Ohio State Route 202

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State Route 202

Length:

21.28 mi^[1] (34.25 km)

Formed:

1924

North end:

SR 55 near Troy

Major
junctions:

US 40 in Phoneton

I-70 in Huber Heights

South end:

SR 4 in Dayton

Counties:

Miami, Montgomery

Ohio highways
< SR 201		SR 203 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

Ohio State Route 202 is a north-south State Route highway in west-central Ohio, part of a state-wide road transportation system. It parallels Interstate 75 which runs about 3 miles to the west. Through feeder roads it connects Troy with Dayton, following the course of the Old Troy Pike (Turnpike) all the way to Dayton.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Junction list
4 References

[edit] Route description

OH 202 starts in Miami County at the village of Staunton with its intersection with Ohio Route 55, just north of the Miami Shores Golf Course, about a mile east of downtown Troy. It heads south-southeast and at the three mile point crosses Lost Creek. It heads south to its intersection with OH 571 just east of Tipp City. It continues south through West Charleston and Phoneton and enters Montgomery County. In Miami County OH 202 passes through farmland after it leaves Troy.

In Montgomery County OH 202 becomes an urban road passing over Interstate 70 in Huber Heights and then through the old village of Hooks Corner at Needmore Road. It parallels the Miami River for a couple of miles as it swings slightly west towards downtown Dayton. In Dayton it is known as Troy Street and continues south to its intersection with OH 4. Troy Street continues for one more block to its intersection with Valley Street on the banks of the Mad River.

[edit] History

The Old Troy Pike was originally built as a state highway about 1910 and ran from Urbana to Troy to Dayton. It started approximately 3 miles southwest of Urbana off of State Route 55, went west to Troy, mostly along what is now County Road 193, into Troy on what is now the Troy-Urbana Road, and out of Troy on what is now State Route 41, and then south on its current route to Dayton. County Road 193 is still called Old Troy Pike along part of its route.

In 1926, the Urbana-Troy portion was decertified as a state highway, and the road was truncated at OH 41. In 1983, the route was extended north about a mile from the OH 41 intersection to OH 55. Prior to 1983 that mile stretch had been denominated OH 504.^[2]