A section of highway in Licking County (Ohio) apparently has a confusing and contradictory numbering system, which led callers to mistakenly report the location of a fatal accident last month. Licking 911 Center operations supervisor Delores McNamara said she listened to the nine persons who dialed 911 for help, and concluded that they were confused by overlapping highway routes and signage. The calls led dispatchers to send units to a location four miles from the actual incident, which killed one person and injured two. McNamara has requested improved signage from the state to clarify the highway routes for motorists, and will also add locations to CAD to accommodate the various ways that callers might report incidents along the highway. Read more here.
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Traveling from east to west across Licking County, a motorist would first be on Highway 16. However, Highway 37 comes from the south at Granville, and turns westward for about three miles, changing the route designation. After about three miles, Highway 37 turns north, and the route number changes again, this time to Highway 161, which continues west.
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