{{Short description|State highway in Muskingum County, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=208 |maint=ODOT |map=OH 208 map.svg |length_mi=11.19 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="sld">{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/MUSSR0208R.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2013-07-09|author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation }}</ref> |established=1924<ref name="ODOT1923_map"/><ref name="ODOT1924_map"/> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|60}} in Dresden |junction= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|SR|93}} in Adamsville |counties=Muskingum |previous_type=SR |previous_route=207 |next_type=SR |next_route=209 }}

'''State Route 208''' ('''SR 208''', '''OH 208''') is an east&ndash;west state highway in central Ohio, a U.S. state. The entire highway is in the northern portion of Muskingum County and is a two-lane highway, passing through woodlands. The western terminus of SR&nbsp;208 is at SR&nbsp;60 in Dresden, while its eastern terminus is at SR&nbsp;93 in Adamsville. SR&nbsp;208 was established in the mid 1920s.

==Route description== SR&nbsp;208 begins at an intersection with SR&nbsp;60 in Dresden. The road heads northeast into downtown Dresden. In downtown, the highway turns southeasterly and passes through residential properties, as a two-lane highway. The route leaves downtown Dresden, by turning towards the northeast.<ref name="google maps">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=W+9th+St&daddr=North+St&hl=en&ll=40.117235,-82.009721&spn=0.017328,0.042272&sll=40.069823,-81.882136&sspn=0.001084,0.003664&geocode=FQoqZAIdYIoc-w%3BFexqYwIdv5Ie-w&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&z=15|accessdate=August 5, 2013|title=Overview of State Route 208}}</ref><ref name="ODOT 2011">{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maps/11MapFiles/Front-11-PDF.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=2011 |cartography=ODOT |accessdate=August 5, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ODOT 2008 county map">{{cite map|title=Map of Muskingum County, Ohio|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/CountyMaps_ColorOn/MUS_color.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=June 2012 |cartography=ODOT |accessdate=August 5, 2013}}</ref> Here, SR&nbsp;208 has its highest traffic counts; within the 2011 ODOT survey, the road is listed with an average annual daily traffic(AADT) of 3,090&nbsp;vehicles on a section of highway between the western terminus and the point that SR&nbsp;208 turns northeasterly.<ref name="TIMS">{{cite web |url=http://tims.dot.state.oh.us/TIMS/Map/MapViewer |title=Transportation Information Mapping System |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=August 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916101641/http://tims.dot.state.oh.us/TIMS/Map/MapViewer |archive-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After turning towards the northeast the road crosses the Ohio Central Railroad owned track.<ref name="ODOT RR 2012">{{cite map|title=Ohio Rail Transportation Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maps/RailMap/RailMapbackside.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=2011 |cartography=ODOT |accessdate=August 5, 2013}}</ref> The highway passes through commercial and a school. After the school, the road crosses the Muskingum River, followed by a T-intersection with SR&nbsp;666. The highway has a T-intersection with SR&nbsp;666, SR&nbsp;208 heads easterly, from SR&nbsp;666, passing through woodland and farmland.<ref name="google maps"/><ref name="ODOT 2011"/><ref name="ODOT 2008 county map"/>

East of the intersection with SR&nbsp;666, the AADT of SR&nbsp;208 drops to 780&nbsp;vehicles.<ref name="TIMS"/> At Stone Church Road, the highway heads towards the south-southeast. The road has an intersection at Township Road 115 (T–115), at this intersection SR&nbsp;208 turns easterly. The highway makes a sharp curve, turning towards the south. After turning towards the south, the road makes a curve towards due east. The makes one last sharp turn, turning towards the south. The route enters Adamsville from the north, heading due south. The road passes through residential properties. SR&nbsp;208's eastern terminus is at an intersection with SR&nbsp;93, at the main intersection in the village.<ref name="google maps"/><ref name="ODOT 2011"/><ref name="ODOT 2008 county map"/> No portion that is included as a part of the National Highway System.<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|accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref>

==History== [[File:Dresden Suspension Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|The historic Dresden Suspension Bridge once carried SR 208 over the Muskingum River.]] Designated during the early years of the Ohio State Highway system, specifically in 1924, State Route 208 maintains the same Dresden-to-Adamsville routing today that it did when it debuted. No significant changes have taken place to the highway itself since its inception, only the designation of the highways at its endpoints. What is now State Route 60 at State Route 208's western terminus was known as State Route 77 in 1924, and what is now State Route 93 at the eastern terminus of State Route 208 was originally designated as State Route 75.<ref name="ODOT1923_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1923|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works<!--|access-date=August 5, 2013-->}}</ref><ref name="ODOT1924_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1924|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works<!--|access-date=August 5, 2013-->}}</ref> The entire route was paved in 1950.<ref name="ODOT1949_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1949|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways<!--|access-date=August 5, 2013-->}}</ref><ref name="ODOT1950_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1950|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways<!--|access-date=August 5, 2013-->}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="sld"/>|county=Muskingum}} {{OHint |location=Dresden |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|60|name1=Frazeysburg Road|road|West 9th Street}} |notes= }} {{OHint |ctdab=Muskingum |location=Madison Township |mile=1.03 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|666|dir1=south|name1=North River Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 666 }} {{OHint |location=Adamsville |mile=11.19 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|93}} |notes= }} {{OHintbtm}}

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==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172934/http://www.state-ends.com/ohio/oh208/ State Route 208 Endpoint Photos]

208 Category:Transportation in Muskingum County, Ohio