Ohio State Route 125
{{Short description|State highway in southwestern Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=125
|map=OH 125 map.svg
|length_mi=85.79
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DESTAPE.aspx |title=DESTAPE |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2014}}
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESHAM.pdf Hamilton County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESCLE.pdf Clermont County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESBRO.pdf Brown County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESADA.pdf Adams County]
- [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESSCI.pdf Scioto County]
|established=1926
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|US|50|SR|561}} in Cincinnati
|junction=
- {{jct|state=OH|I|275}} in Withamsville
- {{jct|state=OH|US|68}} near Georgetown
- {{jct|state=OH|US|62}} in Russelville
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|52}} in Friendship
|counties=Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=124
|next_type=SR
|next_route=126
}}
State Route 125 (SR 125) is an east–west state highway in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is within the Cincinnati city limits, about {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of downtown, at U.S. Route 50 – 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 approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} 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 line, State Route 125 becomes Ohio Pike, the old Ohio Turnpike, originally built in 1831 by E.G. Penn,[http://www.clermontcountyohio.gov/history/history_villages_amelia.htm Clermont County, Ohio: History of Amelia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127113603/http://www.clermontcountyohio.gov/history/history_villages_amelia.htm |date=January 27, 2008 }} 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, the largest in the state of Ohio, and by the Shawnee State Lodge and Park, Roosevelt Lake, and Turkey Creek Lake. This section of State Route 125 is part of the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiobyways.com/|title=Ohio Byways|author=Ohio Department of Transportation|access-date=2007-07-18}}
See also National Scenic Byway, Ohio Byway, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20061013040137/http://dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/pdf/shawnee605.pdf Shawnee State Forest and Park map]''
History
{{prose|date=August 2014}}
- 1926 – Route certified; originally routed from {{convert|7|mi|km}} east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship along the current U.S. Route 50 from {{convert|7|mi|km}} to {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of downtown Cincinnati, and along its own current alignment from {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship; this entire route was State Route 25 before 1926; {{convert|7|mi|km}} to {{convert|11|mi|km}} east of downtown dually certified with the former State Route 74.[http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/125.html Route 125] (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson{{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=August 2014}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227235202/http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/125.html |date=December 27, 2004 }}
- 1946 – Extended to downtown Cincinnati along U.S. Route 50, U.S. Route 52, and State Route 74.
- 1956 – Truncated at {{convert|9|mi|km}} 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 and {{convert|2|mi|km}} 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
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{{OHint
|type=concur
|county=Hamilton
|cspan=3
|location=Cincinnati
|lspan=2
|mile=0.00
|mile2=0.13
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|50|SR|561|SR|32|dir1=west|dir2=north|dir3=begins|name1=Columbia Parkway|name2=Linwood Avenue|location1=Downtown Cincinnati}}
|notes=Interchange; no access to US 50 east, from US 50 west; southern terminus of SR 561; western end of SR 32 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|mile=0.38
|mile2=0.42
|road=Wilmer Avenue / Wooster Road – Lunken Airport
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|township=Anderson
|ctdab=Hamilton
|mile=1.40
|mile2=1.60
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|32|dir1=east|city1=Newtown|city2=Batavia}}
|notes=Interchange; eastern end of SR 32 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|county=Clermont
|cspan=7
|township=Union
|ctdab=Clermont
|mile=8.15
|mile2=8.43
|road={{jct|state=OH|I|275|to2=yes|US|52|I|71|location1=Kentucky|city2=Columbus}}
|notes=Exit 65 (I-275)
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|township1=Pierce
|township2=Batavia
|ctdab=Clermont
|lspan=2
|mile=14.51
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|132|dir1=south|city1=New Richmond}}
|notes=Western end of SR 132 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=14.83
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|132|dir1=north|city1=Batavia}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 132 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|township1=Monroe
|township2=Batavia
|ctdab=Clermont
|mile=16.41
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|222|dir1=south}}
|notes=Western end of SR 222 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|township=Tate
|ctdab=Clermont
|mile=17.87
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|222|dir1=north|road|Bantam Road}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 222 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|location=Bethel
|lspan=2
|mile=22.18
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|232|dir1=south|city1=Point Pleasant}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 232
}}
{{OHint
|mile=22.56
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|133|name1=Main Street}}
}}
{{OHint
|county=Brown
|cspan=7
|location=Hamersville
|mile=28.67
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|774|name1=Orchard Street}}
}}
{{OHint
|township=Clark
|ctdab=Brown
|mile=30.03
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|505|dir1=south|road|Feesburg Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 505
}}
{{OHint
|location=Georgetown
|mile=34.48
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|221|dir1=south|name1=West Grant Avenue|city1=Higginsport}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 221
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|township=Pleasant
|ctdab=Brown
|lspan=2
|mile=36.52
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|dir1=north|city1=Mt. Orab}}
|notes=Western end of US 68 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=37.54
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|dir1=south|city1=Ripley}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 68 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|location=Russellville
|mile=41.54
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|62|name1=Columbus Street}}
}}
{{OHint
|township=Byrd
|ctdab=Brown
|mile=47.17
|mile2=47.21
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|353|dir1=west|SR|763|dir2=south}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 353 / northern terminus of SR 763
}}
{{OHint
|county=Adams
|cspan=6
|township=Liberty
|ctdab=Adams
|mile=53.51
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|136|city1=Cherry Fork|city2=Manchester}}
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|location=West Union
|lspan=4
|mile=57.05
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|41|city1=Bentonville|city2=Aberdeen|dir1=south|name1=Manchester Street|road|Walnut Street}}
|notes=Western end of SR 41 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=57.27
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|247|dir1=north|name1=Cross Street}}
|notes=Western end of SR 241 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=57.42
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|247|dir1=south|name1=2nd Street}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 241 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|type=concur
|mile=57.83
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|41|dir1=north|name1=Main Street|road|Wilson Drive|city1=Peebles}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 41 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|township=Tiffin
|ctdab=Adams
|mile=63.32
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|348|dir1=east}}
|notes=Western terminus of SR 348
}}
{{OHint
|county=Scioto
|township=Nile
|ctdab=Scioto
|mile=85.79
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|52|city1=Rome|city2=Portsmouth}}
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.ohiobyways.com/ Ohio Byways]
Category:Transportation in Brown County, Ohio
Category:Transportation in Clermont County, Ohio
Category:Transportation in Hamilton County, Ohio
Category:Transportation in Adams County, Ohio