State Route 243 (SR 243) is an east–west
state highway
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in the southern portion of the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. The western terminus of SR 243 is at a
diamond interchange
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Design
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with the
U.S. Route 52
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(US 52) in
Coal Grove
Coal Grove is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,165 at the 2010 census. It borders the city of Ironton and lies across the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky. It is linked to Ashland by ...
. The eastern terminus of the state highway is at its signalized junction with
State Route 7
The following highways are numbered 7. For roads numbered A7, see list of A7 roads.
Route 7, or Highway 7, may refer to:
International
* AH7, Asian Highway 7
* European route E07
* European route E007
Afghanistan
*Kunduz-Khomri Highway (A7)
...
approximately west of
Proctorville near the northern banks of the
Ohio River
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.
SR 243 used to continue east from here, running concurrently with SR 7 into Proctorville, then split briefly from SR 7 as it passed through the community of Rome before ending at SR 7 about east of Proctorville.
History
SR 243 between SR 7, in Proctorville, and SR 7 northeast of Proctorville, was signed in 1923 as SR 219.
In 1925, SR 219 was replaced by SR 243.
This section of road was paved in 1929.
The western terminus was moved west to Coal Grove, concurrent with SR 7 through Proctorville, in 1932.
The paving of the route between Coal Grove and Proctorville was completed by 1955.
On December 11, 2006, SR 243 was truncated to its present location following completion of the new
SR 775 by-pass of Proctorville, which SR 7 was re-routed onto, leaving jurisdiction of the former routings of SR 7 and SR 243 through Proctorville to be turned over from the state to the local jurisdictions.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Lawrence County, Ohio