U.S. Route 20 in Ohio
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U.S. Route 20 | ||||
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Map US 20 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 260.54 mi[1] (419.30 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Lake Erie Circle Tour | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 20 at the Ohio-Indiana border near Edon | |||
| East end | US 20 at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border at Conneaut | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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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 three bypasses: a rerouting of 20 near Elyria in 1988, 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 crossing 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.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | Northwest Township | 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 20 west – Angola | Indiana state line | |
| 2.07 | 3.33 |       SR 49 south to Ohio Turnpike / CR 3 – Edon, Edgerton | Western terminus of SR 49 concurrency | |||
| 3.07 | 4.94 |   SR 49 north / CR 4 – Cooney, Camden, MI | Eastern terminus of SR 49 concurrency | |||
| Bridgewater Township | 9.13 | 14.69 |   SR 576 north / CR 10 – Bridgewater Center, Hillsdale, MI | Western terminus of SR 576 concurrency | ||
| 10.14 | 16.32 |  SR 576 south / CR 11 – Montpelier | Eastern terminus of SR 576 concurrency | |||
| Bridgewater–Madison township line | 12.05– 12.11 | 19.39– 19.49 |   US 20A east – Holiday City | Western terminus of US 20A | ||
| Madison Township | 14.33 | 23.06 |  SR 15 – Pioneer, Holiday City, Bryan | |||
| Mill Creek Township | 21.96– 21.99 | 35.34– 35.39 |   US 127 south / CR 22Q – West Unity, Bryan | Western terminus of US 127 concurrency | ||
| Fulton | Gorham Township | 24.64– 24.76 | 39.65– 39.85 | US 127 north (Meridian Road) – Hudson, MI | Eastern terminus of US 127 concurrency | |
| Fayette | 26.39 | 42.47 |  SR 66 south (Fayette Street) | Northern terminus of SR 66 | ||
| Chesterfield Township | 33.08 | 53.24 |   SR 108 north / CR 18 | Western terminus of SR 108 concurrency | ||
| 36.08 | 58.07 | SR 108 south – Wauseon | Eastern terminus of SR 108 concurrency | |||
| Royalton Township | 42.11 | 67.77 |  SR 109 – Adrian, Michigan, Delta | |||
| Assumption | 48.53 | 78.10 |   SR 64 / SR 120 west – Metamora, Swanton | Western terminus of SR 120 concurrency | ||
| Lucas | Richfield Township | 52.34 | 84.23 |  SR 295 (Berkey Southern Road) – Berkey, Whitehouse | ||
| Sylvania | 59.77 | 96.19 |   I-475 / US 23 – Maumee, Ann Arbor, Michigan | Exit 13 on I-475; single-point urban interchange | ||
| 60.88 | 97.98 | SR 120 east (Central Avenue) | Eastern terminus of SR 120 concurrency | |||
| Toledo | 62.63 | 100.79 |  SR 246 (Dorr Street) | |||
| 65.17 | 104.88 |  SR 2 (Airport Highway) | ||||
| Maumee | 66.91– 67.17 | 107.68– 108.10 |   I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike – Chicago, Cleveland | Double trumpet interchange; exit 59 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
| 68.71 | 110.58 | US 20A west (Illinois Avenue) / Indiana Avenue | Eastern terminus of US 20A | |||
| 68.85 | 110.80 |     US 24 / SR 25 north (Anthony Wayne Trail) to I-475 / US 23 | Western terminus of SR 25 concurrency | |||
| Wood | Perrysburg | 69.91 | 112.51 |  SR 25 south (Boundary Street) / SR 65 south | Eastern terminus of SR 25 concurrency; western terminus of SR 65 concurrency | |
| 70.59 | 113.60 | SR 65 north (Front Street) | Eastern terminus of SR 65 concurrency | |||
