Ohio State Route 357

State Route 357
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	2.35 mi[3] (3.78 km)
Existed:	1934[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	West Shore Blvd near Put-in-Bay
North end:	Geiss Dr near Put-in-Bay
Location
Counties:	Ottawa
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 356 SR 358 →

State Route 357 (SR 357, OH 357) is a 2.35-mile (3.78 km) north–south state highway in the northern portion of U.S. state of Ohio. Existing entirely on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, the highway runs from its southern terminus at West Shore Boulevard near the car ferry to Catawba Island nearly 0.75 miles (1.21 km) west of Put-in-Bay to its northern terminus at Geiss Drive approximately 1.50 miles (2.41 km) east of Put-in-Bay.

SR 357 is one of two state highways on the Ohio islands of Lake Erie, along with SR 575 on Kelleys Island. Though this two-lane route runs predominantly east–west, it once extended to the mainland of Ohio via the Catawba Island ferry, which is why it carries a north–south routing.

Route description

The entirety of SR 357 exists within the confines of South Bass Island in Lake Erie. It is located within Put-in-Bay Township in Ottawa County. SR 357 is not included in the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways determined to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.^[4]

History

The SR 357 designation was created in 1934. At the time, the highway was routed along the entirety of its present alignment on South Bass Island.^[1][2] However, in 1946, when SR 53 was extended northerly from Port Clinton to end at its present northern terminus in Catawba Island, SR 357 was simultaneously extended south onto the mainland via the ferry that connects Put-in-Bay with Catawba Island, then south along SR 53 to a new southern terminus at SR 2 east of Port Clinton.^[5][6] By 1969, all of the 1946 extension of SR 357 was eliminated, with the Put-in-Bay–Catawba Island ferry becoming a connector between the southern end of SR 357 and the northern endpoint of SR 53, and the mainland portion of SR 357 becoming just SR 53.^[7][8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County.

Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
0.00	West Shore Blvd	Southern terminus at T-intersection
2.35	Geiss Dr	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

	Ohio portal
	U.S. Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Highways (1933) (MrSID). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1933a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Highways (1934) (MrSID). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1934a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 357, Ottawa County". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/ottsr0357r.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
4. ^ Federal Highway Administration (December 2003) (PDF). National Highway System: Ohio (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
5. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1945) (MrSID). Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1945a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
6. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1946) (MrSID). Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1946a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
7. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1969) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1969a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 
8. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1971) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1971a.sid. Retrieved 2011-07-31.