Ohio State Route 137

State Route 137
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 3.58 mi[1] (5.76 km)
Existed: 1924 – present
Major junctions
South end: SR 136 in Cherry Fork
North end: SR 247 near Seaman
Location
Counties: Adams
Highway system

Ohio highways
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← SR 136 SR 138 →

State Route 137 (SR 137) is a short north–south state highway in the southwestern portion of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at a T-intersection with State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, and its northern terminus is another T-intersection, this time with State Route 247 just south of Seaman.

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Route description

The starting point of State Route 137 is a T-intersection with State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, at the intersection of Main Street and 2nd Street. Following 2nd Street to the east-northeast, State Route 137 passes a number of homes as it makes its way out of Cherry Fork and into rural Wayne Township. The highway passes amidst rolling hills composed primarily of farmland but also the occasional patches of trees, along with the occasional house. State Route 137 bends to the northeast as it passes intersections with Paint Road, Mathias Road/Potts Road, McIntire Road and Martin Run Road. After following an S-curve to the north and then back to the northeast, State Route 137 carries through back-to-back intersections with Westbound and Eastbound Graces Run Road, respectively. The state route comes to an end upon arriving at its junction with State Route 247 at a T-intersection that forms at a sharp angle approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) mile south of Seaman and State Route 247's junction with State Route 32.[2]

State Route 137 is not included as a part of the National Highway System.[3]

History

State Route 137 was established in 1924, composed of what is now State Route 247 from Wrightsville to Fairfax, and State Route 785 from Fairfax to Belfast.[4][5] By 1927, State Route 137 was re-routed southwesterly along a previously un-numbered roadway from just south of Seaman to State Route 136 in Cherry Fork. The portion of State Route 137 from Wrightsville to West Union became State Route 247, and the portion from West Union to just south of Seaman would be removed from the state highway system, for the time being.[6][7]

In 1937, the former State Route 137 from West Union to just south of Seaman was re-instated into the state highway system as an extension of State Route 247 that continued all the way to Hillsboro. Consequently, State Route 137 was shortened into the highway that it exists as today between Cherry Fork and State Route 237 just south of Seaman, with the portion of the highway between Fairfax and Belfast being re-designated as State Route 785.[8][9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Adams County.

Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Cherry Fork 0.00 SR 136 Western terminus at T-intersection.
Wayne Township 3.58 SR 247 Eastern terminus at T-intersection.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
  2. ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – Overview Map of State Route 137 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=38.908473&lon=-83.598436&zoom=13&q1=38.887795%2C-83.614454&q2=38.922189%2C-83.567494. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  3. ^ Federal Highway Administration (December 2003) (PDF). National Highway System: Ohio (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  4. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1924). Ohio State Map (Map). 
  5. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1925). Ohio State Map (Map). 
  6. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1926). Ohio State Map (Map). 
  7. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1927). Ohio State Map (Map). 
  8. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1936). Ohio State Map (Map). 
  9. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1937). Ohio State Map (Map).