{{Short description|State highway in Wayne County, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=539 |map=OH 539 map.svg |maint=ODOT |length_mi=13.47 |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/WAYSR0539R.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2013-08-03}}</ref> |established=1964<ref name=ODOT1962_map /><ref name=ODOT1964_map /> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|302}} in Chester Township |junction={{jct|state=OH|I|71}} in Congress Township |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|OH|301}} in West Salem |counties=Wayne |previous_type=OH 1927 |previous_route=538 |next_type=SR |next_route=540 }}

'''State Route 539''' ('''SR 539''') is a north&ndash;south state highway in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. State Route 539 has its southern terminus at State Route 302 in Chester Township approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} northwest of the city limits of Wooster. Its northern terminus is at its junction with State Route 301 in West Salem, just one block south of that route's junction with U.S. Route 42.

==Route description== left|thumb|SR&nbsp;539 in Congress Township The entirety of State Route 539 is situated within the northwestern portion of Wayne County. There is no segment of this route that is included within the National Highway System, a network of highways deemed to be most important for the country's economy, mobility.<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=2011-01-13}}</ref>

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==History== State Route 539 was designated in 1964. The route was established along the alignment that it utilizes to this day between State Route 302 near Wooster and State Route 301 in West Salem. No changes of major significance have taken place to State Route 539 since its inception.<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 |accessdate=2011-01-13}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1964_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1964ar.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1964 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-01-13}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="sld"/> |county=Wayne}} {{OHint |ctdab=Wayne |location=Chester Township |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|302}} }} {{OHint |location=Congress |lspan=2 |mile=8.24 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|604|dir1=East|name1=Oak Street|road|Maple Street}} |notes=Southern end of SR 604 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=8.60 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|604|dir1=West}} |notes=Northern end of SR 604 concurrency }} {{OHint |ctdab=Wayne |location=Congress Township |mile=10.83 |road={{jct|state=OH|I|71|location1=Cleveland|city2=Columbus}} |notes=Exit 198 (I-71) }} {{OHint |location=West Salem |mile=13.47 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|301|name1=Main Street|road|Congress Street}} }} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

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