Ohio State Route 243

State Route 243 marker

State Route 243
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 18.39 mi[1] (29.60 km)
Existed: 1925[2][3] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 52 in Coal Grove
East end: SR 7 near Proctorville
Location
Counties: Lawrence
Highway system
← SR 242SR 244 →

State Route 243 (SR 243) is an east–west state highway in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 243 is at a diamond interchange with the U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in Coal Grove. The eastern terminus of the state highway is at its signalized junction with State Route 7 approximately 1.25 miles (2.01 km) west of Proctorville near the northern banks of the Ohio River.

SR 243 used to continue east from here, running concurrently with SR 7 into Proctorville, then split briefly from SR 7 as it passed through the community of Rome before ending at SR 7 about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Proctorville.

History

SR 243 between SR 7, in Proctorville, and SR 7 northeast of Proctorville, was signed in 1923 as SR 219.[4][5] In 1925, SR 219 was replaced by SR 243.[2][3] This section of road was paved in 1929.[6][7] The western terminus was moved west to Coalgrove, concurrent with SR 7 through Proctorville, in 1932.[8][9] The paving of the route between Coalgrove and Proctorville was completed by 1955.[10][11] On December 11, 2006, SR 243 was truncated to its present location following completion of the new SR 775 by-pass of Proctorville, which SR 7 was re-routed onto, leaving jurisdiction of the former routings of SSR 7 and SR 243 through Proctorville to be turned over from the state to the local jurisdictions.[12]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lawrence County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Coal Grove0.000.00
US 52 / US 52 Bus. west – Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Ironton		Interchange; eastern terminus of US 52 Bus.
Union Township11.5918.65 SR 378 northSouthern terminus of SR 378
18.3929.60 SR 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (August 1924). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (August 1925). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. OCLC 5673562. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (April 1922). Map of Ohio State Highways (MrSID) (Map). Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (July 1923). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (August 1, 1928). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7434854. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (August 15, 1929). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7438560. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (1931). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7231737. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (1932). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7231704. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (1953). Official Highway Map of Ohio (MrSID) (Map). 1:633,600. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7448735. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  11. ↑ Ohio Department of Highways (1955). Official Highway Map of Ohio (MrSID) (Map). 1:633,600. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7448742. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Straight Line Diagrams 1/2007 Updates". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
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