Ohio State Route 235
State highway in western Ohio, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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State Route 235 (SR 235) is a 133.2-mile-long (214.4 km) north–south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at US 68 near the small town of Oldtown just north of Xenia, and its northern terminus is at State Route 65 at the Maumee River nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Grand Rapids, west of Otsego.
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Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 133.20 mi[1] (214.36 km) | |||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
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South end | US 68 near Xenia | |||
Major intersections | I-675 in Fairborn I-70 / SR 4 in Huber Heights US 30 near Ada I-75 near Bluffton | |||
North end | SR 65 near Grand Rapids | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Ohio | |||
Counties | Greene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood | |||
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Prior to late 1968, SR 235's northern terminus was at an intersection with State Route 4 and then State Route 69, which ran from downtown Dayton northward to State Route 65. With the reconstruction of SR 4/SR 69 to a high speed thoroughfare from I-75 to I-70, SR 69 southwards was discontinued, and northwards from the intersection was renumbered as an almost 200 mile northern extension of SR 235.[2][3] According to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 7, this renumbering occurred because the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen.[4] The resulting denontation suggests a spur of US 35 which might also have been considered.