Ohio State Route 273

State Route 273
State Route 273
Route information
	Maintained by ODOT
Length	19.78 mi (31.83 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
West end	Maple Lane near Belle Center
	US 68 near Belle Center
East end	SR 31 in Mt. Victory
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Logan, Hardin
Highway system
	Ohio State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

State Route 273 (SR 273) is a two-lane east–west state highway in Logan and Hardin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It begins at an intersection with State Route 31 in Mt. Victory, passes through Belle Center, and ends in a dead end on Long Island at Indian Lake. Along the way, it intersects State Route 292 (north of Ridgeway), State Route 274 (north of the crossroads of Big Springs), US 68 (at the former location of Whitestown, today occupied only by a butcher's shop), and State Route 638 (in Belle Center). It overlaps State Route 117 for a short distance near Indian Lake.

West of State Route 117, State Route 273 continues for two miles (3 km), to the Indian Lake community of Long Island. This is an unincorporated area with approximately 200 permanent and 1,000 seasonal residents. The state highway ends at the bridge to Long Island.

History

SR 273 was commissioned in 1930 between SR 117 and SR 53, later became US 68.^[2]^[3] In 1937, the highway was extended west to its current western terminus on Long Island. In the same year the route was extended east to its current eastern terminus in Mt. Victory.^[4]^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Logan	Richland Township	0.00	0.00	Maple Lane
		2.02	3.25	SR 117 west	Northern end of SR 117 concurrency
		2.85	4.59	SR 117 east	southern end of SR 117 concurrency
	Belle Center	7.38	11.88	SR 638 south	Northern terminus of SR 638
	Rushcreek Township	9.91	15.95	US 68
	Rushcreek Township	12.89	20.74	SR 274 west	Eastern terminus of SR 274
Hardin	Hale Township	16.88	27.17	SR 292
Hardin	Mount Victory	19.78	31.83	SR 31
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams".
^ Ohio Department of Highways (August 15, 1929). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7438560. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
^ Ohio Department of Highways (1930). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7237073. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
^ Ohio Department of Highways (1936). Official Highway Map of Ohio (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
^ Ohio Department of Highways (1937). Official Highway Map of Ohio (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 16960304. Retrieved October 21, 2013.