Ohio State Route 96

State Route 96
Route information
Maintained by O.D.O.T.
Length:	35.87 mi[3] (57.73 km)
Existed:	1923[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 98 near Bucyrus
East end:	US 42 / US 250 in Ashland
Location
Counties:	Crawford, Richland, Ashland
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 95 SR 97 →

State Route 96 (SR 96, OH 96) is an east–west state highway in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of State Route 96 is at a T-intersection with State Route 98 nearly 2.50 miles (4.02 km) northeast of Bucyrus. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 250 in the eastern portion of Ashland.

Route description

State Route 96 passes through the counties of Crawford, Richland and Ashland. There are no stretches of the highway that are included within the National Highway System, a system of highways identified as being most pertinent for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.^[4]

History

1923 marked the year in which State Route 96 was established. Originally, the highway consisted of the majority of what its easternmost stretch today, running between downtown Shelby and downtown Ashland.^[1][2] A westward extension of State Route 96 happened in 1939. This extension followed the existing State Route 96 west out of Shelby, along with what is now Crawford County Road 45 (Stetzer Road) west-southwesterly to a new western terminus in the eastern end of Bucyrus at Old Lincoln Highway, which at the time designated as U.S. Route 30N.^[5][6]

In 1971, coinciding with the completion of the U.S. Route 30N (now mainline U.S. Route 30) freeway bypass of Bucyrus, State Route 96 was re-routed onto its present alignment through eastern Crawford County to its current western terminus at State Route 98 northeast of Bucyrus. Jurisdiction of the former alignment into Bucyrus was turned back to Crawford County, which designated it as County Road 45.^[7][8] Then, by 1992, State Route 96 was extended slightly on the eastern end. With the re-routing of U.S. Route 250 onto a northern bypass of Ashland that tied with the U.S. Route 42 eastern bypass of the city, State Route 96 was extended into the eastern end of Ashland along the former routing of U.S. Route 250 to a new eastern terminus where U.S. Route 250 re-joined its former alignment at the U.S. Route 42 interchange.^[9][10]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
Crawford	Liberty Township	0.00	SR 98	Western terminus at T-intersection.
	Liberty Township-Sandusky Township	3.66	SR 602
	Vernon Township	8.39	SR 598 south	T-intersection marking southern split of SR 96/SR 598 duplex. SR 598 joins from the south.
		8.52	SR 598 north	T-intersection marking northern split of SR 96/SR 598 duplex. SR 598 departs to the north.
Richland	Sharon Township	12.56	SR 39 west	Y-intersection marking western split of SR 39/SR 96 duplex. SR 39 joins from the west.
	Shelby	14.85	SR 61	Signalized intersection.
		15.13	SR 39 east	Signalized intersection marking eastern split of SR 39/SR 96 duplex. SR 39 departs to the south.
	Franklin Township	23.41	SR 13 south	Y-intersection marking southern split of SR 13/SR 96 duplex. SR 13 joins from the south.
		24.13	SR 13 north	T-intersection marking northern split of SR 13/SR 96 duplex. SR 13 departs to the north.
	Weller Township	27.91	SR 603
		28.32	SR 545
Ashland	Ashland	34.29	SR 60 north SR 511 north	Western split of SR 60/SR 96/SR 511 triplex. The SR 60/SR 511 duplex joins from the north.
		34.48	SR 60 south SR 511 south	Signalized intersection marking eastern split of SR 60/SR 96/SR 511 triplex. The SR 60/SR 511 duplex departs to the south.
		35.87	US 42 US 250	Eastern terminus at interchange. US 250 joins from north and takes over going east. US 42 crosses south-to-north.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (April 1922) (MrSID). Map of Ohio State Highways (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1922a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (July 1923) (MrSID). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1923a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/default.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
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 2010-11-25. 
5. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1938) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1938a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
6. ^ 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 2011-01-16. 
7. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1969) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1969a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
8. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1971) (MrSID). Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOH. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1971a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
9. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1989) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOT. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1989a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
10. ^ Ohio Department of Transportation (1992) (MrSID). Official Ohio Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODOT. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1992a.sid. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 

External links

• State Route 96 Endpoint Photos