Ohio State Route 676

{{Short description|State highway in southeastern Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=676 |map=OH 676 map.svg |maint=ODOT |length_mi=26.40 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="SLD_676WAS">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/wassr0676r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 676, Washington County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235518/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/wassr0676r.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SLD_676MOR">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/morsr0676r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 676, Morgan County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2011-05-25 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |established=1937<ref name=ODOT1936_map /><ref name=ODOT1937_map /> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|555}} near Chesterhill |junction= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|OH|7}} in Marietta |counties=Washington, Morgan |previous_type=OH 1960 |previous_route=675 |next_type=SR |next_route=677 }}

'''State Route 676''' ('''SR 676''') is a {{convert|26.53|mi|km|adj=on}} long east–west state highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 676 is at a T-intersection with SR 555 approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} southeast of the village of Chesterhill. Its eastern terminus is at a T-intersection with SR 7 in the southwestern portion of the city of Marietta.

==Route description== SR 676 traverses the western portion of Washington County and a small portion of southern Morgan County. There are no segments of SR 676 that are a part of the National Highway System (NHS), a network of route determined to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.<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=2011-05-27}}</ref>

==History== The SR 676 designation was established in 1937. It has utilized the same routing between SR 555 near Chesterhill and SR 7 near Marietta throughout its history. Initially, the entire length of SR 676 was a gravel roadway.<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=2011-05-26}}</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=2011-05-26}}</ref> In 1947, the easternmost stretch of SR 676 between County Road 183 (CR 183) and SR 7 was paved.<ref name=ODOT1946_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1946a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1946 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1947_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1947a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1947 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref> Four years later, the highway was hard-surfaced between the present SR 339 junction, at the time designated as SR 76, and CR 183.<ref name=ODOT1950_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1950a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1950 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1951_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1951a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1951 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref> The remaining gravel portion of SR 676 between SR 555 and the current SR 339 intersection was paved by 1961.<ref name=ODOT1959_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1959a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1959 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1961_map>{{cite map |title=Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1961a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1961 |cartography=ODOH |accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="SLD_676WAS"/><ref name="SLD_676MOR"/>}} {{OHint |county=Washington |cspan=2 |ctdab=Washington |location=Wesley Township |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|555|city1=Chesterhill|city2=Bartlett}} }} {{OHint |mile=4.30 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|792|dir1=North}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 792}} {{jctco|county=Morgan|state=OH}} {{jctco|county=Washington|state=OH}} {{jctco|county=Morgan|state=OH}} {{OHint |county=Washington |cspan=3 |ctdab=Washington |location=Watertown Township |lspan=2 |mile=14.24 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|339|dir1=South|city1=Barlow}} |notes=Western end of SR 339 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=14.39 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|339|dir1=North|city1=Beverly|road|Franklin Street}} |notes=Eastern end of SR 339 concurrency }} {{OHint |location=Marietta |mile=26.40 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|7|city1=New Matamoras|city2=Belpre|city3=Athens|name1=Fort Harmar Drive}} }} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

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