 In 2012, ODOT figured that the lowest traffic levels were present on the section that is west of SR 49, where only 410 vehicles used the highway daily.The peak traffic volume was 2,830 vehicles AADT along a section of SR 500 at is concurrent with SR 49 and SR 613.In 1923, SR 500 was signed as SR 194 northeast from Payne to Paulding and west of Payne was a county road.