State Route 125 (SR 125) is an east–west
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 southwestern portion of the
U.S. state of
Ohio. Its western terminus is within the
Cincinnati city limits, about east of downtown, at
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...
– this is also the western terminus of
State Route 32 and the southern terminus of
State Route 561. The route’s eastern terminus is at
U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major United States highway in the central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States. Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S. Highways, US 52 primarily follows ...
approximately west of
Portsmouth near the village of
Friendship.
Heading east from the Cincinnati neighborhoods of Mount Lookout, Linwood, and Mount Washington, State Route 125 passes through numerous subdivisions in
Anderson Township as a four lane road, Beechmont Avenue. After the
Clermont County
Clermont County, popularly called Clermont ( ), is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,601. Ordinanced in 1800 as part of the Virginia Military District, Clermont is Ohio's eighth oldest county, the ...
line, State Route 125 becomes Ohio Pike, the old Ohio Turnpike, originally built in 1831 by E.G. Penn,
Clermont County, Ohio: History of Amelia
not related to the modern highway of the same name. Passing under Interstate 275, State Route 125 begins to lose its suburban feel after the villages of Amelia and Hamlet as it heads into the countryside of eastern Clermont, Brown, Adams, and Scioto Counties.
Near its eastern terminus, the route passes through Shawnee State Forest
Shawnee State Forest, also known as "Ohio's Little Smokies", is a state forest in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located in western Scioto County and eastern Adams County and encompasses of woodland. It is the largest state forest in Ohio. As wi ...
, the largest in the state of Ohio, and by the Shawnee State Lodge and Park, Roosevelt Lake, and Turkey Creek Lake
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. This section of State Route 125 is part of the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail
The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail is a scenic byway located in Scioto County, Ohio, that has been recognized by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Scenic Byway Program as one of the state’s scenic byways having met the required criteria ...
.National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for one or more of six "intrinsic qualities": archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic. The program was established by Co ...
, Ohio Byway
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 ...
, an
''Shawnee State Forest and Park map
'
History
*1926 – Route certified; originally routed from east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship along the current U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...
from to east of downtown Cincinnati, and along its own current alignment from east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship; this entire route was State Route 25 before 1926; to east of downtown dually certified with the former State Route 74.[Route 125]
(The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
*1946 – Extended to downtown Cincinnati along U.S. Route 50, U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major United States highway in the central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States. Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S. Highways, US 52 primarily follows ...
, and State Route 74.[
*1956 – Truncated at east of downtown Cincinnati.][
*1959 – From its western terminus to Amelia upgraded to 4 lanes.][
*1962 – State Route 74 renumbered to State Route 32.][
*1972 – Amelia to ]Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
and west of Georgetown to Georgetown upgraded to divided highway.[
*1997 – From Interstate 275 to Bethel downgraded from divided highway to 4-lane undivided highway.][
]
Before 1926
*Routed from LeSourdesville (south of Middletown to Lebanon along current State Route 63.[
*1926 – Entire route certified as State Route 63.][
]
Major junctions
References
External links
{{Attached KML, display=title,inline
Ohio Byways
125 125 may refer to:
* 125 (number), a natural number
*AD 125, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 125 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*125 (dinghy)
* 125 (New Jersey bus)
See also
* 12/5 (disambiguation)
* Unbipentium
An extended periodic table the ...
Transportation in Brown County, Ohio
Transportation in Clermont County, Ohio
Transportation in Hamilton County, Ohio
Transportation in Adams County, Ohio
Transportation in Scioto County, Ohio
Roads in Cincinnati
U.S. Route 50