State Route 49 (SR 49) is a state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It begins in Drexel, an area within the city of Trotwood, at US 35 and runs northwesterly to Greenville, and then runs roughly along near the western edge of the state near the Indiana state line to the Michigan state line where it meets with Michigan's M-49.
Along SR 49 at its intersection with SR 705 in northwestern Darke CountyThe intersection of Washington Street, Martin Street, and Broadway (SR 49, SR 121, and SR 571) in Greenville
SR 49's southern terminus is west of Dayton, at the intersection of U.S. Route 35 and West Third Street in Drexel.[2] Both Drexel (a census-designated place) and the intersection straddle the border between Trotwood and Montgomery County's Jefferson Township. The roadway carrying SR49 continues southward (signed "east") from this intersection as US35 (designated "C. J. McLin Jr. Parkway"), a limited-access expressway into downtown Dayton. (Westbound US35 proceeds along West Third Street)
SR49 continues north from US35 through Trotwood along an expressway with traffic signals locally called the "Northwest Connector" or the "Trotwood Connector",[3][4] then turns onto Salem Avenue, which crosses into Clayton. The route then briefly travels through Englewood, straddles the Englewood-Clayton line, again crosses into Clayton, then the ramps to and from Interstate 70 cross into Englewood and back into Clayton. SR49 is then concurrent with I-70 for approximately 1.5 miles (2.4km) through Clayton. SR49 then exits from I-70 at ramps passing from Clayton into Clay Township, Montgomery County. The route then continues north to Greenville, Fort Recovery, Willshire, Convoy, Payne, Antwerp, Hicksville, Edgerton and Edon. SR49 then interchanges with the Ohio Turnpike at that highway's first interchange east of the Indiana-Ohio state line. SR49 terminates at the Ohio-Michigan state line where it continues north as Michigan State Highway 49.[2]
SR 49 was first designated along its current route between US 30 in Van Wert County and the Michigan state line in 1927 having replaced a discontinuous section of SR 51.[6][7] In 1932, the route was slightly extended south to Convoytwo miles (3.2km) south of US 30 before absorbing SR 51 south to Greenville the next year.[8][9][10] All of SR 51 was then renumbered to SR 49 in 1935 extending the route from downtown Dayton to Michigan.[11][12] No major changes would occur to the routing until around 1960 when a part of SR 49 was rerouted on a new expressway segment of US 40 south and west of Clayton (now partly I-70) and the route through southern Darke County was straightened to bypass Arcanum.[13][14] The old routing through Arcanum became SR 49 Alternate.[15]
The most recent change to SR 49 occurred in the 1990s. Before 1999, SR 49 began in downtown Dayton at SR 4 and SR 48. It traveled west along First Street and Monument Avenue, crossing under I-75, and over the Great Miami River. The eastbound and westbound directions merged at the intersection of Salem and Riverview avenues before it traveled northwest out of the city on Salem Avenue.[16] A new four-lane expressway through Trotwood with traffic signals[17] was partially completed in 1994 between Free Pike and Salem Avenue with the new expressway being designated SR 49 Future.[16] By 1999, the new expressway between US 35 and Salem Avenue was complete and SR 49 was rerouted out of Dayton to run on this new highway.[18] The old route to Dayton was designated SR 49-J indicating that it was being prepared for abandonment.[19][18][20] The old segment of SR 49 along Salem Avenue was finally deleted from the state highway system in the summer of 2004.[21][22]
Map of SR 49 Alt.FHC Fellowship Church in Arcanum, Ohio
State Route49Alternate (SR49 Alt., officially designated SR 49A[1]) is a 4.09-mile-long (6.58km)alternate route to SR49 in southern Darke County. The route travels in an L-shape, and serves the community of Arcanum. SR49 Alt. has its southern terminus at SR49 approximately 1.75 miles (2.82km) east of the village. It travels west into Arcanum, then turns north and proceeds to its northern terminus where it meets SR49 again 1 mile (1.6km) north of the village limits.[23]
SR49 Alt. was established in 1962. Prior to this year, mainline SR49 followed the entirety of SR49 Alt. through Arcanum. In 1962, SR49 was re-routed onto the more linear alignment that it utilizes today to the northeast of Arcanum between the endpoints of SR49 Alt. Consequently, the SR49 Alt. designation was applied to this former mainline alignment of SR49.[14][15]
Major intersections The entire route is in Darke County.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
US 35 in Trotwood 
M-49 near Cooney 
