SR 296 begins at an unsignalized T-intersection with SR 29 in southern Salem Township in central Champaign County. The route initially travels northeast but curves south-southeast soon after it begins. The route crosses a railroad at-grade and then reaches US 68 at a four-way intersection. After the US 68 junction, the road continues further east before reaching a skewed T-intersection at Ludlow Road. Here, SR 296 turns left onto Ludlow Road while the short SR 814 begins to the right. SR 296 remains on Ludlow Road for a short time; it almost immediately turns right onto Urbana Woodstock Pike; soon after this intersection, it makes one last turn left to the north. Before this point, the road stayed on level ground but here, the road begins to ascend small hills. Traveling in a northeasterly direction through Wayne Township, SR 296 reaches its eastern terminus at SR 245 in the community of Middletown.[3]
Throughout its entire length, the route travels through a mixture of single-family residential homes, forest areas, and farmland.[3] No part of SR 296 is included within the National Highway System.[4]
Historyedit
The first section of modern-day SR 296 included as a part of the state highway system was designated SR 275 between 1931 and 1932.[5][6] This route only ran from US 68 to Middletown at what was then the eastern terminus of SR 290; SR 275 continued east to Marysville.[6] By 1933, SR 275 and SR 290 swapped routes west of Middletown.[7] SR 290 was extended west to SR 29 by 1937.[8] Between 1962 and June 1963, because of the Interstate Highway System, many routes in Ohio were renumbered.[9] Due to the proposed Interstate 290 in Cleveland, SR 290 was renumbered SR 296.[9] SR 275 at the eastern terminus was renumbered to SR 245 for a similar reason. No major changes have occurred to the route since then.
ohio, state, route, state, route, mile, long, state, highway, entirely, champaign, county, ohio, routed, around, northern, side, urbana, route, runs, townships, salem, township, wayne, township, state, route, 296route, informationmaintained, odotlength10, exis. State Route 296 SR 296 is a 10 54 mile 16 96 km long state highway entirely in Champaign County Ohio Routed around the northern side of Urbana the route runs in two townships Salem Township and Wayne Township State Route 296Route informationMaintained by ODOTLength10 54 mi 2 16 96 km Existed1962 1 presentMajor junctionsWest endSR 29 in Salem TownshipMajor intersectionsUS 68 in Salem TownshipEast endSR 245 in Wayne TownshipLocationCountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountiesChampaignHighway systemOhio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic SR 295 SR 297 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description edit nbsp SR 296 in Salem Township from US 68 SR 296 begins at an unsignalized T intersection with SR 29 in southern Salem Township in central Champaign County The route initially travels northeast but curves south southeast soon after it begins The route crosses a railroad at grade and then reaches US 68 at a four way intersection After the US 68 junction the road continues further east before reaching a skewed T intersection at Ludlow Road Here SR 296 turns left onto Ludlow Road while the short SR 814 begins to the right SR 296 remains on Ludlow Road for a short time it almost immediately turns right onto Urbana Woodstock Pike soon after this intersection it makes one last turn left to the north Before this point the road stayed on level ground but here the road begins to ascend small hills Traveling in a northeasterly direction through Wayne Township SR 296 reaches its eastern terminus at SR 245 in the community of Middletown 3 Throughout its entire length the route travels through a mixture of single family residential homes forest areas and farmland 3 No part of SR 296 is included within the National Highway System 4 History editThe first section of modern day SR 296 included as a part of the state highway system was designated SR 275 between 1931 and 1932 5 6 This route only ran from US 68 to Middletown at what was then the eastern terminus of SR 290 SR 275 continued east to Marysville 6 By 1933 SR 275 and SR 290 swapped routes west of Middletown 7 SR 290 was extended west to SR 29 by 1937 8 Between 1962 and June 1963 because of the Interstate Highway System many routes in Ohio were renumbered 9 Due to the proposed Interstate 290 in Cleveland SR 290 was renumbered SR 296 9 SR 275 at the eastern terminus was renumbered to SR 245 for a similar reason No major changes have occurred to the route since then Major intersections editThe entire route is in Champaign County Locationmi 2 kmDestinationsNotes Salem Township0 000 00 nbsp SR 29 2 333 75 nbsp US 68 5 749 24 nbsp nbsp SR 814 south Ludlow Road Northern terminus of SR 814 Wayne Township10 5416 96 nbsp SR 245 Middletown Road 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 miReferences edit Will Rt 75 Become Known As Rt 93 The Logan Daily News April 27 1962 p 1 Retrieved June 10 2016 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Ohio Department of Transportation Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams PDF Retrieved 2013 09 26 a b Google September 26 2013 Ohio State Route 296 Map Google Maps Google Retrieved September 26 2013 National Highway System Ohio PDF Map Federal Highway Administration October 1 2012 Retrieved September 26 2013 Map of Ohio Showing State Routes MrSID Map Cartography by ODHPW Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works 1931 Retrieved 2013 09 26 a b Map of Ohio Showing State Routes MrSID Map Cartography by ODHPW ODHPW 1932 Retrieved 2013 09 26 Map of Ohio Showing State Routes MrSID Map Cartography by ODHPW ODHPW 1933 Retrieved 2013 09 26 Map of Ohio Showing State Routes MrSID Map Cartography by ODHPW ODHPW 1937 Retrieved 2013 09 26 a b Map of Ohio Showing State Routes MrSID Map Cartography by ODHPW ODHPW 1962 Retrieved 2013 09 26 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ohio State Route 296 KML file edit help Template Attached KML Ohio State Route 296KML is from Wikidata Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ohio State Route 296 amp oldid 1152436373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
