Ohio State Route 235

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State Route 235
Length: 133.22 mi[1] (214.40 km)
Formed: 1926
South end: US 68 near Xenia
Major
junctions:
I-70/SR 4 in Huber Heights
I-75 near Bluffton
North end: SR 65 near Grand Rapids
Counties: Greene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood
Ohio highways
< SR 233 SR 236 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes
In Logan County, State Route 235 passes the Honda Transmission Factory near Russells Point.
In Logan County, State Route 235 passes the Honda Transmission Factory near Russells Point.

State Route 235 is a north-south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 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 east of Grand Rapids.

Prior to 1969 it was numbered State Route 69, but was renumbered 235. There are a number of urban legends pertaining to why this renumbering occurred. One is that the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen. (There were actually numerous cases of people stealing the signs for this route.) Another was that it was too close to Interstate 69 (less than 40 miles in some areas) and the state decided to avoid the confusion.

Contents

[edit] Cities and villages along route

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] History

  • 1926 – Original route certified; originally routed along its current alignment from Oldtown to Fairborn (which was Fairfield and Osborn in 1926)[2].
  • 1935 – Extended north to State Route 4 approximately 3 miles north of Fairborn along previously unnumbered road[2].
  • 1969 – Extended north to its current terminus along previous State Route 69[2].

[edit] State Route 69 before 1969

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Despite a possible assumed relation to U.S. Route 35, State Route 235 never extended that far south, and the route was created before U.S. Route 35, which was formed in 1934.

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
  2. ^ a b c d e Route 235 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson

[edit] External links