Route 2 (original) (raw)

From Indiana state line 3 miles west of Hicksville to route 20 in Painesville. Continuation of Indiana route 37.

Counties:

Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake

Length:

230 miles

General Direction:

East/West

Dual Certifications:

• Supercedes route 34 from Bryan to 7 miles east of Bryan.
• Superceded by route 20A from 2 miles east of Wauseon to 3 miles east of Swanton.
• Supercedes route 53 from Port Clinton to 6 miles east of Port Clinton.
• Superceded by route 90 from 3 miles east of Amherst to Rocky River.
• Superceded by route 20 from Rocky River to Cleveland.
• Superceded by route 90 from 2 miles east of downtown Cleveland to Euclid.

Intersections:

0: IN; 3: 18,49S; 4: 49N; 11: 249W; 12: 249E; 16: 6W,576; 20: 6E,127S; 22: 127N,15N,34W; 29: 34E,191S; 31: 191N; 38: 66S; 40: 66N; 49: 108S; 51: 20A,108N; 67: 20A,295S; 68: 295N; 69: 80; 76: 475; 78: 20; 82: 24; 83: 25; 84: 51W,65N; 86: 51E,65S; 87: 280; 100: 579; 102: 590; 107: 19; 117: 358; 118: 163; 120: 53S; 126: 53N; 127: 269N; 131: 269S; 133: 6; 137: 101; 139: 4; 143: 250; 147: 6; 148: 13; 152: 61; 159: 60; 167: 58; 170: 90; 197: 20,42; 199: 90; 211: 90; 214: 91; 215: 640; 217: 306; 220: 615; 226: 44; 227: 283; 229: 535; 230: 20
#### Freeway Sections: * From route 163 to Rocky River. * From route 90 in Cleveland to route 20 in Painesville.
#### Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections: * From Swanton to route 20, 2 miles east of Holland. * From 3 miles west of route 163 to route 163.

History of route 2:

• Original state highway.
• Originally routed along current route 6 from Indiana state line to Bryan and along current routes 51 and 20 from Toledo to Pennsylvania state line.
• Toledo to Pennsylvania state line certified as route 20 in 1926.
• Indiana state line to Hicksville was route 17 before 1926.
• Toledo to Port Clinton was route 23 before 1926.
• Indiana state line to Hicksville was route 18 only from 1926-36.
• Hicksville to Bryan was route 108 before 1936.
• In 1926, rerouted from Toledo to Cleveland along previous route 23 from Toledo to Port Clinton, previous unnumbered road from Port Clinton to 2 miles west of Sandusky, and previous route 12 from 2 miles west of Sandusky to Cleveland.
• Extended to Wickliffe along previous unnumbered road by 1931.
• In 1936, extended to Indiana state line along previous route 108 from Bryan to Hicksville and current route 2 (route 18 in 1936) from Hicksville to Indiana state line.
• Indiana state line to Hicksville dually certified as routes 2 and 18 from 1936-40.
• Route 18 certification removed in 1940.
• Extended to route 86 at Painesville in 1962.
• Euclid to Painesville upgraded to freeway in 1962.
• 9 miles west of Sandusky to 4 miles west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway in 1967.
• Rerouted onto Sandusky bypass, the previous route 6, in 1967.
• Route 163 to 9 miles west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway in 1968.
• 2 miles west of Amherst to route 83 (route 76 in 1970) upgraded to freeway in 1970.
• 4 miles east of Amherst to route 83 (route 76 in 1970) dually certified with route 90 in 1970.
• Ceylon to 2 miles west of Amherst upgraded to freeway by 1976.
• Route 83 to Rocky River upgraded to freeway and dually certified with route 90 in 1977.
• Huron to Ceylon upgraded to freeway by 1991.

Last updated by John Simpsonon 8-08-98 at 16:19 EDT.