State Route 143 (SR 143) is a north–south

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in the southern portion of the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. It is also home to the famous 143 yard sale, a 20 mile long annual event where anyone on the route is open to host a yard sale. The southern terminus of SR 143 is at a T-intersection with the

concurrency Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence may refer to: Law * Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea'' * Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...

of SR 7 and SR 124 approximately west of the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Pomeroy. Its northern terminus is at a T-intersection with

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

(US 50) nearly southwest of Albany.

Route description

Along its way, SR 143 passes through the western half of Meigs County and ducks into the extreme southwestern portion of

Athens County Athens County is a County (United States), county in southeastern Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 62,431. Its county seat is Athens, Ohio, Athens. The county was formed in 1805 from Washington County, ...

. There is no portion of this state highway that is included within the National Highway System, a network of routes deemed most important for the country's economy, mobility and defense.

History

The designation of SR 143 took place in 1923. Originally, this highway started in downtown Middleport at the intersection of 2nd Avenue, the former routing of SR 7, and Mill Street. It followed Mill Street to the northwest, which becomes known as Bradbury Road once it leaves the village. SR 143 continued on Bradbury Road to its intersection with SR 124, then turned east onto the current alignment of SR 124. It proceeded east to the SR 7 intersection, then turned north onto what is presently SR 7 and SR 124 to the current southern terminus of SR 143. It then followed the entirety of its current alignment, coming to an end at the predecessor to US 50, SR 26. By 1969, in conjunction with the completion of a new SR 7 bypass of Middleport and Pomeroy, the SR 143 designation was removed from the portions located to the south of its current southern terminus, thus resulting in the highway taking on the shape it has today. Jurisdiction of the portion of SR 143 along Mill Street in Middleport was turned over to the county, while control of the Bradbury Road section was transferred to Meigs County. The east–west concurrent segment with SR 124 became just SR 124, while the north–south concurrent stretch with SR 124 turned into a concurrency of SR 7 and SR 124.

Major intersections

References

External links

*{{commons category-inline

143 143 may refer to: *143 (number), a natural number *AD 143, a year of the 2nd century AD *143 BC, a year of the 2nd century BC *143 (EP), ''143'' (EP), a 2013 EP by Tiffany Evans *143 (album), ''143'' (album), a 2015 album by Bars and Melody *143 (2 ...

Transportation in Meigs County, Ohio Transportation in Athens County, Ohio

Route description

History

Major intersections

See also

References

External links