Ohio State Route 744

State Route 744
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	10.82 mi[1] (17.41 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 127 near Somerville
East end:	SR 122 near Jacksonburg
Location
Counties:	Preble, Butler
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 743 SR 745 →

State Route 744 (SR 744, OH 744) is an east–west state highway in southwestern Ohio, a U.S. state. The western terminus of State Route 744 is at its junction with U.S. Route 127 a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Somerville. The eastern terminus of the state route is at a T-intersection with State Route 122 approximately 1.50 miles (2.41 km) east of the village of Jacksonburg.

Route description

State Route 744 travels through southern Preble County and northern Butler County. No stretch of the highway is a part of the National Highway System.^[2]

History

When it debuted in 1937, State Route 744 ran from its intersection where it splits off of Main Street in Somerville to its current eastern terminus at State Route 122 east of Jacksonburg. At the time, Main Street through Somerville was the routing of U.S. Route 127.^[3][4] By 1961, U.S. Route 127 was routed onto a new alignment west of Somerville, resulting in an extension of State Route 744. From its previous western terminus, State Route 744 was routed north along the former alignment of U.S. Route 127 to the County Road 30 intersection north of Somerville, and then west to the now-current U.S. Route 127 routing, which marks the current western endpoint of the state highway.^[5][6]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Preble	Somers Township	0.00	US 127	Western terminus. US 127 is grade-separated over SR 744. A connector road in the southwest quadrant links the two roadways, with SR 744 following this connector to its official endpoint where it meets US 127 at a T-intersection.
Butler	Wayne Township	6.34	SR 503
	Madison Township	10.82	SR 122	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 2010-11-26. 
2. ^ Federal Highway Administration (December 2003) (PDF). National Highway System: Ohio (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-26. 
3. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1923). Ohio State Map (Map). 
4. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1924). Ohio State Map (Map). 
5. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1959). Ohio State Map (Map). 
6. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1961). Ohio State Map (Map).