Breakdown on the US-23 freeway in Delaware, the retail strip in Lewis Center or a city stretch through Clintonville? Tell dispatch the road and the cross street.
Call (740) 812-9489US-23 towing is different from interstate towing, because US-23 changes character several times on its way through the Columbus area. South of the city it passes Lockbourne and meets I-270 at South High Street. Through Columbus it is a city street, following Indianola Avenue and Hudson Street in one stretch and a one-way pair of Summit Street and North Fourth Street in another. North of the outerbelt it heads up past Worthington to the Lewis Center retail strip, and through Delaware it runs as a freeway that meets US-36. Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc covers all of it, day or night. If you are stopped on a fast section with traffic passing, stay belted in with the hazards on and call 911 first if you are in a lane or anyone is hurt. Then call (740) 812-9489 with the cross street or exit. Inside the outerbelt, most calls are reached in 20–40 minutes; Lewis Center and Delaware are in our outer tier, 40–60 minutes. Both are estimates, and dispatch gives you the live number.
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South of the city, US-23 passes Lockbourne on the west and meets the outerbelt at I-270 exit 52, South High Street. This stretch has a rural feel, with long gaps between businesses, and a car that fails here at night has few places to wait. Pull fully off the road if you can, keep the hazards on, and tell dispatch the nearest crossroad or business so the driver can find you in the dark.
Because our yard is on the southwest side, the south end of US-23 is a fairly short run for our trucks. For the village itself and its local roads, see our Lockbourne towing page.
Inside the city, US-23 is a set of ordinary streets rather than a single highway. Through the University District, east of High Street, it is carried by the one-way pair of Summit Street and North Fourth Street, and through Old North it follows Indianola Avenue and Hudson Street. Many drivers never notice the route number here, so calling it by the street name is perfectly fine.
City-street calls on this stretch are mostly dead batteries, lockouts and flats near home or a parking spot, not highway emergencies. A jump start or lockout is handled at the curb, and if the car needs to go to a shop, we tow it there. Tell dispatch whether you are on the street, in a driveway or in a lot, and whether there is room to pull a truck in behind the car.
At the top of the city, I-270 exit 23 is the US-23 interchange, signed for Worthington, Delaware and Toledo. The outerbelt ramps here carry commuters in both directions at rush hour, and a car that stalls in the merge has little room around it, so stay buckled in and let dispatch know you are on a ramp.
Worthington is inside our metro tier, so most calls there are reached in 20–40 minutes. For the city's own streets and lots, see our Worthington towing page, and for the Old North blocks along Indianola Avenue, the Old North page covers the neighborhood.
In Lewis Center, US-23 is lined with stores, restaurants and car dealers, and Evans Farm sits just off the route. Traffic lights, turning lanes and shopping-center entrances come one after another, so the common calls are cars that will not start in a parking lot, keys locked in at a store and flats picked up on the way home.
This part of the corridor is in our outer tier, so plan on 40–60 minutes, an estimate that dispatch updates on the phone. Naming the store or plaza you are in front of is the fastest way to be found; our Lewis Center towing page lists the local roads we hear most.
Through Delaware, US-23 runs as a freeway and intersects US-36, which carries traffic east toward I-71. Speeds here are highway speeds, so a car stopped on the shoulder needs the same care as one on an interstate: belt on, hazards on, stay out of the gap between your car and traffic, and call 911 first if you are in a lane.
For calls in Delaware itself, from downtown to Ohio Wesleyan, see our Delaware towing page and the Ohio Wesleyan towing page. North of the city, the road opens up through farm country, and a slide into a ditch in bad weather is often a winch-out rather than a tow.
Prices come from the published rate card. A tow is $4 a mile en-route from our yard, a $125 hook-up and $7 per loaded mile, and a jump start, lockout or tire change is a flat $75 plus en-route miles. A pickup from a freeway section, such as the stretch through Delaware, adds the $75 highway charge, and a call between 10 PM and 6 AM adds $150.
City-street calls on US-23 inside Columbus are priced like any other street call, without the highway charge. Dispatch tells you which applies and quotes the total before the truck rolls.
Because the road goes by different names, the best description is the street name you see on the signs plus the nearest cross street or business.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc at (740) 812-9489, at any hour. Call 911 first if you are in a live lane or anyone is hurt. Then give dispatch the city, the street name on the sign and the nearest cross street or exit.
Inside the outerbelt, including Worthington and the city stretches, most calls are reached in 20–40 minutes. Lewis Center and Delaware are in our outer tier, 40–60 minutes. Both are estimates, and dispatch gives you the live number.
Only on freeway sections, such as the stretch through Delaware, which add the $75 highway charge. A call on US-23 where it is an ordinary city street is priced like any street call. Dispatch tells you which applies before the truck rolls.
The store, plaza or cross street you are nearest, which direction you were driving, and whether you are in a lane, a turn lane or a parking lot. If you are blocking traffic and cannot move, turn on the hazards, stay belted in and call 911 first.
Yes. On the city stretches most calls are jump starts, lockouts and flats, handled right at the curb or in the lot. We unlock cars only; a lost or broken key is a job for a locksmith or the dealer.
Often, yes. If the car is upright and nobody is hurt, a winch-out usually puts it back on the road. Tell dispatch how far off the pavement it is and what it is sitting on. If anyone is hurt or the car rolled, call 911 first.
For emergencies, 911. When it is not an emergency, dialing #677 from a mobile phone reaches the Ohio State Highway Patrol. After that, call us for the truck or the roadside fix.
No. We are an independent company and come when a driver or owner calls us. If the police had a car removed, they can tell you where it was taken.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc is an independent towing company and is not affiliated with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Delaware County or the City of Columbus.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc (dba Columbus Roadside Towing).
Corporate office (private, no walk-ins): 3879 Regatta Ct, Lewis Center, OH 43035
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