Ohio State Route 15
State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south and east–west route in northwestern Ohio. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 23/State Route 103 (US 23/SR 103) near Carey, and its northern (western) terminus is at the Michigan state line north of Pioneer, where the route continues in Michigan as M-99. The route is signed east–west from Carey to Bryan, and it is signed north–south from there to the Michigan state line.
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Length | 102.312 mi[1] (164.655 km) | ||||||
Existed | 1926–present | ||||||
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Counties | Wyandot, Hancock, Putnam, Defiance, Williams | ||||||
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SR 15 is an expressway for its southernmost 19 miles (31 km): two miles (3.2 km) where it runs concurrently with Interstate 75 (I-75), three miles (4.8 km) where it runs concurrently with US 68, and the final 14 miles (23 km) as a stand-alone limited-access road until its junction with US 23. The final 17 miles (27 km) are part of a heavily traveled corridor providing the most direct route between Detroit, Toledo, Findlay, Marion and Columbus.
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History
SR 15 was certified in 1923, along the current US 322, which replaced it in 1926.
In 1926 the designation was reapplied to a route from Carey to the Indiana state line. In 1929 it was rerouted to Bryan, replacing parts of SR 9. It replaced the rest of SR 9 in 1931, rerouted along its current route to the Michigan state line.
In 1966, SR 15 was rerouted on an expressway from I-75 in Findlay to US 23 in Carey, its new southern (eastern) terminus. The highway runs a few miles south of its previous routing, which was recertified as SR 568 the same year.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Wyandot | Carey | 0.000– 0.477 | 0.000– 0.768 | — | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 15 |
Hancock | Vanlue | 4.558– 5.246 | 7.335– 8.443 | — | ![]() | Interchange; southern terminus of SR 330 |
Marion Township | 9.696– 10.420 | 15.604– 16.769 | — | ![]() | Interchange | |
Findlay | 13.695– 14.325 | 22.040– 23.054 | — | ![]() | Eastern end of US 68 concurrency; interchange | |
16.628– 16.773 | 26.760– 26.994 | — | Lima Avenue – Findlay | RIRO interchange | ||
16.842– 17.364 | 27.105– 27.945 | 156 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of US 68 | ||
17.834– 18.428 | 28.701– 29.657 | 157 | ![]() | |||
19.578– 19.862 | 31.508– 31.965 | 159 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-75 concurrency; eastern end of US 224 concurrency | ||
Blanchard Township | 24.351 | 39.189 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 186 | ||
26.364 | 42.429 | ![]() | ||||
Putnam | Ottawa | 40.645 | 65.412 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 224 concurrency; southern end of SR 65 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 109 | |
41.120 | 66.176 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 65/SR 109 concurrency | |||
Greensburg Township | 46.397 | 74.669 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 108 | ||
Palmer Township | 50.531 | 81.322 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 115 | ||
51.094 | 82.228 | ![]() | ||||
Monroe Township | 55.551 | 89.401 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 634 | ||
Defiance | Defiance | 67.641 | 108.858 | ![]() | Eastern end of SR 18 concurrency | |
68.128 | 109.641 | ![]() | Southern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
68.270 | 109.870 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 111 | |||
68.907 | 110.895 | ![]() | Northern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
69.838– 69.948 | 112.393– 112.570 | ![]() | Exit 25 (US 24) | |||
71.186 | 114.563 | ![]() | Northern end of SR 18 concurrency | |||
Ney | 79.837 | 128.485 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 249 | ||
Williams | Pulaski Township | 83.348 | 134.136 | ![]() | Southern end of US 127 concurrency | |
84.244 | 135.578 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 2 concurrency | |||
Bryan | 86.514 | 139.231 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
87.288 | 140.476 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 127 concurrency | |||
Jefferson Township | 94.303 | 151.766 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 20A concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 107 | ||
Holiday City | 95.912– 96.202 | 154.355– 154.822 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 13 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
Madison Township | 97.970 | 157.667 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 20A concurrency | ||
Pioneer | 99.773 | 160.569 | ![]() | |||
Madison Township | 102.312 | 164.655 | ![]() | Michigan state line | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. August 30, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
External links
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