State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south and east–west route in northwestern Ohio. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 23/State Route 103 (US 23/SR 103) near Carey, and its northern (western) terminus is at the Michigan state line north of Pioneer, where the route continues in Michigan as M-99. The route is signed east–west from Carey to Bryan, and it is signed north–south from there to the Michigan state line.
 State Route 15 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 102.312 mi[1] (164.655 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end |   US 23 / SR 103 near Carey | |||
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| North end |  M-99 near Pioneer | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Wyandot, Hancock, Putnam, Defiance, Williams | |||
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SR 15 is an expressway for its southernmost 19 miles (31 km): two miles (3.2 km) where it runs concurrently with Interstate 75 (I-75), three miles (4.8 km) where it runs concurrently with US 68, and the final 14 miles (23 km) as a stand-alone limited-access road until its junction with US 23. The final 17 miles (27 km) are part of a heavily traveled[citation needed] corridor providing the most direct route between Detroit, Toledo, Findlay, Marion and Columbus.
History
editSR 15 was certified in 1923, along the current US 322, which replaced it in 1926.[citation needed]
In 1926 the designation was reapplied to a route from Carey to the Indiana state line. In 1929 it was rerouted to Bryan, replacing parts of SR 9. It replaced the rest of SR 9 in 1931, rerouted along its current route to the Michigan state line.[citation needed]
In 1966, SR 15 was rerouted on an expressway from I-75 in Findlay to US 23 in Carey, its new southern (eastern) terminus. The highway runs a few miles south of its previous routing, which was recertified as SR 568 the same year.[citation needed]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wyandot | Carey | 0.000– 0.477 | 0.000– 0.768 | — | US 23 / SR 103 – Columbus, Toledo | Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 15 |
| Hancock | Vanlue | 4.558– 5.246 | 7.335– 8.443 | — |   SR 330 north – Vanlue | Interchange; southern terminus of SR 330 |
| Marion Township | 9.696– 10.420 | 15.604– 16.769 | — |  SR 37 – Delaware, Findlay | Interchange | |
| Findlay | 13.695– 14.325 | 22.040– 23.054 | — |   US 68 south – Kenton | Eastern end of US 68 concurrency; interchange | |
| 16.628– 16.773 | 26.760– 26.994 | — | Lima Avenue – Findlay | RIRO interchange | ||
| 16.842– 17.364 | 27.105– 27.945 | 156 |   I-75 south / US 68 – Cincinnati, Lima | Southern end of I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of US 68 | ||
| 17.834– 18.428 | 28.701– 29.657 | 157 |  SR 12 – Columbus Grove, Findlay | |||
| 19.578– 19.862 | 31.508– 31.965 | 159 |    I-75 north / US 224 east (West Trenton Avenue) – Toledo, Findlay, Tiffin | Northern end of I-75 concurrency; eastern end of US 224 concurrency | ||
| Blanchard Township | 24.351 | 39.189 |  SR 186 north – McComb | Southern terminus of SR 186 | ||
| 26.364 | 42.429 |  SR 235 – Ada, McComb | ||||
| Putnam | Ottawa | 40.645 | 65.412 |     US 224 west (West Main Street) / SR 65 south (South Elm Street) / SR 109 begins – Van Wert, Lima | Western end of US 224 concurrency; southern end of SR 65 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 109 | |
| 41.120 | 66.176 | SR 65 north / SR 109 north (North Perry Street) / North Taft Avenue | Northern end of SR 65/SR 109 concurrency | |||
| Greensburg Township | 46.397 | 74.669 |  SR 108 north / Road 14 – Napoleon | Southern terminus of SR 108 | ||
| Palmer Township | 50.531 | 81.322 |  SR 115 south – Kalida | Northern terminus of SR 115 | ||
| 51.094 | 82.228 |  SR 613 – Continental, Leipsic | ||||
| Monroe Township | 55.551 | 89.401 |  SR 634 south – Continental | Northern terminus of SR 634 | ||
| Defiance | Defiance | 67.641 | 108.858 |  SR 18 east (East 2nd Street) | Eastern end of SR 18 concurrency | |
| 68.128 | 109.641 |  SR 66 south (Jefferson Avenue) – Delphos | Southern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
| 68.270 | 109.870 |  SR 111 south (Clinton Street) / West 2nd Street | Northern terminus of SR 111 | |||
| 68.907 | 110.895 | SR 66 north (North Clinton Street) / East Sessions Avenue | Northern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
| 69.838– 69.948 | 112.393– 112.570 |  US 24 – Toledo, Fort Wayne | Exit 25 (US 24) | |||
| 71.186 | 114.563 | SR 18 west – Hicksville | Northern end of SR 18 concurrency | |||
| Ney | 79.837 | 128.485 |  SR 249 west | Eastern terminus of SR 249 | ||
| Williams | Pulaski Township | 83.348 | 134.136 |  US 127 south – Sherwood | Southern end of US 127 concurrency; location of north–south/east–west direction change | |
| 84.244 | 135.578 |   US 6 / SR 2 west – Edgerton, Napoleon | Southern end of SR 2 concurrency | |||
| Bryan | 86.514 | 139.231 |  SR 2 east / SR 34 (High Street) | Northern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
| 87.288 | 140.476 |  US 127 north / CR E (Brunicardi Way) – West Unity | Northern end of US 127 concurrency | |||
| Jefferson Township | 94.303 | 151.766 |    US 20A east / SR 107 west – West Unity, Montpelier | Southern end of US 20A concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 107 | ||
| Holiday City | 95.912– 96.202 | 154.355– 154.822 |    I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike – South Bend, Toledo | Exit 13 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
| Madison Township | 97.970 | 157.667 |  US 20A east / CR O – Angola, IN | Northern end of US 20A concurrency | ||
| Pioneer | 99.773 | 160.569 |  US 20 – Fayette, Angola, IN | |||
| Madison Township | 102.312 | 164.655 | M-99 north – Hillsdale | Michigan state line | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. August 30, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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