Ohio State Route 18

State Route 18
Route of SR 18; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	197.39 mi (317.67 km)
Existed	1924–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 8 near Hicksville
Major intersections	I-75 near North Baltimore I-71 near Medina I-77 / SR 21 near Fairlawn I-76 in Akron
East end	SR 91 in Akron
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Defiance, Henry, Wood, Hancock, Seneca, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit
Highway system
Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 17 → SR 19

Ohio State Route 18 bisects the community of Bascom, where it also serves as the southern terminus of Ohio State Route 635.

State Route 18 (SR 18) is an east–west highway in northern Ohio. It is the sixth longest state route in the state. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville, where the route continues in Indiana as State Road 8, and its eastern terminus is at State Route 91 in Akron.

History

State Route 18 was an original state highway that went from Norwalk to the Pennsylvania state line. The route was extended to the Indiana state line in 1926. Until 1950, it was one of a very few Ohio routes to end at two state lines.

State Route 18's extension to the Indiana state line originally overlapped State Route 2 from the line to Hicksville. In 1940, State Route 18 was rerouted on the former State Route 193 from the line to Hicksville.

In 1950, State Route 18's eastern terminus was moved to Youngstown. Its old route to the Pennsylvania state line was recertified as State Route 289.

In 1966, the route was routed along State Route 8 and Interstate 80S (now Interstate 76) to Youngstown. This series of concurrencies ended in 1971, and State Route 18 would eventually be routed along Market Street in Akron, to end at its current terminus.

In 1969, State Route 18 was routed concurrently with U.S. Route 20 along the Norwalk Bypass, a limited access freeway. Prior to the Bypass route, State Route 18 followed Main Street and Woodlawn Avenue (formerly known as Medina Street) and later followed Main Street and Akron Road through the city of Norwalk (much of this alignment was already concurrent with US 20).

Before the rerouting of SR 18 via SR 8 and I-80S, SR 18 left West Market Street at Twin Oaks Drive in West Akron, where it went a few blocks east to North Portage Path, then jogged 1 block north to Memorial Parkway, which became Tallmadge Avenue east of the Cuyahoga River (before that, SR 18 continued along Market Street, then joined with SR 8 before reaching Tallmadge Avenue).

Tallmadge Road was a straight east/west road which became Mahoning Avenue as it approached the Youngstown area.

Most stretches of former SR 18 are still referred to as County Road 18 in Portage and Mahoning Counties.

