intersection in West Point; what is now CR 448-A and SR 518 between here and US 30 was SR 45. When SR 45 was moved to an alignment that intersected US 30 near the modern-day SR 11 freeway interchange in 1974, SR 518 was extended north to end at its current eastern terminus. Around 1999, sharp curves in the route west of Gavers were eliminated when a straighter alignment was built through a stream valley; the old alignment of SR 518 became designated SR 518-J indicating that the road was awaiting abandonment by Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). There were no driveways along it and was gated off from public travel though it was state-maintained until 2014. In 1958, ODOT built a rest area at mile marker 7.72 (12.42 km) commemorating the site of the surrender of John Hunt Morgan, the northernmost location Confederate troops advanced during the Civil War. A monument created in 1909 was moved to this rest area when the state could not acquire the property on which the actual surrender happened. The small rest area would remain until 1999 when the site was abandoned by ODOT due to a lack of a septic system for the restrooms. The monument was moved east near the actual site of the surrender in 2004. Major intersections References External links 518 Transportation in Columbiana County, Ohio