U.S. Route 20 in Ohio
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.
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US 20 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 260.54 mi[1] (419.30 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Counties | Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula | |||
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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 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 |
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| Williams | Northwest Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Indiana state line | |
| 2.07 | 3.33 |   .svg.png){kind=small} | Western terminus of SR 49 concurrency | |||
| 3.07 | 4.94 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Eastern terminus of SR 49 concurrency | |||
| Bridgewater Township | 9.13 | 14.69 |  .svg.png){kind=small} | Western terminus of SR 576 concurrency | ||
| 10.14 | 16.32 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Eastern terminus of SR 576 concurrency | |||
| Bridgewater–Madison township line | 12.05– 12.11 | 19.39– 19.49 |  | Western terminus of US 20A | ||
| Madison Township | 14.33 | 23.06 |  | |||
| Mill Creek Township | 21.96– 21.99 | 35.34– 35.39 |  .svg.png){kind=small} | Western terminus of US 127 concurrency | ||
| Fulton | Gorham Township | 24.64– 24.76 | 39.65– 39.85 | | Eastern terminus of US 127 concurrency | |
| Fayette | 26.39 | 42.47 |  | Northern terminus of SR 66 | ||
| Chesterfield Township | 33.08 | 53.24 |  .svg.png){kind=small} | Western terminus of SR 108 concurrency | ||
| 36.08 | 58.07 | | Eastern terminus of SR 108 concurrency | |||
| Royalton Township | 42.11 | 67.77 |  | |||
| Assumption | 48.53 | 78.10 |   | Western terminus of SR 120 concurrency | ||
| Lucas | Richfield Township | 52.34 | 84.23 |  | ||
| Sylvania | 59.77 | 96.19 |   | Exit 13 on I-475; single-point urban interchange | ||
| 60.88 | 97.98 | | Eastern terminus of SR 120 concurrency | |||
| Toledo | 62.63 | 100.79 |  | Western terminus of SR 246 | ||
| 65.17 | 104.88 |  | ||||
| Maumee | 66.91– 67.17 | 107.68– 108.10 |   | Double trumpet interchange; exit 59 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
| 68.71 | 110.58 | | Eastern terminus of US 20A | |||
| 68.85 | 110.80 |    | Western terminus of SR 25 concurrency | |||
| Wood | Perrysburg | 69.91 | 112.51 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 25 concurrency; western terminus of SR 65 concurrency | |
| 70.59 | 113.60 | | Eastern terminus of SR 65 concurrency | |||
| 70.85 | 114.02 |  | Northern terminus of SR 199; western terminus of SR 795 | |||
| 71.09 | 114.41 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 795 concurrency | |||
| 72.11– 72.41 | 116.05– 116.53 |  | Western terminus of US 23 concurrency; exit 193 on I-75 | |||
| Troy Township | 78.32 | 126.04 |  | Western terminus of SR 163 | ||
| 80.52– 81.46 | 129.58– 131.10 | 81A |   | 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 | | Eastern terminus of US 23 concurrency | |
| Sandusky | Woodville | 86.11 | 138.58 |  | Western terminus of SR 105 concurrency | |
| 86.65 | 139.45 | | Eastern terminus of SR 105 concurrency | |||
| Woodville Township | 89.16 | 143.49 |  | Northern terminus of SR 300 | ||
| Woodville–Washington township line | 90.30 | 145.32 |  | Southern terminus of SR 51 | ||
| Hessville | 93.70 | 150.80 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 600 | ||
| Washington Township | 94.90 | 152.73 |  | |||
| Sandusky Township | 98.06– 98.76 | 157.81– 158.94 | 98 |   | 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 |  | Western terminus of SR 19 concurrency; former exit 94 | |
| 100.55– 101.01 | 161.82– 162.56 | 101 | | Eastern terminus of SR 53 concurrency; former exit 95 | ||
| 102.15– 102.40 | 164.39– 164.80 | 102 | | Eastern terminus of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Sandusky Township | 102.93– 103.28 | 165.65– 166.21 | 103 |  | ||
| 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 | | Eastern terminus of SR 19 concurrency | |||
| Clyde | 109.68 | 176.51 |  | |||
| 109.87 | 176.82 |  | ||||
| Bellevue | 117.07 | 188.41 |  | Western terminus of SR 18 concurrency | ||
