{{Short description|State highway in western Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=697 |maint=ODOT |length_mi=7.54 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="sld">{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/Straight-Line-Diagrams.aspx |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |accessdate=2010-09-03}}</ref> |established=1938 |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|SR|116}} near Middle Point |junction= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|SR|66|SR|190}} in Delphos |counties=Van Wert, Allen |previous_type=SR |previous_route=696 |next_type=SR |next_route=698 }}

'''State Route 697''' ('''SR 697''', '''OH 697''') is an east&ndash;west state highway in the western portion of Ohio, a U.S. state. The western terminus of State Route 697 is located at its junction with State Route 116 approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} southwest of Middle Point. The eastern terminus of this route is located on the northern fringe of downtown Delphos, following a nearly {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} concurrency with State Route 66 at a signalized intersection that doubles as the southern terminus of State Route 190.

==Route description== This state highway runs through the eastern portion of Van Wert County, and into the extreme northwestern corner of Allen County. State Route 697 is not a part of the National Highway System.<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=2010-09-03}}</ref>

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==History== State Route 697 was established in 1938 along the routing that it utilizes to this day. No changes of major significance have taken place to the highway throughout its history.<ref name="ODOT1937_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1937|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}</ref><ref name="ODOT1938_map">{{cite map|title=Ohio State Map|year=1938|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop|length_ref=<ref name="sld"/>}} {{OHint |county=Van Wert |ctdab=Van Wert |location=Ridge Township |mile=0.00 |type= |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|116|road|Ringwald Road}} }} {{OHint |county=Allen |cspan=2 |location=Delphos |lspan=2 |mile=7.31 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|66|dir1=South|name1=South Main Street|road|East Second Street}} |notes=Southern end of SR&nbsp;66 concurrency }} {{OHint |mile=7.54 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|66|dir1=North|OH|190|dir2=north|name2=Fifth Street|road|North Main Street}} |notes=Northern end of SR 66 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 190 }} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{Reflist}}

697 Category:Transportation in Van Wert County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Allen County, Ohio