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Ohio State Route 775
State Route 775 (SR 775) is a north–south state route in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is on the East Huntington Bridge with the unmarked West Virginia Route 106 south of Proctorville, and its northern terminus is at SR 141 nearly west of Gallipolis. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway and passes through woodland. The same of its path, SR 775, passing through the Wayne National Forest. The route was commissioned in the mid-1930s and the highway was paved by the late 1950s. The route was extended in the mid-2000s, to its current southern terminus. Route description SR 775 begins on the East Huntington Bridge over the Ohio River at the West Virginia state line. Here, SR 775 has its highest traffic counts; the road has an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 18,520 vehicles based on a 2012 Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) survey. The route heads north leaving the bridge and having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proctorville, Ohio
Proctorville is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 574 at the 2010 census. The East End Bridge connects Proctorville to Huntington, West Virginia across the Ohio River. Proctorville is a part of the Huntington- Ashland, WV- KY- OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. History The land where Proctorville is now situated was originally settled in 1797 and called Quaker Bottom. Situated on the Ohio River, Quaker Bottom grew throughout the 1800s as a trading center. In 1834, Jacob Proctor established a general store next to the wharf, and river boat captains knew the village as "Proctor's Landing". When the village was incorporated in 1878, the name was changed to Proctorville in Jacob's honor. The Rome Beauty apple was developed by Joel Gillette and his son Alanson in Rome Township, near Proctorville, in 1816. The village was decimated by a fire on April 7, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
