Ohio State Route 18

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State Route 18 (SR 18) is an east–west highway in northern Ohio. It is the sixth longest state route in the state. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville, where the route continues in Indiana as State Road 8, and its eastern terminus is at State Route 91 in Akron.

State Route 18 marker
State Route 18
Route of SR 18 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length197.39 mi[1] (317.67 km)
Existed1924–present
Major junctions
West end SR 8 near Hicksville
Major intersections
East end SR 91 in Akron
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesDefiance, Henry, Wood, Hancock, Seneca, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
SR 17 SR 19
Ohio State Route 18 bisects the community of Bascom, where it also serves as the southern terminus of Ohio State Route 635.

History

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State Route 18 was an original state highway that went from Norwalk to the Pennsylvania state line. The route was extended to the Indiana state line in 1926. Until 1950, it was one of a very few Ohio routes to end at two state lines.

State Route 18's extension to the Indiana state line originally overlapped State Route 2 from the line to Hicksville. In 1940, State Route 18 was rerouted on the former State Route 193 from the line to Hicksville.

In 1950, State Route 18's eastern terminus was moved to Youngstown. Its old route to the Pennsylvania state line was recertified as State Route 289.

In 1966, the route was routed along State Route 8 and Interstate 80S (now Interstate 76) to Youngstown. This series of concurrencies ended in 1971, and State Route 18 would eventually be routed along Market Street in Akron, to end at its current terminus.

In 1969, State Route 18 was routed concurrently with U.S. Route 20 along the Norwalk Bypass, a limited access freeway. Prior to the Bypass route, State Route 18 followed Main Street and Woodlawn Avenue (formerly known as Medina Street) and later followed Main Street and Akron Road through the city of Norwalk (much of this alignment was already concurrent with US 20).

Before the rerouting of SR 18 via SR 8 and I-80S, SR 18 left West Market Street at Twin Oaks Drive in West Akron, where it went a few blocks east to North Portage Path, then jogged 1 block north to Memorial Parkway, which became Tallmadge Avenue east of the Cuyahoga River (before that, SR 18 continued along Market Street, then joined with SR 8 before reaching Tallmadge Avenue).

Tallmadge Road was a straight east/west road which became Mahoning Avenue as it approached the Youngstown area.

Most stretches of former SR 18 are still referred to as County Road 18 in Portage and Mahoning Counties.

SR 18 was realigned around North Baltimore on a two-lane 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km) bypass completed in 2012.[2] The new bypass, which included a roundabout at the eastern transition to the original route, was built to facilitate traffic to a new CSX rail yard in Henry Township. The old route through North Baltimore became signed as SR 18 Business.[2]

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
DefianceHicksville Township0.000.00 
 
SR 8 west / CR 58 (Buckskin Road) / State Line Road
Indiana state line
Hicksville3.104.99 
 
 
 
SR 2 west / SR 49 south (West High Street) / South Main Street
Western end of SR 2 / SR 49 concurrency
3.525.66 
 
 
 
SR 2 east / SR 49 north (East High Street)
Eastern end of SR 2 / SR 49 concurrency
Sherwood14.1222.72  US 127
Noble Township22.3035.89 
 
SR 15 north – Ney, Bryan
Western end of SR 15 concurrency
Defiance23.5737.93  US 24 – Antwerp, NapoleonExit 25 (US 24)
24.5839.56 
 
SR 66 north (North Clinton Street) / East Session Street
Western end of SR 66 concurrency
25.2240.59 
 
SR 111 west (Clinton Street) / West Second Street
Northern terminus of SR 111
25.3640.81 
 
SR 66 south (Jefferson Street)
Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
25.8541.60 
 
SR 15 south (Douglas Street)
Eastern end of SR 15 concurrency
27.2943.92 
 
 
 
SR 281 west (Florence Avenue) to US 24 – Independence Dam State Park
Western end of SR 281 concurrency
Richland Township28.9346.56 
 
SR 281 east – Custar
Eastern end of SR 281 concurrency
HenryHolgate38.3061.64  SR 108 (North Wilhelm Street) – Napoleon, Miller City
MonroeMarion
township line
43.2669.62 
 
SR 109 north / CR G
Western end of SR 109 concurrency
Hamler44.7071.94 
 
SR 109 south (North First Street)
Eastern end of SR 109 concurrency
Bartlow Township49.8580.23 
 
  SR 65 north / CR E – McClure
Western end of SR 65 concurrency
50.7381.64 
 
SR 65 south – Belmore
Eastern end of SR 65 concurrency
WoodJackson Township59.0094.95 
 
SR 235 north
Western end of SR 235 concurrency
Hoytville60.4197.22 
 
SR 235 south
Eastern end of SR 235 concurrency
Henry Township64.65104.04 
 
 
SR 18 Bus. east
Western terminus of SR 18 Bus.
North Baltimore66.29106.68 
 
 
SR 18 Bus. west (Main Street)
Eastern terminus of SR 18 Bus.; roundabout
64.84104.35  I-75 – Dayton, ToledoExit 167 (I-75)
HancockCass Township74.41119.75 
 
 
 
SR 613 west to I-75 – Van Buren
Western end of SR 613 concurrency
HancockSeneca
county line
Fostoria81.72131.52 
 
 
 
  US 23 north / SR 199 north (North County Line Street) / SR 613 / West North Street
Eastern end of SR 613; western end of US 23 / SR 199 concurrency
Seneca82.54132.84 
 
SR 12 east (East South Street)
Western end of SR 12 concurrency
82.59132.92 
 
SR 12 west (West Lytle Street)
Eastern end of SR 12 concurrency
83.06133.67 
 
 
 
