Route 49
From route 35 in Dayton to Michigan state line 12 miles north of Edon.
Continuation of Michigan route 49.
Counties:
Montgomery, Miami, Darke, Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Williams
Length:
154 miles
General Direction:
North/South
Freeway Sections:
From 9 miles north of Dayton to 11 miles north of Dayton (dually
certified with route 70).
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From Dayton to 9 miles north of Dayton.
From route 70 to 1 mile north of route 70.
History of route 49:
Certified in 1926.
Originally routed from route 30 to Michigan state line.
Dayton to Hicksville was route 51 before 1926.
Willshire to route 30 was unnumbered before 1934.
Greenville to Willshire was route 51 before 1934.
Dayton to Greenville was route 51 before 1935.
Current route 30 to Hicksville was route 108 before 1926.
Hicksville to Edon was unnumbered before 1926.
Edon to 2 miles north of Edon was route 34 before 1926.
2 miles north of Edon to Michigan state line was route 107 before 1926.
Extended to Greenville in 1934.
Extended to Dayton in 1935.
9 miles north of Dayton to 11 miles north of Dayton rerouted onto new
freeway and dually certified with route 40 in 1959.
11 miles north of Dayton to 12 miles north of Dayton upgraded to divided
highway in 1959.
Arcanum bypass added in 1962.
Route through Arcanum certified as route 49A in 1962.
9 miles north of Dayton to 11 miles north of Dayton dually certified
with route 70 in 1962. Route 40 certification for this section removed by
1969.
3 miles south of route 70 to route 70 upgraded to divided highway in 1972.
By 2000, rerouted south of 3 miles south of route 70.
Previous routing south of 3 miles south of route 70 decertified by 2000.
Route 49 Before 1926:
From Cambridge to West Virginia state line in Steubenville.
Routed along current route 22.
Entire route certified as route 22 in 1926.