U.S. Route 20 in Ohio
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Route of US 20 in red across northern Ohio | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length: | 260.40 mi[1] (419.07 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 US 20 at the Ohio-Indiana border near Edon | |||
 US 127 in Fayette  I‑475 / US 23 in Toledo I‑75 / US 23 in Perrysburg US 6 in Fremont US 250 in Norwalk I‑80 near Elyria I‑90 in Cleveland        US 6 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 3 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 in Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
| East end: |
US 20 at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border at Conneaut | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula | |||
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U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Newport, Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts. Within the state of Ohio, the route runs from the Indiana border near Edon to the Pennsylvania border at Conneaut. The route passes through rural areas west of Toledo, and passes through Public Square in Cleveland. It is one of 9 other routes to enter downtown Cleveland at Public Square, and it serves some of Cleveland's northeastern suburbs.
History
Prior to the establishment of the U.S. highway system in 1926, the general routing of US 20 was occupied by SR 23 from the Indiana state line to Toledo, SR 102 from Toledo to Woodville, and SR 2 from Woodville east to the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.[2] The route has existed closely to its 1926 routing, except for two bypasses: one built around the north side of Fremont between 1957 and 1958,[3][4] and a second built around the south side of Norwalk by 1967.[5] By 1932 US 20 between Pioneer and Maumee had become US 20N and a US 20S designation had been created to the south between those points;[6] by 1935 US 20N had reverted to US 20 and US 20S had become US 20A.[7]
Route description
US 20 enters the state in Northwest Township, Williams County. The route parallels the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80/Interstate 90) through rural farmland in the northwest corner of the state. Within the city of Toledo, the route turns north-south along Reynolds Road, which becomes Conant Street as the route enters Maumee. After crosing the Maumee River into Perrysburg, US 20 continues through downtown Perrysburg, then angles southeasterly, becoming concurrent with US 23 until Woodville. US 20 continues southeasterly towards the bypass of Fremont, most of which is concurrent with US 6.
From Fremont eastward, the route becomes a divided highway, except when passing through the communities of Clyde, Bellevue, and Monroeville. The route bypasses Norwalk to the south as an expressway, with much of the old routing of US 20 maintained as part of SR 61. Near Oberlin, US 20 once again becomes an expressway, until the route continues northward on a divided bypass on the east side of Elyria while the freeway continues easterly as SR 10. US 20 turns east again on the east side of Elyria, following Cleveland Street and Center Ridge Road through western suburban Cleveland.
