Ohio State Route 125

State Route 125
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	85.79 mi[1] (138.07 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
West end	US 50 / SR 561 in Cincinnati
Major intersections	I-275 in Withamsville US 68 near Georgetown US 62 in Russelville
East end	US 52 in Friendship
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto
Highway system
Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 124 → SR 126

State Route 125 (SR 125) is an east–west state highway in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is within the Cincinnati city limits, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of downtown, at U.S. Route 50 – this is also the western terminus of State Route 32 and the southern terminus of State Route 561. The route’s eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 52 approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Portsmouth near the village of Friendship.

Heading east from the Cincinnati neighborhoods of Mount Lookout, Linwood, and Mount Washington, State Route 125 passes through numerous subdivisions in Anderson Township as a four lane road, Beechmont Avenue. After the Clermont County line, State Route 125 becomes Ohio Pike, the old Ohio Turnpike, originally built in 1831 by E.G. Penn,^[2] not related to the modern highway of the same name. Passing under Interstate 275, State Route 125 begins to lose its suburban feel after the villages of Amelia and Hamlet as it heads into the countryside of eastern Clermont, Brown, Adams, and Scioto Counties.

Near its eastern terminus, the route passes through Shawnee State Forest, the largest in the state of Ohio, and by the Shawnee State Lodge and Park, Roosevelt Lake, and Turkey Creek Lake. This section of State Route 125 is part of the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail.^[3]

See also National Scenic Byway, Ohio Byway, and Shawnee State Forest and Park map