Ohio State Route 505

State Route 505
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	10.39 mi[3] (16.72 km)
Existed:	1937[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 52 in Higginsport
North end:	SR 125 near Hamersville
Location
Counties:	Brown
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 503 SR 506 →

State Route 505 (SR 505, OH 505) is a north–south highway in the southwestern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. This state highway runs from its southern terminus at a T-intersection with U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in the western half of the village of Higginsport to its northern terminus at SR 125 just 0.50 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Hamersville.

Route description

All of SR 505 is situated within the southwestern corner of Brown County. This route is not included as a part of the National Highway System, a network of highways identified as being most important for the country's economy, mobility and defense.^[4]

History

The SR 505 designation was assigned in 1937. For the duration of its history, SR 505 has maintained the same routing between US 52 in Higginsport and SR 125 near Hamersville.^[1][2]

In 1940, when SR 756 was extended east from Felicity to connect to SR 505 at the point that marks its current eastern terminus. At that time, however, SR 756 was extended northeast to run concurrently with SR 505 to a common terminus at SR 125.^[5][6] This would remain the case until 1995, when the SR 756 concurrency was removed from SR 505, resulting in SR 756 having a new eastern terminus where it currently does at SR 505. In addition, SR 505 was re-instated to its 1937–1940 status of being free of a concurrency for its entire length.^[7][8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Brown County.

Location	Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
Higginsport	0.00	US 52	Southern terminus at T-intersection
Lewis Township	6.72	SR 756 west	Y-intersection marking eastern terminus of SR 756
Clark Township	10.39	SR 125	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 (1936) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Highways (1937) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
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 2011-02-26. 
5. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1939) (MrSID). Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1939a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
6. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1940) (MrSID). Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1940a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
7. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1993) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOT. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1993a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
8. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1995) (MrSID). Official Ohio Transportation Map (Map). Cartography by ODOT. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1995a.sid. Retrieved 2011-02-27.