From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ohio State Route 246
Ohio State Route 246
Mile[3] Destinations Notes
0.00 US 20 Western terminus at signalized intersection
4.50 US 24 Signalized intersection
6.07 SR 51 Eastern terminus at signalized intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Route description
All of SR 246 is located within the city of Toledo in Lucas
County. This highway is not included as a part of the Na-
tional Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of
State Route 246
highways that are vital to the economy, defense and mo-
Route information bility of the country.[4]
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 6.07 mi[3] (9.77 km)
History
The SR 246 designation was established in 1925. It was
Existed: 1925[1][2] – present
originally routed along the portion of its present align-
Major junctions ment between Secor Road at the southwest corner of the
West end: University of Toledo campus, at the time a state-main-
US 20 in Toledo tained roadway that carried the designation of SR 183,
and its current eastern terminus in downtown Tole-
US 24 in Toledo do.[1][2]
East end: In 1934, SR 246 was extended from Secor Road to its
SR 51 in Toledo present western terminus.[5][6] Three years later, the
Location highway was extended west out of Toledo via Dorr Road,
Chrissey Road and Frankfort Road to a new terminus at
Counties: Lucas SR 295 south of Berkey.[7][8] Then, in 1939, SR 246 was ex-
Highway system tended again on the west side, this time utilizing Frank-
fort Road west of SR 295 to Fulton–Lucas Road, then
Ohio highways
Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes
south to County Road L (CR L), which SR 246 then used
heading west across the entire width of Fulton County,
← SR 245 SR 247 → and into Williams County. Through Williams County, it
followed what is now CR 20N and CR O to the SR 15 in-
State Route 246 (SR 246, OH 246 is a 6.07-mile (9.77 km)
SR 246) tersection, where it then used what is now the western-
long east–west state highway in northwestern Ohio, a most stretch of US 20A to get to a new western termi-
U.S. state. The western terminus of SR 246 is at a sig- nus at US 20 southwest of Pioneer.[9][10] The 1937 and
nalized intersection with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the 1939 extensions of SR 246 were reversed by 1957, when
Reynolds Corners neighborhood of Toledo. Its eastern the portions of the route west of US 20 in the western
terminus is at a signalized intersection with SR 51 in end of Toledo were removed from the state highway sys-
downtown Toledo. tem.[11][12]
Created in the late 1920s, this state route is located
entirely within the city limits of Toledo. All but the east- Major intersections
ernmost block of SR 246 is known as Dorr Street.
The entire route is in Toledo, Lucas County.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ohio State Route 246
References ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
[1] ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid. Retrieved
(August 1924) (MrSID). Map of Ohio Showing State 2011-05-20.
Routes (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. [8] Ohio Department of Highways (1937) (MrSID).
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by
TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/ ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
Documents/StateMaps/otm1924a.sid. Retrieved TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
2011-05-20. Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid. Retrieved
[2] ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works 2011-05-20.
(August 1925) (MrSID). Map of Ohio Showing State [9] Ohio Department of Highways (1938) (MrSID).
Routes (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/ TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
Documents/StateMaps/otm1925a.sid. Retrieved Documents/StateMaps/otm1938a.sid. Retrieved
2011-05-20. 2011-05-20.
[3] ^ Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical [10] Ohio Department of Highways (1939) (MrSID).
Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 246, Lucas Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by
County". http://www.odotonline.org/ ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lucsr0246r.pdf. TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
Retrieved 2009-01-21. Documents/StateMaps/otm1939a.sid. Retrieved
[4] Federal Highway Administration (December 2003) 2011-05-20.
(PDF). National Highway System: Ohio (Map). [11] Ohio Department of Highways (1955) (MrSID). Ohio
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/ Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH.
oh/oh_Ohio.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-11. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
[5] Ohio Department of Highways (1933) (MrSID). Map TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
of Ohio Showing State Highways (Map). Cartography Documents/StateMaps/otm1955a.sid. Retrieved
by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ 2011-05-20.
TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/ [12] Ohio Department of Highways (1957) (MrSID). Ohio
Documents/StateMaps/otm1933a.sid. Retrieved Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH.
2011-05-20. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
[6] Ohio Department of Highways (1934) (MrSID). Map TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
of Ohio Showing State Highway System (Map). Documents/StateMaps/otm1957a.sid. Retrieved
Cartography by ODOH. 2011-05-20.
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/
TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/
Documents/StateMaps/otm1934a.sid. Retrieved
External links
2011-05-20. • State Route 246 Endpoint Photos
[7] Ohio Department of Highways (1936) (MrSID).
Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by
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