In Lakewood, the route becomes concurrent with US 6 and SR 2, with a portion of the route following the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. US 20 departs from the Shoreway then crosses the Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River into downtown Cleveland. From there, the route passes through Public Square easterly, paralleling U.S. Route 322 one block to the south until nearing Case Western Reserve University. It travels northeasterly through the east side of Cleveland as Euclid Avenue, then through the suburbs of Euclid, Wickliffe, Willoughby, Mentor, Ohio, and Painesville, then continues easterly, roughly paralleling the Lake Erie shoreline through Geneva, Ashtabula, and Conneaut and into Pennsylvania.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Williams | Northwest Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 20 west – Fort Wayne | Indiana state line | |
| 2.066 | 3.325 |  SR 49 south – Edon, Edgerton | Western end of SR 49 overlap | |||
| 3.072 | 4.944 | SR 49 north – Camden, Michigan | Eastern end of SR 49 overlap | |||
| Bridgewater Township | 9.134 | 14.700 |  SR 576 north – Bridgewater Center, Hillsdale, Michigan | Western end of SR 576 overlap | ||
| 10.139 | 16.317 | SR 576 south – Montpelier | Eastern end of SR 576 overlap | |||
| Bridgewater–Madison township line | 12.109 | 19.488 |  US 20A east – Holiday City | Western end of US 20A | ||
| Madison Township | 14.333 | 23.067 |  SR 15 – Pioneer, Holiday City, Bryan | |||
| Mill Creek Township | 21.989 | 35.388 | US 127 south – West Unity, Bryan | Western end of US 127 overlap | ||
| Fulton | Gorham Township | 24.704– 24.763 | 39.757– 39.852 | US 127 north (Meridian Road) | Eastern end of US 127 overlap | |
| Fayette | 26.387 | 42.466 |  SR 66 south (Fayette Street) | Northern end of SR 66 | ||
| Chesterfield Township | 33.076 | 53.231 |  SR 108 north | Western end of SR 108 overlap | ||
| 36.078 | 58.062 | SR 108 south – Wauseon | Eastern end of SR 108 overlap | |||
| Royalton Township | 42.108 | 67.766 |  SR 109 – Adrian, Michigan, Delta | |||
| Assumption | 48.526 | 78.095 |   SR 120 west / SR 64 – Metamora, Swanton | Western end of SR 120 overlap | ||
| Lucas | Richfield Township | 52.343 | 84.238 |  SR 295 (Berkey Southern Road) – Berkey, Whitehouse | ||
| Sylvania | 59.773 | 96.195 | I‑475 / US 23 – Maumee, Ann Arbor, Michigan | Exit 13 on I-475 | ||
| 60.883 | 97.982 | SR 120 east (Central Avenue) | Eastern end of SR 120 overlap | |||
| Toledo | 62.633 | 100.798 |  SR 246 east (Dorr Street) | Western end of SR 246 | ||
| 65.173 | 104.886 |  SR 2 (Airport Highway) | ||||
| Maumee | 16.640– 16.660 | 26.779– 26.812 |  I‑80 / I‑90 / Ohio Turnpike – Chicago, Cleveland | Double trumpet interchange; exit 59 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
| 68.713 | 110.583 | US 20A west (Illinois Avenue) | Eastern end of US 20A | |||
| 68.853 | 110.808 |   US 24 / SR 25 north (Anthony Wayne Trail) | Western end of SR 25 overlap | |||
| Wood | Perrysburg | 69.913 | 112.514 |  SR 25 south (Boundary Street) / SR 65 south | Eastern end of SR 25 overlap; western end of SR 65 overlap | |
| 70.591 | 113.605 | SR 65 north (Front Street) | Eastern end of SR 65 overlap | |||
| 70.847 | 114.017 |   SR 199 begins (Louisiana Avenue) / SR 795 (Indiana Avenue) | Northern end of SR 199; western end of SR 795 | |||
| 71.092 | 114.411 | SR 795 east (Indiana Avenue) | Eastern end of SR 795 overlap | |||
| 72.240– 72.408 | 116.259– 116.529 | I‑75 / US 23 north | Western end of US 23 overlap; exit 193 on I-75 | |||
| Troy Township | 78.324 | 126.050 |  SR 163 east | Western end of SR 163 | ||
| 80.560– 80.751 | 129.649– 129.956 | 81A |   SR 420 to I‑280 – Toledo | To Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-90); exits 81A and 81B are connected eastbound | ||
| 81.167 | 130.626 | 81B | Pemberville Road | |||
| Wood–Sandusky county line | Troy–Woodville township line | 83.469 | 134.330 | US 23 south | Eastern end of US 23 overlap | |
| Sandusky | Woodville | 86.109 | 138.579 |  SR 105 west | Western end of SR 105 overlap | |
