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Ohio’s Famous Motorcycle Road. State Route 555, The Triple Nickel.

Ohio’s southern half is famous for all of it’s roads that make for exciting motorcycle rides. They are usually well maintained, twisty, and hilly. There are great stops along the way too, like The Hocking Hills. Good people, nice little towns, and interesting stops on great roads makes for great times. Which leads me to wonder why The Triple Nickel gained so much popularity. It’s not a bad trip, but it’s one of the least desirable in the area. My guess is that it has a catchy name, but it could be that the trip is a little bit of an adventure.

The road starts in Zanesville on the north and terminates in Marietta. Get gas before you go as there is only one station on the entire trip. As described in this description of Ohio State Route 555, it’s an adventure. Many parts of the 555 are very rural. The maintenance is sketchy in parts and the basic road construction is bad on quite a few curves. These can really catch a rider off guard. There isn’t much traffic, but the cars travelling this area are going fast. These folks know the road well and are quite aggressive when they travel on it. The most dangerous part of this road is gravel and chuck holes that you cannot see until you are committed to your speed and angle through the curve.

Don’t take new riders on this road unless there are very confident riders. Some of the things that they’ll experience can really wind them up and there’s few good spots to stop and let them wind down. If you have an newer, but experienced rider, this road is a great challenge and if used wisely, can really teach this type of biker some great lessons.

Here’s the start point in Zanesville.


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