Ohio State Route 2

State Route 2
Route of SR 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	227.26 mi[1] (365.74 km)
Existed:	1912[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 37 near Hicksville
	US 20A in Wauseon I‑80 / I‑90 / Ohio Turnpike near Swanton I‑475 / US 23 near Toledo I‑280 / LECT near Toledo US 6 / LECT in Sandusky I‑90 near Elyria I‑90 / SR 254 in Rocky River US 6 / LECT in Rocky River US 6 / US 20 in Cleveland I‑90 in Cleveland I‑90 in Euclid SR 44 in Painesville Township
East end:	US 20 in Painesville Township
Location
Counties:	Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 1 SR 3 →

State Route 2 (SR 2), formerly known as Inter-county Highway 2 until 1921^[3] and State Highway 2 in 1922,^[4] is an east–west highway crossing most of northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville where the route becomes Indiana State Road 37 which continues to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The eastern terminus of the route is in Painesville Township in Lake County at U.S. Route 20.

Route description

It passes through Bryan, Wauseon (where it briefly becomes a couplet^[5]), and enters greater Toledo west of its interchange with the Ohio Turnpike. It continues east from greater Toledo and soon parallels Lake Erie, becoming a freeway near Port Clinton. From Oregon to Sandusky SR 2 is part of 293 miles (472 km) of the highway designated the "Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail".^[6] and on September 22, 2005 was designated a National Scenic Byway^[7] From Toledo to Sandusky the highway is also part of and designated the Lake Erie Circle Tour that is also part of the 6,500-mile (10,500 km) "Great Lakes Circle.^[8] It then passes Sandusky, where it meets U.S. Route 250 and U.S. Route 6, and separates from the lakeshore as a freeway, and traverses rural Erie County before entering Lorain County. Near Elyria, it joins Interstate 90, whose route it shares to Rocky River, where it follows State Route 254 along Detroit Road into Lakewood. Here it again joins U.S. 6, as well as U.S. Route 20 on Clifton Blvd. It then becomes part of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway in Cleveland, joining I-90 again near Burke Lakefront Airport. These two highways split near Euclid, and State Route 2 continues along the Lakeland Freeway to Painesville, feeding into U.S. 20 eastbound. State Route 2 serves as an access route to lakeshore attractions on Lake Erie from Toledo and Cleveland and as an alternative to the Ohio Turnpike.

The stretch of SR 2 from Toledo to Sandusky passes several attractions. The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is just east of SR 19 in Carroll Township. It sits on 733 acres (297 ha) along with the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.

SR 2 is the lowest numbered state route in Ohio. Ohio State Route 1 was decommissioned in 1965.

Naming

The section of State Route 2 that runs through Erie County is called the "Jackie Mayer Miss America Highway" and is named for Jackie Mayer, a former Miss America who was born and raised in Sandusky.^[9]

The section of State Route 2 that runs through Willoughby is named "Brian Montgomery Memorial Highway"^[10] in honor of a Marine Lance Corporal that was killed in the Iraq War in August 2005.^[11]

