OHIO STATE ROUTE 235

'State Route 235' is a north-south state highway in the western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 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 east of Grand Rapids.
Prior to 1969 it was numbered State Route 69, but was renumbered 235. There are a number of urban legends pertaining to why this renumbering occurred. One is that the number 69 has certain sexual meanings in popular culture, and the signs kept getting stolen. (There were actually numerous cases of people stealing the signs for this route.) Another was that it was too close to Interstate 69 (less than 40 miles in some areas) and the state decided to avoid the confusion.

Contents

Cities and villages along route

Points of interest

History

State Route 69 before 1969

Miscellanea

Sources

External links

Cities and villages along route

★ Fairborn

★ Huber Heights

★ Payne Lake

★ New Carlisle

★ Carysville

★ Quincy

★ De Graff

★ Lakeview

★ Island View

★ Roundhead

★ Alger

★ Ada

★ Mount Cory

★ Benton Ridge

★ McComb

★ Hoytville

★ Weston

Points of interest

★ Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

★ Kiser Lake

★ Indian Lake

History

★ '1926' – Original route certified; originally routed along its current alignment from Oldtown to Fairborn (which was Fairfield and Osborn in 1926)Route 235 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1935' – Extended north to State Route 4 approximately 3 miles north of Fairborn along previously unnumbered road.

★ '1969' – Extended north to its current terminus along previous State Route 69.

State Route 69 before 1969

★ '1926' – Originally routed from Ada to Mount Cory.

★ '1938' – Extended north to McComb along previously unnumbered road, from McComb to Hoytville along the previous alignment of State Route 186, and from Hoytville to 5 miles east of Grand Rapids along a previously unnumbered road.

Miscellanea

★ Despite a possible assumed relation to U.S. Route 35, State Route 235 never extended that far south, and the route was created before U.S. Route 35, which was formed in 1934.

Sources

External links

★ The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson

★ End photos of Ohio 235 from state-ends.com by Dan Garnell