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Ohio State Route 235

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State Route 235 marker
State Route 235
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length133.20 mi[1] (214.36 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
South end US 68 near Xenia
Major intersections
North end SR 65 near Grand Rapids
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesGreene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
← SR 234→ SR 236
← SR 68OH 69→ I-70
In Logan County, State Route 235 passes the Honda Transmission Factory near Russells Point.

State Route 235 (SR 235) is a 133.2-mile-long (214.4 km) north–south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at US 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 (8.0 km) east of Grand Rapids, west of Otsego.

Prior to late 1968, SR 235's northern terminus was at an intersection with State Route 4 and then State Route 69, which ran from downtown Dayton northward to State Route 65. With the reconstruction of SR 4/SR 69 to a high speed thoroughfare from I-75 to I-70, SR 69 southwards was discontinued, and northwards from the intersection was renumbered as an almost 200 mile northern extension of SR 235.[2][3] According to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 7, this renumbering occurred because the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen.[4]

Route description

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The portion of SR 235 within Fairborn is designated "Army Specialist Jesse Adam Snow Memorial Highway",[5] in honor of a Fairborn High School graduate who was killed by enemy fire on November 14, 2010 in Afghanistan.[6]

History

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  • 1926 – Original route certified; originally routed along its current alignment from Oldtown to Fairborn (which was Fairfield and Osborn in 1926).[7]
  • March 9, 1932 – Extended north to State Route 4 approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Fairborn along previously unnumbered road.[8]
  • 1969 – Extended north to its current terminus along previous State Route 69.[7]

On November 9, 2012, the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee announced that a roundabout would be constructed at the intersection of SR 235 and SR 41 in Pike Township, which has been the site of numerous vehicle crashes, including five fatalities from 1992 to 2013. Construction on the $1.1 million project began in June 2014 and was completed the weekend before Monday, September 15. It is the first roundabout in Clark County and is believed to be the first in Ohio with all approaches at high speed, 55 mph (89 km/h).[9][10][11][12][13]

In summer 2020, ODOT made plans to convert the intersection with US 68, SR 235's southern terminus, to a roundabout, near Oldtown in Xenia Township, Greene County, almost four miles (6.4 km) north of downtown Xenia. Construction was expected to begin in spring 2023 and to be completed that fall, with an estimated cost of $2 million.[14] However, site preparations did not begin until early June 2024, and it was announced that construction would begin on July 16, at a cost of $2.29 million, to be completed by the fall.[15] On December 3, 2024, the roundabout was substantially completed except for minor finish work such as landscaping, which is scheduled to be done in spring 2025.[16]

State Route 69 before 1969

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Future

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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee have conducted a SR 235 Corridor Management Study, examining improvements to SR 235 in Bethel Township, between US 40 to the north, and the Greene County line to the south. The study primarily covered the Park Layne section of the township. The study area has had many vehicle crashes and four pedestrian fatalities between 2007 and 2010. The road has many closely spaced commercial driveways and lacks crosswalks, among other problems. Proposed changes included a raised median with breaks only at a few major cross streets, consolidated driveways limited to right-in/right-out access, and jughandles or U-turns at each end of the corridor for turnarounds. Other proposals included U-turns at the busiest cross street, Styer Drive, roundabouts at the major cross streets and "backage" roads. Public meetings related to this study were held in September 2011 and April 2012. The projected cost of the improvements ranged from $7.4 million to $12.2 million and construction was not expected to begin until 2017 to 2020.[17][18] In mid-October 2012, it was decided by the Ohio Department of Transportation and Clark County officials to make about $3 million in improvements to this stretch of SR 235, including the consolidation of driveways and the construction of cul-de-sacs.[19] Construction is expected to begin in 2015.[9] The development of any "backage" roads will be left to future private developers.[20]

