A Commentary on Future Beavercreek Road Projects

Before This Decade Is Out (<2010)

TIP Number Project When Commentary
30 Beaver Valley Road
from Kewanna Drive to New Germany-Trebein Road
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 3 lanes. There is a big subdivisions going in at the southern end of this proposal, and lots of prime farmland which may become subdivision in the not-too-distant future. Providing room for a continuous left-turn lane makes plenty of sense.
39 Dayton-Xenia Road
from Lynn Drive to Wallaby Drive
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 3 lanes. This is a woefully overdue proposal for the western end of DXR (Grange-Hall to Forestdale), which has many residences and small businesses. It's also woefully overdue from the Library to the Post Office for the same reason.
40 Dayton-Xenia Road
from Wildonna Drive to Lynn Drive
2006-2010

widen from 2 to 4 lanes with left turn lanes. The 2025 long range plan left out the turn lanes, so the new wording is much appreciated. An additional safety modification I'd recommend would be for a sidewalk along the north side of the street. There's a lot of seasonal pedestrian traffic from the local neighborhood that goes to a Dairy Queen along this stretch of DXR.

The road from Wildonna across I-675 is already four lanes, the result of an unusually far-sighted decision on the part of Beavercreek planners back in the late 1970's. What I think they mean by starting the project at Wildonna is to make sure the road widens the instant it leaves the 675 bridge so that there can be proper left-turn lanes onto Stedman Lane and the bike path park.

Latest TIP data indicates RoW to be purchased in 2007, with a construction start date sometime in 2009.

48 Grange-Hall Road/Shakertown Road intersection 2006-2010 Add left and right turn lanes for all movements and replace 4-way stop with signal. There are currently no turn lanes for any of the movements at this intersection, and it can back up quite a bit during rush hour.
58C Kemp Road
from Montgomery County Line to North Fairfield Road
2026-2030 Widen from 2 to 3 lanes. A good start, but it doesn't go far enough between Lakeview Drive and North Fairfield Road. It needs to be 5 lanes there to help traffic getting off of North Fairfield.
62 National Road
from Colonel Glenn Highway to Kaufman Avenue
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 3 lanes. Anyone who works on WPAFB area B would tell you that this won't be wide enough. Widen it to 5 lanes. Oh, and rename it to Grange-Hall Road while you're at it. People usually confuse this National Road with the much older one that goes through Vandalia.
64A North Fairfield Road/I-675 interchange 2006-2010 Add 1 southbound lane to overpass. Can't argue much with that
64B North Fairfield Road
from Jonathan Drive to Shakertown Road
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 3 lanes. Definitely a good idea, but they might want to consider going a tad bit farther and making it 5 lanes. A lot of churches on Shakertown Road dump traffic onto this stretch of North Fairfield every Sunday, and there are several big subdivisions south of Shakertown.
66A New Germany-Trebein Road
from Towne Drive to Big Woods Drive
2006-2010 widen from 3 to 5 lanes. A continous left-turn lane was recently added along this stretch, which helps some with the traffic going into and out of the mall district.
66B New Germany-Trebein Road
from Grange-Hall Road to North Fairfield Road
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 5 lanes. I question the wisdom in building this project AFTER the project adding two left-turn lanes from Grange-Hall southbound to eastbound NGTR. I would have thought the widening should be done first.
78B Trebein Road
from OH 235 to US 35
2006-2010 widen from 2 to 3 lanes. This must be in anticipation of future subdivision growth, for the drive currently consists of a pleasant mix of farmland and widely-spaced luxury housing. I question the immediate need for this widening, not that it eventually needs to be done.
352 North Fairfield Road/I-675 Interchange 2006-2010 Widen northbound to allow two lane left-turn onto southbound 675. I don't know why this is a separate project from TIP #64A. The funding line appears to show a 2006 start for construction.
401 Wilmington-Dayton Road 2006-2010 Add a continuous left-turn lane from Bellemeade Drive to Centerville Station Road. This road is currently a two-lane arterial across the western edge of Bellbrook. The 15% grade dropping down to Centerville Station Road is going to be a problem on this project.
405 Access Road 2006-2010 Construct new road between Factory Road and Orchard Lane south of US 35. The long-overdue second access road to the Beeavercreek Soccer Park. Construction appears to be funded for a 2007 start.
406 Factory Road 2006-2010 Add a continuous left-turn lane from Indian Ripple Road to US 35. There aren't that many driveways along this stretch of Factory, and most of those that do exist are close to 35. The need for this project may be superseded by events such as a US 35/Factory Road interchange.
408 Indian Ripple Road/I-675 Interchange 2003-2005 Unspecified ramp improvements to existing interchange. This might have something to do with lengthening exit ramp length.
409 Indian Ripple Road
From County Line Road to I-675
2006-2010 Widen from 5 to 7 lanes. Thanks to the new mall being built at Indian Ripple and Stroop, this project will be obsolete before it's completed.
523.2 Indian Ripple Road/Darst Road 2006-2010 Add turn lane from eastbound Indian Ripple onto Darst. This will improve through traffic flow on Indian Ripple and help out anyone living in the growing number of subdivisions serviced by Darst. Construction slated for 2008.