State Route 89 (SR 89) is a north–south
state highway
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in the northern part of the
U.S. state of
Ohio. State Route 89 travels from its southern terminus at a T-intersection with
State Route 95
Route 95, or Highway 95, may refer to routes in the following countries:
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International
* European route E95
Australia
* Great Northern Highway (Western Australia)
* Fossickers Way (New South Wales)
Canada
* British Columbia Highway 95
...
approximately southeast of
Hayesville to its northern terminus at a Y-intersection with
State Route 58
The following highways are numbered 58:
International
* European route E58
Australia
* Riverina Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 58
* Highway 58 (Ontario)
* Saskatchewan Highway 58
Finland
* Finnish national road 58
India
* National Highw ...
nearly north of
Polk.
Route description
All of State Route 89 is located within the eastern half of
Ashland County. No segment of this highway is included within the
National Highway System, a network of routes deemed most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.
History
At the
1923 Ohio state highway renumbering
In 1923, Ohio
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, the State Route 89 designation was applied to the roadway between
Aurora and
Canton
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Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
. This roadway was made part of
State Route 43 in 1927 and the State Route 89 designation was assigned to the current route, which had previously been part of
State Route 58
The following highways are numbered 58:
International
* European route E58
Australia
* Riverina Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 58
* Highway 58 (Ontario)
* Saskatchewan Highway 58
Finland
* Finnish national road 58
India
* National Highw ...
.
In its original 1927 alignment, State Route 89 included a brief stretch of what is now
State Route 95
Route 95, or Highway 95, may refer to routes in the following countries:
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International
* European route E95
Australia
* Great Northern Highway (Western Australia)
* Fossickers Way (New South Wales)
Canada
* British Columbia Highway 95
...
between
State Route 179 southeast of
Hayesville and State Route 89's current southern terminus, along with the entirety of the current routing of State Route 89.
Five years after its inception, State Route 89 was extended to the southwest along the present routing of State Route 95 from State Route 179 to a new southern terminus at
State Route 39
The following highways are numbered 39. For a list of roads called ''N39'', see List of N39 roads.
Australia
* Newell Highway
* Goulburn Valley Highway
*
**Gore Highway
**Leichhardt Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 39
* British Columbia Hig ...
in
Perrysville.
In 1939, State Route 95 was extended northeasterly from its prior eastern terminus in
Butler
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to the
Wooster vicinity. Consequently, State Route 89 was scaled back to its present southern terminus, as all of the former State Route 89 southwest of that point became a part of the newly extended State Route 95. State Route 89 has maintained its present routing since that time.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Ashland County, Ohio