text: ohio state route 249 state route 249 ( sr 249 ) is an ohio state route that runs between the indiana state line and ney in the us state of ohio . the 14 . 45 miles ( 23 . 26 km ) of sr 249 that lie within the state serve as a minor highway . none of the highway is listed on the national highway system . the whole route is a rural two - lane highway and passes through farmland . the highway was first signed in 1925 and was a north – south route , a route that later became u.s. route 127 ( us 127 ) . sr 249 was given its current route in 1927 , as a replacement for sr 22 . the route was completely paved by 1942 . route description sr 249 heads southeast from the indiana – ohio state line , as a two - lane highway passing through farmland , with some houses . the route passes over the st. joseph river and turns due east . the highway has an intersection at sr 49 , in rural defiance county . after the intersection with sr 49 the highway enters farmland and woodland , with a few houses . the route has an intersection with sr 2 , this intersection is the western terminus of the sr 2 concurrency . the concurrency heads east , passing through farmland , until sr 2 turns north in the community of farmer . sr 249 heads east having an intersection with us 127 . the route turns southeast , before ending at an intersection with sr 15 in ney . there is no section of sr 249 that is included as a part of the national highway system , a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation 's economy , mobility and defense . the highway is maintained by the ohio department of transportation ( odot ) like all other state routes in the state . the department tracks the traffic volumes along all state highways as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called average annual daily traffic ( aadt ) . this measurement is a calculation of the traffic level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year . in 2009 , odot figured that the lowest traffic level was 820 vehicles on the section that is concurrent with sr 2 , and the peak traffic volume was 6 , 720 vehicles between us 127 and sr 15 . history the route that became sr 249 was first signed as sr 22 in 1923 following all of sr 249 as it is today and heading as far east - southeast as marion . also in this year the route east of farmer was paved . sr 249 made its debut in 1925 , as a north – south route , on a section of road that is now us 127 . the route went from sr 22 , now sr 249 , north to sr 9 , now sr 15 . in 1927 , sr 249 replaced part of sr 22 , from the indiana state line to ney . the rest of the route from the indiana state line to farmer was paved in 1942 . no significant changes have taken place to this state route since 1942 . major intersections the entire route is in defiance county .