Eastern terminus of SR 2

History

• 1912 to 1921: Intercounty Highway 2 runs from Cleveland to the Pennsylvania state line.^[12]
• 1923: Route is extended to follow current US 6 alignment from the Indiana state line to Bryan, and current SR 51 and US 20 from Toledo to the Pennsylvania state line.^[13]
• 1926: Rerouted from Toledo to Cleveland along previous SR 23 alignment from Toledo to Port Clinton, previously unnumbered route from Port Clinton to 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandusky, and previous SR 12 from 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandusky to Cleveland. Cleveland-to-Pennsylvania alignment certified as US 20.^[13]
• 1931: Extended to Wickliffe along previously unnumbered route.^[13]
• 1936: Rerouted to Indiana state line via the former SR 108 alignment from Hicksville to Bryan, and the former SR 18 alignment from the Indiana state line to Hicksville, with which it was dually certified along this route until 1940.^[13]
• 1940: SR 18 alignment removed from SR 2 alignment west of Hicksville.^[13]
• 1962: Extended east to SR 86 in Painesville; Euclid-to-Painesville alignment upgraded to freeway.^[13]
• 1967: 9 miles (14 km) west of Sandusky to 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway, and rerouted on the bypass around Sandusky on former US 6 alignment.^[13]
• 1968: From SR 163 to 9 miles (14 km) west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway.^[13]
• 1970: From 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amherst to SR 83 (SR 76 at that time) upgraded to freeway; from 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Amherst to SR 83 dually certified with I-90.^[13]
• 1976: From Ceylon to 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amherst upgraded to freeway.^[13]
• 1977: From SR 83 to Rocky River upgraded to freeway and dually certified with I-90.^[13]
• August 30, 1990: From Huron to Ceylon upgraded to freeway.^[14]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit[15][16][17][18]	Destinations	Notes
Defiance	Hicksville Township	0.00	0.00		SR 37 south	Indiana state line; SR 37 continues to the southwest
	Hicksville	2.35	3.78		SR 49 south	Southern end of SR 49 concurrency
		2.66	4.28		SR 18 west	Southern end of SR 18 concurrency
		3.07	4.94		SR 18 east	Northern end of SR 18
		3.67	5.91		SR 49 north	Northern end of SR 49 concurrency
	Farmer Township	11.22	18.06		SR 249 west	Western end of SR 249 concurrency
		13.23	21.29		SR 249 east	Eastern end of SR 249 concurrency
Williams	Center Township	16.65	26.80		SR 576 north	Southern terminus of SR 576
		17.92	28.84		US 6 west	Western end of US 6 concurrency
	Pulaski Township	20.35	32.75		US 6 east US 127 south / SR 15 south	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency; southern end of US 127/SR 15 concurrency
	Bryan	21.39	34.42		US 127 north / SR 15 north SR 34 west	Northern end of US 127/SR 15 concurrency; western end of SR 34 concurrency
	Springfield Township	29.90	48.12		SR 34 east SR 191 south	Eastern end of SR 34 concurrency; southern end of SR 191 concurrency
	Stryker	31.78	51.14		SR 191 north	Northern end of SR 191 concurrency
Fulton	Archbold				SR 66 south	Southern end of SR 66 concurrency
	German Township	39.64	63.79		SR 66 north	Northern end of SR 66 concurrency
	Wauseon	48.82	78.57		SR 108 south	Southern end of SR 108 concurrency
		50.42	81.14		US 20A west / SR 108 north	Northern end of SR 108 concurrency; western end of US 20A concurrency
	York Township	55.44	89.22		SR 109 north	Western end of SR 109 concurrency
	Delta	57.22	92.09		SR 109 south	Eastern end of SR 109 concurrency
	Swanton	63.42	102.06		SR 64 north (Main Street)	Western end of SR 64 concurrency
Lucas	Swanton Township	64.14	103.22		SR 64 south (Waterville–Swanton Road)	Eastern end of SR 64 concurrency
		65.89	106.04		US 20A east / SR 295 south (Wilkins Road)	Eastern end of US 20A concurrency; western end of SR 295 concurrency
		66.68	107.31		SR 295 north (Berkey–Southern Road)	Eastern end of SR 295 concurrency
	Monclova Township	67.60	108.79		I‑80 / I‑90 / Ohio Turnpike	Exit 52 on I-80/I-90/Ohio Turnpike
	Springfield Township	73.92	118.96		I‑475 / US 23	Exit 8 on I-475/US 23
	Toledo	75.37	121.30		US 20
		79.39	127.77		US 24
		80.95	130.28		SR 25 to I‑75	Anthony Wayne Trail, former US 25
		82.26	132.38		SR 51 north (Summit Street) / SR 65 north	Western end of SR 51/SR 65 concurrency
	Maumee River	82.62	132.96	Anthony Wayne Bridge
	Toledo	83.06	133.67		SR 65 south (Oak Street)	Eastern end of SR 65 concurrency
		83.51	134.40		SR 51 south (Woodville Road)	Eastern end of SR 51 concurrency
	Oregon	84.90	136.63		I‑280 / LECT north	Western end of LECT concurrency; exit 7 on I-280
Ottawa	Benton Township	99.30	159.81		SR 579 west (Williston Road)	Eastern terminus of SR 579
		101.06	162.64		SR 590 south	Northern terminus of SR 590
	Carroll Township	105.01	169.00		SR 19 south	Northern terminus of SR 19
	Erie Township	114.21	183.80		SR 358 south
				Rest Area
				Western end of freeway section
		115.49	185.86	115	SR 163	Eastbound entrance and westbound exit
	Bay Township	117.54	189.16	117	SR 53 south	Western end of SR 53 concurrency
	Portage Township	121.33	195.26	121	SR 2C (Spur) To SR 163	Double trumpet interchange; signed as exits 121A and 121B
		123.74	199.14	124	SR 53 north	Eastern end of SR 53 concurrency
	Danbury Township	124.82	200.88	125A	SR 269 north	Northern end of SR 269 concurrency; double trumpet interchange
