Ohio State Route 124

History

• 1926 – Original route certified; originally routed from Hillsboro to south of Portland along the former State Route 24 alignment.
• 1934 – Extended to Portland.
• 1935 – Extended to east of Coolville along a previously unnumbered road from Portland to Long Bottom, a former alignment of State Route 248 from Long Bottom to Reedsville, a previously unnumbered road from Reedsville to Hockingport, and along the current State Route 144 from Hockingport to east of Coolville.
• 1936 – Rerouted to its current eastern terminus along a previously unnumbered road ; Hockingport to east of Coolville certified as State Route 144.
• 1938 – Extended to its current western terminus along a previously unnumbered road; rerouted from Great Bend to south of Portland along the current State Route 338; former alignment from Great Bend to south of Portland certified as State Route 338.
• 1941 – State Route 124 and State Route 338 alignments from Great Bend to south of Portland reverted to previous and current routings.
• 1934 – Extended to Portland.
• 1969 – Joined with State Route 7 along Pomeroy bypass.
• 1974 – west of Jasper to Jasper upgraded to divided highway.
• 1984 – Joined by State Route 32 from west of Jasper to Roads.
• unknown – Givens to Roads upgraded to divided highway.
• 1997 – Jasper to Givens upgraded to divided highway.
• 2003 – Routed along the former U.S. Route 33 alignment from north of Pomeroy to east of Pomeroy; routed along a former alignment of State Route 338 from Racine to Great Bend; former State Route 124 alignment from Racine to Great Bend decertified.
• 2004 - Routed along State Route 327 alignment from south of Wellston at interchange with State Route 32 to intersection at Roads.
• 2009 - Routed along Athens County Road 62 from Hockingport to a new eastern terminus near Torch. The former section from Hockingport to Little Hocking had been permanently closed in 2005 due to a landslide.

  Before 1926

• 1924 – Original route established; originally routed from Sharonville to Franklin.
• 1926 – Entire route became a portion of the former U.S. Route 25.

  Major junctions