| 86.649 | 139.448 | SR 105 east | Eastern end of SR 105 overlap | |||
| Woodville Township | 89.159 | 143.488 |  SR 300 south | Northern end of SR 300 | ||
| Woodville–Washington township line | 90.299 | 145.322 |  SR 51 north | Southern end of SR 51 | ||
| Hessville | 93.699 | 150.794 |  SR 600 west | Eastern end of SR 600 | ||
| Washington Township | 94.899 | 152.725 |  SR 590 | |||
| Sandusky Township | 98.759 | 158.937 | 98 |  US 6 west / SR 53 south / State Street – Tiffin, Fremont | Western end of US-6 and SR 53 concurrencies; western end of expressway; no access from westbound US 20 to eastbound State Street | |
| Fremont | 99.979 | 160.901 | 100 |  SR 19 north – Oak Harbor | Western end of SR 19 overlap | |
| 100.739 | 162.124 | 101 | SR 53 north – Port Clinton, Lake Erie Islands | Eastern end of SR 53 overlap | ||
| 102.149 | 164.393 | 102 | US 6 east – Sandusky | Eastern end of US 6 overlap | ||
| Sandusky Township | 103.099 | 165.922 | 103 |  SR 412 (Castalia Street) | ||
| Green Creek Township | 104.769 | 168.609 | 105 | State Street — Fremont | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern end of expressway | |
| 105.389 | 169.607 | SR 19 south | Eastern end of SR 19 overlap | |||
| Clyde | 109.679 | 176.511 |  SR 510 north (Main Street) | Southern end of SR 510 | ||
| 109.869 | 176.817 |  SR 101 (Maple Street) | ||||
| Sandusky–Huron county line | Bellevue | 117.109 | 188.469 |  SR 18 west (Kilbourne Street) | Western end of SR 18 overlap | |
| 117.199 | 188.614 |  SR 269 (Sandusky Street) | ||||
| Huron | 118.079 | 190.030 |  SR 113 east | Western end of SR 113 | ||
| 119.609 | 192.492 |  SR 4 | ||||
| Monroeville | 124.459 | 200.297 |  SR 99 | |||
 SR 547 west | Eastern end of SR 547 | |||||
| Ridgefield Township | 128.789 | 207.266 | — |  SR 61 – Norwalk | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Norwalk | 130.599 | 210.179 | — |  US 250 / SR 13 – Norwalk, Ashland | ||
| 132.429 | 213.124 | — | SR 18 east | Eastern end of SR 18 overlap | ||
| Norwalk–Townsend township line | 134.929 | 217.147 |  SR 601 | |||
| Wakeman | 141.869 | 228.316 |  SR 303 east | Western end of SR 303 | ||
| 142.719– 142.849 | 229.684– 229.893 |  SR 60 (River Street) – Ashland, New London, Vermilion | SR 60 is concurrent for one block | |||
| Lorain | Camden Township | 147.849 | 237.940 |  SR 511 | ||
| Oberlin | 152.389 | 245.246 |  SR 58 | |||
| New Russia Township | 155.729 | 250.622 | — | SR 511 south | Eastern end of SR 511 | |
| Carlisle Township | 158.809 | 255.578 | — |  SR 301 south (Lagrange Road) – Lagrange | Western end of SR 301 overlap | |
| 161.109 | 259.280 | — | Grafton Road | |||
| Eaton Township | 161.719– 161.999 | 260.262– 260.712 | — |   SR 10 east to I‑480 SR 57 / SR 301 north – Medina, Elyria | Eastern end of expressway, which continues eastbound as SR 10; US 20 and SR 301 depart eastbound via exit ramp; western end of SR 57 overlap | |
| Elyria | 165.199 | 265.862 | SR 301 north / SR 57 north / SR 113 west (Cleveland Street, John F. Kennedy Memorial Parkway) | Eastern end of SR 301 and SR 57 concurrencies; western end of SR 113 overlap | ||
| North Ridgeville | 168.339 | 270.915 |  SR 83 (Avon Belden Road) | |||
| Cuyahoga | Westlake | 176.089 | 283.388 |  SR 252 (Columbia Road) | ||
| Rocky River | 180.739 | 290.871 |    SR 254 west (Detroit Road) / SR 113 south (Wooster Road / West Lake Road) / US 6 Alt. west | Eastern end of SR 254; northern end of SR 113; western end of ALT US 6 overlap | ||
| Lakewood | 180.899 | 291.129 | US 6 Alt. east (Detroit Avenue) | Eastern end of ALT US 6 overlap | ||
| 181.449 | 292.014 |  SR 237 south (West Clifton Boulevard) | Western end of SR 237 overlap | |||
