Ohio State Route 235

State Route 235
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	133.22 mi[1] (214.40 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 68 near Xenia
	I-675 in Fairborn I-70/SR 4 in Huber Heights US 30 near Ada I-75 near Bluffton
North end:	SR 65 near Grand Rapids
Location
Counties:	Greene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 233 SR 236 →

In Logan County, State Route 235 passes the Honda Transmission Factory near Russells Point.

State Route 235 is a north–south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 68 near the small town of Oldtown just north of Xenia, and its northern terminus is at State Route 65 at the Maumee River nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Grand Rapids.

Prior to 1969 it was numbered State Route 69, but was renumbered 235. There are a number of urban legends pertaining to why this renumbering occurred. One is that the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen. (There were actually numerous cases of people stealing the signs for this route.) Another was that it was too close to Interstate 69 (less than 40 miles (64 km) in some areas) and the state decided to avoid the confusion.

History

• 1926 – Original route certified; originally routed along its current alignment from Oldtown to Fairborn (which was Fairfield and Osborn in 1926)^[2].
• 1935 – Extended north to State Route 4 approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Fairborn along previously unnumbered road^[2].
• 1969 – Extended north to its current terminus along previous State Route 69^[2].

State Route 69 before 1969

• 1926 – Originally routed from Ada to Mount Cory^[2].
• 1938 – Extended north to McComb along previously unnumbered road, from McComb to Hoytville along the previous alignment of State Route 186, and from Hoytville to 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Grand Rapids along a previously unnumbered road^[2].

References

1. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Route 235 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson

External links

• State Route 235 Endpoint Photos