Ohio State Route 568

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State Route 568
Length: 16.20 mi[1] (26.07 km)
Formed: 1966
West end: SR 12/SR 37 in Findlay
East end: US 23 in Carey
Counties: Hancock, Wyandot
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State Route 568 is an east-west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is in downtown Findlay at the State Route 12/State Route 37 concurrency, and its eastern terminus is at the complex junction of U.S. Route 23, State Route 103 and State Route 199 in downtown Carey, Ohio. At this junction, U.S. Route 23 crosses north-south, State Route 103 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 23 southbound and continues eastbound, and State Route 199 runs concurrent northbound with U.S. Route 23 and concurrent eastbound with State Route 103. The entire length of State Route 568 is part of the former alignment of State Route 15 which was realigned onto a new freeway from Findlay to Carey.

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[edit] Cities and villages along route

[edit] Junctions

County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes
Hancock Findlay 0.00 SR 12
SR 37		 Western terminus. Western terminus SR 37 concurrency; SR 37 continues north.
0.14 SR 37 Eastern terminus SR 37 concurrency; SR 37 continues south.
Biglick Township 9.93 SR 330
Wyandot Carey 16.20 US 23 Eastern terminus.

[edit] Points of interest

  • Indian Trail Caverns, 4 miles west of Carey
  • Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation, in Carey

[edit] History

  • 1966 – Route certified along a former alignment of State Route 15 (which was the former State Route 22 before 1926); no significant changes since its certification[2].

[edit] From 1939 to 1954

  • 1939 – Originally routed from the Michigan state line 6 miles west of Lyons to 1 mile east of U.S. Route 24 in Toledo along the current alignment of State Route 120 from the state line to Metamora, a currently unnumbered road from Metamora to Sylvania, and current State Route 184 from Sylvania to Toledo[2].
  • 1941 – Truncated at Sylvania; from the state line to Sylvania certified as State Route 120[2].
  • 1950 – 2 miles east of Sylvania to Toledo dually certified with bypass routes of U.S. Route 23, U.S. Route 24, and the former U.S. Route 25 by this time[2].
  • 1954 – All remaining State Route 568 certifications dropped from Sylvania to Toledo[2].

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Although U.S. Route 68 also ends in Findlay, State Route 568 is not related to it.

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
  2. ^ a b c d e Route 568 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson

[edit] External links