Ohio State Route 348
{{Short description|East-west state highway in Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=348
|map=OH 348 map.svg
|length_mi=32.24
|length_round=2
|established=1935
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|125}} near West Union
|junction=
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|23|SR|728}} near Lucasville
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=347
|next_type=SR
|next_route=349
}}
State Route 348 (SR 348) is an east–west state highway in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at State Route 125 approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of West Union, and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 just north of Lucasville – this is also the western terminus of State Route 728.
History
SR 348 was commissioned in 1935, routed on its current route, with the eastern terminus at its intersection with SR 73 in Otway.{{Ohio road map|year=1934|accessdate=October 23, 2013}}{{Ohio road map|year=1935|accessdate=October 23, 2013}} In 1939 the route was extended east to U.S. Route 23, near Lucasville.{{Ohio road map|year=1938|accessdate=October 23, 2013}}{{Ohio road map|year=1939|accessdate=October 23, 2013}} A section of SR 348 from Otway to Lucasville was originally designated a part of Corridor B on the Appalachian Development Highway System. Only a section from U.S. Route 23 to west of SR 104 was ever completed.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19310930/|title=Appalachian Highway Jobs Skid to Screeching Halt|newspaper=The Press-Gazette|date=February 16, 1973|page=4|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=December 15, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/9375366/|title=State Denies Blocking Of Appalachian Road Network|newspaper=Hillsboro Press Gazette|date=October 16, 1974|page=1|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=December 15, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19508695/|title=Hearing Set For Highway Project|newspaper=Hillsboro Press Gazette|date=June 24, 1977|page=1|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=December 15, 2018}}
Major intersections
{{OHint
|county=Adams
|cspan=2
|township=Tiffin
|ctdab=Adams
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|125}}}}
{{OHint
|township=Jefferson
|ctdab=Adams
|mile=12.80
|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|781|dir1=west}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 781}}
{{OHint
|county=Scioto
|cspan=4
|location=Otway
|lspan=2
|mile=19.78
|type=concur
|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|73|dir1=east}}
|notes=Southern end of SR 73 concurrency}}
{{OHint
|mile=19.93
|type=concur
|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|73|dir1=west}}
|notes=Northern end of SR 73 concurrency}}
{{OHint
|township=Morgan
|ctdab=Scioto
|mile=30.97
|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|104}}}}
{{OHint
|township=Valley
|ctdab=Scioto
|mile=32.24
|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|23|SR|728|dir2=east|city1=Portsmouth|city2=Piketon}}
|notes=Western terminus of SR 728}}
{{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}