| 70.85 | 114.02 |  SR 199 (Louisiana Avenue) | Northern terminus of SR 199; western terminus of SR 795 | |||
| 71.09 | 114.41 |  SR 795 east (Indiana Avenue) / Locust Street | Eastern terminus of SR 795 concurrency | |||
| 72.11– 72.41 | 116.05– 116.53 |  I-75 / US 23 north – Dayton, Ann Arbor, Toledo | Western terminus of US 23 concurrency; exit 193 on I-75 | |||
| Troy Township | 78.32 | 126.04 |  SR 163 east | Western terminus of SR 163 | ||
| 80.52– 81.46 | 129.58– 131.10 | 81A |   SR 420 to I-280 – Toledo | To Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-90); exits 81A and 81B are connected eastbound; SR 420 exits 1A-B | ||
| 81.09– 81.46 | 130.50– 131.10 | 81B | Pemberville Road | |||
| Wood–Sandusky county line | Troy–Woodville township line | 83.47 | 134.33 |  US 23 south / CR 2 (North Fostoria Road) – Fostoria | Eastern terminus of US 23 concurrency | |
| Sandusky | Woodville | 86.11 | 138.58 |  SR 105 west (Pemberville Road) | Western terminus of SR 105 concurrency | |
| 86.65 | 139.45 | SR 105 east (Water Street) | Eastern terminus of SR 105 concurrency | |||
| Woodville Township | 89.16 | 143.49 |  SR 300 south / Magsig Road – Gibsonburg | Northern terminus of SR 300 | ||
| Woodville–Washington township line | 90.30 | 145.32 |   SR 51 north / CR 66 (Township Line Road) – Elmore | Southern terminus of SR 51 | ||
| Hessville | 93.70 | 150.80 |   SR 600 west / CR 92 (Hessville Road) – Gibsonburg | Eastern terminus of SR 600 | ||
| Washington Township | 94.90 | 152.73 |  SR 590 – Lindsey, Bettsville | |||
| Sandusky Township | 98.06– 98.76 | 157.81– 158.94 | 98 |   US 6 west / SR 53 south / State Street – Tiffin, Fremont | Western terminus of US 6 / SR 53 concurrencies; western end of expressway; no westbound access State Street east; former exit 92 | |
| Fremont | 99.71– 100.02 | 160.47– 160.97 | 100 |  SR 19 north / Oak Harbor Road – Oak Harbor | Western terminus of SR 19 concurrency; former exit 94 | |
| 100.55– 101.01 | 161.82– 162.56 | 101 | SR 53 north / Rawson Avenue – Port Clinton, Lake Erie Islands, Sandusky County Fairgrounds | Eastern terminus of SR 53 concurrency; former exit 95 | ||
| 102.15– 102.40 | 164.39– 164.80 | 102 | US 6 east / North 5th Street – Sandusky | Eastern terminus of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Sandusky Township | 102.93– 103.28 | 165.65– 166.21 | 103 |  SR 412 (Castalia Street) | ||
| Green Creek Township | 104.92– 104.95 | 168.85– 168.90 | 105 | State Street — Fremont | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern end of expressway | |
| 105.39 | 169.61 | SR 19 south / South Shock Road – Green Springs | Eastern terminus of SR 19 concurrency | |||
| Clyde | 109.68 | 176.51 |  SR 510 (Main Street) | |||
| 109.87 | 176.82 |  SR 101 (Maple Street) | ||||
| Bellevue | 117.07 | 188.41 |  SR 18 west (Kilbourne Street) / Exchange Street | Western terminus of SR 18 concurrency | ||
| Sandusky–Huron county line | 117.199 | 188.614 |  To SR 269 south (Northwest Street / Monroe Street) / Southwest Street | Unsigned SR 269-D; unsigned western terminus of SR 113 | ||
| Huron | 117.20 | 188.62 | SR 269 (Sandusky Street) | |||
| 118.08 | 190.03 |  SR 113 east to Ohio Turnpike | Western terminus of SR 113 concurrency | |||
| 119.609 | 192.492 |  SR 4 to Ohio Turnpike – Bucyrus, Sandusky | ||||
| Monroeville | 124.46 | 200.30 |    SR 99 / SR 547 Truck west (North Ridge Street) – Willard | Western terminus of SR 547 Truck concurrency | ||
| 125.11 | 201.35 | SR 547 west (Monroe Street) / Milan Avenue | Eastern terminus of SR 547; eastern terminus of SR 547 Truck | |||
