Ohio State Route 308
{{Short description|State highway in Knox County, Ohio, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=308
|maint=ODOT
|length_mi=3.00
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESKNO.pdf |title=DESTAPE - Knox County |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=June 24, 2015 |accessdate=November 10, 2015}}
|map=OH 308 map.svg
|established=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|229}} in Gambier
|junction=
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|36}} near Mount Vernon
|counties=Knox
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=307
|next_type=SR
|next_route=309
}}
State Route 308 (SR 308) is a north–south state highway in the central portion of Ohio, a U.S. state. The southern terminus of SR 308 is at SR 229 in the western end of the village of Gambier, and its northern terminus is {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} to the north of that point at a T-intersection with U.S. Route 36 (US 36) that is located approximately {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|spell=in}} east of the city limits of Mount Vernon.
Route description
{{Expand section|date=September 2010}}
SR 308 runs exclusively in the central portion of Knox County. The route is not a part of the National Highway System.{{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=2010-09-19}}
History
When first designated in 1932, SR 308 was a spur route connecting US 36 with the village of Gambier and Kenyon College.{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1931|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1932|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}} It would be 1939 before SR 308 would become a connector route, when SR 229 was extended east of Mount Vernon, and in the process connected with SR 308 at its southern terminus.{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1938|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1939|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}
Major intersections
{{OHinttop|length_ref=|county=Knox}}
{{OHint
|location=Gambier
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|229|name1=East Gambier Street|road|Laymon Road|to2=yes|US|62|city1=Mount Vernon}}
}}
{{OHint
|ctdab=Knox
|township=Monroe
|mile=3.00
|road={{jct|state=OH|US|36|name1=Coshocton Road|city1=Mount Vernon|city2=Coshocton}}
}}
{{Jctbtm}}