SR 18 was realigned around North Baltimore on a two-lane 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km) bypass completed in 2012. The new bypass, which included a roundabout at the eastern transition to the original route, was built to facilitate traffic to a new CSX rail yard in Henry Township. The old route through North Baltimore became signed as SR 18 Business.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Defiance	Hicksville Township	0.00	0.00	SR 8 west / CR 58 (Buckskin Road) / State Line Road	Indiana state line
	Hicksville	3.10	4.99	SR 2 west / SR 49 south (West High Street) / South Main Street	Western end of SR 2 / SR 49 concurrency
		3.52	5.66	SR 2 east / SR 49 north (East High Street)	Eastern end of SR 2 / SR 49 concurrency
	Sherwood	14.12	22.72	US 127
	Noble Township	22.30	35.89	SR 15 north – Ney, Bryan	Western end of SR 15 concurrency
	Defiance	23.57	37.93	US 24 – Antwerp, Napoleon	Exit 25 (US 24)
		24.58	39.56	SR 66 north (North Clinton Street) / East Session Street	Western end of SR 66 concurrency
		25.22	40.59	SR 111 west (Clinton Street) / West Second Street	Northern terminus of SR 111
		25.36	40.81	SR 66 south (Jefferson Street)	Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
		25.85	41.60	SR 15 south (Douglas Street)	Eastern end of SR 15 concurrency
		27.29	43.92	SR 281 west (Florence Avenue) to US 24 – Independence Dam State Park	Western end of SR 281 concurrency
	Richland Township	28.93	46.56	SR 281 east – Custar	Eastern end of SR 281 concurrency
Henry	Holgate	38.30	61.64	SR 108 (North Wilhelm Street) – Napoleon, Miller City
	Monroe–Marion township line	43.26	69.62	SR 109 north / CR G	Western end of SR 109 concurrency
	Hamler	44.70	71.94	SR 109 south (North First Street)	Eastern end of SR 109 concurrency
	Bartlow Township	49.85	80.23	SR 65 north / CR E – McClure	Western end of SR 65 concurrency
		50.73	81.64	SR 65 south – Belmore	Eastern end of SR 65 concurrency
Wood	Jackson Township	59.00	94.95	SR 235 north	Western end of SR 235 concurrency
	Hoytville	60.41	97.22	SR 235 south	Eastern end of SR 235 concurrency
	Henry Township	64.65	104.04	SR 18 Bus. east	Western terminus of SR 18 Bus.
	North Baltimore	66.29	106.68	SR 18 Bus. west (Main Street)	Eastern terminus of SR 18 Bus.; roundabout
		64.84	104.35	I-75 – Dayton, Toledo	Exit 167 (I-75)
Hancock	Cass Township	74.41	119.75	SR 613 west to I-75 – Van Buren	Western end of SR 613 concurrency
Hancock–Seneca county line	Fostoria	81.72	131.52	US 23 north / SR 199 north (North County Line Street) / SR 613 / West North Street	Eastern end of SR 613; western end of US 23 / SR 199 concurrency
Seneca		82.54	132.84	SR 12 east (East South Street)	Western end of SR 12 concurrency
		82.59	132.92	SR 12 west (West Lytle Street)	Eastern end of SR 12 concurrency
		83.06	133.67	US 23 south / SR 199 south	Eastern end of US 23 / SR 199 concurrency
		84.18	135.47	SR 587 south	Northern terminus of SR 587
	Hopewell Township	89.90	144.68	SR 635 north / CR 7 – [[w:, Ohio|]]	Southern terminus of SR 635
	Tiffin	93.81	150.97	US 224 – Findlay
		95.61	153.87	SR 53 (Sandusky Street) / SR 101 begins	Western end of SR 101 concurrency
		96.16	154.75	SR 100 / SR 231 south (South Washington Street)	Northern terminus of SR 231 (at Market Street)
		96.63	155.51	SR 101 east (East Market Street)	Eastern end of SR 101 concurrency
	Republic	104.63	168.39	SR 67 south (South Kilbourne Street) / SR 162 east (West Jefferson Street) – Upper Sandusky, North Fairfield	Western end of SR 67 concurrency; western terminus of SR 162
		104.75	168.58	SR 19 / SR 67 ends – Bloomville, Green Springs	Eastern end of SR 67 concurrency
Sandusky	Bellevue	118.48	190.68	US 20 west (West Main Street) / Exchange Street	Western end of US 20 concurrency
Sandusky–Huron county line		118.52	190.74	SR 113 begins / SR 269-D (Northwest Street / Southwest Street)	Western end of SR 113 concurrency
Huron		118.61	190.88	SR 269 (Sandusky Street)
		119.49	192.30	SR 113 east – [[w:, Ohio|]]	Eastern end of SR 113 concurrency
		121.02	194.76	SR 4 to Ohio Turnpike – Bucyrus, Sandusky
	Monroeville	125.87	202.57	SR 99 / SR 547 Truck west (North Ridge Street) – Willard	Western end of SR 547 Truck concurrency
		126.52	203.61	SR 547 west (Monroe Avenue) / SR 547 Truck ends / Milan Avenue	Eastern terminus of SR 547; eastern end of SR 547 Truck concurrency
	Norwalk	128.97– 129.28	207.56– 208.06	To SR 61 – Norwalk	Interchange to unsigned SR 61-C; eastbound exit / westbound entrance only
		132.01	212.45	US 250 / SR 13 to Ohio Turnpike – Norwalk, Ashland	Interchange
	Norwalk Township	133.84	215.39	US 20 east / Woodlawn Avenue – Cleveland	Interchange; eastern end of US 20 concurrency
	Norwalk–Townsend township line	135.62	218.26	SR 601 north / CR 51 (Greenwich Milan Town Line Road) – Milan	Southern terminus of SR 601
	Clarksfield Township	143.21	230.47	SR 60 north / CR 186 (Zenobia Road) – Wakeman	Western end of SR 60 concurrency
		143.80	231.42	SR 60 south – New London	Eastern end of SR 60 concurrency
Lorain	Brighton Township	149.31	240.29	SR 511 – Oberlin, Ashland
	Wellington	154.12	248.03	SR 58 (Main Street)
	Penfield Township	159.15	256.13	SR 301 – Elyria, West Salem
Medina	Litchfield Township	164.32	264.45	SR 83 (Avon Lake Road) – Lodi, Avon Lake	Traffic circle
	York Township	169.45	272.70	SR 57 / SR 252 north / CR 24 (Columbia Road) – Olmsted Falls, Elyria	Western end of SR 57 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 252
	Medina	173.50	279.22	US 42 south / SR 3 (Court Street)	Western end of SR 3 concurrency
		173.57	279.33	SR 57 south (Broadway Street)	Eastern end of SR 57 concurrency
		173.68	279.51	SR 3 north (Jefferson Street)	Eastern end of SR 3 concurrency
	Medina–Montville township line	177.17	285.13	I-71 – Columbus, Cleveland	Exit 218 (I-71)
	Granger–Sharon township line	180.28	290.13	SR 94 – Wadsworth, North Royalton
Summit	Bath–Copley township line	184.70	297.25	I-77 / SR 21 – Akron, Cleveland	Exit 137 (I-77)
	Akron	192.48	309.77	SR 162 west (Rand Avenue)	Western end of SR 162 concurrency
		192.75	310.20	SR 261 west (High Street) / SR 162 ends	Eastern end of SR 162 concurrency
		192.81	310.30	SR 261 east (Broadway)
		195.18	314.11	SR 241 south (Innovation Way) to I-76	Northern terminus of SR 241
		196.27– 196.39	315.87– 316.06	I-76 / Mogadore Road – Barberton, Youngstown	Exit 26 (I-76)
		197.36	317.62	SR 91 (Canton Road) / Robindale Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

SR 18 Business

State Route 18 Business
Location	North Baltimore
Length	1.934 mi (3.112 km)
Existed	2012–present

State Route 18 Business (SR 18 Bus.) is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km) business route through the village of North Baltimore in southern Wood County. The route starts at a T-intersection with SR 18 in Henry Township and runs east into North Baltimore on Deshler Road and West State Street. In the center of the village, the route heads south onto South Main Street. SR 18 Bus. ends at a roundabout with SR 18 in the southern limits of the village.

SR 18 Bus. was created in November 2012 along what used to be SR 18 through North Baltimore. When SR 18 was rerouted on a bypass of the village in 2012, the old route became a signed business route. Most of the business route was designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation as SR 18-J though a portion of the route near its western terminus was designated SR 18-C. As of 2017 those designations have been removed and ODOT no longer maintains the business route.

External links

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