Ohio State Route 557

State Route 557
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	10.23 mi[1] (16.46 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 643 near Baltic
North end:	US 62 / SR 39 near Berlin
Location
Counties:	Holmes
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 556 SR 558 →

State Route 557 (SR 557, OH 557) is a two-lane north–south state highway in the central portion of Ohio, a U.S. state. The highway's southern terminus is at a T-intersection with State Route 643 approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Baltic. Its northern terminus is at a T-intersection with the duplex of U.S. Route 62 and State Route 39 nearly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the unincorporated community of Berlin.

Established in the late 1930s, State Route 557 runs exclusively within Holmes County. All of the highway is inclusive in the Amish Country Byway, an officially designated National Scenic Byway.^[2]

Route description

State Route 557 exists entirely within the southeastern quadrant of Holmes County. The route is not included in the National Highway System.^[3]

History

Major intersections

The entire route is in Holmes County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Clark Township	0.00	SR 643	Southern terminus at T-intersection.
Berlin Township	10.23	US 62 SR 39	Northern 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 2010-10-22. 
2. ^ "Amish Country Byway". Ohio Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/OhioByways/Pages/AmishCountryByway.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-21. 
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 2010-10-22.