Ohio State Route 163

State Route 163 (SR 163) is a 46.24-mile (74.42 km) long east–west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 163 is at a T-intersection with the duplex of U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and US 23 approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of the city limits of Perrysburg. Its eastern terminus is at its intersection with Hartshorn Road nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the village limits of Marblehead, on the peninsula formed by Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay.

State Route 163
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	46.24 mi[1][2] (74.42 km)
Existed	1923[3][4]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 20 / US 23 near Perrysburg
East end	Hartshorn Road near Marblehead
Location
Counties	Wood, Ottawa
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 162 → SR 164

Route description

The path of SR 163 takes it through the northeastern portion of Wood County and the entire width of Ottawa County. No segment of this state route is included within the National Highway System.[5]

History

The SR 163 designation was applied in 1923. Originally, the highway ran along its present routing from its intersection with SR 51, at the time a part of SR 2 and later designated as the now-defunct SR 102, on the outskirts of Genoa, and its eastern terminus near Marblehead.[3][4] SR 163 was extended west into Wood County along a previously un-numbered road from Genoa to its present western terminus at US 20 southeast of Perrysburg.[6][7]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Wood	Troy Township	0.00	0.00	US 20 / US 23	Western terminus at T-intersection
	Troy–Lake township line	2.29	3.69	SR 420
Ottawa	Clay Township	8.90	14.32	SR 51	Signalized intersection
	Harris–Benton township line	14.83	23.87	SR 590
	Oak Harbor	18.66	30.03	SR 105 west	Western end of SR 105 concurrency
		19.10	30.74	SR 19 / SR 105 end	Eastern end of SR 105 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 105
	Erie Township	25.69	41.34	SR 358 north	Southern terminus of SR 358
		26.73	43.02	SR 2 east / LECT	Exit 115 (SR 2); access to eastbound SR 2 and from westbound SR 2 only
	Port Clinton	31.92	51.37	To SR 2 / SR 53 / LECT	Exit 121 (SR 2)
	Danbury Township	35.58	57.26	SR 53
		36.19	58.24	SR 269 south	Western end of SR 269 concurrency
		36.62	58.93	SR 269 north	Eastern end of SR 269 concurrency
		46.28	74.48	Hartshorn Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 163, Wood County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
2. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 163, Ottawa County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
3. Map of Ohio State Highways (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. April 1922. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
4. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. July 1923. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
5. National Highway System: Ohio (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
6. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1934. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
7. Official Ohio Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1935. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

External links

• State Route 163 Endpoint Photos