U.S. Route 20 in Ohio

This article is about the section of highway in Ohio. For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 20.

U.S. Route 20
290x172px Route of US 20 in red across northern Ohio
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	260.40 mi (419.07 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 20 at the Ohio-Indiana border near Edon
	US 127 in Fayette I-475 / US 23 in Toledo I-75 / US 23 in Perrysburg US 6 in Fremont US 250 in Norwalk I-80 near Elyria I-90 in Cleveland US 6 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 3 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 in Cleveland, Ohio
East end:	US 20 at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border at Conneaut
Location
Counties:	Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 19 SR 21 →

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.

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. 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, and a second built around the south side of Norwalk by 1967. 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; by 1935 US 20N had reverted to US 20 and US 20S had become US 20A.

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 crosing 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.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Williams	Northwest Township	0.000	0.000		US 20 west – Fort Wayne	Indiana state line
		2.066	3.325		SR 49 south – Edon, Edgerton	Western end of SR 49 overlap
		3.072	4.944		SR 49 north – Camden, Michigan	Eastern end of SR 49 overlap
	Bridgewater Township	9.134	14.700		SR 576 north – Bridgewater Center, Hillsdale, Michigan	Western end of SR 576 overlap
		10.139	16.317		SR 576 south – Montpelier	Eastern end of SR 576 overlap
	12.109	19.488	US 20A east – Holiday City		Western end of US 20A
	Madison Township	14.333	23.067		SR 15 – Pioneer, Holiday City, Bryan
	Mill Creek Township	21.989	35.388		US 127 south – West Unity, Bryan	Western end of US 127 overlap
Fulton	Gorham Township	24.704– 24.763	39.757– 39.852		US 127 north (Meridian Road) – Hudson, Michigan	Eastern end of US 127 overlap
	Fayette	26.387	42.466		SR 66 south (Fayette Street)	Northern end of SR 66
	Chesterfield Township	33.076	53.231		SR 108 north	Western end of SR 108 overlap
		36.078	58.062		SR 108 south – Wauseon	Eastern end of SR 108 overlap
	Royalton Township	42.108	67.766		SR 109 – Adrian, Michigan, Delta
	Assumption	48.526	78.095		SR 120 west / SR 64 – Metamora, Swanton	Western end of SR 120 overlap
Lucas	Richfield Township	52.343	84.238		SR 295 (Berkey Southern Road) – Berkey, Whitehouse
	Sylvania	59.773	96.195		I-475 / US 23 – Maumee, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Exit 13 on I-475
		60.883	97.982		SR 120 east (Central Avenue)	Eastern end of SR 120 overlap
	Toledo	62.633	100.798		SR 246 east (Dorr Street)	Western end of SR 246
		65.173	104.886		SR 2 (Airport Highway)
	Maumee	16.640– 16.660	26.779– 26.812		I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike – Chicago, Cleveland	Double trumpet interchange; exit 59 on Ohio Turnpike
		68.713	110.583		US 20A west (Illinois Avenue)	Eastern end of US 20A
		68.853	110.808		US 24 / SR 25 north (Anthony Wayne Trail) to I-475 / US 23	Western end of SR 25 overlap
Wood	Perrysburg	69.913	112.514		SR 25 south (Boundary Street) / SR 65 south	Eastern end of SR 25 overlap; western end of SR 65 overlap
		70.591	113.605		SR 65 north (Front Street)	Eastern end of SR 65 overlap
		70.847	114.017		SR 199 begins (Louisiana Avenue) / SR 795 (Indiana Avenue)	Northern end of SR 199; western end of SR 795
		71.092	114.411		SR 795 east (Indiana Avenue)	Eastern end of SR 795 overlap
		72.240– 72.408	116.259– 116.529		I-75 / US 23 north – Dayton, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Toledo	Western end of US 23 overlap; exit 193 on I-75
	Troy Township	78.324	126.050		SR 163 east	Western end of SR 163
		80.560– 80.751	129.649– 129.956	81A	SR 420 to I-280 – Toledo	To Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-90); exits 81A and 81B are connected eastbound
		81.167	130.626	81B	Pemberville Road
Wood–Sandusky county line	83.469	134.330		US 23 south	Eastern end of US 23 overlap
Sandusky	Woodville	86.109		138.579	SR 105 west	Western end of SR 105 overlap
		86.649		139.448	SR 105 east	Eastern end of SR 105 overlap
	Woodville Township	89.159	143.488		SR 300 south	Northern end of SR 300
	90.299	145.322	SR 51 north		Southern end of SR 51
	Hessville	93.699	150.794		SR 600 west	Eastern end of SR 600
	Washington Township	94.899	152.725		SR 590
	Sandusky Township	98.759	158.937	98	US 6 west / SR 53 south / State Street – Tiffin, Fremont	Western end of US-6 and SR 53 concurrencies; western end of expressway; no access from westbound US 20 to eastbound State Street
	Fremont	99.979	160.901	100	SR 19 north – Oak Harbor	Western end of SR 19 overlap
		100.739	162.124	101	SR 53 north – Port Clinton, Lake Erie Islands	Eastern end of SR 53 overlap
		102.149	164.393	102	US 6 east – Sandusky	Eastern end of US 6 overlap
	Sandusky Township	103.099	165.922	103	SR 412 (Castalia Street)
