through Akron to Pennsylvania, I - 70 through Columbus and Dayton, and the Appalachian Highway (State Route 32) running from West Virginia to Cincinnati . Major north - south routes include I - 75 in the west through Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati, I - 71 through the middle of the state from Cleveland through Columbus and Cincinnati into Kentucky, and I - 77 in the eastern part of the state from Cleveland through Akron, Canton, New Philadelphia and Marietta south into West Virginia . Interstate 75 between Cincinnati and Dayton is one of the heaviest traveled sections of interstate in Ohio . </P> <P> Ohio also has a highly developed network of signed state bicycle routes . Many of them follow rail trails, with conversion ongoing . The Ohio to Erie Trail (route 1) connects Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland . U.S. Bicycle Route 50 traverses Ohio from Steubenville to the Indiana state line outside Richmond . </P>

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