		124.82	200.88	125B	Bay Shore Road	Double trumpet interchange
	Sandusky Bay	126.45	203.50	Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge
Erie	Margaretta Township	128.34	206.54	—	SR 269 south	Southern end of SR 269 concurrency
	Sandusky	130.75	210.42	—	US 6 / LECT east	Eastern terminus of LECT concurrency
	Margaretta Township	132.70	213.56	—	SR 101	Eastern terminus of SR 101
	Perkins Township	134.58	216.59	—	SR 4
		138.45	222.81	—	US 250
	Huron	141.87	228.32	—	US 6 west	Western end of US 6 concurrency
		142.84	229.88	—	US 6 east	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Huron Township	144.76	232.97	—	SR 13
	Berlin Township			—	Berlin Road
		148.67	239.26	148	SR 61	Exit numbered only on westbound side
	Vermilion Township	156.02	251.09	156	SR 60
				Lorain Service Plaza
				—	Vermilion Road / Sunnyside Road
Lorain	Amherst			160	Baumhart Road	Exit numbered only on westbound side
				163	North Lake Street / Oak Point Road
		164.43	264.62	164	SR 58
	Lorain			166	Middle Ridge Road / Broadway Avenue
	Elyria Township	168.15	270.61	—	I‑90 west	Western end of I-90 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Elyria	169.39	272.61	145	SR 57 to I‑80 / Ohio Turnpike – Elyria, Lorain
	Sheffield	171.84	276.55	148	SR 254
	Avon	175.01	281.65	151	SR 611
		176.74	284.44	153	SR 83
				155	Nagel Road
Cuyahoga	Westlake			156	Crocker Road / Bassett Road
		183.08	294.64	159	SR 252
				160	Clague Road	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Rocky River	185.29	298.20	161	I‑90 east SR 254 west	Eastern end of I-90 concurrency; western end of SR 254 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Eastern end of freeway section
		186.63	300.35		SR 254 east	Eastern end of SR 254 concurrency
				Western end of spur freeway
		186.95	300.87	—	US 6 west / LECT	Western end of US 6 and LECT concurrency; Part of Westbound exit; eastbound entrance on US 6
				Eastern end of spur freeway
	Lakewood	187.81	302.25		US 20 west / SR 113 west / SR 237 south (Rocky River Drive)	Western end of US 20 concurrency; northern termini of SR 113 and SR 237
	Cleveland			Western end of freeway
				191	Lake Avenue / West Boulevard	Ramps being rebuilt/removed; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				192	Edgewater Park, Whiskey Island, West 73rd Street	Westbound ramps closed from February 22 until early May 2016[19] Access to West 73rd Street opened December 12, 2015;[20]
		193.54	311.47	193A	West 45th Street	Eastbound exit and entrance
				193	West 49th Street	Westbound exit and entrance
		193.86	311.99	193B	US 6 east / US 20 east (West 25th Street)	Eastern end of US 6/US 20 concurrency; to US 42 & SR 3 (unsigned); eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				194	West 28th Street – Flats West	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Main Avenue Bridge over the Cuyahoga River
				194	Lakeside Avenue / West 6th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				195B	West 3rd Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				195A	East 9th Street – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
					City of Cleveland Parking	Eastbound entrance; former exit removed after 1979[21]
				195B	City of Cleveland Parking	Eastbound exit and entrance, first exit
				195A	City of Cleveland Parking	Eastbound exit and entrance, second exit
				196B	I‑90 west to I‑71 / I‑77 south – Toledo, Columbus	Eastbound exit
				196	South Marginal Road	Westbound exit and entrance
		196.61	316.41	174B	I‑90 west to I‑71 / I‑77 south – Toledo, Columbus	Western end of I-90 concurrency; westbound exit
				196C	South Marginal Road	Eastbound exit
				175	East 55th Street / Marginal Roads
				176	SR 283 west (East 72nd Street)	Western end of 283 concurrency
				177	Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
	Bratenahl			178	Eddy Road
		202.30	325.57	179	SR 283 east (Lakeshore Boulevard) / LECT	Eastern end of SR 283 and LECT concurrencies; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Cleveland			180	East 140th Street / East 152nd Street	Signed as exits 180A (East 140th Street) and 180B (East 152nd Street) eastbound
				181	East 156th Street	Westbound entrance and exit
				182A	East 185th Street
				182B	East 200th Street
	Euclid			183	East 222nd Street
				184	SR 175 (East 260th Street) / Babbitt Road	Signed as exits 184A (Babbit) and 184B (SR 175) eastbound
		207.79	334.41	185 207	I‑90 east to I‑271 south – Erie, PA	Eastern end of I-90 concurrency; exit 185 on I-90
Lake	Wickliffe	208.74	335.93	208	Lloyd Road to ( SR 633) – Wickliffe	Access via Lakeland Boulevard
		210.21	338.30	210	East 305th Street – Willowick
	Eastlake	211.62	340.57	211	SR 91 – Eastlake
	Willoughby	212.40	341.82	212	SR 640 (Vine Street) – Willoughby
		213.82	344.11	213	Lost Nation Road
	Mentor	215.34	346.56	215	SR 306 to US 20 – Kirtland, Mentor-on-the-Lake
		217.95	350.76	217	SR 615 – Mentor
		221.02	355.70	220	SR 44 north (Heisley Road) – Grand River	Western end of SR 44 concurrency
	Painesville Township	221.94	357.18	221	SR 44 south to I‑90 – Chardon	Eastern end of SR 44 concurrency
	Painesville	223.16	359.14	223	SR 283 / SR 535 – Painesville, Fairport Harbor
	Painesville Township	225.92	363.58	225	SR 535 (Fairport Nursery Road)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		227.26	365.74	227	US 20 east – Ashtabula
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Auxiliary routes

