Ohio State Route 687

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State Route 687
Length: 5.70 mi[1] (9.17 km)
Formed: 1938
West end: SR 241 near Massillon
Major
junctions:		 I-77/US 62 in Canton
East end: US 62 in Canton
Counties: Stark
Ohio highways
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State Route 687 is an east-west state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at State Route 241 about 4½ miles north of Massillon, and its eastern terminus is at the northern junction of Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 62 approximately 2½ miles northwest of downtown Canton. Some maps show the route’s western terminus at State Route 236 (which was the case before 1989) and continuing east well into Canton and terminating at State Route 172, but as of 2006 this is no longer the case according to State Route 687 in Stark County.

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[edit] History

  • 1938 – Original route certified; originally routed from State Route 236 about 4¼ miles north of Massillon to Canton along a currently unnumbered road from State Route 236 to State Route 241, along its current alignmet, and along a currently unnumbered road from its current eastern terminus to State Route 172 about ½ mile west of downtown Canton[2].
  • 1989 – Truncated at State Route 241; alignment west of State Route 241 decertified[2].
  • unknown – Truncated at U.S. Route 62 about 2½ miles northwest of downtown Canton; alignment east of U.S. Route 62 decertified[2].

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
  2. ^ a b c Route 687 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson

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