Ohio State Route 163 Explained

State:OH
Type:SR
Route:163
Map:OH 163 map.svg
Maint:ODOT
Length Mi:46.24
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1] [2]
Established:1923
Direction A:West
Terminus A: near Perrysburg
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Hartshorn Road near Marblehead
Counties:Wood, Ottawa
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:162
Next Type:SR
Next Route:164

State Route 163 (SR 163) is a 46.24miles long east - west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 163 is at a T-intersection with the duplex of U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and US 23 approximately 6miles southeast of the city limits of Perrysburg. Its eastern terminus is at its intersection with Hartshorn Road nearly 2miles west of the village limits of Marblehead, on the peninsula formed by Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay.

Route description

The path of SR 163 takes it through the northeastern portion of Wood County and the entire width of Ottawa County. No segment of this state route is included within the National Highway System.[3]

History

The SR 163 designation was applied in 1923. Originally, the highway ran along its present routing from its intersection with SR 51, at the time a part of SR 2 and later designated as the now-defunct SR 102, on the outskirts of Genoa, and its eastern terminus near Marblehead.[4] [5] SR 163 was extended west into Wood County along a previously un-numbered road from Genoa to its present western terminus at US 20 southeast of Perrysburg.[6] [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 163, Wood County . Ohio Department of Transportation . Ohio Department of Transportation . 2011-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235700/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/woosr0163r.pdf . 2012-03-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 163, Ottawa County . Ohio Department of Transportation . 2011-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235703/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/ottsr0163r.pdf . 2012-03-25 . dead .
  3. National Highway System: Ohio . December 2003 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf . dead . October 16, 2008 . PDF. 2011-06-20.
  4. Map of Ohio State Highways . . Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works . April 1922 . ODHPW . 2011-08-26.
  5. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works . July 1923 . ODHPW . 2011-08-26.
  6. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1934 . ODOH . 2011-08-26.
  7. Official Ohio Highway Map . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1935 . ODOH . 2011-08-26.