Ohio State Route 253

State highway in Scioto County, Ohio, US

On a regular basis, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) conducts surveys to measure the amount of traffic that uses its highway system. These traffic counts are commonly given in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), a determination of the number of vehicles on a particular segment of roadway on any typical day of the year. A traffic count by ODOT in 2008 showed that 7,210 cars and 710 trucks utilized SR 253 on a daily basis. The entirety of SR 253 is included within the National Highway System, a system of routes deemed most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.

The SR 253 designation has been utilized on two separate occasions. The first iteration of the highway began in 1925. At the time, in the northern half of Medina County, a segment of what is now county maintained Fenn Road between the SR 18/SR 57 concurrency and U. S. Route 42 was brought into the state highway system. This roadway, which is located less than 1 mile (2 km) north of the city limits of Medina, was given the designation of SR 253. In 1937, the route was extended east along Fenn Road to a new eastern terminus at SR 3 northeast of Medina. SR 253's time of being routed along this stretch of roadway came to an end in 1958 when jurisdiction of Fenn Road was transferred from the state to Medina County. By 1989, SR 253 was re introduced to the state highway system. Coinciding with the completion of the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge across the Ohio River, the designation was applied to the brief alignment that it maintains to this day from the Kentucky state line on the bridge to the US 52 expressway.