OHIO STATE ROUTE 83

'State Route 83' is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is near the town of Beverly at State Route 60, and its northern terminus is overlooking Lake Erie at U.S. Route 6 in Avon Lake.

Contents

Cities and villages along route

Route 83C

History

Before 1960

Sources

External links

Cities and villages along route

★ Beverly

★ Cumberland

★ New Concord

★ Coshocton

★ Millersburg

★ Holmesville

★ Wooster

★ Burbank

★ Lodi

★ Grafton

★ North Ridgeville

★ Avon

★ Avon Lake

Route 83C

'Route 83C' is an unsigned, ¾-mileMileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted. route connecting SR 83 with SR 10 near Elyria. Route 83C runs west from SR 83 along Butternut Ridge Road, and then north on an access road to intersect SR 10. Route 83C exists because SR 83 bridges over SR 10 and would not have intersected SR 10 otherwise. The route is marked "To SR 10" westbound and "To SR 83" eastbound.

History

★ '1972' – Certified as State Route 83Route 83 (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson when this designation replaced that of State Route 76 (which was removed to prevent confusion with Interstate 76 after its completion). At this time, the designation was also routed along a new divided highway south and west of Coshocton.

Before 1960

★ '1924' – Original route establishedExplanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson from Ashtabula to the Pennsylvania state line south of Conneaut.

★ '1926' – Rerouted through Kingsville (village east of Ashtabula) along the current State Route 84 alignment.

★ '1938' – Rerouted from Ashtabula to Kelloggsville (village south of Conneaut) along previously unnumbered roads; alignment through Kingsville certified as State Route 84.

★ '1960' – Route decertified.

Sources

External links

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

★ End photos of Ohio 83 from state-ends.com by Dan Garnell