State Route 226 (SR 226) is a northeast–southwest
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 central part of the
U.S. state of
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 ...
. The highway's western terminus is at the junction of
State Route 3 and
State Route 179 approximately northeast of
Loudonville. Its northern terminus is also at Ohio State Route 3, this time at an intersection nearly southwest of
Wooster.
Route description
State Route 226 travels through the northwestern portion of
Holmes County and the southwestern quadrant of
Wayne County. There is no segment of State Route 226 that is incorporated within the
National Highway System.
History
State Route 226 was established in 1929. It was routed along the alignment that it maintains to this day, replacing what was designated as State Route 250. This was due to the designation of
U.S. Route 250
U.S. Route 250 (US 250) is a route of the United States Numbered Highway System, and is a spur of U.S. Route 50. It currently runs for from Richmond, Virginia to Sandusky, Ohio. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. ...
in the state of Ohio in that same year. No changes of major significance have taken place to State Route 226 since its inception.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Holmes County, Ohio
Transportation in Wayne County, Ohio