State Route 91 (SR 91), formerly known as Inter-county Highway 91 until 1921[2] and State Highway 91 in 1922,[3] is a north–south state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 224 (East Waterloo Road) in Springfield Township, east of Akron. Its northern terminus is at State Route 283 (Lakeshore Boulevard) on the Timberlake/Eastlake border less than one mile (1.6 km) south of Lake Erie.
 State Route 91 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 44.12 mi[1] (71.00 km) | |||
| Existed | 1912–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 224 / CR 66 in Springfield Township | |||
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| North end |  SR 283 on Timberlake/Eastlake border | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Summit, Cuyahoga, Lake | |||
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The route is known as Canton Road from its southern terminus to just north of its interchange with Interstate 76 in Akron (Canton Road continues south as County Route 66,[4] a former portion of State Route 8). North of this interchange, it is called Darrow Road until it enters the city of Tallmadge, where it is named South Avenue south of the Tallmadge Circle, and North Avenue north of the circle. It next passes through the Munroe Falls village limits and is known as South Main Street and North Main Street. It becomes Darrow Road once again in the city of Stow and for its remaining length in Summit County, aside from within the Hudson city limits, where it is South and North Main Streets.
In Cuyahoga and Lake Counties, State Route 91 is known as SOM Center Road, named for the fact that it runs through the centers of the original Solon, Orange, and Mayfield Townships in Cuyahoga County.[5]
The State Route 91 corridor includes examples of Connecticut Western Reserve town planning, particularly the public squares of Hudson, Tallmadge, and Mayfield. It also dissects several affluent communities of Northeast Ohio, including Hudson, Gates Mills, Pepper Pike, Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills and Solon .
History
edit- 1912 – Route runs from Stow to Chagrin Falls[6]
- 1923 – Rerouted from Stow to three miles (4.8 km) east of Wickliffe[7]
- 1930 – Extended south through Tallmadge and Munroe Falls to 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Lakemore along a previously unnumbered road[8]
- 1966 – Upgraded to four lanes from U.S. Route 6 to three miles (4.8 km) east of Wickliffe by this time
- 1970 – Extended south to U.S. Route 224 in Springfield Township along former State Route 8 alignment; extended north to Eastlake as a divided highway
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Summit | Springfield Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 224 (East Waterloo Road) / CR 66 (South Canton Road) – Lakemore | |
| Akron | 1.81 | 2.91 |   SR 18 west (East Market Street) / Robindale Avenue | Eastern terminus of SR 18 | |
| Tallmadge | 5.01– 5.10 | 8.06– 8.21 |    SR 261 to I-76 – Brimfield, Kent, Cuyahoga Falls, Akron | Tallmadge Circle | |
| Stow | 9.10 | 14.65 |  SR 59 (Kent Road) | ||
| Hudson | 14.67 | 23.61 |  SR 303 (Streetsboro Street) | ||
| Twinsburg | 19.15– 19.26 | 30.82– 31.00 |   I-480 / SR 14 – Youngstown, Cleveland | Exit 37 (I-480) | |
| 19.60 | 31.54 |  SR 82 (East Aurora Road) | |||
| Cuyahoga | Solon | 24.71 | 39.77 |  SR 43 (Aurora Road) | |
| 25.32– 25.52 | 40.75– 41.07 |  US 422 – Warren, Cleveland | Exit 18 (US 422) | ||
| Pepper Pike | 30.00 | 48.28 |  SR 87 (Woodland Road) | ||
| Mayfield Heights | 34.20 | 55.04 |   US 322 (Mayfield Road) to I-271 | ||
| Lake | Willoughby Hills | 38.86 | 62.54 |  US 6 (Chardon Road) | |
| 39.66– 40.00 | 63.83– 64.37 |  I-90 – Erie, Pa., Cleveland | Exit 189 (I-90) | ||
| Willoughby | 40.23 | 64.74 |  SR 84 (Ridge Road) | ||
| 41.45 | 66.71 |  US 20 (Euclid Avenue) | |||
| Eastlake | 42.15– 42.26 | 67.83– 68.01 |  SR 2 – Painesville, Cleveland | Exit 211 (SR 2) | |
| 42.68 | 68.69 |  SR 640 (Vine Street) | |||
| Timberlake–Eastlake line | 44.12 | 71.00 |  SR 283 / LECT (Lakeshore Boulevard) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (September 1921). Highway Map of Ohio Showing Conditions for Travel (PDF) (Map). c. 1:563,200. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (April 1922). Map of Ohio State Highways Showing All Improved Roadways and Indicating System Constructed Under Administration of Gov. Harry L. Davis (PDF) (Map). c. 1:563,200. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works.
- ^ "Official Summit County 2005 Highway Map, Summit County Engineer". Archived from the original on March 24, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
- ^ Sartin, V. David (August 31, 2007). "SOM Center Road has origins in three townships". PD Extra. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ Ohio State Highway Department (1912). Map of Ohio Showing Inter-County Highways (PDF) (Map). c. 1:563,200. Columbus: Ohio State Highway Department. OCLC 13716556. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works (July 1923). Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways (1930). Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (PDF) (Map). 1:760,320. Columbus: Ohio Department of Highways. OCLC 5673562, 7237073. Retrieved March 1, 2021.