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
GreeneXenia Township0.000.00 US 68Roundabout
Fairborn6.63–
6.93		10.67–
11.15		 I-675 – Columbus, CincinnatiExit 22 (I-675)
8.3013.36
 SR 444 south (Broad Street) / Xenia Road		Southern end of SR 444 concurrency
8.9614.42
 SR 444 north (Broad Street) / North Central Avenue		Northern end of SR 444 concurrency
MontgomeryHuber Heights11.6618.76
 SR 4 south / Chambersburg Road – Dayton		Interchange; southern end of SR 4 concurrency
12.81–
13.20		20.62–
21.24
 I-70 north / SR 4 – Columbus, Indianapolis		Exit 41 (I-70); northern end of SR 4 concurrency
ClarkBethel Township16.2426.14 US 40 (National Road) – Vandalia, Springfield
New Carlisle18.3129.47 SR 571 (Jefferson Street)
Pike Township22.7136.55 SR 41 – Springfield, TroyRoundabout
ChampaignJackson Township27.1843.74 SR 55 – Urbana, Christiansburg, Troy
Johnson Township32.2851.95 US 36 – St. Paris, Urbana, Piqua
Adams Township37.9761.11
 SR 29 west – Sidney		Southern end of SR 29 concurrency
38.2861.61
 SR 29 east – Rosewood, Urbana		Northern end of SR 29 concurrency
LoganMiami Township42.8568.96
 SR 706 west – Sidney		Eastern terminus of SR 706
De Graff47.1475.86
 SR 508 east (Main Street)		Western terminus of SR 508
Pleasant Township49.9980.45 SR 47 – Bellefontaine, Sidney
Washington Township56.2090.45 SR 274 – Jackson Center, Huntsville
56.9891.70
 SR 708 north – Russells Point		Southern terminus of SR 708
Stokes Township–Lakeview
municipal line		59.2795.39 SR 720
Lakeview59.8696.34 US 33
Stokes Township–Lakeview
municipal line		59.8996.38
 SR 366 east		Southern end of SR 366 concurrency
Stokes Township61.4398.86
 SR 365 east		Western terminus of SR 365
61.96–
62.00		99.71–
99.78
 SR 366 west		Northern end of SR 366 concurrency
HardinRoundhead Township66.73107.39
 SR 117 south		Southern end of SR 117 concurrency
68.68110.53

 SR 117 north to SR 385 / Township Road 39		Northern end of SR 117 concurrency
70.69113.76 SR 67 – Waynesfield, Kenton
Marion–Liberty
township line		81.28130.81
 SR 309 west – Lima		Southern end of SR 309 concurrency
82.28132.42
 SR 309 east – Kenton		Northern end of SR 309 concurrency
Ada85.31137.29 SR 81 (North Avenue)
HancockOrange Township88.73–
88.89		142.80–
143.05		 US 30 – Mansfield, Fort Wayne, INInterchange
93.28150.12 SR 103 – Bluffton, Arlington
Union Township94.70–
94.95		152.40–
152.81		 I-75 – Toledo, DaytonExit 145 (I-75)
100.06161.03
 SR 12 west – Pandora		Southern end of SR 12 concurrency
Benton Ridge102.32164.67
 SR 12 east – Findlay		Northern end of SR 12 concurrency
Blanchard Township105.58169.91 US 224 / SR 15 – Findlay, Ottawa
Pleasant Township108.99175.40
 SR 186 south / CR 97		Southern end of SR 186 concurrency
McComb109.98177.00
 SR 613 (Main Street) / SR 186 ends		Northern end of SR 186 concurrency (northern terminus)
WoodHoytville115.17185.35
 SR 18 east / Riegle Road		Southern end of SR 18 concurrency
Jackson Township116.58187.62
 SR 18 west – Deshler, Hamler		Northern end of SR 18 concurrency
Milton Township122.15196.58 SR 281 – Custar, Wayne
Weston Township128.19206.30 US 6 – Bowling Green, McClure, Napoleon
Washington Township133.20214.36 SR 65 (River Road) – Grand Rapids, Perrysburg, Toledo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 16, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Section of Ohio 69 renumbered". Xenia Daily Gazette. September 26, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Number Changed". Lima News. August 30, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Signs keep mankind from losing his way". Sidney Daily News. Sidney, Ohio. August 10, 1988. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "5533.645 Army Specialist Jesse Adam Snow Memorial Highway". Ohio Revised Code. LAW Writer. March 22, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  6. ^ Staff (April 19, 2013). "Part of Ohio 235 dedicated to Army Spc. Jesse Snow". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d John Simpson. "Route 235". The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2012.[unreliable source]
  8. ^ "Road Numbers to be Changed on Wednesday". The Richmond Item. March 9, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ a b Tiffany Y. Latta (November 9, 2012). "Ohio 235 to get nearly $4 million in safety improvements". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  10. ^ "November 2012 TCC Board Meeting Agenda" (PDF). Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee. November 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Tiffany Y. Latta (January 17, 2013). "Deadly intersection will get roundabout". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  12. ^ Tiffany Y. Latta (June 29, 2014). "Construction starts on first-of-its kind roundabout". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  13. ^ Wichie, Allison (September 15, 2014). "First-of-its-kind roundabout finished in Pike Twp". Springfield News-Sun. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  14. ^ Franks, Sarah (July 8, 2020). "State says more roundabouts on the way to control traffic". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Bishop, London (July 8, 2024). "Greene County to get area's latest roundabout on busy state route". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  16. ^ Bishop, London (December 3, 2024). "New Greene County roundabout now open to traffic". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  17. ^ "SR235 Corridor Management Study". Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  18. ^ Tiffany Y. Latta (April 21, 2012). "Road changes may cost $12M". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  19. ^ Tiffany Y. Latta (October 14, 2012). "$3M makeover to improve Ohio 235 safety". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  20. ^ "CLA SR 235 Corridor Management Study Final Recommended Concept" (PDF). Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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