State Route 174 (SR 174) is a 9.56-mile (15.39 km) long north–south state highway in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway runs from its southern terminus at a T-intersection with Old Mill Road in a quiet residential neighborhood in the eastern Cleveland suburb of Gates Mills to its northern terminus at a signalized intersection with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Willoughby that doubles as the eastern terminus of SR 640.
 State Route 174 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 9.56 mi[1][2] (15.39 km) | |||
| Existed | 1923[3][4]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Old Mill Rd in Gates Mills | |||
 US 322 in Gates Mills US 6 in Willoughby Hills | ||||
| North end |   US 20 / SR 640 in Willoughby | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Cuyahoga, Lake | |||
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Route description
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The routing of SR 174 takes it through eastern Cuyahoga County and western Lake County. No portion of SR 174 is included within the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of routes determined to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.[5] SR 174 northern terminus and concurrency with US 20 has been unsigned since the early 1960s.[6][7][8]
History
editWhen SR 174 was established in 1923, it consisted of the following routing: Starting from its southern terminus at SR 91 in Solon, it followed what is now Solon Road northeasterly into Chagrin Falls. It then ran northwest along what is now Chagrin Boulevard, formerly designated as US 422 and, before that, SR 16, to Chagrin River Road. From there, SR 174 utilized Chagrin River Road heading north into Gates Mills, where it tied into its present-day southern terminus, and then followed the entirety of its current routing to its northern terminus in downtown Willoughby.[3][4]
In 1929, SR 174 took on its present shape when all of the highway south of Gates Mills was removed from the state highway system. Its new (and present) southern terminus was at US 322, which followed Old Mill Road at the time.[9][10] Even though US 322 was re-routed to the north within Gates Mills in 1940, SR 174 continues to end at Old Mill Road to this day.[11][12]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cuyahoga | Gates Mills | 0.00 | 0.00 | Old Mill Road | - |
| 0.91 | 1.46 | US 322 (Mayfield Road) | |||
| Lake | Willoughby Hills | 5.37 | 8.64 |   US 6 (Chardon Road) to I-90 | |
| Willoughby | 7.87 | 12.67 |   SR 84 west (Ridge Road) / Willoughcroft Road | Southern end of SR 84 concurrency | |
| 8.21 | 13.21 |  SR 84 east (Johnnycake Ridge Road) / Oakdale Road | Northern end of SR 84 concurrency | ||
| 9.36 | 15.06 | US 20 west (Euclid Avenue) / Spaulding Avenue | Southern end of US 20 concurrency | ||
| 9.56 | 15.39 | US 20 east (Mentor Avenue) / SR 640 west (Vine Street) / Erie Street | Northern end of US 20 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 640 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
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- ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 174, Cuyahoga County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 174, Lake County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ a b Map of Ohio State Highways (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. April 1922. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ a b Map of Ohio Showing State Routes (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. July 1923. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ National Highway System: Ohio (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ^ "Facebook - Willoughby Historical Society - Downtown Willoughby c. early 1950s". Facebook.
- ^ "Willoughby Historical Society - Downtown Willoughby after 1967". Facebook.
- ^ "Google Maps - Downtown Willoughby c. 2014".
- ^ Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODHPW. Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works. April 1928. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. August 1929. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ Ohio Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1939. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ Ohio Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1940. Retrieved 2009-09-30.