{{Short description|State highway in southern Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road | state = OH | type = SR | route = 207 | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|from=Ohio State Route 207.map}} | map_custom = yes | maint = ODOT | length_mi = 32.11 | length_round = 2 | length_ref = <ref name=DESTAPE>{{cite web |url=https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odot/programs/technical-services/transportation-information-management/02-rt-02n |title=RT-02N-DESTAPE files |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=June 30, 2021 |accessdate=October 20, 2021}} *[https://www.dot.state.oh.us/TechnicalServices/RoadInventories/RT-02N/RT-02-ROS.pdf Ross County] *[https://www.dot.state.oh.us/TechnicalServices/RoadInventories/RT-02N/RT-02-PIC.pdf Pickaway County] *[https://www.dot.state.oh.us/TechnicalServices/RoadInventories/RT-02N/RT-02-FAY.pdf Fayette County] *[https://www.dot.state.oh.us/TechnicalServices/RoadInventories/RT-02N/RT-02-MAD.pdf Madison County]</ref> | established = 1962<ref name=ODOT1961_map /><ref name=ODOT1962_map /><ref name="1962changes">{{cite news|title=Will Rt. 75 Become Known As Rt. 93?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5527180/oh_changes_april_27_1962/|access-date=June 10, 2016|work=The Logan Daily News|date=April 27, 1962|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | direction_a = South | terminus_a = {{jct|state=OH|OH|159}} near Chillicothe | junction = {{plainlist| *{{jct|state=OH|US|23}} near Chillicothe *{{jct|state=OH|OH|104}} in Chillicothe *{{jct|state=OH|US|22}} near New Holland }} | direction_b = North | terminus_b = {{jct|state=OH|US|62|OH|3|OH|56}} in Mount Sterling | counties = Ross, Pickaway, Fayette, Madison | previous_type = SR | previous_route = 206 | next_type = SR | next_route = 208 | browse = {{oh browse|previous_type=I|previous_route=277|route=20px|next_type=SR|next_route=278}} }}

'''State Route&nbsp;207''' ('''SR&nbsp;207''') is a {{convert|32|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} northwest-southeast state highway in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The first northern terminus of SR&nbsp;207 is at a roundabout with SR&nbsp;159 nearly {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} north of Chillicothe. Its second northern terminus is in Mount Sterling, following a {{convert|0.33|mi|km|adj=on}} long concurrence with U.S. Route 62 (US&nbsp;62) and SR&nbsp;3, at the intersection where they meet SR&nbsp;56.

==Route description== [[File:PancoastburgOH2.JPG|thumb|SR 207 through Pancoastburg]] Along the way, SR&nbsp;207 passes through northern Ross County, southwestern Pickaway County, north-eastern Fayette County and extreme south-eastern Madison County.<ref name=GM>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.4195699,-82.9562265/39.7199381,-83.2659396/@39.5592205,-83.2556069,52154m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-83.2703784!2d39.6767404!3s0x88475d97b037d297:0x53aca951dcb1f529!1m0!3e0 |accessdate=October 20, 2021}}</ref> It passes alongside Deer Creek Lake which is within Deer Creek State Park (not to be confused with Deer Creek State Park, UH), about 7 miles (11&nbsp;km) from its northern terminus in Mount Sterling.

There are no segments of this highway that are included within the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defence of the nation.<ref name="NHS">{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=December 2003 | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2008 | format=PDF|access-date=2011-09-01}}</ref>

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==History== SR&nbsp;207 was assigned in 1962. Running along the majority of SR&nbsp;207's present path, excepting the southernmost portion of the highway between US&nbsp;23 and SR&nbsp;104, along with the SR&nbsp;104 concurrency, the designation replaced the entirety of what was SR&nbsp;277 prior to that year. The change was necessitated by the coming of the Interstate Highway System to Ohio, which included construction of Interstate 277 in the Akron vicinity. Ohio follows a standard that no route number can be duplicated between different types of state highways, so SR&nbsp;277 became SR&nbsp;207.<ref name=ODOT1961_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1961a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1961 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref> <ref name=ODOT1962_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1962a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1962 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref>

In 2007, SR&nbsp;207 was extended on the south end via a nearly {{convert|0.50|mi|km|adj=on}} concurrency with SR&nbsp;104, and an all-new alignment running east from SR&nbsp;104 across the Scioto River to a new interchange with the US&nbsp;23 expressway in northern Ross County, north of Chillicothe.<ref name=ODOT2003_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Transportation Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm2003a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=2003 |cartography=ODOT |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name=ODOT2007_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Transportation Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm2007a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=2007 |cartography=ODOT |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref>

SR 207 was later extended from US 23 east to SR 159. Work on $8 million extension commenced in October 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D09/Pages/Ross-207-Extension.aspx|title=Ross-207 Extension|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=wetlands>{{cite news|url=https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/2019/10/25/construction-begins-ross-207-extension-roundabout-project/4007111002/|title=Construction begins on Ross-207 extension, roundabout project|last=Barnhart|first=Toria|newspaper=Chillicothe Gazette|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> Originally, the extension was supposed to intersect with SR 180 and SR 159. However, after officials discovered a wetland in their environmental study, the extension was revised to meet with SR 159 south of SR 180.<ref name=wetlands /> The extension opened to traffic in October 2020 that included a roundabout at its southern terminus with SR 159.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odot/about-us/news/district-9/state-route-207-connector-opens-in-ross-county|title=State Route 207 Connector opens in Ross County|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

From the completion of the extension of OH-207 in October 2020, the extension has had multiple signage changes. When the extension was opened, it was signed east-west, which would eventually be changed to north-south in 2021. It would be flipped in 2023, with the part that always has been designated "south" to be designated "south" on the extension instead of "north".

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name=DESTAPE/>}} {{OHint |county=Ross |cspan=5 |ctdab=Ross |township=Green |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |mile2=0.09 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|159}} |notes=Roundabout}} {{OHint |mile=1.02 |mile2=1.14 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|23|city1=Chillicothe|city2=Columbus}} |notes=Interchange}} {{OHint |ctdab=Ross |township=Union |lspan=2 |mile=3.40 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|104|dir1=South|to2=yes|US|35|city1=Chillicothe|location2=Hopewell Culture National Historical Park|location3=V.A. Memorial Stadium|location4=Adena Mansion}} |notes=Southern end of SR 104 concurrency}} {{OHint |mile=3.92 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|104|dir1=North}} |notes=Northern end of SR 104 concurrency}} {{OHint |location=Clarksburg |mile=14.58 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|138|name1=High Street}} |notes=}} {{OHint |county=Pickaway |ctdab=Pickaway |township=Perry |mile=20.04 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|22|city1=Circleville|city2=New Holland|city3=Washington Court House}} |notes=}} {{jctco|county=Fayette|state=OH}} {{OHint |county=Madison |cspan=3 |location=Mount Sterling |lspan=3 |mile=31.77 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|US|62|dir1=West|OH|3|dir3=South|name2=West Columbus Street}} |notes=Southern end of US 62/SR 3 concurrency}} {{OHint |mile=32.04 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|US|62|dir1=East|OH|3|dir2=north|OH|56|dir3=east|name2=East Columbus Street|name3=South London Street}} |notes=Northern end of US 62/SR 3 concurrency; southern end of SR 56 concurrency }} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=32.11 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|62|dir1=west|OH|3|dir2=south|OH|56|dir3=west|name2=Main Street|name3=North London Street|to4=yes|I|71}} |notes=Northern end of SR 56 concurrency }} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

==See also== {{Portal|Ohio|U.S. Roads}} {{Clear}}

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