State Route 344 (SR 344) is an east-west
state highway lying entirely in
Columbiana County
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Ohio
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. Its western terminus is at
State Route 14 and
State Route 9 in downtown
Salem, and its eastern terminus is along a concurrency with
State Route 164 in downtown
Columbiana.
History
SR 344 was originally established, in 1935, originally routed from
SR 45, west of
Leetonia, to
Columbiana.
Between 1979 and 1981, the route was extended to
Salem along what was
SR 558, SR 558 was also rerouted to the south along some of the former SR 344. In that same year, the highway was rerouted between former SR 558 and
Leetonia along a previously unnumbered road.
No significant changes have taken place to this state route since 1981.
Major intersection
References
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Transportation in Columbiana County, Ohio