Ohio State Route 537

State Route 537
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	4.98 mi[1] (8.01 km)
Existed:	1937 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 260 near Sycamore Valley
East end:	SR 26 near Graysville
Location
Counties:	Monroe
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 536 SR 539 →

State Route 537 (SR 537, OH 537) is a short east–west state highway in southeastern Ohio. At a length of just shy of 5 miles (8.0 km), State Route 537 is located entirely within southwestern Monroe County. The state route's western terminus is at State Route 260 approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of the unincorporated community of Sycamore Valley, and its eastern terminus is at State Route 26 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village limits of Graysville.

Route description

State Route 537 begins at the rural southwestern Monroe County intersection of State Route 260 and County Road 68 (Big Injun Road), approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Sycamore Valley. For its entire length, the state highway follows a hilly, curvey routing through Wayne National Forest, with the occasional home and patch of open space. From the State Route 260 intersection, State Route 537 runs northeasterly, then bends in a "U" shape through an open field within an otherwise forested region, heading south and back to the north, then resumes a northeasterly path before curving to the north. State Route 537 straddles the boundary between Bethel Township and Washington Township up through the County Road 13 intersection, before weaving its way in a generally southeasterly trend to the Township Highway 307 intersection. State Route 537 turns easterly there, then bends back to the northeast. After crossing County Road 73, the state highway turns back to the southeast, then bends back north, and finally to the northeast as it arrives at its junction with State Route 26, a T-intersection located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Graysville that serves as its endpoint.^[2]

State Route 537 is not included as a part of the National Highway System.^[3]

History

State Route 537 was first designated in 1937 along the routing that it currently occupies between State Route 260 and State Route 26. No major changes have taken place to the state highway since its debut.^[4][5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Monroe County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Bethel Township	0.00	SR 260	Western terminus.
Washington Township	4.98	SR 26	Eastern terminus at T-intersection.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
2. ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – Overview Map of State Route 537 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=39.639154&lon=-81.177713&zoom=14&q1=39.629668%2C-81.225048&q2=39.642029%2C-81.175481. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
3. ^ Federal Highway Administration (December 2003) (PDF). National Highway System: Ohio (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
4. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1936). Ohio State Map (Map). 
5. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1937). Ohio State Map (Map).