Ohio State Route 231 Explained

State:OH
Type:SR
Route:231
Map:OH 231 map.svg
Maint:ODOT
Length Mi:35.77
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1] [2] [3]
Established:1923
Direction A:South
Terminus A:CSX grade crossing in Morral
Junction:
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Tiffin
Counties:Marion, Wyandot, Seneca
Previous Type:OH 1967
Previous Route:230
Previous Dab:1962-1971
Next Type:SR
Next Route:232

State Route 231 (SR 231) is a 35.77miles long north - south state highway in the northwestern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. SR 231 has its southern terminus at a CSX railroad crossing in the village of Morral. Its northern terminus is in downtown Tiffin at a signalized intersection with SR 18 and SR 101, following a 0.35miles long concurrency with SR 100, which continues north as a solo route north of this point.

Route description

The path of SR 231 takes it through northern Marion County, eastern Wyandot County and southern Seneca County. There are no segments of SR 231 that are included within the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.[4]

History

SR 231 was applied in 1923. The highway was originally a short connector route in the Nevada vicinity, running between the former SR 182, now County Road 182, CR 182, in Nevada and the old two-lane alignment of U.S. Route 30 (US 30), now designated as CR 330, north of the village.[5] [6]

In 1932, SR 231 was extended south along the routing that it presently utilizes south of Nevada to its current southern terminus in Morral.[7] [8] Five years after being extended on the south ended, SR 231 was lengthened on the north end, following its present alignment along a previously county-maintained roadway to a new northern terminus at its present eastern junction with SR 103 east of Sycamore.[9] [10] Then, in 1939, SR 231 was extended to the north one more time, via a concurrency with SR 103 and SR 67 and then along a previously unnumbered roadway to its present northern terminus in Tiffin.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 231, Marion County . Ohio Department of Transportation . Ohio Department of Transportation . 2006-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061258/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/marsr0231r.pdf . 2012-03-11 . dead .
  2. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 231, Wyandot County . Ohio Department of Transportation . 2006-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235246/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/wyasr0231r.pdf . 2012-03-25 . dead .
  3. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 231, Seneca County . Ohio Department of Transportation . 2006-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235251/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/sensr0231r.pdf . 2012-03-25 . dead .
  4. 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. 2011-05-07.
  5. Map of Ohio State Highways . . Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works . April 1922 . ODHPW . 2011-05-13.
  6. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works . July 1923 . ODHPW . 2011-05-13.
  7. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1931 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.
  8. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1932 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.
  9. Official Ohio Highway Map . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1936 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.
  10. Official Ohio Highway Map . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1937 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.
  11. Official Ohio Highway Map . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1938 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.
  12. Ohio Highway Map . MrSID . Ohio Department of Highways . 1939 . ODOH . 2011-05-13.