Ohio State Route 67
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State Route 67 (SR 67) is a northeast–southwest
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in the
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of
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. Its western terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 33 (US 33) just south of Wapakoneta, which is also the southern terminus for both SR 198 and SR 501, and its northern terminus is at SR 18 and SR 19 in
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. The portion of the route through Seneca County is signed north-south, while the rest of the route is signed east-west.


Route description

The portion of SR 67 in Wayne Township, Auglaize County, beginning at Santa Fe Line Road, passing into Waynesfield to its merge with SR 196, then leaving Waynesfield and ending at its split from SR 196, is designated as the "
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Sonny Zimmerman Memorial Highway", in honor of a Waynesfield resident and Waynesfield-Goshen High School graduate who was killed in Mushaka,
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on July 16, 2013, while serving in the
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.


History

*1924 – Original route established.Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System
(The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
Originally routed from Wapakoneta to
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along its current alignment and along State Route 18 from
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to Bellevue.Route 67
(The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
*1926 – Truncated at Republic; alignment to Bellevue certified as State Route 18. *1961 – Extended south from Wapakoneta (from its terminus at the former alignment of U.S. Route 33) to its current terminus via Auglaize Co. 25-A.


Major junctions


References

{{Reflist 067 Ohio State Route 067 Transportation in Auglaize County, Ohio Transportation in Hardin County, Ohio Transportation in Wyandot County, Ohio Transportation in Seneca County, Ohio