Talk:Ohio State Route 11

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The road project is a worthy endeavor. As an economic historian I think the history of the funding of some roads would be particularly important. In the case of Route 11 the reason Ohio shelled out the money for the road from Ashtabula to Liverpool (and ultimately Weirton/Steubenville) was that the railroads controlled the port of Cleveland and wouldn't let much less expensive self-unloaders avoid paying for Hulett service. The Mahoning Valley and associated steel companies of inland Ohio (and Pittsburgh) needed a way around Cleveland's port. Ashtabula offered to be a "self-unloader port" and the steel companies wanted to unload iron ore from the upper Great lakes into trucks to circumvent the railroads. Alas, the road was not built fast enough and ultimately the railroads, the steel companies, and the ancillary industries became uncompetitive in the world market between 1965 and 2000. Anyway, my suggestion is that in cases where a road on an otherwise seemingly bizarre route, for which taxpayers shelled out bucks, ought to be explained in these articles. Ballbatter (talk) 22:40, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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Before the incorrect exit numbers were added by 24.154.165.146 in April 2015, Exit 27 was numbered (after september 2014 ), and I did not realize it because of those edits, so this one will stay in the table, obviously. Cards84664 (talk) 01:54, 17 December 2015 (UTC)