US 23 south / SR 199 south
Eastern end of US 23 / SR 199 concurrency
84.18135.47 
 
SR 587 south
Northern terminus of SR 587
Hopewell Township89.90144.68 
 
  SR 635 north / CR 7 – [[, Ohio|]]
Southern terminus of SR 635
Tiffin93.81150.97  US 224 – Findlay
95.61153.87  
 
SR 53 (Sandusky Street) / SR 101 begins
Western end of SR 101 concurrency
96.16154.75  
 
SR 100 / SR 231 south (South Washington Street)
Northern terminus of SR 231 (at Market Street)
96.63155.51 
 
SR 101 east (East Market Street)
Eastern end of SR 101 concurrency
Republic104.63168.39 
 
 
 
SR 67 south (South Kilbourne Street) / SR 162 east (West Jefferson Street) – Upper Sandusky, North Fairfield
Western end of SR 67 concurrency; western terminus of SR 162
104.75168.58  
 
SR 19 / SR 67 ends – Bloomville, Green Springs
Eastern end of SR 67 concurrency
SanduskyBellevue118.48190.68 
 
US 20 west (West Main Street) / Exchange Street
Western end of US 20 concurrency
SanduskyHuron
county line
118.52190.74 
 
SR 113 begins / SR 269-D (Northwest Street / Southwest Street)
Western end of SR 113 concurrency
Huron118.61190.88  SR 269 (Sandusky Street)
119.49192.30 
 
SR 113 east – Milan
Eastern end of SR 113 concurrency
121.02194.76  
 
SR 4 to Ohio Turnpike – Bucyrus, Sandusky
Monroeville125.87202.57  
 
 
SR 99 / SR 547 Truck west (North Ridge Street) – Willard
Western end of SR 547 Truck concurrency
126.52203.61 
 
 
 
 
SR 547 west (Monroe Avenue) / SR 547 Truck ends / Milan Avenue
Eastern terminus of SR 547; eastern end of SR 547 Truck concurrency
Norwalk128.97–
129.28
207.56–
208.06
 
 
To SR 61 – Norwalk
Interchange to unsigned SR 61-C; eastbound exit / westbound entrance only
132.01212.45   
 
US 250 / SR 13 to Ohio Turnpike – Norwalk, Ashland
Interchange
Norwalk Township133.84215.39 
 
US 20 east / Woodlawn Avenue – Cleveland
Interchange; eastern end of US 20 concurrency
NorwalkTownsend
township line
135.62218.26 
 
  SR 601 north / CR 51 (Greenwich Milan Town Line Road) – Milan
Southern terminus of SR 601
Clarksfield Township143.21230.47 
 
  SR 60 north / CR 186 (Zenobia Road) – Wakeman
Western end of SR 60 concurrency
143.80231.42 
 
SR 60 south – New London
Eastern end of SR 60 concurrency
LorainBrighton Township149.31240.29  SR 511 – Oberlin, Ashland
Wellington154.12248.03  SR 58 (Main Street)
Penfield Township159.15256.13  SR 301 – Elyria, West Salem
MedinaLitchfield Township164.32264.45  SR 83 (Avon Lake Road) – Lodi, Avon LakeTraffic circle
York Township169.45272.70  
 
SR 57 / SR 252 north / CR 24 (Columbia Road) – Olmsted Falls, Elyria
Western end of SR 57 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 252
Medina173.50279.22 
 
  US 42 south / SR 3 (Court Street)
Western end of SR 3 concurrency
173.57279.33 
 
SR 57 south (Broadway Street)
Eastern end of SR 57 concurrency
173.68279.51 
 
SR 3 north (Jefferson Street)
Eastern end of SR 3 concurrency
MedinaMontville
township line
177.17285.13  I-71 – Columbus, ClevelandExit 218 (I-71)
GrangerSharon
township line
180.28290.13  SR 94 – Wadsworth, North Royalton
SummitBathCopley
township line
184.70297.25   I-77 / SR 21 – Akron, ClevelandExit 137 (I-77)
Akron192.48309.77 
 
SR 162 west (Rand Avenue)
Western end of SR 162 concurrency
192.75310.20 
 
 
 
SR 261 west (High Street) / SR 162 ends
Eastern end of SR 162 concurrency
192.81310.30 
 
SR 261 east (Broadway)
195.18314.11 
 
 
 
SR 241 south (Innovation Way) to I-76
Northern terminus of SR 241
196.27–
196.39
315.87–
316.06
  I-76 / Mogadore Road – Barberton, YoungstownExit 26 (I-76)
197.36317.62  SR 91 (Canton Road) / Robindale Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SR 18 Business

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State Route 18 Business
LocationNorth Baltimore
Length1.934 mi[3] (3.112 km)
Existed2012–present

State Route 18 Business (SR 18 Bus.) is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km) business route through the village of North Baltimore in southern Wood County. The route starts at a T-intersection with SR 18 in Henry Township and runs east into North Baltimore on Deshler Road and West State Street. In the center of the village, the route heads south onto South Main Street. SR 18 Bus. ends at a roundabout with SR 18 in the southern limits of the village.[4]

SR 18 Bus. was created in November 2012 along what used to be SR 18 through North Baltimore. When SR 18 was rerouted on a bypass of the village in 2012, the old route became a signed business route.[2] Most of the business route was designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation as SR 18-J though a portion of the route near its western terminus was designated SR 18-C.[1] As of 2017 those designations have been removed and ODOT no longer maintains the business route.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 16, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
    Defiance County, Henry County, Wood County, Hancock County, Seneca County, Sandusky County, Huron County, Lorain County, Medina County, Summit County
  2. ^ a b c Patch, David (November 20, 2012). "Quick finish on bypass praised". The Blade. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "ODOT TIMS Viewer (showing current and former portions of SR 18 near North Baltimore)". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  4. ^ "Ohio State Route 18 Business (North Baltimore)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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