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Ohio State Route 67

Ohio State Route 67

State highway in Ohio, US

State Route 67 (SR 67) is a northeast–southwest state highway in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 33 (US 33) just south of Wapakoneta, which is also the southern terminus for both SR 198 and SR 501, and its northern terminus is at SR 18 and SR 19 in Republic. The portion of the route through Seneca County is signed north-south, while the rest of the route is signed east-west.

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Route description

State Route 67 is marked by blue signs at intersections in Wyandot County.

The portion of SR 67 in Wayne Township, Auglaize County, beginning at Santa Fe Line Road, passing into Waynesfield to its merge with SR 196, then leaving Waynesfield and ending at its split from SR 196, is designated as the "Staff Sgt. Sonny Zimmerman Memorial Highway",[2] in honor of a Waynesfield resident and Waynesfield-Goshen High School graduate who was killed in Mushaka, Afghanistan on July 16, 2013, while serving in the Army.[3][4][5]

History

  • 1924 – Original route established.[6] Originally routed from Wapakoneta to Bellevue along its current alignment and along State Route 18 from Republic to Bellevue.[7]
  • 1926 – Truncated at Republic; alignment to Bellevue certified as State Route 18.[7]
  • 1961 – Extended 2 miles (3.2 km) south from Wapakoneta (from its terminus at the former alignment of U.S. Route 33) to its current terminus via Auglaize Co. 25-A.[7]

Major junctions

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References

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  1. [1]
    "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "5533.821 Staff Sgt. Sonny Zimmerman Memorial Highway". Ohio Revised Code. LAW Writer. July 10, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Mihm, Lance (August 12, 2014). "Highway named for fallen Waynesfield soldier". The Lima News. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Staff Sgt. Sonny Zimmerman". Wapakoneta Daily News. July 24, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Army Staff Sgt. Sonny C. Zimmerman". Military Times. Gannett Government Media. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  6. [6]
    Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson[unreliable source] Archived May 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    Route 67 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson[unreliable source] Archived December 23, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
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