State Route 273 (SR 273) is a two-lane east–west
state highway
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in
Logan
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Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
and
Hardin counties in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. It begins at an intersection with
State Route 31 in
Mt. Victory, passes through
Belle Center
Belle Center is a village in Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. It is a Tree City USA, one of the smallest in the state.
Name
Belle Center was named for its relatively central location between the cit ...
, and ends in a
dead end
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on Long Island at
Indian Lake. Along the way, it intersects
State Route 292 (north of
Ridgeway),
State Route 274 (north of the crossroads of Big Springs),
US 68
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(at the former location of Whitestown, today occupied only by a
butcher's shop), and
State Route 638 (in Belle Center). It
overlap
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* Ove ...
s
State Route 117 for a short distance near Indian Lake.
West of State Route 117, State Route 273 continues for two miles (3 km), to the
Indian Lake community of Long Island. This is an unincorporated area with approximately 200 permanent and 1,000 seasonal residents. The state highway ends at the bridge to Long Island.
History
SR 273 was commissioned in 1930 between SR 117 and SR 53, later became US 68.
In 1937, the highway was extended west to its current western terminus on Long Island. In the same year the route was extended east to its current eastern terminus in Mt. Victory.
Major intersections
References
External links
Logan County Highway Map
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State highways in Ohio
Transportation in Hardin County, Ohio
Transportation in Logan County, Ohio