| Sandusky–Huron county line | 117.199 | 188.614 |  | Unsigned SR 269-D; unsigned western terminus of SR 113 | ||
| Huron | 117.20 | 188.62 | | |||
| 118.08 | 190.03 |  | Western terminus of SR 113 concurrency | |||
| 119.609 | 192.492 |  | ||||
| Monroeville | 124.46 | 200.30 |      | Western terminus of SR 547 Truck concurrency | ||
| 125.11 | 201.35 | | Eastern terminus of SR 547; eastern terminus of SR 547 Truck | |||
| Ridgefield Township | 127.56– 127.73 | 205.29– 205.56 | — |  | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; via unsigned SR 61-C | |
| Norwalk | 130.44– 130.76 | 209.92– 210.44 | — |   | Interchange | |
| 132.43– 132.80 | 213.13– 213.72 | — | | 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 |  | |||
| Wakeman | 141.80– 141.87 | 228.20– 228.32 |  | Western terminus of SR 303 | ||
| 142.72 | 229.69 |  | Western terminus of SR 60 concurrency | |||
| 142.85 | 229.89 | | Eastern terminus of SR 60 concurrency | |||
| Lorain | Camden Township | 147.85 | 237.94 |  | ||
| Oberlin | 152.39 | 245.25 |  | |||
| New Russia Township | 154.36 | 248.42 | Western terminus of freeway | |||
| New Russia Township | 155.42– 155.73 | 250.12– 250.62 | — | | Eastern terminus of SR 511 | |
| Carlisle Township | 158.66– 159.01 | 255.34– 255.90 | — |  | 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 | — |    | Eastern end of expressway; western terminus of SR 57 concurrency | |
| Elyria | 165.20 | 265.86 | | Eastern terminus of SR 301 / SR 57 concurrency; western terminus of SR 113 concurrency | ||
| North Ridgeville | 168.34 | 270.92 |  | |||
| Cuyahoga | Westlake | 176.09 | 283.39 |  | ||
| Rocky River | 180.70 | 290.81 |   | Eastern terminus of SR 254 (unsigned SR 254-D); western terminus of US 6 Alt. concurrency | ||
| Lakewood | 180.90 | 291.13 | | Eastern terminus of US 6 Alt. concurrency | ||
| 181.45 | 292.02 |  | Western terminus of SR 237 concurrency | |||
| 181.79 | 292.56 | | 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 | — | | Eastern terminus of SR 2 concurrency (continues east on the Shoreway) | ||
| 188.11 | 302.73 |   | 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 |       | 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 | East 105th Street / Opportunity Corridor | Future SR 10 | |||
| 193.32– 193.38 | 311.12– 311.21 | | Western terminus of US 322 concurrency | |||
| 193.80 | 311.89 | | Eastern terminus of US 322 concurrency | |||
| East Cleveland | 195.09 | 313.97 | | Western terminus of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Euclid | 196.93 | 316.93 |  | Eastern terminus of US 6 concurrency; unsigned western terminus of SR 84 | ||
| 201.54 | 324.35 |  | ||||
| Cuyahoga–Lake county line | Euclid–Wickliffe city line | 202.40– 202.66 | 325.73– 326.15 |  | Exit 186 on I-90 | |
| Lake | Wickliffe | 203.36 | 327.28 |  | Southern terminus of SR 633 | |
| Willoughby | 205.69 | 331.03 |  | |||
| 207.81 | 334.44 |  | Western terminus of unsigned SR 174 concurrency | |||
| 207.97 | 334.70 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 640; unsigned northern terminus of SR 174 | |||
| Mentor | 209.75 | 337.56 |  | |||
| 211.92 | 341.05 |  | ||||
| Painesville | 216.76 | 348.84 |  | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from SR 44; ramps connect to US 20 via Fern Drive | ||
| 218.38 | 351.45 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 283 | |||
| 218.73 | 352.01 |  | Western terminus of SR 86 | |||
| Painesville Township | 220.85 | 355.42 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 535 | ||
| 222.04 | 357.34 | | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of SR 2 | |||
| Madison Township | 230.46 | 370.89 |  | Northern terminus of SR 528 | ||
| Ashtabula | Geneva | 235.80 | 379.48 |  | ||
| Saybrook Township | 241.03 | 387.90 |  | |||
| Ashtabula Township | 246.55– 246.63 | 396.78– 396.91 |   | Exit 97 on SR 11 | ||
| North Kingsville | 250.88 | 403.75 |  | |||
| Conneaut | 258.27 | 415.65 |  | Western terminus of SR 7 concurrency | ||
| 258.49 | 416.00 | | Eastern terminus of SR 7 concurrency | |||
| 260.54 | 419.30 | | 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.
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 20 in Ohio. |
- "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.
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