Route 44
From route 43 in Waynesburg to end 3 miles north of route 2.
Counties:
Stark, Portage, Geauga, Lake
Length:
81 miles
General Direction:
North/South
Intersections:
0: 43,171,183; 7: 30E; 8: 30W,172; 12: 153;
14: 62; 18: 173; 22: 619; 27: 224;
33: 76,5; 35: 5E,14E; 36: 59; 38: 88;
39: 14W; 43: 303; 44: 80; 48: 82;
53: 422; 59: 87; 63: 322; 67: 6;
73: 90; 75: 84; 77: 20; 78: 2;
79: 283; 81: End
Freeway Sections:
From route 90 to route 2.
Four-Lane Divided Highway Sections:
From Rootstown to 2 miles north of Rootstown.
From route 2 to end.
History of route 44:
Original state highway.
Originally routed from Canton to Painesville along current route 62
from Canton to 2 miles north of Louisville and route 44 from 2 miles north
of Louisville to Painesville.
By 1929, rerouted from Canton to 2 miles north of Louisville along
previous route 19.
Canton to 2 miles north of Louisville certified as route 19 by 1929.
Canton to Louisville certified as route 153 in 1932.
Truncated at Louisville in 1932.
Extended to Waynesburg in 1933.
Extended 4 miles northward by 1966.
Route 90 to route 2 upgraded to freeway by 1966.
Route 2 to end added as divided highway by 1966.
Rerouted around Ravenna, with Rootstown to 2 miles north of Rootstown as
divided highway, by 1969.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 8-08-98 at 16:41 EDT.