Ohio State Route 229

State Route 229 (SR 229) is an east-west state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of State Route 229 is at a T-intersection with State Route 47 just 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of the village limits of Waldo. Its eastern terminus is more than 50 miles (80 km) to the east at a T-intersection with U.S. Route 36 about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of the village of Nellie.

State Route 229
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	50.97 mi[1] (82.03 km)
Existed	1931–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 47 near Waldo
	US 23 near Waldo US 42 in Ashley US 36 in Mount Vernon US 62 near Martinsburg
East end	US 36 near Nellie
Location
Counties	Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 228 → SR 230

Route description

State Route 229 runs through portions of five counties: Marion, Delaware, Morrow, Knox and Coshocton. No part of this state highway is included within the National Highway System, a system of highways deemed most vital to the nation's economy, mobility and defense.[2]

History

When it was first established in 1930, State Route 229 ran from its junction with State Route 61 west of Marengo to downtown Mount Vernon.[3][4] In 1937, the highway was extended on the western end to a new endpoint at U.S. Route 23 south of Waldo.[5][6] Two years later, State Route 229 was extended again, this time on the east side, to its current eastern terminus in extreme western Coshocton County west of Nellie at what was then State Route 715, which would later trade alignments with U.S. Route 36.[7][8] By 1974, the route officially took on the routing that it has today when it was extended slightly on the western end, running a short distance west of the U.S. Route 23 expressway before turning north onto the former two-lane alignment of U.S. Route 23, and following that roadway up to its current western terminus just south of Waldo where State Route 47 comes in and takes over the old routing of U.S. Route 23.[9][10]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Marion	Waldo Township	0.00	0.00	SR 47
Delaware	Marlboro Township	1.30	2.09	US 23
	Ashley	8.01	12.89	US 42
Morrow	Bennington Township	14.91	24.00	SR 61
	South Bloomfield Township	21.38	34.41	SR 314 north	Western end of SR 314 concurrency
		21.55	34.68	SR 314 south	Eastern end of SR 314 concurrency
		22.03	35.45	SR 656 south	Northern terminus of SR 656
Knox	Clinton Township	32.17	51.77	US 36 west / SR 3 south	Western end of US 36/SR 3 concurrency
	Mount Vernon	33.13	53.32	SR 13 north	Western end of SR 13 concurrency
		33.25	53.51	US 36 east / SR 3 north	Eastern end of US 36/SR 3 concurrency; traffic circle
		33.37	53.70	SR 13 south	Eastern end of SR 13 concurrency
	Gambier	38.02	61.19	SR 308 north	Southern terminus of SR 308
	Harrison Township	44.16	71.07	US 62
Coshocton	Newcastle Township	50.97	82.03	US 36
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". Retrieved 2010-10-05.
2. National Highway System: Ohio (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
3. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1929.
4. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1930.
5. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1936.
6. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1937.
7. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1938.
8. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1939.
9. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1973.
10. Ohio State Map (Map). Ohio Department of Transportation. 1974.

External links

• State Route 229 Endpoint Photos