Route 15
From route 23 near Carey to Michigan state line 1 mile north of Pioneer.
Continuation of Michigan route 99.
Counties:
Wyandot, Hancock, Putnam, Defiance, Williams
Length:
105 miles
General Direction:
Northwest/Southeast
Dual Certifications:
Superceded by route 68 from 3 miles east of route 75 to route 75.
Superceded by route 75 from route 68 to route 224.
Superceded by route 224 from route 75 to Ottawa.
Superceded by route 127 from 4 miles south of Bryan to Bryan.
Superceded by route 20A from 1 mile north of West Jefferson to 2 miles
north of route 80.
Intersections:
0: 23,103; 5: 330; 10: 37; 14: 68;
41: 224,65,109; 47: 108; 52:115,613; 56: 634;
69: 18E,66,111,424; 71: 24; 72: 18W;
81: 249; 85: 127; 89: 127,2E,34W; 97: 20A,107;
101: 20A; 103: 20; 105: MI
Freeway Sections:
From route 68 to route 224.
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From route 23 to route 75.
History of route 15:
Certified in 1926.
Originally routed from Carey to Indiana state line along current
route 568 from Carey to Findlay, route 224 from Findlay to Ottawa, route 15
from Ottawa to Ney, and route 249 from Ney to Indiana state line.
Carey to Ney was route 22 before 1926.
Ney to Bryan was route 9 before 1926.
Bryan to Michigan state line was route 9 before 1931.
Findlay to Ottawa dually certified with route 17 in 1926.
By 1929, rerouted from Ney to Michigan state line along previous route 9.
Ney to Indiana state line certified as route 249 by 1929.
Findlay to Ottawa dually certified with route 224 in 1934.
Extended from Bryan to Michigan state line in 1931.
Route 23 to route 75 rerouted and upgraded to divided highway in 1966.
Carey to Findlay certified as route 568 in 1966.
Route 15 Before 1926:
From Cleveland to Pennsylvania state line 1 mile east of Simons.
Routed along current route 322.
Entire route certified as route 322 in 1926.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 8-08-98 at 16:21 EDT.