State Route 207 (SR 207) is a northwest-southeast

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in the southern portion of the U.S. state of

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. The first northern terminus of SR 207 is at a

roundabout A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.''The New Shorter Oxford En ...

with SR 159 nearly north of Chillicothe. Its second northern terminus is in Mount Sterling, following a long concurrence with

U.S. Route 62 U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...

(US 62) and SR 3, at the intersection where they meet SR 56. The route has two north ends, because after the intersection with US 23 the route's directions flip. Southbound 1, heading toward SR 159, is labeled northbound. Southbound 2, heading toward US 23/ SR 104, is labeled northbound as well.

Route description

Along the way, SR 207 passes through northern Ross County, southwestern

Pickaway County Pickaway County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 58,539. Its county seat is Circleville, Ohio, Circleville. Its name derives from the Pekowi band o ...

, northeastern Fayette County and extreme southeastern Madison County. There are no segments of this highway that are included within the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.

History

SR 207 was assigned in 1962. Running along the majority of SR 207's present path, excepting the southernmost portion of the highway between US 23 and SR 104, along with the SR 104 concurrency, the designation replaced the entirety of what was SR 277 prior to that year. The change was necessitated by the coming of the Interstate Highway System to Ohio, which included construction of Interstate 277 in the

Akron Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...

vicinity. Ohio follows a standard that no route number can be duplicated between different types of state highways, so SR 277 became SR 207. In 2007, SR 207 was extended on the south end via a nearly concurrency with SR 104, and an all-new alignment running east from SR 104 across the

Scioto River The Scioto River ( ) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than in length. It rises in Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets t ...

to a new interchange with the US 23 expressway in northern Ross County, north of Chillicothe. SR 207 was later extended from US 23 east to SR 159. Work on $8 million extension commenced in October 2019. Originally, the extension was supposed to intersect with SR 180 and SR 159. However, after officials discovered a wetland in their environmental study, the extension was revised to meet with SR 159 south of SR 180. The extension opened to traffic in October 2020 that included a

at its eastern terminus with SR 159. East of US 23, the route signage direction changes from north-south to east–west.

Major intersections

References

External links

*{{commons category-inline 207 207 207 207 207

Route description

History

Major intersections

See also

References

External links