Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway and passes through farmland, woodland and residential properties.

The route heads northeast as a two-lane highway, passing through woodland.

The road makes a sharp curve due east passing through woodland and farmland.

In East Fairfield the highway passes through commercial properties and has an intersection with SR 7.

The concurrency parallel Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks.

The highway passes through residential properties, heading towards downtown Palestine.

ODOT's 2009 annual average daily traffic (AADT) calculations showed that the lowest traffic levels were present on a section of roadway at the western terminus, where only 740 vehicles used the highway daily; the peak traffic volume was 3,990 vehicles AADT along a section of SR 558 that is concurrent with SR 46.

[14][15] The final section of roadway, between SR 164 and East Fairfield, was paved between 1959 and 1961.