End of US highway 250

Note: since I don't have access to a comprehensive collection of historical road atlases, much of the info below is based on the research of Robert Droz; click here to view his site. Photo credits: Marc Fannin; Cameron Kaiser; Steven Nelson; Jason Reighard

The 1925 plan for the US highway system had a "US 250" in Kansas, running essentially along modern US 50 from Baldwin City to Garden City. However, this number was not approved; the route ended up being designated "US 50-S" in 1926. So the only "real" US 250 was the one that appeared in 1928, originally running from Norwalk OH to US 50 near Grafton WV. There, heading east on US 50, the south beginning of US 250 was once to the left...

Nelson, Apr. 2008

...but now it extends ahead with US 50 for a couple miles, before the routes go their separate ways again at Pruntytown. Heading the opposite direction, the photo below shows modern signage at the original beginning of US 250:

Nelson, Apr. 2008

In 1935 the US 250 designation was extended east to Richmond VA (you can view photos from there on this page).

The original west end of US 250 was at its junction with US 20 in Norwalk OH:

Nelson, May 2008

That's looking north on Benedict Avenue at Main Street (which today carries OH hwy. 61, but was once US 20). US 250 used to end here (but as you can see it now continues ahead on Whittlesey Avenue). The photo below is looking west on Main:

Nelson, May 2008

To the left on Benedict was the original west beginning of US 250.

In 1933, US 250's west end was extended to Sandusky OH. I'm not sure when this changed, but originally westbound US 250 turned off Milan about a half-mile before Sycamore Line (yes, "Line" - not "Lane"), left onto Perkins Aveune. Then it went north on Columbus Avenue, and ended downtown at Washington Street, or US 6. The photo below shows some current signage at that intersection:

Fannin, 2001

That's from westbound Washington, at the intersection with Columbus. OH hwy. 4 follows historic US 250 for a few blocks, and then veers off to the southwest via Hayes Avenue. I'm not sure whether the remainder of old 250 is still on the state highway system.

The photos below show the modern terminus: now the US 250 designation comes in on Milan Road and ends on Sycamore Line at Cleveland Road (US 6):

Reighard, Aug. 2003

That's looking north at the end of US 250. Beyond the green sign you can just make out the "End" assembly - it's shown close-up below:

Kaiser, July 2006

You can also see the signage for the beginning of US 250 for westbound US 6 traffic. The "End" assembly has apparently been replaced since Marc took his photo (below):

Fannin, 2001