Route 20
From Indiana state line 1 mile west of Columbia to Pennsylvania state line
2 miles east of Conneaut. Part of U.S. Route 20, which runs from Newport,
Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts.
Counties:
Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake,
Ashtabula
Length:
267 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 120 from Assumption to 1 mile east of route 475.
Supercedes route 23 from Perrysburg to 3 miles east of Lemoyne.
Supercedes routes 6 and 53 from 4 miles west of Fremont to 2 miles
north of Fremont.
Supercedes route 6 from 2 miles north of Fremont to 2 miles east of
route 53N.
Supercedes route 19 from 1 mile east of route 6W to 4 miles west of
Clyde.
Supercedes route 18 from Bellevue to 2 miles east of Norwalk.
Supercedes route 10 from 2 miles east of Oberlin to 9 miles east of
Oberlin.
Supercedes route 113 from Elyria to Rocky River.
Supercedes routes 6 and 2 from Rocky River to Cleveland.
Supercedes route 6 from East Cleveland to Euclid.
Intersections:
0: IN; 3: 49S; 4: 49N; 9: 576N; 10: 576S;
12: 20A; 14: 15; 24: 127S; 26: 127N;
28: 66; 35: 108N; 38: 108S; 44: 109;
50: 64,120W; 54: 295; 64: 475; 65: 120E;
66: 246; 69: 2; 71: 80; 73: 20A,24,25N;
74: 25S,65S; 75: 65N,199,795; 77: 75,23N; 85: 163;
87: 420; 90: 23S; 93: 105; 96: 300;
97: 51; 100: 600; 101: 590; 104: 6W,53S;
105: 19N; 106: 53N; 108: 6E; 109: 412;
111: 19S; 115: 101,510; 122: 18W,113,269;
125: 4; 130: 99,547; 134: 61; 136: 250;
138: 18E; 139: 601; 147: 60,303; 152: 511;
157: 58; 160: 10,511; 164: 301S; 167: 10E,57S;
170: 57N,113W,301N; 173: 83; 178: 17; 181: 252;
185: 90,2W; 186: 6W,6A,254; 187: 237;
193: 6A,42,2E; 194: 422; 195: 6E,322,90;
200: 322; 202: 6W; 206: 6E; 208: 175;
210: 90; 213: 91; 215: 640; 217: 306; 219: 615;
226: 44; 227: 86,283; 229: 535; 230: 2; 237: 528;
243: 534; 248: 45; 253: 11; 258: 193; 265: 7,531;
267: PA
Freeway Sections:
Norwalk bypass.
From route 301 to route 57.
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From route 246 to route 80.
From Perrysburg to 2 miles east of route 75.
From Woodville to route 61.
From route 10 to Elyria.
From Rocky River to route 237.
History of route 20:
Certified in 1926.
Originally routed through Oberlin along current route 511.
Indiana state line to Ottawa Hills was route 23 before 1926.
Ottawa Hills to Perrysburg was route 63 before 1926.
Perrysburg to 4 miles east of Woodville was route 102 before 1926.
4 miles east of Woodville to Pennsylvania state line was route 2 before
1926.
12 miles east of Indiana state line to Maumee was route 20N from
1932-35.
12 miles east of Indiana state line to Maumee certified as route 20 in
1935.
Kipton to 2 miles east of Oberlin was unnumbered before 1938.
Kipton to 2 miles east of Oberlin was route 585 from 1938-43.
Kipton to 2 miles east of Oberlin certified as route 10 in 1943.
In 1943, rerouted around Oberlin along previous route 585.
4 miles east of Woodville to route 590, route 19 to Fremont, Clyde to
Bellevue, Monroeville to Norwalk, 3 miles east of North Ridgeville to
Rocky River, and Wickliffe to Pennsylvania state line upgraded to four
lanes by 1946.
Ottawa Hills to Maumee, 4 miles east of Woodville to 4 miles east of
Norwalk, and Elyria to Pennsylvania state line four lanes by 1954.
Fremont bypass added in 1960.
Norwalk bypass added by 1969.
Rerouted around Elyria along routes 10 and 57 by 1993.
Route 20 Before 1926:
From Bexley to Wellsville.
Routed along current route 16 from Bexley to Coshocton, an unnumbered
road paralleling route 36 (old route 36) from Coshocton to Newcomerstown,
an unnumbered road paralleling route 77 (route 21 from 1926-72) from
Newcomerstown to Dover, an unnumbered road from Dover to Dellroy, and
route 39 from Dellroy to Wellsville.
Bexley to Newcomerstown certified as route 16 in 1926.
Newcomerstown to Dover certified as route 21 in 1926.
Dover to Dellroy decertified in 1926.
Dellroy to Wellsville certified as route 39 in 1926.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 5-11-98 at 20:36 EDT.