• State Route 2C is an unsigned connecting road that runs from State Route 163 to State Route 2 and State Route 53 near Port Clinton in Ottawa County, Ohio. State Route 2C was constructed as an access road for the SR 2–SR 163 interchange.^[22]
• State Route 2D is part of a couplet in Wauseon, Ohio that is signed as State Route 2.^[5][23] SR 2D is signed as SR 2 westbound,^[23][24] while SR 2 is signed as SR 2 eastbound,^[25] (except west of East Elm Street, where SR 2D meets SR 2 at its western terminus^[26]). The route ends at the corner of East Linfoot Street and North Shoop Avenue.^[23]

References

1. Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
2. Ohio State Highway Department (1912). Highway Map of Ohio (MrSID) (Map). Columbus: Ohio State Highway Department. OCLC 13716556.
3. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (September 1921). Highway Map of Ohio (Map). Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works.
4. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (April 1922). Map of Ohio State Highways (MrSID) (Map). Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works.
5. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 2D, Fulton County" (PDF). Retrieved October 12, 2013.
6. "Lake Erie Ohio Coastal Trail".
7. "National Scenic Byway".
8. "Great Lakes Circle".
9. Ohio Revised Code 5533.66
10. Ohio Revised Code 5533.63.2
11. "Willoughby Family Mourns Loss of Marine Son". Cleveland: WEWS-TV. August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on November 5, 2005. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
12. "Pages: Official Transportation Maps". Ohio Department of Transportation.
13. Simpson, John. "Route 2". The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site. Archived from the original on February 5, 2005.
14. Thoma, Pauline (August 31, 1990). "Celeste opens Huron Bypass". The Plain Dealer (Cleveland). Retrieved October 7, 2012. (subscription required (help)).
15. "Ohio Highways: OH 2 Exit Guide". 2004-06-18. Archived from the original on June 18, 2004. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
16. "Ohio Highways: Interstate 90 Exit Guide". 2004-06-17. Archived from the original on June 17, 2004. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
17. "Ohio 2 East". www.roadfan.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
18. "Ohio 2/Cleveland Memorial Shoreway West". www.roadfan.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
19. e]] |junction= {{Jct|state=OH|US|20A}} in [[Wauseon, Ohio|Wauseon]]<br> {{Jct|state=OH|I|80|I|90|OHTP|}} near [[Swanton, Ohio|Swanton]]<br> {{Jct|statepublisher=Ohio Department of Transportation
20. Staff (December 12, 2015). "West 73rd St Extension Opens link to Lake Erie on Cleveland's West Side" (Press release). Ohio Department of Transportation District 12. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
21. "Cleveland Historical Maps (1979)". peoplemaps.esri. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
22. Ohio Department of Transportation Technical Services Straight Line Diagram for SR 2C
23. Google (October 28, 2015). "Eastern Terminus of SR 2D" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
24. • Google (October 28, 2015). "Eastern Terminus of SR 2D, Facing south" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "First Westbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Second Westbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Third Westbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Fourth Westbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Fifth Westbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Eastbound JCT with Westbound SR 2" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
25. • Google (October 28, 2015). "First Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Second Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Third Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Fourth Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Fifth Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Sixth Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Seventh Eastbound Sign" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
    • Google (October 28, 2015). "Westbound JCT with Westbound SR 2" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
26. Google (October 28, 2015). "Western Terminus of SR 2D" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Ohio State Route 2 at Wikimedia Commons