Ohio State Route 188
{{Short description|State highway in central Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=188
|map=OH 188 map.svg
|length_mi=39.04
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/picsr0188r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 188, Pickaway County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008085116/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/picsr0188r.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/faisr0188r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 188, Fairfield County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008085135/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/faisr0188r.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/persr0188r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 188, Perry County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008085143/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/persr0188r.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead }}
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|US|22|OH|56}} in Circleville
|junction=
- {{jct|state=OH|US|33}} near Lancaster
- {{jct|state=OH|US|22|SR|37|SR|158}} in Lancaster
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|OH|204}} in Thornville
|counties=Pickaway, Fairfield, Perry
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=187
|next_type=SR
|next_route=189
}}
State Route 188 (SR 188) is a {{convert|39.04|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} east–west state highway located in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio. SR 188's western terminus is in Circleville at a signalized intersection where it meets the concurrency of U.S. Route 22 (US 22) and SR 56. Its eastern terminus is at a signalized intersection with SR 204 in the central business district of the village of Thornville.
Route description
SR 188 traverses the eastern part of Pickaway County, then through the western, central and northeastern portions of Fairfield County and finally the northwestern corner of Perry County. No segment of SR 188 is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of routes deemed to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=December 2003 | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2008 | format=PDF|accessdate=2011-04-16}}
{{Expand section|date=April 2011}}
History
SR 188 was designated in 1927. When it was first designated, it was routed along its present alignment between Circleville and Lancaster, following what had been previously designated as a portion of SR 158.{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1926a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=August 1926 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=2011-04-18}}{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1927a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=June 1927 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=2011-04-18}} In 1937, SR 188 was extended to the northeast from Lancaster along what was at the time an un-numbered roadway to its current eastern terminus at SR 204 in Thornville.{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1936 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-04-18}}{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1937 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-04-18}}
Major intersections
{{OHint
|county=Pickaway
|location=Circleville
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|22|OH|56|name2=Main Street|road|South Court Street}}
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|county1=Pickaway
|county2=Fairfield
|township1=Walnut
|ctdab1=Pickaway
|township2=Amanda
|ctdab2=Fairfield
|mile=8.03
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|674|city1=Stoutsville|city2=Canal Winchester|name1=Winchester Southern Road}}
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|county=Fairfield
|cspan=6
|ctdab=Fairfield
|location=Hocking Township
|mile=17.41
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|33|city1=Logan|city2=Columbus}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{OHint
|location=Lancaster
|lspan=4
|mile=20.88
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|22|dir1=West|name1=Lincoln Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of US 22 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|mile=21.38
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|158|dir1=North|name1=Columbus Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of SR 158 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|mile=21.67
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|37|dir1=West|OH|158|dir2=ends|name1=High Street}}
|notes=Eastern end of SR 158 concurrency; western end of SR 37 concurrency
}}
{{OHint
|mile=22.51
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|22|dir1=East|OH|37|dir2=East|name2=East Main Street|road|South Cherry Street}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 22 / SR 37
}}
{{OHint
|ctdab=Fairfield
|location=Walnut Township
|mile=32.56
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|256|city1=Thurston}}
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|county=Perry
|location=Thornville
|mile=39.04
|road={{jct|state=OH|OH|204|name1=Columbus Street|to2=yes|SR|13|road|North Main Street}}
|notes=
}}
{{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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Category:Transportation in Pickaway County, Ohio