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Groundbreaking of Ohio 4
July 10, 1917
About 50 people attended the groundbreaking of the Butler County section of Ohio 4 in 1917. Members of the Butler County Good Roads Committee, county and city officials broke ground near the current section of Winton Road and Ohio 4 on July 10, 1917.
At that time there were just 3,300 registered vehicles in the county. The road was, at one time, a dirt path through a dense southern Ohio forest, used by the U.S. Army’s northern marches into Fort Hamilton in the late 18th century. The 5.4-mile stretch of Ohio 4 that runs through Fairfield now sees more than 45,000 cars every day.
Source: Fairfield Echo, Sept. 9-15, “Ohio 4: An amazing history.�
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