| Ridgefield Township | 127.56– 127.73 | 205.29– 205.56 | — |  To SR 61 – Norwalk | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; via unsigned SR 61-C | |
| Norwalk | 130.44– 130.76 | 209.92– 210.44 | — |   US 250 / SR 13 to Ohio Turnpike – Norwalk, Ashland | Interchange | |
| 132.43– 132.80 | 213.13– 213.72 | — | SR 18 east / Woodlawn Avenue | Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 18 concurrency | ||
| 133.34 | 214.59 | — | Cleveland Road | Eastern end of expressway | ||
| Norwalk–Townsend township line | 134.93 | 217.15 |  SR 601 – Milan, Summit Motorsports Park | |||
| Wakeman | 141.80– 141.87 | 228.20– 228.32 |  SR 303 east (Townsend Street) | Western terminus of SR 303 | ||
| 142.72 | 229.69 |  SR 60 south (River Street) / South Railroad Street – Ashland, New London | Western terminus of SR 60 concurrency | |||
| 142.85 | 229.89 | SR 60 – Vermilion | Eastern terminus of SR 60 concurrency | |||
| Lorain | Camden Township | 147.85 | 237.94 |  SR 511 – Kipton, Oberlin, Ashland | ||
| Oberlin | 152.39 | 245.25 |  SR 58 – Oberlin, Lorain, Wellington, Ashland | |||
| New Russia Township | 154.36 | 248.42 | Western terminus of freeway | |||
| New Russia Township | 155.42– 155.73 | 250.12– 250.62 | — | SR 511 south – Oberlin | Eastern terminus of SR 511 | |
| Carlisle Township | 158.66– 159.01 | 255.34– 255.90 | — |  SR 301 south (Lagrange Road) – Lagrange | Western terminus of SR 301 concurrency | |
| 160.95– 161.27 | 259.02– 259.54 | — | Grafton Road | |||
| Eaton Township | 161.50– 162.12 | 259.91– 260.91 | — |   SR 10 east to I-480 – Cleveland SR 57 / SR 301 north – Grafton, Medina | Eastern end of expressway; western terminus of SR 57 concurrency | |
| Elyria | 165.20 | 265.86 | SR 301 north / SR 57 north / SR 113 west (John F. Kennedy Memorial Parkway) / Cleveland Street – Lorain | Eastern terminus of SR 301 / SR 57 concurrency; western terminus of SR 113 concurrency | ||
| North Ridgeville | 168.34 | 270.92 |  SR 83 (Avon Belden Road) – Avon Lake, Wooster | |||
| Cuyahoga | Westlake | 176.09 | 283.39 |  SR 252 (Columbia Road) | ||
| Rocky River | 180.70 | 290.81 |   SR 254 west (Detroit Road) / SR 113 south (Wooster Road / West Lake Road) / US 6 Alt. west | Eastern terminus of SR 254 (unsigned SR 254-D); western terminus of US 6 Alt. concurrency | ||
| Lakewood | 180.90 | 291.13 | US 6 Alt. east (Detroit Avenue) / Valley Parkway | Eastern terminus of US 6 Alt. concurrency | ||
| 181.45 | 292.02 |  SR 237 south (West Clifton Boulevard) / Northwood Avenue | Western terminus of SR 237 concurrency | |||
| 181.79 | 292.56 |  US 6 west / SR 2 west / LECT west (Clifton Boulevard) | Western terminus of US 6 / SR 2 concurrency; termini of SR 237 and SR 113 (unsigned) | |||
| Cleveland | 185.94 | 299.24 | Western terminus of Cleveland Memorial Shoreway | |||
| 185.94– 186.09 | 299.24– 299.48 | — | Lake Avenue / West Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 186.47– 186.80 | 300.09– 300.63 | — | West 73rd Street | |||
| 187.41– 187.49 | 301.61– 301.74 | — | West 45th Street | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 187.39– 187.51 | 301.57– 301.77 | 193 | West 49th Street | Westbound exit and entrance; exit numbered only on westbound side | ||
| 187.84 | 302.30 | — | SR 2 east to I-90 | Eastern terminus of SR 2 concurrency (continues east on the Shoreway) | ||
| 188.11 | 302.73 |   US 6 Alt. west (Detroit Avenue) to SR 2 east / US 42 south (West 25th Street) / SR 3 south | Western concurrency of US 42 and SR 3 concurrencies; eastern concurrency of US 6 Alt. | |||
| 188.18– 188.71 | 302.85– 303.70 | Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River | ||||
