Ohio State Route 21

"OH 21" redirects here. OH 21 may also refer to Ohio's 21st congressional district.

State Route 21 marker

State Route 21
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 59.81 mi[1] (96.25 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 250 near Strasburg
  US 30 in Massillon
I76 / US 224 in Norton
I77 near Fairlawn, in Richfield, and in Cuyahoga Heights
I80 / Ohio Turnpike in Richfield
North end: I77 in Cuyahoga Heights
Location
Counties: Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne, Summit, Cuyahoga
Highway system
SR 20SR 22

State Route 21 is a relic of an old U.S. Route 21, a major northsouth highway that connected greater Cleveland, Ohio, to southern South Carolina. South of Strasburg, Ohio, near the current southern terminus of State Route 21, the designation of U.S. Route 21 was moved to the new Interstate 77 freeway in east-central and southeastern Ohio by the early 1970s and then decommissioned. North of Strasburg, what remained of U.S. Route 21 as a route separate from Interstate 77 became State Route 21.

State Route 21 survives in Greater Cleveland as a divided surface road between its current northern terminus at Interstate 77 and Interstate 480 and Interstate 77 just south of the Ohio Turnpike, serving some of the suburbs of Cleveland as a local through route. It coincides with Interstate 77 between two junctions at mileposts 146 and 135 (from north to south) and again splits, State Route 21 passing through Barberton and Massillon, Interstate 77 passing through the much larger cities of Akron and Canton. State Route 21 has its southern terminus north of Strasburg at U.S. 250 near Interstate 77's Exit 87.

Very heavily traveled before the Interstate era, much of State Route 21 is divided highway or even freeway due to the needs of the time.

Junction list

All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocation[2]mi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Tuscarawas 0.00.0 US 250
Stark 1.82.9 SR 212 (Dolphin Street SW)
Navarre7.011.3 US 62 west (W Canal Street)Southern end of US 62 concurrency
Massillon9.915.9 US 30 / US 62 eastNorthern end of US 62 concurrency
9.915.9South End of Freeway Section
10.516.9Erie Street
11.418.3 SR 241 (Finefrock Road SW)
12.019.3North End of Freeway Section
12.520.1 SR 172 (Lincoln Highway)
12.820.6South End of Freeway
12.920.8Cherry Road NW
13.722.0 SR 236 (Lake Avenue NW)
 20.032.2 SR 93 (Manchester Avenue NW)
Wayne
No major junctions
SummitNorton29.146.8 SR 585 (Wooster Road W)
32.452.1 I76 / US 224
33.453.8 SR 261 (Wadsworth Road)
 36.658.9 SR 162 (Copley Road)
 38.161.3 I77 south (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway)Southern end of I-77 concurrency
For junctions, see Interstate 77 in Ohio
SummitRichfield48.578.1 I77 north (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway)Northern end of I-77 concurrency
48.578.1North End of Freeway
49.379.3 I80 / Ohio Turnpike
CuyahogaBrecksville52.584.5 SR 82 (E Royalton Road)
Cuyahoga Heights59.295.3 SR 17 (Granger Road)
59.896.2 I77 (Willow Freeway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams".
  2. 1 2 Google (2011-12-21). "Overview map of SR 21" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
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