State Route 49 Alternate (ALT SR 49, ALT OH 49) is a 4.09 miles (6.6 km) long alternate route to SR 49

Ohio State Route 49

State Route 49 or SR 49 is a state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It begins at Drexel with 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...

 in the western portion of the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. The route travels in an L-shape, and serves the community of Arcanum

Arcanum, Ohio

Arcanum is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,076 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Arcanum is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

. ALT SR 49 has its southern terminus at SR 49 approximately 1.75 miles (2.8 km) east of the village. It travels west into Arcanum, then turns north and proceeds to its northern terminus where it meets SR 49 again 1 miles (1.6 km) north of the village limits.

History

ALT SR 49 was established in 1962. Prior to this year, mainline SR 49 followed the entirety of ALT SR 49 through Arcanum. In 1962, SR 49 was re-routed onto the more linear alignment that it utilizes today to the northeast of Arcanum between the endpoints of ALT SR 49. Consequently, the ALT SR 49 designation was applied to this former mainline alignment of SR 49.

Major intersections

External links

• State Route 49 Alternate Endpoint Photos