State Route 121 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 42.6 mi (68.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1924–present | |||
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| South end |  SR 121 near New Paris | |||
| North end |  SR 47 near Russia | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Preble, Darke, Shelby | |||
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State Route 121 is a 42.6-mile (68.6 km) northeast–southwest state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects the cities of Versailles and Greenville to Richmond, Indiana. Since State Route 47 was re-routed to go south into Russia, its northern terminus is at the point where 47 turns to go south and follows the former route of 47 into Versailles. Route 121 then rejoins 47 just south of the railroad and is concurrent with 47 through the eastern part of Versailles. At Center Street, Route 121 turns south and is concurrent with State Route 185 until they intersect Marker Road, where Route 121 turns southwest and goes into Greenville. It is concurrent with State Routes 49 and 571 through parts of Greenville. Then 121 goes south through the towns of New Madison and New Paris. Route 121 makes a western turn in New Paris at its junction with State Route 320. It continues about 1-mile (1.6 km) until it reaches the Indiana border and becomes Indiana State Road 121. Indiana Route 121 continues on to meet up with U.S. Route 27 and Indiana State Road 227 in the north part of Richmond.
Highway Junctions edit
OH 47 concurrent in Versailles
OH 185 concurrent in Versailles
OH 242 near Versailles
US 127 near Greenville
OH 118, OH 502 in Greenville
OH 49, OH 571 concurrent in Greenville
US 36 near Greenville
OH 503 near Wayne Lakes
IN 121 at the Ohio-Indiana Border
State Route 47 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 106 mi (171 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
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| West end |  SR 32 in Union City | |||
| East end |   SR98, SR423 in Waldo | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Darke, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Marion | |||
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Ohio State Route 47 is a state highway running from the Indiana border at Union City to Waldo, about ten miles (16 km) south of Marion. In Bellefontaine, State Route 47 follows the path of different streets (even though neither are one-way) from Main Street and Sandusky Avenue to the intersection just north of Mary Rutan Hospital, about one-half mile north of the Main-Sandusky intersection. The westbound portion of State Route 47 goes down Main, while the eastbound portion goes north on Madriver Street during this stretch. Nobody really knows why the route was designated this way when none of the streets involved are one-way. It was State Route 68 until 1933, when U.S. Route 68 was commissioned. Since both roads run through a common county in Ohio (Logan), and also since there is a rule that there can be no Ohio State Routes with the same number as US highways within Ohio, the number was changed to 47.