State Route 209 (SR 209, OH 209) is an east–west

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in eastern

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, a U.S. state. The western terminus of State Route 209 is at a T-intersection with State Route 83 approximately north of

New Concord New Concord is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population is 2,491 as of the 2010 census. New Concord is the home of Muskingum University and is served by a branch of the Muskingum County Library System. History New Con ...

. State Route 209's eastern terminus is concurrent with the northern terminus of

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Interstate 77 Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...

at its exit 41 in

Byesville Byesville is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, along Wills Creek. The population was 2,438 at the 2010 census. History Byesville was platted in 1856, and named for Jonathan Bye, the owner of a local mill. The village was inco ...

, just southeast of the Interstate's interchange with Interstate 70.

Route description

State Route 209 traverses a small portion of northeastern

Muskingum County Muskingum County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum River, the county name is based on a Delaware American Indian ...

and a good part of the western half of

Guernsey County Guernsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,438. Its county seat is Cambridge, and it is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's earl ...

. No segment of this highway is included within the National Highway System, a network of routes deemed to be most important for the nation's economy, mobility and defense.

History

When it was first designated in 1923, State Route 209 ran along its present alignment from its current western terminus at what was then designated State Route 76 (now State Route 83) north of

to downtown

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. By 1959, with the transferring of U.S. Route 21 onto a new alignment from

north that passes to the east of Cambridge along what is now the alignment of

, State Route 209 was extended southeasterly from Cambridge to its present eastern terminus in Byesville along the former alignment of U.S. Route 21.

Major intersections

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Transportation in Muskingum County, Ohio Transportation in Guernsey County, Ohio