Ohio State Route 243

State Route 243 marker
State Route 243
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length18.39 mi[1] (29.60 km)
Existed1925[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end US 52 in Coal Grove
East end SR 7 near Proctorville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesLawrence
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
← SR 242→ SR 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 Coal Grove, concurrent with SR 7 through Proctorville, in 1932.[8][9] The paving of the route between Coal Grove 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 SR 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 north		Southern terminus of SR 378
18.3929.60 SR 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (August 1924). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (August 1925). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (PDF) (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 Showing All Improved Roadways and Indicating System Constructed Under Administration of Gov. Harry L. Davis (PDF) (Map). c. 1:563,200. 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 (PDF) (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 Highway System (PDF) (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 Highway System (PDF) (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 Highway System (PDF) (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 Highway System (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7231704. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  10. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1953). Ohio Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:633,600. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7448735. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  11. ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1955). Ohio Highway Map (PDF) (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. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2013.