Ohio State Route 253
State highway in Scioto County, Ohio, US
State Route 253 (SR 253) is a very short state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. With an overall length of just 0.56 miles (0.90 km), the majority of SR 253 is a part of the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge, which crosses over the Ohio River near Franklin Furnace, Ohio. The southern terminus of SR 253 is at about the midspan of the bridge, where it crosses the Kentucky State Line and becomes Kentucky Route 10 (KY 10). The northern terminus of the highway is at a diamond interchange with U.S. Route 52 (US 52) near the eastern landing of the Ohio River crossing. The current SR 253 was established in the late 1980s. However, a different route with the same number existed in the Medina vicinity from the early 1920s until the late 1950s. It is signed north–south, though it runs in an east–west direction.
Route description
SR 253 runs exclusively within Green Township in southeastern Scioto County, near the community of Franklin Furnace. This short highway starts at the Kentucky state line on the two-lane Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River, at the very point where KY 10 terminates. The highway departs the bridge to the east.
“Ohio State Route 253” enters the record as state highway in Scioto County, Ohio, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ohio, State and Route can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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