State Route 255 (SR 255) is an east–west
state route
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located in southeast
Ohio
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. Nestled entirely inside the southeast quadrant of
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe:
* Monroe County, Alabama
*Monroe County, Arkansas
* Monroe County, Florida
* Monroe County, Georgia
*Monroe County, Illinois
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, the western terminus of State Route 255 is at a T-intersection with
State Route 800 approximately south of
Woodsfield
Woodsfield is a village and the county seat of Monroe County, Ohio, United States located 30 miles northeast of Marietta. The population was 2,384 at the 2010 census.
History
Woodsfield was founded in 1813 as seat of the newly formed Monroe Cou ...
. Its eastern terminus is at
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)
...
in the hamlet of
Sardis
Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
, which is situated along the banks of the
Ohio River
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.
History
SR 255 was commissioned in 1935 on the same alignment as it currently occupies.
Paving of the route between SR 800 and the
Little Muskingum River
The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 65 mi (105 km) long, in southeast Ohio in the United States.
It rises in the hill country of Monroe County, approximately 5 mi (8 km) northwest of the O ...
was completed between 1957 and 1959.
The rest of the route was paved by 1961.
Major intersections
References
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255
Transportation in Monroe County, Ohio