Ohio State Route 571

State Route 571
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	50.51 mi[1] (81.29 km)
Existed:	1962 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 28 in Union City
	US 36 / US 127 in Greenville I‑75 in Tipp City
East end:	US 40 near New Carlisle
Location
Counties:	Darke, Miami, Clark
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 570 SR 572 →

State Route 571 (SR 571) is an east–west state highway in west-central Ohio, part of a statewide road transportation system. It indirectly connects the cities of Union City and Greenville with Springfield via a final 10.7 miles (17.2 km) on U.S. Route 40. State Route 571 has many curves throughout its length, including dangerously sharp ones where many accidents have occurred, especially near the unincorporated village of Coletown in Darke County and east of Tipp City at State Routes 201 and 202.

Route description

SR 49 and SR 571 cross the Broadway Bridge in Greenville

State Route 571 starts in the Indiana/Ohio border town of Union City. To the west, it turns into Indiana State Route 28, which goes west toward Albany and Alexandria, Indiana. To the east, 571 goes southeast through Hill Grove and Coletown, and then parallels Greenville Creek into Greenville. From Greenville it continues southeast through Painter Creek and Laura to West Milton where it turns due east, passes over Interstate 75 to Tipp City and New Carlisle. About 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of New Carlisle, Route 571 meets U.S. Route 40, the eastern terminus of the state route.

Although no longer a state route, the road keeps on going across US 40 as County Highway 303 "Medway-Carlisle Road" in Clark County. The road continues south, through the village of Medway and further on it turns into the northern terminus of I-675 at I-70.

History

The Union City-to-Springfield roads have been part of the Ohio state highway system since 1912.^[2] Before 1923, numerous highway numbers comprised the current route of SR 571.^[3] In 1923, the route between Greenville and then-SR 1 (now US 40); the remainder of the route between Union City and Greenville was the westernmost segment of SR 29.^[4] By 1932, SR 29 was truncated to Urbana with US 36 taking over its former route between Greenville and Urbana; SR 71 was also extended from Greenville to the Indiana state line in Union City.^[5][6] By 1939, the entire length of SR 71 had been paved.^[7][8]

Following the extension to Union City, no major changes to the routing of SR 71 and SR 571 have been made. The only change to the highway came in 1962 when Ohio renumbered state highways that shared route numbers with proposed Interstates. Because of I-71, SR 71 was renumbered to SR 571.^[9][10]

An unrelated SR 571 was in existence from 1937 to 1957 in Bridgewater Township, Williams County.^{[11][12][13][14]} This SR 571 ran from US 20 to the Michigan state line. In 1957, SR 576 was extended north and took over the 4-mile-long (6.4 km) highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Darke	Union City	0.00	0.00	SR 28 (West Chestnut Street) to SR 32 / Stateline Road	Indiana state line
	Greenville	11.23	18.07	SR 49 north	Western end of SR 49 concurrency
		11.62	18.70	SR 118 north (Broadway)	Western terminus of SR 118
		11.91	19.17	SR 118 ends / SR 121 north / SR 502 west (Main Street)	Eastern end of SR 118 concurrency; western end of SR 121 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 502
		12.18	19.60	SR 49 south / SR 121 south (Washington Street)	Eastern end of SR 49 / SR 121 concurrency
		13.32– 13.51	21.44– 21.74	US 36 / US 127 – Eaton, Celina, Piqua	Interchange
Miami	Union Township	25.96	41.78	SR 721 north	Western end of SR 721 concurrency
	Laura	26.31	42.34	SR 721 south (North Main Street) / Pemberton Road	Eastern end of SR 721 concurrency
	Union Township	27.17	43.73	SR 55 east – Ludlow Falls	Western terminus of SR 55
	West Milton	31.25	50.29	SR 48 north (North Miami Street)	Western end of SR 48 concurrency
		31.29	50.36	SR 48 south (North Miami Street)	Eastern end of SR 48 concurrency
	Tipp City	38.82	62.47	I‑75 – Dayton, Troy	Exit 68 (I-75)
	Bethel Township	41.85	67.35	SR 202 – Dayton, Troy
		44.96	72.36	SR 201
Clark	New Carlisle	48.13	77.46	SR 235 (Main Street)
	Bethel Township	50.52	81.30	US 40 / CR 303 (Medway New Carlisle Road) – Springfield, Vandalia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". Retrieved April 30, 2010.
2. Map of Ohio Showing Inter-County Highways (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by James R. Marker, State Highway Commissioner. Ohio State Highway Department. 1912. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
3. Map of Ohio State Highways Showing All Improved Roadways (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by E.C. Blosser. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. 1922. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
4. Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by L.A. Boulay, Director. ODOH. 1923. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
5. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by O.W. Merrell, Director. ODOH. 1931. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
6. Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by O.W. Merrell, Director. ODOH. 1932. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
7. Official 1938 Ohio Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by John Jaster, Jr., Director. ODOH. 1938. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
8. Ohio Highway Map 1939 (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by Robt. S. Beightler, Director. ODOH. 1939. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
9. 1962 Official Ohio Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by P.E. Masheter, Director. ODOH. 1962. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
10. Ohio Official Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. ODOH. 1964. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
11. 1936 Official Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by John Jaster, Jr., Director. ODOH. 1936. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
12. Official Ohio Highway Map 1937 (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by John Jaster, Jr., Director. ODOH. 1937. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
13. Ohio Highway Map 1955 (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by S.O. Linzell, Director. ODOH. 1955. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
14. Ohio Highway Map 1957 (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by George J. Thormyer, Acting Director. ODOH. 1957. Retrieved September 23, 2013.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Media related to Ohio State Route 571 at Wikimedia Commons