{{Short description|State highway in southeastern Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=160 |map=OH 160 map.svg |maint=ODOT |length_mi=38.82 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name=DESTAPE>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DESTAPE.aspx |title=DESTAPE |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=September 2, 2014}} *[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESGAL.pdf Gallia County] *[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESVIN.pdf Vinton County]</ref> |established=1926 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|7}} in Gallipolis |junction={{Jct|state=OH|US|35|CR|6|county2=Gallia}} near Gallipolis |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|SR|93}} in Hamden |counties=Gallia, Vinton |previous_type=SR |previous_route=159 |next_type=SR |next_route=161 }} thumb|right|290px|A view of SR 160 as it winds south through the trees toward Wilkesville from SR 32 '''State Route 160''' ('''SR 160''') is a north–south state highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at SR 7 in Gallipolis, and the route heads north. It meets U.S. Route 35 at an interchange with various collector and distributor ramps. SR 160 southbound bypasses the interchange on a {{convert|0.739|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} road officially designated '''SR 160-A'''.<ref name=DESTAPE/> From there, the route passes through Vinton in northern Gallia County. Following an intersection with SR 32, the route heads in a more westerly direction until it meets and its northern terminus is at State Route 93 in Hamden.
==History== ===1926=== Original route certified; routed from {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Gallipolis to Hamden along the previous alignment of State Route 142 from {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Gallipolis to {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of Radcliff, and along a previously unnumbered road from {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of Radcliff to Hamden.<ref name=ohhwys>[http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/160.html Route 160] (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson{{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=December 2013}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229193842/http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/160.html |date=December 29, 2004 }}</ref>
===1970=== Extended south to Gallipolis along the previous alignment of U.S. Route 35 (which was the former State Route 11 before 1926).<ref name=ohhwys/>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=DESTAPE/>}} {{OHint |county=Gallia |cspan=6 |location=Gallipolis |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|7|name1=Second Avenue|road|Pine Street|city1=Pomeroy|city2=Crown City|location3=Point Pleasant, W.Va.}} }} {{OHint |type=incomplete |township1=Gallipolis |township2=Green |ctdab=Gallia |mile=2.31 |mile2=3.06 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|35|location1=Charleston, W.Va.|city2=Jackson|CR|6|county2=Gallia|name2=McCormick Road}} |notes=Interchange; no access from eastbound US 35; from southbound SR 160 to westbound US 35 }} {{OHint |type=incomplete |township=Springfield |ctdab=Gallia |lspan=2 |mile=3.57 |mile2=3.70 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|35|dir1=west|city1=Jackson}} |notes=Interchange; eastbound US 35 exit / westbound US 35 entrance only }} {{OHint |mile=9.68 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|554|city1=Bidwell|city2=Cheshire}} }} {{OHint |type=concur |location=Vinton |lspan=2 |mile=15.21 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|325|dir1=north|road|Scenic Drive}} |notes=Southern end of SR 325 concurrency }} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=15.46 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|325|dir1=south|road|Van Buren Street}} |notes=Northern end of SR 325 concurrency }} {{OHint |type=concur |county=Vinton |cspan=7 |location=Wilkesville |lspan=2 |mile=23.47 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|124|dir1=east|name1=Rutland Street|city1=Rutland|city2=Pomeroy|road|Mill Street}} |notes=Southern end of SR 124 concurrency }} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=23.74 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|124|dir1=west|city1=Jackson}} |notes=Northern end of SR 124 concurrency }} {{OHint |township=Wilkesville |ctdab=Vinton |mile=24.46 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|689|dir1=north|city1=Albany}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 689 }} {{OHint |township=Vinton |ctdab=Vinton |mile=28.97 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|32|name1=James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway|city1=Wellston|city2=Athens}} }} {{OHint |township=Clinton |ctdab=Vinton |lspan=2 |mile=33.71 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|324|dir1=north|city1=Dundas}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 324 }} {{OHint |mile=38.21 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|349|dir1=south|city1=Wellston}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 349 }} {{OHint |location=Hamden |mile=38.82 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|93|name1=Main Street|city1=Wellston|city2=McArthur}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML}}
160 Category:Transportation in Gallia County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Vinton County, Ohio
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