Ohio State Route 235

State Route 235 marker
State Route 235
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length133.20 mi[1] (214.36 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
South end US 68 near Xenia
Major intersections
North end SR 65 near Grand Rapids
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesGreene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
SR 234 SR 236
SR 68OH 69 I-70
In Logan County, State Route 235 passes the Honda Transmission Factory near Russells Point.

State Route 235 (SR 235) is a 133.2-mile-long (214.4 km) north–south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at US 68 near the small town of Oldtown just north of Xenia, and its northern terminus is at State Route 65 at the Maumee River nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Grand Rapids, west of Otsego.

Prior to late 1968, SR 235's northern terminus was at an intersection with State Route 4 and then State Route 69, which ran from downtown Dayton northward to State Route 65. With the reconstruction of SR 4/SR 69 to a high speed thoroughfare from I-75 to I-70, SR 69 southwards was discontinued, and northwards from the intersection was renumbered as an almost 200 mile northern extension of SR 235.[2][3] According to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 7, this renumbering occurred because the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DESTAPE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Section of Ohio 69 renumbered". Xenia Daily Gazette. September 26, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Number Changed". Lima News. August 30, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Signs keep mankind from losing his way". Sidney Daily News. Sidney, Ohio. August 10, 1988. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.