Ohio State Route 81 Explained

State:OH
Type:SR
Route:81
Map:OH 81 map.svg
Length Mi:70.489
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1] [2] [3] [4]
Established:1927
Direction A:West
Terminus A: near Willshire
Junction:
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Patterson
Counties:Van Wert, Allen, Hardin
Previous Type:OH 1920
Previous Route:80
Previous Dab:1923
Next Type:SR
Next Route:82

State Route 81 (SR 81) is an east - west route in western Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Willshire (the route continues as State Road 124), and its eastern terminus is at SR 53 in Patterson. The route also goes through or close to the towns of Elgin, Lima, Ada, and Dunkirk.

History

SR 81 was certified by 1927. It was originally routed from Ada to Patterson on the former northernmost section of the now-defunct SR 69. At the time of SR 81's current designation, SR 69 was rerouted to Mount Cory (this route is now part of SR 235).[5] SR 81 was extended to the Indiana state line in 1940 along formerly unnumbered roads from Ada to Lima and along the route of the now-defunct SR 704 (which was created in 1937[6]) from Lima to the state line.[7] [8] No major changes have occurred to the routing since then.

From 1923 to 1926, SR 81 was a short route in northeastern Ohio between Brentwood Lake and Twinsburg. In 1926, the route became part of SR 82.[9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division of Planning - Office of Technical Services - Destape files . July 16, 2013 . ODOT . February 15, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130814111837/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DESTAPE.aspx. August 14, 2013.
  2. Web site: Roadway Description Inventory Report - Destape - Van Wert County. July 16, 2013. ODOT. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215351/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESVAN.pdf. 2014-02-21.
  3. Web site: Roadway Description Inventory Report - Destape - Allen County. July 16, 2013. ODOT. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215346/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESALL.pdf. February 21, 2014.
  4. Web site: Roadway Description Inventory Report - Destape - Hardin County. July 16, 2013. ODOT. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215349/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESHAR.pdf. February 21, 2014.
  5. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . ODOH . 1927 . G.F. Schlesinger, Director . September 22, 2013.
  6. Official Ohio Highway Map 1937 . MrSID . ODOH . 1937 . John Jaster, Jr., Director . August 19, 2013.
  7. Ohio Highway Map 1939 . MrSID . ODOH . 1939 . Robt. S. Beightler, Director . August 19, 2013.
  8. Ohio Highway Map 1940 . MrSID . ODOH . 1940 . Robt. S. Beightler, Director . August 18, 2013.
  9. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . ODOH . 1923 . L.A. Boulay, Director . August 18, 2013.
  10. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . Ohio Division of Highways . 1926 . G.F. Schlesinger, Director . September 22, 2013.
  11. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes . MrSID . ODOH . 1927 . G.F. Schlesinger, Director . September 22, 2013.

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