| 181.789 | 292.561 | US 6 west / SR 2 west (Clifton Boulevard) | Western end of US 6 and SR 2 concurrencies; northern end of SR 237 | |||
| Cleveland | Western end of Cleveland Memorial Shoreway | |||||
| — | Lake Avenue, West Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| — | Edgewater Park, Whiskey Island | |||||
| — | West 45th Street, West 49th Street | 45th Street signed eastbound only; 49th Street signed westbound only; all trucks must exit at 49th Street westbound | ||||
| SR 2 east | US 6 and US 20 exit onto 25th Street; SR 2 continues eastbound on the Shoreway; eastern end of SR 2 overlap | |||||
| US 6 Alt. west / US 42 south / SR 3 south (Detroit Avenue, 25th Street) | Western end of US 42 and SR 3 concurrencies | |||||
| Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River | ||||||
| US 6 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 3 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 / Public Square | Eastern end of US 6, US 42 and SR 3 concurrencies. | |||||
| SR 10 (Opportunity Corridor) | ||||||
| US 322 west (Chester Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) | Western end of US 322 overlap. | |||||
| US 322 east (Mayfield Road) | Eastern end of US 322 overlap. | |||||
| East Cleveland | US 6 west (Superior Avenue, Superior Road) | Western end of US 6 overlap | ||||
| Euclid |  US 6 east / SR 84 east (Chardon Road) | Eastern end of US 6 overlap; western end of SR 84 | ||||
 SR 175 (Richmond Road) | ||||||
| Cuyahoga–Lake county line | Euclid–Wickliffe city line |  I‑90 to I‑271 south to SR 2 – Erie, PA, Columbus, Cleveland, Painesville | Exit 186 on I-90 | |||
| Lake | Willoughby |  SR 91 (Som Center Road) | ||||
 SR 174 south (River Street) | Northern end of SR 174 | |||||
 SR 640 west (Vine Street) | Eastern end of SR 640 | |||||
| Mentor |  SR 306 (Reynolds Road) | |||||
 SR 615 (Center Street) | ||||||
| Painesville |  SR 44 to SR 2 (Fern Drive) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from SR 44; ramps connect to US 20 via Fern Drive | ||||
 SR 283 north | Southern end of SR 283 | |||||
 SR 86 south | Northern end of SR 86 | |||||
| Painesville Township |  SR 535 west | Eastern end of SR 535 | ||||
| SR 2 west | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastbound exit and westbound entrance are via SR 535 West; eastern end of SR 2 | |||||
| Madison Township |  SR 528 south (Hubbard Road) | Northern end of SR 528 | ||||
| Ashtabula | Geneva |  SR 534 (Broadway Street) | ||||
| Saybrook Township |  SR 45 (Center Road) | |||||
| Ashtabula Township |  SR 11 | Exit 97 on SR 11 | ||||
| North Kingsville |  SR 193 (Main Street) | |||||
| Conneaut |  SR 7 south | Western end of SR 7 overlap | ||||
| SR 7 north | Eastern end of SR 7 overlap | |||||
| US 20 east – Erie | Continuation into Pennsylvania | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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| Previous state: Indiana |
Ohio | Next state: Pennsylvania |
References
- ↑ "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014: Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula.
- ↑ 1925 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1925.
- ↑ 1957 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1957. § G4.
- ↑ 1958 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1958. § G4.
- ↑ 1967 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1967. § I5.
- ↑ 1932 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1932.
- ↑ 1935 Official Highway Map (Map). Ohio Department of Highways. 1935.
Further reading
- Harter, Kevin (1995-06-18). "The Road Less Traveled". The Plain Dealer Sunday magazine. pp. 8–13.