OHIO STATE ROUTE 2

'State Route 2' is an east-west highway crossing most of northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville where the route becomes State Road 37 which continues to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The eastern terminus of the route is in Painesville at U.S. Route 20.
It passes through Bryan, Wauseon, and enters greater Toledo west of its interchange with the Ohio Turnpike. It continues east from greater Toledo and soon parallels Lake Erie, becoming a freeway near Port Clinton. It then passes Sandusky, where it meets U.S. Route 250 and U.S. Route 6, and separates from the lakeshore as a freeway. Near Elyria, it feeds into Interstate 90, whose route it shares to Rocky River, where it follows State Route 254 along Detroit Road into Lakewood. Here it again joins U.S. 6, as well as U.S. Route 20 on Clifton Blvd. It then becomes part of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway in Cleveland, picking up I-90 again near Burke Lakefront Airport. These two highways split near Euclid, and State Route 2 continues to Painesville, feeding into U.S. 20 eastbound. State Route 2 serves as an access route to lakeshore attractions on Lake Erie from Toledo and Cleveland and as an alternative to the Ohio Turnpike.

Contents

Cities and villages along route

Junctions

Points of interest

History

Route 2C

Miscellanea

Sources

External links

Cities and villages along route

★ Hicksville

★ Farmer

★ Williams Center

★ Bryan

★ Stryker

★ Archbold

★ Wauseon

★ West Delta

★ Delta

★ Swanton

★ Toledo

★ Oregon

★ Port Clinton

★ Sandusky

★ Huron

★ Vermilion

★ Amherst

★ Elyria

★ Sheffield

★ Avon

★ Westlake

★ Rocky River

★ Lakewood

★ Cleveland

★ Bratenahl

★ Euclid

★ Wickliffe

★ Willowick

★ Eastlake

★ Willoughby

★ Mentor

★ Painesville

Junctions

Points of interest

★ Tiffin River, near Stryker

★ Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, near Swanton

★ Toledo Express Airport, near Swanton

★ Swan Creek Park, Toledo

★ International Park, Toledo

★ Maumee River, Toledo

★ Pearson Park, Oregon

★ Lake Erie Shore Line, from near Oregon to Painesville

★ Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, near Oak Harbor

★ Turtle Creek Bay, near Oak Harbor

★ Toussaint Bay, near Oak Harbor

★ Portage River, near Port Clinton

★ Sandusky Bay, near Sandusky

★ Huron River, near Huron

★ Vermilion River, Vermilion

★ Black River, Elyria

★ Rocky River Reservation and Rocky River, Rocky River and Lakewood

★ Perkins Beach, Cleveland

★ Cuyahoga River, Cleveland

★ Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland

★ Cleveland Lakefront State Park, Cleveland

★ Chagrin River, Willoughby

★ Grand River, Painesville

History

★ '1924' – Original route establishedExplanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson; originally followed current US 6 alignment from the Indiana state line to Bryan, and on SR 51 and US 20 from Toledo to the Pennsylvania state lineRoute 2 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1926' – Rerouted from Toledo to Cleveland along previous SR 23 alignment from Toledo to Port Clinton, previously unnumbered route from Port Clinton to 2 miles west of Sandusky, and previous SR 12 from 2 miles west of Sandusky to Cleveland. Cleveland-to-Pennsylvania alignment certified as US 20Route 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1931' – Extended to Wickliffe along previously unnumbered routeRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1936' – Rerouted to Indiana state line via the former SR 108 alignment from Hicksville to Bryan, and the former SR 18 alignment from the Indiana state line to Hicksville, with which it was dually certified along this route until 1940Route 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1940' – SR 18 alignment removed from SR 2 alignment west of HicksvilleRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1962' – Extended east to SR 86 in Painesville; Euclid-to-Painesville alignment upgraded to freewayRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1967' – 9 miles west of Sandusky to 4 miles west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway, and rerouted on the bypass around Sandusky on former US 6 alignmentRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1968' – From SR 169 to 9 miles west of Sandusky upgraded to freewayRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1970' – From 2 miles west of Amherst to SR 83 (SR 76 at that time) upgraded to freeway; from 4 miles east of Amherst to SR 83 dually certified with I-90 Route 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1976' – From Ceylon to 2 miles west of Amherst upgraded to freewayRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1977' – From SR 83 to Rocky River upgraded to freeway and dually certified with I-90Route 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

★ '1991' – From Huron to Ceylon upgraded to freewayRoute 14 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson.

Route 2C

'State Route 2C' is a connecting road that runs from State Route 163 to State Route 2 and State Route 53 near Port Clinton in Ottawa County, Ohio. State Route 2C was constructed as an access road for the SR2/SR163 intersection because a normal intersection could not be constructed.

Miscellanea

★ The section of State Route 2 that runs through Erie County is named for Jackie Mayer, a former Miss America who was born and raised in Sandusky.

Sources

External links

★ The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson

★ End photos of Ohio 2 from state-ends.com by Dan Garnell