State Route 541 (SR 541) is a state highway in central

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. The route's western terminus is

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in Martinsburg and its eastern terminus is at exit 54 of I-77 in Liberty Township.

History

SR 541 came about due to the renumbering of what was State Route 271. In 1962, the

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(ODOT) renumbered state highways that shared numbers with proposed Interstate Highways in the state; in this case, the highway shared a number with

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, a proposed highway in the

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area. SR 271 was first designated in 1932 on a route between Coshocton and North Salem at US 21, a route formerly occupied by SR 95. By 1935, SR 271 took over the entire alignment of what was SR 309 between Coshocton and Tunnel Hill, local roads, and SR 206 between Martinsburg and New Guilford. In 1937, the route was extended east to the community of

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. Between 1967 and 1969, with the completion of I-77, the eastern terminus of what was now the renumbered SR 541 was moved back to the North Salem area, but this time at an interchange with the newly built I-77.

Major intersections

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