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28 unusual facts about Interstate 75


Autumn Ridge, Lexington

Its boundaries are I-75 to the east, Barnard Drive to the south, Todds Road to the west, and Vero Court to the north.

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky

Georgetown, located off I-75, is the home of the Toyota Motor Plant; Ward Hall built in 1853 and referred to as the finest example of Greek Revival architecture in the south; the Cardome Centre, former monastery building designed for the Sisters of the Visitation in 1898; and St Francis de Sales Mission, the oldest church in the Diocese of Covington built in 1794.

Barbara Goleman High School

The school's location next to Interstate 75 makes it one of the first structures to greet travelers as they enter the county.

Bryan Station, Lexington, Kentucky

The neighborhood's boundaries are New Circle Road to the West, Old Paris Pike to the North, and Preakness Drive and Interstate 75 to the East.

Calhoun, Tennessee

Calhoun is centered around the junction of U.S. Route 11, which connects the town to Athens to the north and Charleston and Cleveland to the south, and State Route 163 (Bowater Road), which connects Calhoun to U.S. Route 411 in Delano to the east and Interstate 75 and Meigs County to the west.

On December 11, 1990, a heavy fog led to a crash involving 99 vehicles along Interstate 75 near Calhoun, killing 12 and injuring 42.

Denmark Township, Michigan

Vassar is a few miles southeast on M-15; Reese is a few miles to the north by county roads; I-75 is seven miles west on M-46, and Saginaw is just west of I-75; and Bay City is about 15 miles northwest on M-15.

Eastland, Lexington

Its boundaries are I-75 to the east, New Circle Road to the west, Winchester Road to the south, and abandoned railroad tracks to the north.

Hank Earl Carr

After briefly visiting his mother and refueling at a local service station, he got on Interstate 75 heading north.

Hawkins Arena

Parking lots are available for visitors-spectators arriving via the Mercer University Drive exit off of Interstate 75.

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Having observed that 75% of the Heart of Atlanta Motel's clientele came from out-of-state, and that it was strategically located near Interstates 75 and 85 as well as two major U.S. Highways, the Court found that the business clearly affected interstate commerce.

Kincheloe, Michigan

Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 and about 20 miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37 miles north of St. Ignace.

Michael A. Fox

Fox was honored by having the newly constructed Ohio State Route 129, a limited access highway connecting Hamilton and Liberty Township with Interstate 75, named for him.

National Museum of Commercial Aviation

Extremely good visibility from more than 800-ft of frontage on Interstate 75, direct & easy access to the airport, and tens of thousands of aviation employees in the immediate area will add to the feasibility of a “national” museum.

National Register of Historic Places listings in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Downtown Cincinnati is defined as being all of the city south of Central Parkway, west of Interstates 71 and 471, and east of Interstate 75.

Peachtree Creek

Because it is usually called just Peachtree Battle (even by GDOT on its overpass of Interstate 75), that part of Buckhead is often called the same, which in turn gave rise to a local play called Peachtree Battle.

Since 1912, the stream gauge on Peachtree Creek (AANG1) has been located where it crosses Northside Drive just east of Interstate 75, just northwest of the Brookwood Split (where Interstate 85 leaves 75).

Pinconning Township, Michigan

Woodville is an unincorporated community within the township at 7 Mile Road and Cody Estey Road west of Interstate 75.

Radcliffe, Lexington

Its boundaries are Dover Road to the south, Paris Pike to the east, Russell Cave Road to the west, and I-75/ I-64 to the north.

Renfro Valley, Kentucky

Renfro Valley is a neighborhood located just off Interstate 75 in Mount Vernon, a city in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States.

Rolling highway

This corridor is normally truck serviced on the Interstate 75, Ontario Highway 401, Quebec Autoroute 20 line, but this route becomes heavily congested in several areas, especially around Toronto and Montreal.

Ron Kostelnik

Ronald Michael Kostelnik (14 January 1940 in Colver, Pennsylvania - 29 January 1993 on Interstate 75, Kentucky) was an American football player.

Spindletop, Lexington

Its boundaries are I-75 to the west and Berea Road to the south and east.

Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan

The township's decline would unexpectedly be reversed in the 1960s with the construction of Interstate 75.

Transportation in Cincinnati

Several freight railroads service Cincinnati, the largest being CSX Transportation which operates a railroad yard west of Interstate 75.

The city is sliced by three major interstate highways, I-71, I-74 and I-75, and circled by a beltway several miles out from the city limits.

Villages of Pasadena Hills

A collaboration of more than a dozen large property owners, the development strategy calls for 13 communities and an $100 million interchange with Interstate 75 that is part of a $461 million capital plan.

West End, Cincinnati

The historic West End was largely razed in the 1950s as part of a series of urban renewal projects, including the construction of Interstate 75.


Bay County, Michigan

I-75 and US 23, which are coterminus within the county, are the major north-south route.

Bluffton, Ohio

On March 2, 2007, five Bluffton University baseball players, as well as their bus driver and his wife, were killed in a chartered motorcoach crash on Interstate 75 near downtown Atlanta, Georgia while en route to a tournament in Sarasota, Florida.

Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio

Interstate 75 runs through Clearcreek Township, as do State Routes 48, 73, and 741.

G. Mennen Williams

A portion of Interstate 75 in Cheboygan and Mackinac counties is known as the G. Mennen Williams Highway.

Georgia State Route 3

The portion of Tara Boulevard in Clayton County that is not covered by US 19/US 41 and SR 3 near Interstate 75 is designated as State Route 3 Connector.

Interstate 74

In the state of Ohio, Interstate 74 runs southeast from the Indiana border to the western segment's current eastern terminus at Interstate 75 just north of downtown Cincinnati.

U.S. Route 31

U.S. Route 31 is a long north–south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with its northern terminus at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and southern terminus at the combined U.S. Route 90 & U.S. Route 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama.

WHRQ

Since all three stations carry nearly all of the EWTN radio schedule, EWTN programming is easily accessed on a car radio along the I-75, Ohio State Route 15 and U.S. Route 6 corridors in northwestern and north central Ohio by all three stations in their respective areas and frequencies.