Ohio State Route 18
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| State Route 18 |
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| Length: | 197.39 mi[1] (317.67 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1924 | ||||||||||||
| West end: |  SR 8 near Hicksville |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-75 near North Baltimore I-71 near Medina  I-77/SR 21 near Fairlawn I-76 in Akron |
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| East end: |  SR 91 in Akron |
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| Counties: | Defiance, Henry, Wood, Hancock, Seneca, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit | ||||||||||||
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State Route 18 is an east-west highway in northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville, Ohio (the route continues in Indiana as State Road 8), and its eastern terminus is at State Route 91 in Akron, Ohio.
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[edit] Cities and villages along route
From west to east, Ohio 18 passes through or near the following towns and/or cities:
- Hicksville
- Sherwood
- Defiance
- Holgate
- Hamler
- Deshler
- Hoytville
- North Baltimore
- Bairdstown
- Bloomdale
- Fostoria
- Bascom
- Tiffin
- Republic
- Bellevue
- Monroeville
- Norwalk
- Wellington
- Medina
- Fairlawn
- Akron
[edit] Major concurrencies
State Route 18 has two major concurrencies:
- with State Route 613 from just south of Bloomdale to Fostoria; and
- with U.S. Route 20 from Bellevue to Norwalk.
[edit] Route history
State Route 18 was an original state highway that went from Norwalk to the Pennsylvania state line. The route was extended to the Indiana state line in 1926. Until 1950, it was one of a very few Ohio routes to end at two state lines.
State Route 18's extension to the Indiana state line originally overlapped State Route 2 from the line to Hicksville. In 1940, State Route 18 was rerouted on the former State Route 193 from the line to Hicksville.
In 1950, State Route 18's eastern terminus was moved to Youngstown. Its old route to the Pennsylvania state line was recertified as State Route 289.
In 1966, the route was routed along State Route 8 and Interstate 80S (now Interstate 76) to Youngstown. This series of concurrencies ended in 1971, and State Route 18 would eventually be routed along Market Street in Akron, to end at its current terminus.
Before the rerouting of SR 18 via SR 8 and I-80S, SR 18 left West Market Street at Twin Oaks Drive in West Akron, where it went a few blocks east to North Portage Path, then jogged 1 block north to Memorial Parkway, which became Tallmadge Avenue east of the Cuyahoga River.
Tallmadge Road was a straight east/west road which became Mahoning Avenue as it approached the Youngstown Area.
Most stretches of Old SR 18 are still referred to as County Road 18 in Portage and Mahoning Counties.
[edit] References
- ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
