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[[Image:WWCON.svg|right|thumb|300px|The diagram shows how wrong-way concurrencies occur.]]

A '''wrong-way concurrency''' <!--or '''wrong-way multiplex'''--> is a [[concurrency (road)|road concurrency]] in which at least two numbered [[highway]] routes are signed in opposite, conflicting directions on the same stretch of physical roadway.

Although each route is logically consistent with itself, wrong-way concurrency signage may lead to confusion among motorists.

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====Ohio====

* From Aberdeen to Ripley along the Ohio River, [[U.S. Route 52|US 52]], [[U.S. Route 52|US 62]], and [[U.S. Route 68|US 68]] form a wrong-way concurrency for about 8 miles. US 68 enters Ohio duplexedconcurrent with US 62 with both being bannered as east-west routes in Kentucky, but with US 68 a north-south route in Ohio. US 68 Northbound and US 62 Eastbound enter from Kentucky over a new bridge west of Aberdeen and join US 52 Westbound until leaving in Ripley. US 52 is also notable for changing directions from north-south to east-west in different states, and also is involved in a wrong-way concurrency in Virginia with US 11, I-77, and I-81. [http://www2.uakron.edu/genchem/images/52-62-68.jpg Sign Assembly near Aberdeen just after US 62/68 EB enter from Kentucky and become US 62 EB and US 68 NB and join US 52 WB]

*The bypass around [[Fremont, Ohio]] carries four routes: [[U.S. Route 6|US 6]], [[U.S. Route 20|US 20]], [[State Route 19 (Ohio)|State Route 19]], and [[State Route 53 (Ohio)|State Route 53]]. For a short distance a wrong-way concurrency occurs in which one can travel east on US 6, east on US 20, north on State Route 53, and south on State Route 19. In the other direction one will be traveling west on US 6, west on US 20, north on State Route 19, and south on State Route 53.