Routes 30 (US 30) and 62 in Perry and Canton township, and its signed northern terminus is at SR 172 at the intersection of Raff Avenue and Tuscarawas Street in western on the border of Perry Township and the city of Canton.

SR 297 begins at an interchange with the US 30 and US 62 freeway southwest of Canton in Perry Township.

Ramps to and from the freeway continue east from here but SR 297 turns north onto the three-to-four-lane Raff Road.

After an intersection with Southway Street (partly the former routing of US 62), the road has a grade crossing with a Norfolk Southern railroad and continues north-northeast through a light industrial area of Canton Township.

[5] SR 791 would be shown on official state maps until 1977 but would remain in Stark County traffic logs until 1988.