| 188.98– 189.13 | 304.13– 304.38 |       US 6 east / US 322 east (Superior Avenue) / US 422 east / SR 8 south / SR 14 east / SR 43 south / SR 87 east (Ontario Street) | Public Square; eastern terminus of US 6 / US 42 concurrency; termini of US 42, US 322, US 422, SR 3, SR 8, SR 14, SR 43, SR 87 | |||
| 193.14 | 310.83 | SR 10 (East 105th Street / Opportunity Corridor) | ||||
| 193.32– 193.38 | 311.12– 311.21 | US 322 west (Chester Avenue) / Stearns Road / Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | Western terminus of US 322 concurrency | |||
| 193.80 | 311.89 | US 322 east (Mayfield Road) / Ford Drive | Eastern terminus of US 322 concurrency | |||
| East Cleveland | 195.09 | 313.97 | US 6 west (Superior Avenue) / Superior Road | Western terminus of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Euclid | 196.93 | 316.93 |  US 6 east / SR 84 east (Chardon Road) | Eastern terminus of US 6 concurrency; unsigned western terminus of SR 84 | ||
| 201.54 | 324.35 |  SR 175 (Richmond Road) | ||||
| Cuyahoga–Lake county line | Euclid–Wickliffe city line | 202.40– 202.66 | 325.73– 326.15 |   I-90 to I-271 south / SR 2 – Erie, PA, Columbus, Cleveland, Painesville | Exit 186 on I-90 | |
| Lake | Wickliffe | 203.36 | 327.28 |  SR 633 north (Lloyd Road) to SR 2 | Southern terminus of SR 633 | |
| Willoughby | 205.69 | 331.03 |  SR 91 (SOM Center Road) | |||
| 207.81 | 334.44 |  SR 174 south (River Street) / Spaulding Street | Western terminus of unsigned SR 174 concurrency | |||
| 207.97 | 334.70 |  SR 640 west (Vine Street) / Erie Street | Eastern terminus of SR 640; unsigned northern terminus of SR 174 | |||
| Mentor | 209.75 | 337.56 |  SR 306 (Reynolds Road) | |||
| 211.92 | 341.05 |  SR 615 (Center Street) to I-90 | ||||
| Painesville | 216.76 | 348.84 |  To SR 44 / SR 2 / Fern Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from SR 44; ramps connect to US 20 via Fern Drive | ||
| 218.38 | 351.45 |  SR 283 / LECT west (Richmond Street) | Eastern terminus of SR 283 | |||
| 218.73 | 352.01 |  SR 86 east (State Street) | Western terminus of SR 86 | |||
| Painesville Township | 220.85 | 355.42 |  SR 535 west to SR 2 | Eastern terminus of SR 535 | ||
| 222.04 | 357.34 | SR 2 west (Lakeland Freeway) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of SR 2 | |||
| Madison Township | 230.46 | 370.89 |  SR 528 south (Hubbard Road) | Northern terminus of SR 528 | ||
| Ashtabula | Geneva | 235.80 | 379.48 |  SR 534 / LECT (Broadway) | ||
| Saybrook Township | 241.03 | 387.90 |  SR 45 (Center Road) to I-90 – Austinburg | |||
| Ashtabula Township | 246.55– 246.63 | 396.78– 396.91 |   SR 11 to Eureka Road / I-90 / SR 531 – Youngstown | Exit 97 on SR 11 | ||
| North Kingsville | 250.88 | 403.75 |  SR 193 (Main Street) | |||
| Conneaut | 258.27 | 415.65 |  SR 7 south (Mill Street) to I-90 | Western terminus of SR 7 concurrency | ||
| 258.49 | 416.00 | SR 7 north (Broad Street) / LECT | Eastern terminus of SR 7 concurrency | |||
| 260.54 | 419.30 |  US 20 east / LECT east / Great Lakes Seaway Trail – Erie | Continuation into Pennsylvania | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Further reading
- Harter, Kevin (June 18, 1995). "The Road Less Traveled". The Plain Dealer Sunday magazine. pp. 8–13.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 20 in Ohio.
- ^ a b "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014: Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula.
{{cite web}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ 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.