Route 81
From Indiana state line 1 mile west of Willshire to route 53 at Patterson.
Continuation of Indiana route 124.
Counties:
Van Wert, Allen, Hardin
Length:
73 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Intersections:
0: IN; 1: 33,49; 9: 118; 13: 127;
21: 116; 26: 66; 40: 65,117,309; 42: 75;
57: 235; 67: 68; 73: 53
History of route 81:
Certified in 1926.
Originally routed from Ada to Patterson.
Ada to Patterson was route 69 before 1926.
Indiana state line to Lima was unnumbered before 1938.
Indiana state line to Lima was route 704 from 1938-40.
Lima to Ada was unnumbered before 1940.
Extended to Indiana state line in 1940.
Route 81 Before 1926:
From Laporte to Twinsburg.
Entire route certified as route 82 in 1926.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 8-04-97 at 20:08 EDT.