Ohio State Route 57
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 61.22 mi[1] (98.52 km) | |||
Existed | 1938–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Ohio | |||
Counties | Wayne, Medina, Lorain | |||
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State Route 57 (SR 57) is a north–south state highway in northeast Ohio. SR 57 runs from US 30 near Orrville to US 6 in Lorain, a distance of 61.2 miles (98.5 km).
Route description
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SR 57 begins at US 30 as a two-lane road near Orrville in Wayne County. The highway travels north through Orrville and east of Rittman, intersecting SR 585 between the two towns. Further north, SR 57 enters Medina County and runs along the western edge of Wadsworth and passes the Wadsworth Municipal Airport before intersecting I-76/US 224 (Exit 7). Now in a northwesterly direction, SR 57 enters Medina after traveling over I-71 without an interchange. In Medina, SR 57 has a short concurrency with SR 3 and a longer concurrency with SR 18, which travels through the town square and splits northwest of town, at the same location where a concurrency with SR 252 begins. This concurrency ends a mile north where SR 57 runs northwest, entering Lorain County and meeting up with SR 303 and SR 83, having concurrencies with both routes.
In Lorain County, SR 57 passes through the town of
History
Prior to the construction of the SR 2/Ohio Turnpike connector around 1976, I-90 traffic had to use SR 57 to access the Turnpike. In 2003 the loop from SR 57 southbound to I-90/SR 2 eastbound in this interchange was removed and replaced by a left turn to simplify traffic movements on SR 57, and the opposite loop had been removed by 2004 to make it a six-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange.
Rebuilding and widening program
The improvement of the SR 57 corridor between the Ohio Turnpike and I-90 in Elyria is a long-awaited project to improve safety and reduce congestion in this heavily commercial area.[2] This stretch of SR 57 contains a disorganized cluster of roads and exits and has been said to be a high-crash zone, according to city and Ohio Department of Transportation District 3 officials.[3] This project will modify the existing SR 57 interchange with I-90 in Elyria as well as remove the existing 49th Street bridge over SR 57. SR 57 will be widened to six lanes between the Ohio Turnpike and I-90, and Midway Mall Boulevard will also be widened. The SR 57 and I-90 interchange will be converted to a full diamond interchange with signals.[4]
Major junctions
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Massillion, Wooster | |||||
Chippewa township line | 8.91 | 14.34 | ![]() | ||
10.32 | 16.61 | ![]() | |||
Chippewa Township | 12.96– 13.01 | 20.86– 20.94 | CR 57A (Rittman Road) – Rittman | Interchange | |
Medina | Wadsworth Township | 15.77 | 25.38 | CR 97 (Greenwich Road) – Wadsworth | Interchange |
16.38– 16.52 | 26.36– 26.59 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 7 (I-76) | ||
Lafayette, Sharon Center | |||||
Medina | 25.86 | 41.62 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
25.94 | 41.75 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 3 / SR 18 concurrencies | ||
26.00 | 41.84 | ![]() ![]() ![]() US 42 / SR 3 south (Court Street) | Northern end of SR 3 concurrency | ||
York Township | 29.98 | 48.25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 18 concurrency; southern end of SR 252 concurrency | |
30.91 | 49.74 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 252 concurrency | ||
Lorain | Grafton Township | 36.71 | 59.08 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 303 concurrency |
38.78 | 62.41 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 303 concurrency; southern end of SR 83 concurrency | ||
40.34 | 64.92 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 83 concurrency | ||
Carlisle–Eaton township line | 45.67 | 73.50 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 82 | |
Eaton Township | 46.76– 46.96 | 75.25– 75.57 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southern end of US 20 / SR 301 concurrencies; western terminus of SR 10 | |
Elyria | 50.08 | 80.60 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 20 concurrency; southern end of SR 113 concurrency | |
50.70 | 81.59 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 301 concurrency | ||
52.77 | 84.93 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 113 concurrency | ||
53.29– 53.51 | 85.76– 86.12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 145 (Ohio Tpk.) | ||
Elyria Township municipal line | 54.12– 54.45 | 87.10– 87.63 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 145 (I-90) | |
Sheffield Township | 55.23 | 88.88 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 254 | |
Lorain | 59.87 | 96.35 | ![]() | ||
61.22 | 98.52 | ![]() ![]() LECT (Erie Avenue) / Broadway | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ State Route 57 Corridor Improvement
- ^ ODOT and Elyria get Route 57 project on road
- ^ Northcentral Ohio Projects, State Route 57, Lorain County