# Ohio State Route 557
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{{Short description|State highway in Holmes County, Ohio, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=557
|maint=[ODOT](/source/Ohio_Department_of_Transportation)
|length_mi=10.23
|length_round=2
|length_ref=[{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/HOLSR0557R.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2013-08-03}}]
|established=1937[{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=OH-557+N&daddr=OH-557+N&hl=en&ll=40.475485,-81.708584&spn=0.034473,0.084543&sll=40.555442,-81.82261&sspn=0.004304,0.010568&geocode=FcWBaQIdC1gh-w%3BFUjTagIdR3Yf-w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=h&z=14|title=Overview Map of State Route 557 |accessdate=August 2, 2013}}][{{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 2, 2013}}][{{cite map |title=Map of Holmes County, Ohio |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/CountyMaps_ColorOn/HOL_color.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=December 2008 |cartography=ODOT |accessdate=August 2, 2013}}]
All of the highway is inclusive in the [Amish Country Byway](/source/Ohio_Scenic_Byways), an officially designated [National Scenic Byway](/source/National_Scenic_Byway).[{{cite web| url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/OhioByways/Pages/AmishCountryByway.aspx | title =Amish Country Byway| publisher =Ohio Department of Transportation| accessdate =2010-10-21}}] The route is not included in the [National Highway System](/source/National_Highway_System_(United_States)).[{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio |date=December 2003 | publisher=[Federal Highway Administration](/source/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=2010-10-22}}] SR 557 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 ODOT survey, the road is listed with an [average annual daily traffic](/source/average_annual_daily_traffic)(AADT) of 920 vehicles on a section of highway between the southern terminus and Holmes County Road 600 (CR 600). ODOT figured that the peak traffic levels were present on the section that is between CR 600 and Township Road 154 (T–154), where 3,360 vehicles used the highway daily.[{{cite web|url=http://tims.dot.state.oh.us/TIMS/Map/MapViewer|title=Transportation Information Mapping System|author=Staff|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|accessdate=July 27, 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}}]
==History==
SR 557 was commissioned in 1937, on most of the same route as today. The southern terminus of SR 557 was at [SR 93](/source/Ohio_State_Route_93).[{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1936 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}][{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1937 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}] In 1949 a Temporary SR 557 was commissioned between [Baltic](/source/Baltic%2C_Ohio) and the current southern terminus of SR 557.[{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1948 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}][{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1949 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}] In 1951, the current section of SR 557 was paved.[{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1950 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}][{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways|date=1951 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}] The Temporary SR 557 was removed by 1969 and SR 643 was extended to the current intersection with SR 557. SR 643 replace SR 557 from that intersection to SR 93.[{{cite map|title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/OfficialTransportationMaps.aspx|publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1969 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}] No significant changes have taken place to this state route since 1969.