The 'new' Route 76 would be a limited access highway, cutting through several Avon Lake neighborhoods as it swung north in a gentle curve from State Route 2. This is interesting (to me, at least) because it shows exactly when the idea of relocating the road known today as State Route 83 was hatched.
The idea was not met with rousing cheers in Avon Lake. A day later, the article below ran in the paper, noting the affected residents' displeasure with the plan.
As we know now, the relocation never happened. A somewhat ludicrous short, right-angled shortcut was built later to channel Route 83 traffic north from State Route 2 instead.
I don't blame Avon Lake residents for their lack of support for the relocation. I'd have felt the same way if I lived in the area that was going to have to accommodate a new highway through it. But it's too bad the relocation didn't happen, as it's a slow go north today on the narrow, congested Route 83.
Anyway, longtime blog contributor and tireless researcher Dennis Thompson wrote a great article about State Route 83 back in 2020. Click here to revisit his well-written post about this important main road.
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Seeing that front page is a sad reminder of those days when the Vietnam War was in the news daily.
I drive on Rt. 83 all the time and never have a problem. The bottlenecks are at the I-90 interchange and Detroit Road, south of the road that would have been built in Avon and Avon Lake.
ReplyDeleteI guess I just like the idea that SR 83 could have been a quick connector between Lake Road and the highway.
DeleteThe water rate hike article with Prosecutor (eventually Common Pleas Judge) Mikus stating this, that, and the other, made me chuckle. He was well known (infamous) for injecting himself (and his office) into all sorts of places it didn't really belong. An article in the Jan. 1, 1955, Chronicle stated, "I wonder what would happen to the various county boards and commissions if County Prosecutor Paul Mikus ever lost his voice."
ReplyDeleteYes I agree that the Rte 83 dead end is a big slow letdown once you make the curve and end up in a string of drones just going bumper to bumper to Walker Road,and especially once rush hour traffic takes over.The way Avon continues to grow it might be wise for the state to look into expanding Rte 83 once again the way they wanted to 60 years ago.
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