State Route 29 (SR 29) is an east–west
state highway
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in the west-central portion of the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. Its western terminus is at the
Indiana
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state line near
Celina, where
State Road 67 continues west. It continues east to
St. Marys where it junctions with
U.S. Route 33. In that town, it also crosses
State Route 66
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* Alberta Highway 66
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* Kantatie 66 ( Orivesi — Lapua)
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* A66 autoroute
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* Bu ...
,
State Route 116, and
State Route 703, which was its former alignment before a divided highway was built. After turning south it crosses
State Route 219 in
New Knoxville and then has an interchange with
Interstate 75
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, continuing into
Sidney where it meets
State Route 47. Still going southeast, it briefly joins
State Route 235 before turning east and then south again to enter
Urbana __NOTOC__
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*Urbana, Italy
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*Urbana, Illinois
**Urbana (conference), a Christian conference formerly held in Urbana, Illinois
*Urbana, Indiana
* Urbana, Iowa
*Urbana, Kansas
* Urbana, Maryland
*Urbana, ...
. Here the route joins
U.S. Route 36
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, and the concurrency intersects with
U.S. Route 68 and
State Route 54. From there, State Route 29 leaves U.S. Route 36 and continues to
Mutual, intersecting with
State Route 161, and
State Route 56 shortly after; later, in
Mechanicsburg, the route intersects with
State Route 4
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. The route then intersects with
State Route 38,
U.S. Route 42, and
Interstate 70
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before reaching its eastern terminus at
U.S. Route 40 on the western edge of
West Jefferson.
History
*1924 – Original route established.
[Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System]
(The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson Originally routed along the current alignments of
State Route 571 from the
Indiana
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state line in
Union City to east of
Greenville,
U.S. Route 36
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from east of Greenville to
Urbana __NOTOC__
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Places Italy
*Urbana, Italy
United States
*Urbana, Illinois
**Urbana (conference), a Christian conference formerly held in Urbana, Illinois
*Urbana, Indiana
* Urbana, Iowa
*Urbana, Kansas
* Urbana, Maryland
*Urbana, ...
, and its current alignment from Urbana to west of
West Jefferson.
[Route 29]
(The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
*1932 – The route was truncated at Urbana; alignment from Union City to Greenville designated as State Route 71; Greenville to Urbana designated as U.S. Route 36.
[
*1939 – The route was extended to the Indiana state line along the former State Route 54 alignment (which was State Route 32 before 1938).][
*1973 – ]Divided highway
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alignment constructed from Celina to State Route 364 and freeway
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alignment constructed from State Route 364 to U.S. Route 33; former alignment designated State Route 703.[
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Major junctions
References
External links
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