Ohio State Route 821

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State Route 821
Length:	48.86 mi[1] (78.63 km)
Formed:	1970[citation needed]
South end:	SR 60 near Marietta
Major junctions:	I-77 near Marietta I-77 in Belle Valley I-77 in Byesville
North end:	I-77 in Byesville
Counties:	Washington, Noble, Guernsey
Ohio highways < SR 814 SR 822 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

State Route 821 is a north-south state highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. A relic of the old U.S. Route 21, its southern terminus is at State Route 60 approximately 2 miles north of Marietta, and its northern terminus is at Interstate 77 in Byesville, along with the eastern terminus of State Route 209. The route is entirely undivided surface road, and is much less direct than the newer Interstate 77 which supplanted it as a through route. As the interstate was being built, the designation of U.S. Route 21 was moved to the freeway before Ohio wholly decommissioned the now-superfluous U.S. route.

Contents 1 Cities and villages along route 2 History 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Cities and villages along route

• Unionville
• Whipple
• Bonn
• Lower Salem
• Warner
• Elba
• Macksburg
• Dexter City
• South Olive
• Dudley
• Three Forks
• Caldwell
• Slaters
• Belle Valley
• Coal Ridge
• Ava
• Glenwood
• Fairview
• Byesville

[edit] History

• 1970 – Original route certified^{[citation needed]}; was a part of the original State Route 8 from 1924-1926^[2][3], which was then certified as a portion of Ohio’s former U.S. Route 21 alignment until 1970, when that route’s certification was moved to new Interstate 77 freeway^[4].

[edit] Sources

1. ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
2. ^ Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
3. ^ Route 8 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
4. ^ Route 21 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson

[edit] External links

• The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson