Ohio State Route 120
State Route 120 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 37.72 mi[1] (60.70 km) | |||
| Existed | 1940–present | |||
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| West end | Michigan state line near Lyons (old M-120) | |||
| East end |  SR 65 in Toledo | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Ohio | |||
| Counties | Fulton, Lucas | |||
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State Route 120 (SR 120) is an east–west
History
 | This article is in prose. is available. (September 2013) |
In 1940, Route 120’s original route was certified. It began at the
In 1946, the route east of Metamora was decertified by the state. The section west of Toledo was renumbered State Route 102, which turned south in Metamora along current
By 1950, the route extended west to the Michigan border, replacing State Route 102.
The coming of the expressway system in Toledo brought changes to State Route 120 as well. In 1955, the route was added to a stretch of the future Detroit-Toledo Expressway in Northwood. The former routing from Northwood to Elmore certified as State Route 51.
In 1970, the Route 120 designation was completely removed from I-280. SR-120 was truncated back to the Central Avenue exit (then exit 11) of I-280. The former Summit Street routing of SR-120 was added to
The last change to the route occurred in 1989. Route 120 was moved back onto Cherry Street into Downtown Toledo, ending at its present terminus at Summit Street (SR-65). The alignment to Interstate 280 was decertified after the Central Avenue interchange with I-280 removed.[2]
Before 1940
- 1923–1939 – Routed along the current alignment of U.S. Route 127 northwest of Versailles to Piqua; this route certified as State Route 185 in 1940.[4][5][6]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Chesterfield Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | Morenci Road (former M-120) | Michigan state line | |
| Royalton Township | 7.33 | 11.80 |  SR 109 – Delta | ||
| Metamora | 14.13 | 22.74 |   SR 64 north (East Main Street) | Western end of SR 64 concurrency | |
Amboy Township | 17.05 | 27.44 |    US 20 west / SR 64 south – Fayette, Swanton | Eastern end of SR 64 concurrency; western end of US 20 concurrency | |
| Lucas | Richfield Township | 20.86 | 33.57 |  SR 295 (Berkey-Southern Road) – Berkey, Whitehouse | |
| Sylvania Township | 28.29 | 45.53 |   I-475 / US 23 – Maumee, Ann Arbor | Exit 13 (I-475) | |
| 29.40 | 47.31 |  US 20 east (Reynolds Road) | Eastern end of US 20 concurrency | ||
| Toledo | 33.31 | 53.61 |  SR 51 (Monroe Street) | ||
| 35.19 | 56.63 |  US 24 (Detroit Avenue) | |||
| 37.26 | 59.96 |  SR 25 (Greenbelt Parkway/Spielbusch Avenue) | |||
| 37.72 | 60.70 | SR 65 (Summit Street) | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams". Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Route 120 Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Official Highway Map (Map). Cartography by ODH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1923. Archived from the original (MrSID) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ Official Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1939.
- ^ Official Highway Map (MrSID) (Map). Cartography by ODH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1940.