Route 25
From route 75 in Cygnet to route 51 in Toledo.
Counties:
Wood, Lucas
Length:
34 miles
General Direction:
North/South
Intersections:
0: 75; 3: 281; 8: 6; 10: 64,105;
15: 582; 21: 475; 23: 20E,65; 24: 20W,20A,24W;
26: 24E; 31: 2; 33: 75; 34: 51
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From Cygnet to Perrysburg.
From Maumee to Toledo.
History of route 25:
Certified in 1926.
Originally certified as part of U.S. Route 25, which ran from
Brunswick, Georgia to Port Austin, Michigan.
Originally routed from Kentucky state line in Cincinnati to Michigan
state line along current route 42 from Cincinnati to Sharonville, unnumbered
roads paralleling route 75 from Sharonville to Cygnet, route 25 from Cygnet
to Toledo, route 51 from Toledo to 1 mile west of Toledo, route 24 from 1
mile west of Toledo to 2 miles north of Toledo, and an unnumbered road from
2 miles north of Toledo to Michigan state line.
Cincinnati to Sharonville was route 28 before 1926.
Sharonville to Franklin was route 124 before 1926.
Franklin to Perrysburg was route 6 before 1926.
Cincinnati to Sharonville dually certified with route 42 in 1926.
Findlay to Perrysburg dually certified with route 10 in 1932 and with
routes 68 and 10 in 1933.
Findlay to Perrysburg dually certified with route 68 from 1933-56.
In 1938, routing through Toledo changed to that of the current route 24.
Cincinnati to Sharonville, 7 miles south of Dayton to Vandalia, Bowling
Green to 5 miles north of Bowling Green, and Maumee to Michigan state line
upgraded to four lanes by 1946.
Bypass 25 added around Toledo along current routes 20, 246, 184, and an
unnumbered road by 1950.
Cygnet to Bowling Green upgraded to four lanes by 1954.
Lima to Mount Cory upgraded to four lanes in 1955.
Routing of bypass 25 changed to follow route 120 instead of route 246
in 1957.
St. Bernard to 8 miles north of Dayton dually certified with route 1
in 1960.
Routing in Cincinnati changed to follow that of the current routes 562
and 75 by 1961.
St. Bernard to West Carrollton, Dayton to 4 miles north of Dayton,
Tipp City to Sidney, Wapakoneta to Lima, and Findlay to North Baltimore
upgraded to freeway from 1959-61 and dually certified with route 75 in 1962.
In 1964, routing of bypass 25 changed to follow that of the new freeway
portion of route 23 and the current route 184.
Route 1 certification removed in 1966.
Routing gradually changed to that of current route 75 and dually
certified with route 75 from Cincinnati to Cygent from 1962-74.
Route through Cincinnati certified as route 42, 562, and 75 only in 1974.
Cincinnati to Cygnet certified as route 75 only in 1974.
Truncated at Cygnet in 1974.
U.S. 25 certification removed in 1974.
In 1989, routing from 2 miles north of Maumee to Toledo changed to the
current routing, the previous routing of route 24.
2 miles north of Maumee to 2 miles north of Toledo certified as route 24
in 1989.
Truncated at Toledo in 1989.
Route 25 Before 1926:
From 7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship.
Routed along current route 50 from 7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati
to 9 miles east of downtown Cincinnati and route 125 from 9 miles east of
downtown Cincinnati to Friendship.
7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to 11 miles east of downtown
Cincinnati dually certified with route 74.
7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to 9 miles east of downtown
Cincinnati certified as route 50 in 1926.
9 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to Friendship certified as
route 125 in 1926.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 8-18-97 at 20:49 EDT.