Ohio State Route 844
{{Short description|State highway in Greene County, Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=844
|alternate_name=McClernon Memorial Skyway
|map=Ohio State Route 844.png
|length_mi=2.395
|length_round=2
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|I|675}} in Beavercreek
|junction={{jct|state=OH|OH|444}} in Fairborn
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Fairborn
|counties=Greene
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=835
|next_type=SR
|next_route=850
}}
State Route 844 (SR 844) is a {{convert|2.395|mi|km|adj=on}} state route that runs between Beavercreek and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the US state of Ohio. The north–south signed route is a spur freeway which mainly passes through government-owned properties. For some of its path, SR 844 passes through Wright State University. The highway was first signed in 1995 on the same alignment as today. SR 844 replaced the SR 444A designation of the highway, which dated back to 1989.
Route description
{{tv-t|location=County Log Point|name=State Route 844|align=left}}
{{tv-r|0.746|16,660}}
{{tv-r|1.2|20,520}}
{{tv-r|1.85|15,530}}
{{tv-r|2.2|8,590}}
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The highway is maintained by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT).{{cite web |url= http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/GRESR0844R.pdf |title= SR 844, Greene County |work= Straight Line Diagrams |author= Office of Technical Services |publisher= Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date= November 2, 2010 |archive-date= October 4, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224723/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/GRESR0844R.pdf |url-status= dead }} SR 844 begins at a partial interchange with Interstate 675 (I-675). The route heads northeast as a four-lane controlled-access highway, passing under North Fairfield Road. The road has a partial interchange with Colonel Glenn Highway, before passing on the southeast and east sides of Wright State University. The highway curves due north, having an interchange with University Boulevard. After the interchange with University Boulevard, the road curves northwest, passing over SR 444. Followed by an interchange with SR 444, SR 844 ends at Gate 15A of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Exit+17&daddr=McClernon+Memorial+Skyway&hl=en&sll=39.792735,-84.046569&sspn=0.004856,0.009645&geocode=FTLmXgIdkU_9-g%3BFSQ0XwIdw4T9-g&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=h&z=17|title=Overview of Ohio State Route 844|access-date=February 22, 2013}}{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maps/11MapFiles/Front-11-PDF.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=2011 |cartography=ODOT |access-date=February 22, 2013}}{{cite map |title=Map of Greene County, Ohio |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/CountyMaps_ColorOn/GRE_color.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=December 2008 |cartography=ODOT |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020052201/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/CountyMaps_ColorOn/GRE_color.pdf |url-status=dead }}
SR 844 is signed as "McClernon Memorial Skyway",{{cite web |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Operations/Maintenance/Permits/Pages/ROUTEMILESPOSTS.aspx |title=Maintenance Administration, Ohio Hauling Permits: Route Mileposts |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020052133/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Operations/Maintenance/Permits/Pages/ROUTEMILESPOSTS.aspx |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }} after the late Brigadier General Glen J. McClernon. McClernon had been base commander{{ cite web | url = https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106320/brigadier-general-glen-j-mcclernon/ | title = Brigadier General Glen J. McClernon | publisher = United States Air Force | date = April 1, 1968 | access-date = August 18, 2013 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9831 | title = Factsheets: 88 Air Base Wing (AFMC) | publisher = Air Force Historical Research Agency | date = April 27, 2010 | access-date = November 7, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110507070656/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9831 | archive-date = May 7, 2011 }} during the time the university was being established{{cite web | url = http://core.libraries.wright.edu/bitstream/handle/2374.WSU/591/pages%20001-026.pdf | title = Book I: The Founding | publisher = Wright State University | access-date = November 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406071637/http://core.libraries.wright.edu/bitstream/handle/2374.WSU/591/pages%20001-026.pdf | archive-date = April 6, 2012 | url-status = dead }}—partially on land deeded to it by the Air Force base{{cite web | url = http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wright_brothers/wb_collection/history.html | work = Wright Brothers Collection | title = History: Special Collections & Archives; Historical Background | publisher = Wright State University | access-date = November 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111025124655/http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wright_brothers/wb_collection/history.html | archive-date = October 25, 2011 | url-status = dead }}—and also had been a two-term mayor of Fairborn.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19840820&id=X20xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5247,3363718 | title=Glen McClernon obituary | date=August 20, 1984 | access-date=November 7, 2011 | newspaper=The Blade |location= Toledo, OH | page=8}}
History
SR 844 was originally SR 444A, which opened by 1989.{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1989|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/StateMaps/otm1989a.sid|access-date=October 4, 2013|archive-date=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011213507/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/StateMaps/otm1989a.sid|url-status=dead}} After a public comment period in 1994,{{cite news|title=Ohio proposes renaming road |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F51AB27DA000B3E&p_docnum=1 |newspaper=Dayton Daily News |date=June 15, 1994 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131203182559/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DDNB&p_theme=ddnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=ohio%20proposes%20renaming%20road&s_dispstring=headline(ohio%20proposes%20renaming%20road)%20AND%20date(all)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }} ODOT changed the number to "844" by 1995.{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1995|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/StateMaps/otm1995a.sid|access-date=October 4, 2013|archive-date=October 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005070145/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/StateMaps/otm1995a.sid|url-status=dead}} Although legally designated as "McClernon-Skyway Memorial Drive" on September 22, 1989,{{cite web | url = http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5533.43 | title = 5533.43 McClernon-Skyway memorial drive |author= Ohio General Assembly |author-link= Ohio General Assembly | work = Ohio Revised Code | access-date = November 7, 2011}} SR 844 is both signed and recognized by the state as "McClernon Memorial Skyway".
Future
Major junctions
{{jcttop |exit |state=OH |county=Greene |length_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESGRE.pdf|title=Technical Services DESTAPE|author=Ohio Department of Transportation|access-date=November 2, 2013|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020444/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESGRE.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}
{{OHint|exit
|location=Beavercreek
|type=incomplete
|exit=
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=OH|I|675}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 17 on I-675}}
{{OHint|exit
|location=Fairborn
|lspan=3
|type=incomplete
|exit= 1
|mile=1.013
|road=Colonel Glenn Highway
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{OHint|exit
|exit= 2
|mile=1.448
|mile2=2.043
|road=University Boulevard{{cite web | publisher = City of Fairborn | author = Engineering Division | url = http://ci.fairborn.oh.us/Portals/0/pdfs/A4430a_City_of_Fairborn_Street_Map.pdf | title = City of Fairborn, Greene County Ohio, Street Map | type = PDF | date = May 2012 | access-date = October 19, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131020110144/http://ci.fairborn.oh.us/Portals/0/pdfs/A4430a_City_of_Fairborn_Street_Map.pdf | archive-date = October 20, 2013 | url-status = dead }}
|notes=Access to Wright State University{{cite web | publisher = Wright State University | url = http://www.wright.edu/university-maps/printable-maps#tab=color-campus-map | title = Color Campus Map | access-date = September 24, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120823090636/http://www.wright.edu/university-maps/printable-maps#tab=color-campus-map | archive-date = August 23, 2012 | url-status = dead }}
}}
{{OHint|exit
|exit= 3
|mile=2.100
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|444|name1=Broad Street}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange; no access from SR 444 to SR 844 northbound}}
{{Jctint|exit
|location_special=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
|mile=2.395
|road=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Gate 15A
|notes=At-grade intersection; access pass required{{cite web|title=ID Cards & General Base Information|url=http://www.wpafb.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=832|publisher=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base|access-date=October 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005095410/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=832|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}
}}
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