{{Short description|State highway in central Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=79 |map = {{maplink-road}} |map_custom = yes |length_mi=45.65 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="sld">{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/Straight-Line-Diagrams.aspx |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref> |established=1924 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|37}} near Buckeye Lake |junction= *{{jct|state=OH|I|70}} in Buckeye Lake *{{jct|state=OH|US|40}} in Hebron *{{jct|state=OH|SR|16}} in Newark |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|36}} in Nellie |counties=Fairfield, Licking, Coshocton |previous_type=SR |previous_route=78 |next_type=I |next_route=80 |next_dab=disambiguation }}
'''State Route 79''' ('''SR 79''') is a north–south highway that traverses Central Ohio, extending from Buckeye Lake at SR 37 to Nellie at US 36. SR 79 serves Newark, providing direct-access from Downtown Newark to I-70.
==History== thumb|left|250px|Church on SR 79 in Buckeye Lake
SR 79 was first designated between Lancaster and Walhonding in 1924 by way of Hebron, Newark, and Newcastle.<ref name=ODOT1923_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1923a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Division of Highways |year=1923 |cartography=L.A. Boulay, Director |access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1924_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1924a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1924 |cartography=L.A. Boulay, Director |access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> By 1926, the northern terminus had been rerouted to Nellie.<ref name=ODOT1925_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1925a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1925 |cartography=G.F. Schlesinger, Director |access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1926_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1926a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1926 |cartography=G.F. Schlesinger, Director |access-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> In 1932, the segment between Lancaster and Hebron was deleted (the part not concurrent with US 40 became SR 37) but within one year, the route was extended about {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} south to Buckeye Lake ending at SR 157.<ref name=ODOT1931_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1931a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1931 |cartography=O.W. Merrell, Director |access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1932_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1932a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1932 |cartography=O.W. Merrell, Director |access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref> In 1959, SR 79 took over most of the routing of SR 157 to end at SR 37, its current southern terminus. This extension occurred around the same time of the completion of I-70 in the area.<ref name=ODOT1958_map>{{cite map |title=1958-1959 Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1958a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1958 |cartography=Charles M. Noble, Director of Highways |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1959_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Official Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1959a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=ODOH |year=1959 |cartography=E.S. Preston, Director |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Except for reroutings onto expressways in Hebron and Newark, the route has not experienced any other major changes.
Until 2005,<ref name="ODOT SLD update">{{cite web|title=Licking County Update|work=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|year=2009|access-date=2012-04-14|url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/sld/updates_2009/LIC.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041349/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/sld/updates_2009/LIC.htm|archive-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> '''State Route 79 Alternate''' ('''SR 79A''') was a {{convert|1.72|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name="sld79a">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629072202/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/techservsite/availpro/Road_%20Infor/SLD/pdf_files/LICSR0079A.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2007 |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/sld/pdf_files/LICSR0079A.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams State Route 79A |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=January 1999 |access-date=2012-06-04}}</ref> alternate route of SR 79. SR 79A split from SR 79 south of Hebron. SR 79 bypasses Hebron to the east, while SR 79A, or Business Route 79, ran through downtown Hebron as High Street. SR 79A followed High Street as it intersected Enterprise Drive, which ended as SR 79A, at SR 79 north of Hebron.<ref name="sld79a"/>
==Major junctions== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="sld"/>}} {{OHint |county1=Fairfield |county2=Licking |cspan=2 |mile=0.00 |township1=Walnut |ctdab1=Fairfield |township2=Union |ctdab2=Licking |lspan=2 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|37|city1=Lancaster}} }} {{OHint |mile=1.35 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|360|dir1=east|road|Canal Road}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 360 }} {{OHint |county=Licking |cspan=14 |location=Buckeye Lake |mile=2.76 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|360|dir1=west|name1=North Bank Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 360 }} {{OHint |township=Union |ctdab=Licking |mile=4.14 |mile2=4.53 |road={{jct|state=OH|I|70|location1=Wheeling, WV|city2=Columbus}} |notes=Exit 129 (I-70) }} {{OHint |location=Hebron |mile=5.34 |mile2=5.77 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|40|name1=Main Street / National Road|city1=Hebron|city2=Zanesville}} |notes=Interchange }} {{OHint |location=Newark |lspan=10 |mile= |place=South end of freeway}} {{OHint |type=incomplete |mile=12.50 |road=Union Street |notes=Northbound exit to Union Street / southbound entrance from Williams Street only }} {{OHint |mile=12.87 |type=incomplete |road=Grant Street |notes=Southbound exit / northbound entrance only }} {{OHint |mile=13.31 |road=Main Street }} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=13.81 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|16|dir1=west|city1=Columbus}} |notes=Southern end of SR 16 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=13.93 |type=incomplete |road=11th Street |notes=Southbound exit / northbound entrance only }} {{OHint |mile=14.27 |mile2=14.63 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|13|name1=South 4th Street / North Hudson Avenue|city1=Columbus}} }} {{OHint |mile=15.07 |road=North Buena Vista Street |type=closed |notes=Former northbound exit and southbound entrance; closed in 2012 }} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=15.56 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|16|dir1=east|city1=Coshocton|road|North Cedar Street}} |notes=Northern end of SR 16 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile= |place=North end of freeway}} {{OHint |township=Fallsbury |ctdab=Licking |mile=30.13 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|586|city1=Martinsburg|to2=yes|SR|16}} }} {{OHint |county=Coshocton |cspan=2 |township=Perry |ctdab=Coshocton |mile=39.36 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|541}} }} {{OHint |location=Nellie |mile=45.65 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|36|city1=Mount Vernon|city2=Warsaw}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,concur}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{Portal|Ohio|U.S. Roads}} {{Reflist}}
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