Existed: 1925 – present East end: SR 51 in Toledo Length 9.77 km County Lucas County, Ohio | West end: US 20 in Toledo Counties: Lucas Constructed 1925 | |
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State Route 246 (SR 246) is a 6.07-mile (9.77 km) long east–west state highway in northwestern Ohio, a U.S. state. The western terminus of SR 246 is at a signalized intersection with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the Reynolds Corners neighborhood of Toledo. Its eastern terminus is at a signalized intersection with SR 51 in downtown Toledo.
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Map of OH-246, Toledo, OH, USA
Created in the late 1920s, this state route is located entirely within the city limits of Toledo. All but the easternmost block of SR 246 is known as Dorr Street.
Route description
All of SR 246 is located within the city of Toledo in Lucas County. This highway is not included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways that are vital to the economy, defense and mobility of the country.
History
The SR 246 designation was established in 1925. It was originally routed along the portion of its present alignment between Secor Road at the southwest corner of the University of Toledo campus, at the time a state-maintained roadway that carried the designation of SR 183, and its current eastern terminus in downtown Toledo.
In 1934, SR 246 was extended from Secor Road to its present western terminus. Three years later, the highway was extended west out of Toledo via Dorr Road, Crissey Road and Frankfort Road to a new terminus at SR 295 south of Berkey. Then, in 1939, SR 246 was extended again on the west side, this time utilizing Frankfort Road west of SR 295 to Fulton–Lucas Road, then south to County Road L (CR L), which SR 246 then used heading west across the entire width of Fulton County, and into Williams County. Through Williams County, it followed what is now CR 20N and CR O to the SR 15 intersection, where it then used what is now the westernmost stretch of US 20A to get to a new western terminus at US 20 southwest of Pioneer. The 1937 and 1939 extensions of SR 246 were reversed by 1957, when the portions of the route west of US 20 in the western end of Toledo were removed from the state highway system.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Toledo, Lucas County.