	Green Creek Township	104.769	168.609	105	State Street — Fremont	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern end of expressway
		105.389	169.607		SR 19 south	Eastern end of SR 19 overlap
	Clyde	109.679	176.511		SR 510 north (Main Street)	Southern end of SR 510
		109.869	176.817		SR 101 (Maple Street)
Sandusky–Huron county line	Bellevue	117.109	188.469		SR 18 west (Kilbourne Street)	Western end of SR 18 overlap
		117.199	188.614		SR 269 (Sandusky Street)
Huron		118.079	190.030		SR 113 east	Western end of SR 113
		119.609	192.492		SR 4
	Monroeville	124.459	200.297		SR 99
					SR 547 west	Eastern end of SR 547
	Ridgefield Township	128.789	207.266	—	SR 61 – Norwalk	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Norwalk	130.599	210.179	—	US 250 / SR 13 – Norwalk, Ashland
		132.429	213.124	—	SR 18 east	Eastern end of SR 18 overlap
				—	Cleveland Road	East end of expressway
	134.929	217.147		SR 601
	Wakeman	141.869		228.316	SR 303 east	Western end of SR 303
		142.719– 142.849		229.684– 229.893	SR 60 (River Street) – Ashland, New London, Vermilion	SR 60 is concurrent for one block
Lorain	Camden Township	147.849		237.940	SR 511
	Oberlin	152.389		245.246	SR 58
	New Russia Township	155.729	250.622	—	SR 511 south	Eastern end of SR 511
	Carlisle Township	158.809	255.578	—	SR 301 south (Lagrange Road) – Lagrange	Western end of SR 301 overlap
		161.109	259.280	—	Grafton Road
	Eaton Township	161.719– 161.999	260.262– 260.712	—	SR 10 east to I-480 SR 57 / SR 301 north – Medina, Elyria	Eastern end of expressway, which continues eastbound as SR 10; US 20 and SR 301 depart eastbound via exit ramp; western end of SR 57 overlap
	Elyria	165.199	265.862		SR 301 north / SR 57 north / SR 113 west (Cleveland Street, John F. Kennedy Memorial Parkway)	Eastern end of SR 301 and SR 57 concurrencies; western end of SR 113 overlap
	North Ridgeville	168.339	270.915		SR 83 (Avon Belden Road)
Cuyahoga	Westlake	176.089	283.388		SR 252 (Columbia Road)
	Rocky River	180.739	290.871		SR 254 west (Detroit Road) / SR 113 south (Wooster Road / West Lake Road) / US 6 Alt. west	Eastern end of SR 254; northern end of SR 113; western end of ALT US 6 overlap
	Lakewood	180.899	291.129		US 6 Alt. east (Detroit Avenue)	Eastern end of ALT US 6 overlap
		181.449	292.014		SR 237 south (West Clifton Boulevard)	Western end of SR 237 overlap
		181.789	292.561		US 6 west / SR 2 west (Clifton Boulevard)	Western end of US 6 and SR 2 concurrencies; northern end of SR 237
	Cleveland			Western end of Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
				—	Lake Avenue, West Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				—	Edgewater Park, Whiskey Island
				—	West 45th Street, West 49th Street	45th Street signed eastbound only; 49th Street signed westbound only; all trucks must exit at 49th Street westbound
		188.069	302.668		SR 2 east	US 6 and US 20 exit onto 25th Street; SR 2 continues eastbound on the Shoreway; eastern end of SR 2 overlap
		188.109	302.732		US 6 Alt. west / US 42 south / SR 3 south (Detroit Avenue, 25th Street)	Western end of US 42 and SR 3 concurrencies
				Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River
		188.979	304.132		US 6 / US 42 / US 322 / US 422 / SR 3 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 / Public Square	Eastern end of US 6, US 42 and SR 3 concurrencies.
					SR 10 (Opportunity Corridor)
					US 322 west (Chester Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive)	Western end of US 322 overlap.
					US 322 east (Mayfield Road)	Eastern end of US 322 overlap.
	East Cleveland				US 6 west (Superior Avenue, Superior Road)	Western end of US 6 overlap
	Euclid				US 6 east / SR 84 east (Chardon Road)	Eastern end of US 6 overlap; western end of SR 84
					SR 175 (Richmond Road)
Cuyahoga–Lake county line	Euclid–Wickliffe city line				I-90 to I-271 south to SR 2 – Erie, PA, Columbus, Cleveland, Painesville	Exit 186 on I-90
Lake	Willoughby				SR 91 (Som Center Road)
					SR 174 south (River Street)	Northern end of SR 174
					SR 640 west (Vine Street)	Eastern end of SR 640
	Mentor				SR 306 (Reynolds Road)
					SR 615 (Center Street)
	Painesville				SR 44 to SR 2 (Fern Drive)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance from SR 44; ramps connect to US 20 via Fern Drive
					SR 283 north	Southern end of SR 283
					SR 86 south	Northern end of SR 86
	Painesville Township				SR 535 west	Eastern end of SR 535
					SR 2 west	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastbound exit and westbound entrance are via SR 535 West; eastern end of SR 2
	Madison Township				SR 528 south (Hubbard Road)	Northern end of SR 528
Ashtabula	Geneva				SR 534 (Broadway Street)
	Saybrook Township				SR 45 (Center Road)
	Ashtabula Township				SR 11	Exit 97 on SR 11
	North Kingsville				SR 193 (Main Street)
	Conneaut				SR 7 south	Western end of SR 7 overlap
					SR 7 north	Eastern end of SR 7 overlap
		260.40	419.07		US 20 east – Erie	Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus             Incomplete access

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