{{Short description|State highway in Clermont County, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=222 |maint=ODOT |length_mi=29.14 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="SLD_222CLE">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/harsr0195r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR&nbsp;222, Clermont County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061250/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/harsr0195r.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |established=1923<ref name=ODOT1922_map /><ref name=ODOT1923_map /> |map=OH 222 map.svg |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|US|52}} near Chilo |junction= |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|50}} in Batavia |counties=Clermont |previous_type=SR |previous_route=221 |next_type=US |next_route=223 }}

'''State Route&nbsp;222''' ('''SR&nbsp;222''') is a {{convert|29.14|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} north&ndash;south state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of SR&nbsp;222 is at U.S. Route 52 (US&nbsp;52) in the village of Chilo. Its northern terminus is at a signalized T-intersection with US&nbsp;50 approximately {{convert|3.50|mi|km}} northwest of Batavia.

==Route description== The entirety of SR&nbsp;222 is situated within Clermont County. No section of this state route is included within the National Highway System (NHS), a network of highways that are deemed most important for the economy, mobility and defense 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|accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref>

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==History== The designation of SR&nbsp;222 took place in 1923. Originally, the highway was routed from its present southern terminus in Chilo to its junction with the former SR&nbsp;25 in Monroe Township.<ref name=ODOT1922_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio State Highways |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1922a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=April 1922 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1923_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1923a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=July 1923 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref> SR&nbsp;222 was extended to the north in 1937, traveling from SR&nbsp;125 in Batavia Township to its current northern terminus at US&nbsp;50.<ref name=ODOT1936_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1936 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1937_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1937 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="SLD_222CLE"/>|county=Clermont}} {{OHint |location=Chilo |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|52|name1=Main Street|road|Green Street|city1=New Richmond|city2=Higginsport}} |notes=Southern terminus}} {{OHint |ctdab=Clermont |location=Franklin Township |type=concur |mile=3.36 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|133|dir1=South}} |notes=Southern end of SR 133 concurrency }} {{OHint |location=Felicity |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=4.71 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|133|dir1=North|OH|756|dir2=East|name2=Light Street}} |notes=Northern end of SR 133 concurrency; southern end of SR 756 concurrency}} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=4.99 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|756|dir1=West|name1=Light Street|road|Mulberry Street}} |notes=Northern end of SR 756 concurrency}} {{OHint |ctdab=Clermont |location=Washington Township |mile=9.52 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|743|dir1=West|name1=Bees Run Road|city1=Moscow}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR&nbsp;743}} {{OHint |ctdab=Clermont |location=Tate Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=11.83 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|232|dir1=South|city1=Point Pleasant|road|Salt Air Road}} |notes=Southern end of SR 232 concurrency}} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=12.56 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|232|dir1=North}} |notes=Northern end of SR 232 concurrency}} {{OHint |ctdab=Clermont |location=Batavia Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=17.95 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|125|dir1=East|city1=Bethel}} |notes=Southern end of SR 125 concurrency}} {{OHint |type=concur |mile=19.41 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|125|dir1=West|city1=Amelia|name1=Ohio Pike}} |notes=Northern end of SR 125 concurrency}} {{OHint |location=Batavia |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=25.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|132|dir1=South|location1=UC Clermont}} |notes=Southern end of SR 132 concurrency }} {{OHint |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|32|OH|132|dir2=North|city1=Williamsburg|location2=Cincinnati|city3=Owensville}} |type=concur |mile=25.67 |notes=Interchange; northern end of SR 132 concurrency}} {{OHint |ctdab=Clermont |location=Stonelick Township |mile=29.14 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|50|city1=Owensville|city2=Milford}} |notes=}} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

==References== {{Attached KML}} {{Portal|Ohio|U.S. Roads}} {{Reflist}}

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