Route 6
From Indiana state line 3 miles west of Edgerton to Pennsylvania state line
6 miles east of Richmond Center. Part of U.S. Route 6, which runs from
Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Counties:
Williams, Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga,
Ashtabula
Length:
259 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 24 from 2 miles west of Napoleon to 4 miles east of
Napoleon.
Superceded by route 20 from 4 miles west of Fremont to 3 miles east of
Fremont.
Superceded by route 20 from Rocky River to Cleveland.
Superceded by route 20 from East Cleveland to Euclid.
Supercedes route 7 from Andover to 2 miles east of Richmond Center.
Intersections:
0: IN; 3: 49; 10: 2W,576; 14: 127,2E;
21: 191; 24: 66S; 26: 66N; 28: 34;
35: 24W; 36: 108; 40: 24E,424; 41: 110;
43: 109; 48: 65; 56: 235; 64: 25;
66: 75; 73: 199N; 74: 199S; 78: 281; 79: 23;
84: 300; 86: 635; 88: 590; 91: 53S;
93: 20; 97: 20; 105: 510; 117: 269S;
118: 269N; 120: 2; 123: 101; 125: 4,250;
133: 2; 134: 13; 138: 61; 146: 60;
154: 611; 155: 58; 157: 57; 163: 301;
166: 83; 173: 252; 177: 20,6A; 186: 20,90;
187: 283; 191: 20; 195: 20; 198: 175; 199: 84;
201: 91; 203: 174; 207: 306; 215: 44;
219: 166,608; 224: 86,528; 229: 534; 234: 45;
237: 46; 240: 11; 243: 193; 248: 7S,85;
255: 7N; 259: PA
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
Napoleon bypass.
From route 25 to route 75.
Fremont bypass.
From 2 miles west of Vermilion to route 58.
History of route 6:
Certified in 1932.
Originally routed through Bryan along an unnumbered road and current
routes 2 and 34.
Originally routed through Bowling Green along an unnumbered road and
current route 105.
Indiana state line to Bryan was route 2 before 1932.
Bryan to Fremont was route 34 before 1932.
Fremont to Sandusky was route 12 before 1932.
Sandusky to Cleveland was route 12 before 1926 and route 2 from 1926-32.
Dually certified with route 2 in 1932. (See route 2
for information about when the route 2 dual certification was removed.
Euclid to Andover was route 85 only before 1932.
Andover to North Richmond was route 7 only before 1932.
North Richmond to Pennsylvania state line was unnumbered before 1926.
North Richmond to Pennsylvania state line was route 167 from 1926-32.
Euclid to Andover dually certified with route 85 in 1932.
Route 85 certification removed in 1938.
By 1950, routing west of Bryan changed to follow current unnumbered
road leading directly from Williams Center, and previous route from Edgerton
changed to route 192.
In 1959, rerouted around Bryan along previous route 384.
Fremont bypass added in 1960.
Route 4 to Huron rerouted onto new freeway in 1963.
4 miles west of Sandusky to route 4 upgraded to freeway in 1964.
4 miles west of Sandusky to 1 mile west of Huron changed to original
routing, which was route 2 only starting in 1963, in 1967.
Napoleon and Bowling Green bypasses added by 1969.
Route 6 Before 1926:
From Cincinnati to Michigan state line.
Routed along current route 4 from Cincinnati to Middletown, route 73
from Middletown to Franklin, unnumbered roads roughly paralleling route 75
from Franklin to Cygnet (route 25 from 1926-62), route 25 from Cygnet to
Perrysburg, route 65 from Perrysburg to Toledo, and unnumbered roads from
Toledo to Michigan state line.
Cincinnati to Middletown certified as route 4 in 1926.
Middletown to Franklin certified as route 73 in 1926.
Franklin to Michigan state line certified as route 25 in 1926.
Route 6 From 1926-29:
From Norwalk to Bridgeport.
Routed along current route 250.
Entire route certified as route 250 in 1929.
Route 6 From 1929-32:
From Bratenahl to Painesville.
Routed along current route 283 and unnumbered roads.
Bratenahl to Wickliffe was unnumbered before 1929.
Wickliffe to Painesville was route 175 before 1929.
Entire route certified as route 283 in 1932.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 5-11-98 at 20:31 EDT.