Ohio State Route 15
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Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 102.312 mi[1] (164.655 km) | |||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Ohio | |||
Counties | Wyandot, Hancock, Putnam, Defiance, Williams | |||
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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.
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.
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History
[edit]SR 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 | — | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 15 |
Hancock | Vanlue | 4.558– 5.246 | 7.335– 8.443 | — | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southern terminus of SR 330 |
Marion Township | 9.696– 10.420 | 15.604– 16.769 | — | ![]() | Interchange | |
Findlay | 13.695– 14.325 | 22.040– 23.054 | — | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of US 68 | ||
17.834– 18.428 | 28.701– 29.657 | 157 | ![]() | |||
19.578– 19.862 | 31.508– 31.965 | 159 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-75 concurrency; eastern end of US 224 concurrency | ||
Blanchard Township | 24.351 | 39.189 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 186 | ||
26.364 | 42.429 | ![]() | ||||
Putnam | Ottawa | 40.645 | 65.412 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 224 concurrency; southern end of SR 65 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 109 | |
41.120 | 66.176 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 65/SR 109 concurrency | |||
Greensburg Township | 46.397 | 74.669 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 108 | ||
Palmer Township | 50.531 | 81.322 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 115 | ||
51.094 | 82.228 | ![]() | ||||
Monroe Township | 55.551 | 89.401 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 634 | ||
Defiance | Defiance | 67.641 | 108.858 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 18 concurrency | |
68.128 | 109.641 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
68.270 | 109.870 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 111 | |||
68.907 | 110.895 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
69.838– 69.948 | 112.393– 112.570 | ![]() | Exit 25 (US 24) | |||
71.186 | 114.563 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 18 concurrency | |||
Ney | 79.837 | 128.485 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 249 | ||
Williams | Pulaski Township | 83.348 | 134.136 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 127 concurrency; location of north–south/east–west direction change | |
84.244 | 135.578 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 2 concurrency | |||
Bryan | 86.514 | 139.231 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
87.288 | 140.476 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 127 concurrency | |||
Jefferson Township | 94.303 | 151.766 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 20A concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 107 | ||
Holiday City | 95.912– 96.202 | 154.355– 154.822 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 13 on Ohio Turnpike | ||
Madison Township | 97.970 | 157.667 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 20A concurrency | ||
Pioneer | 99.773 | 160.569 | ![]() | |||
Madison Township | 102.312 | 164.655 | ![]() ![]() | 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.
External links
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