State Route 235 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 133.20 mi[1] (214.36 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
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| South end |  US 68 near Xenia | |||
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| North end |  SR 65 near Grand Rapids | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Greene, Montgomery, Clark, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood | |||
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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] The resulting denontation suggests a spur of US 35 which might also have been considered.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
DESTAPEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Section of Ohio 69 renumbered". Xenia Daily Gazette. September 26, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "Number Changed". Lima News. August 30, 1968. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "Signs keep mankind from losing his way". Sidney Daily News. Sidney, Ohio. August 10, 1988. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.