{{Short description|State highway in southeastern Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=260 |map=OH 260 map.svg |maint=ODOT |established=1926 |length_mi=36.67 |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=June 24, 2015 |accessdate=January 10, 2016}} *[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESWAS.pdf Washington County] *[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESMOE.pdf Monroe County] *[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESNOB.pdf Noble County] </ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|7}} in Matamoras |junction= |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|OH|78}} near East Union |counties=Washington, Monroe, Noble |previous_type=SR |previous_route=259 |next_type=SR |next_route=261 }}
'''State Route 260''' ('''SR 260''') is a {{convert|36.67|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in southeastern Ohio. The route runs from SR 7 in Matamoras to SR 78 near East Union.
==Route description== The route is signed as a north–south highway though it runs northwest–southeast between Matamoras and East Union.<ref name=GM>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=2nd+St&daddr=39.6884485,-81.3510788+to:OH-78+W%2FWoodsfield+Rd&hl=en&ll=39.643239,-81.22467&spn=0.432508,0.891953&sll=39.711148,-81.256599&sspn=0.216042,0.445976&geocode=FSsPWwIdeg8r-w%3BFQCZXQIdWq4m-ylrrAEhcCg2iDFMDqhW0ljE5w%3BFf26XgIdohwm-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&t=m&z=11 |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> No part of the route is a part of the National Highway System.<ref name="NHS">{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=October 1, 2012| publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/ohio/oh_Ohio.pdf | format=PDF|access-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref>
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==History== SR 260 was first assigned around 1926 on its present alignment between SR 145 in Road Fork to SR 78 near East Union, entirely in Noble County.<ref name=ODOT1925_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1925a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1925 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1926_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1926a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1926 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> SR 245 was signed on the present SR 260 route between Matamoras and Bloomfield at SR 26 as well; the section between SR 26 and SR 145 was not a part of the state highway system at the time. By 1933, SR 260 extended east from SR 145 in Monroe County to the community of Marr.<ref name=ODOT1932_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1932a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1932 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1933_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1933a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1933 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Within the next two years, the route was extended south to Bloomfield and absorbed all of SR 245.<ref name=ODOT1934_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1934a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1934 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1935_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1935a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |year=1935 |cartography=ODHPW |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Since then, no major changes have taken effect on the routing. {{-}}
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=destape/>}} {{OHint |county=Washington |cspan=3 |location=Matamoras |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|7|name1=2nd Street / Park Avenue|city1=Marietta|city2=Clarington}} }} {{OHint |township=Ludlow |ctdab=Washington |lspan=2 |mile=9.76 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|26|dir1=south|city1=Marietta}} |notes=Southern end of SR 26 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=9.98 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|26|dir1=north|city1=Woodsfield}} |notes=Northern end of SR 26 concurrency }} {{OHint |county=Monroe |cspan=2 |township=Bethel |ctdab=Monroe |lspan=2 |mile=15.33 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|565|dir1=west|city1=Lebanon}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 565 }} {{OHint |mile=16.52 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|537|dir1=east|to2=yes|SR|26}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 537 }} {{OHint |county=Noble |cspan=4 |township=Elk |ctdab=Noble |lspan=2 |mile=24.22 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|145|dir1=south|city1=Lower Salem}} |notes=Southern end of SR 145 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=26.07 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|145|dir1=north|city1=Lewisville}} |notes=Northern end of SR 145 concurrency }} {{OHint |township=Stock |ctdab=Noble |lspan=2 |mile=34.45 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|724|dir1=east|name1=Pump Station Road}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 724 }} {{OHint |mile=36.67 |road={{jct|state=OH|SR|78|city1=Caldwell|city2=Lewisville|city3=Summerfield}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== *{{portal-inline|Ohio}} *{{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{Reflist|30em}}
260 Category:Transportation in Washington County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Monroe County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Noble County, Ohio