State Route 568 (SR 568) is an east–west
state highway in the northwestern portion of the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. The western terminus of this highway is at a signalized intersection in downtown
Findlay where it meets
State Route 12 and
State Route 37. The eastern terminus of State Route 568 is in downtown
Carey
Carey may refer to:
Names
* Carey (given name), a given name
* Carey (surname), a surname
** List of people with surname Carey
Places Canada
* Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific
* Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay
United Kingdom
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at a signalized intersection that serves as all of the northern split of the
U.S. Route 23
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...
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State Route 103 concurrency, the western split of the State Route 103/
State Route 199 concurrency and the southern split of the U.S. Route 23/State Route 199 concurrency.
State Route 568 was created in the middle of the 1960s. The entire length of this two-lane highway is part of the former alignment of
State Route 15, which was realigned onto a new
expressway from Findlay to Carey at that time.
Route description
Along its path, State Route 568 passes through eastern
Hancock County and northwestern
Wyandot County
Wyandot County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,900. Its county seat is Upper Sandusky. It was named for the Wyandot Indians, who lived here before and after ...
. There are no segments of State Route 568 that are incorporated within the
National Highway System, a network of highways deemed most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.
History
State Route 568 was established in 1965. With the completion of a new four-lane divided
expressway from
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from St ...
south of
Findlay and
U.S. Route 23
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...
/
State Route 103 south of
Carey
Carey may refer to:
Names
* Carey (given name), a given name
* Carey (surname), a surname
** List of people with surname Carey
Places Canada
* Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific
* Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay
United Kingdom
...
, the
State Route 15 designation, which had utilized a two-lane roadway between downtown Findlay and downtown Carey to that point, was transferred onto the new expressway, which parallels the two-lane road to the south. Consequently, this two-lane highway became known as State Route 568. The route has utilized the same alignment from inception to this day, and has not seen any significant changes since its original designation.
Prior to the presently designated Route 568, a previous Route 568 traversed northern Lucas County and Fulton County. Established around 1939, its western terminus was the Ohio–Michigan line west of
Lyons and the eastern terminus was at
U.S. Route 25
U.S. Route 25 (US 25) is a north–south United States Highway that runs for in the southern and midwestern US. Its southern terminus is in Brunswick, Georgia, from where it proceeds mostly due north, passing through the cities of Augusta, Georg ...
(North Detroit Avenue) in
Toledo. However, within a year, the part west of old U.S. 223 (present day Monroe Street and Alexis Road in Sylvania) was renamed Route 120. Subsequently only the portion east of Monroe Street remained as Route 568, entirely encompassing Alexis Road. It was decommissioned as a state route around 1953 and designated as a bypass for U.S. 24 and U.S. 25. It was recommissioned as
State Route 184 in 1969.
[U.S.G.S. Topographic Maps: 7.5' Quadrangles for Sylvania (1951) Toledo (1951). Also, Toledo 1:250,000 U.S.G.S. maps dated 1948, and Ohio Department of Transportation Maps dated 1939, 1940 and 1953.]
Major intersections
References
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Year 568 ( DLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 568 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era b ...
Transportation in Hancock County, Ohio
Transportation in Wyandot County, Ohio