Grand Army of the Republic Highway[1] | ||||
US 6 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 248.002 mi[2] (399.121 km) | |||
Existed | 1931–present | |||
Tourist routes | ![]() | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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East end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Ohio | |||
Counties | Williams, Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Bishop, California, to Provincetown, Massachusetts. In Ohio, the road runs west–east from the Indiana state line near Edgerton to the Pennsylvania state line near Andover. The 248.002 miles (399.121 km) that lie in Ohio are maintained by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). US 6 serves the major cities of Sandusky, Lorain, and Cleveland. The highway is also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway to honor the Union forces of the U.S. Civil War.[1] The alternate name was designated in 1953.
US 6 originally ran from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. It was extended through Ohio to Colorado in June 1931. The route of US 6 has remained largely unchanged since 1931.[1]
Route description
[edit]US 6 traverses the far northern portion of Ohio, passing through 10 counties. The highway travels through largely farm and field country until it reaches Sandusky. After Sandusky, US 6 travels along the coast of Lake Erie until Cleveland. From Cleveland to the Pennsylvania state line, US 6 passes through mostly wooded land.
Western Ohio
[edit]US 6 crosses into Williams County at the Indiana state line between Butler, Indiana, and Edgerton. The highway goes east from the border, passing through the small town of Edgerton, where it has a brief concurrency with State Route 49 (SR 49). Continuing east through farm country, US 6 passes through Ridgeville Corners, until reaching Napoleon in Henry County, where it intersects US 24, starting a 4.6-mile-long (7.4 km) concurrency.[3] East of Napoleon, US 6 passes through McClure. US 6 passes south of the college town of Bowling Green 15 miles (24 km) east of McClure, intersecting with Interstate 75 (I-75). Along this 15-mile (24 km) stretch, the road crosses into Wood County. Just east of Bowling Green, US 6 has a one-mile-long (1.6 km) overlap with SR 199.
US 6 continues through rural country until it passes just north of Bradner. Here, the highway intersects US 23 at the Wood–Sandusky county line. In Sandusky County, US 6 passes through the small towns of Rollersville and Helena before reaching the city of Fremont. In Fremont, US 6 overlaps with SR 53 for 4.1 miles (6.6 km), US 20 for 3.9 miles (6.3 km), and SR 19 for 2.6 miles (4.2 km).[4] US 6 skirts the northern city limits of Fremont before turning northeast just east of Fremont. Three miles (4.8 km) from Fremont, US 6 crosses under I-80/I-90, but there is not an interchange between the highways. US 6 crosses into Erie County 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the Interstate.
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Just into Erie County, US 6 overlaps SR 269 for 0.6 miles (0.97 km), then intersects SR 2 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of the SR 269 concurrency.[4] Just east of this intersection, US 6 enters the city of Sandusky. US 6 passes through a largely residential part of Sandusky. Locally, the highway is also known as Tiffin Avenue, West Washington Street, Warren Street, and Cleveland Road West. Cedar Point is accessed from US 6.[5] Southeast of Sandusky, US 6 passes Griffing Sandusky Airport near Fairview Lanes. As US 6 continues east through Erie County, it passes through the city of Huron, the communities of Mitiwanga and Beulah Beach, and the city of Vermilion before crossing into Lorain County. East of Vermilion, in Lorain County, US 6 enters the city of Lorain, the last major city before the highway reaches Cleveland. In Lorain, US 6 stays close to the Lake Erie shoreline and crosses the Black River on the Charles Berry Bridge, the second-largest bascule bridge in the world.[6] East of Lorain, US 6 passes through Sheffield Lake and Avon Lake before crossing into Cuyahoga County.
Cleveland
[edit]After passing through Bay Village, US 6 enters the suburbs of Cleveland. In Rocky River, US 6 starts concurrencies with SR 2 and US 20. Also, US 6 Alternate starts in Rocky River and winds along Detroit Avenue for 7.3 miles (11.7 km) to its eastern terminus just west of the Cuyahoga River in the Ohio City neighborhood.[7]
US 6 enters the city of Cleveland during its overlap with SR 2 and US 20. US 6, along with US 20, splits from SR 2 just before it crosses the Cuyahoga River on the Main Avenue Bridge. US 6 meets up with SR 3 and US 42 at West 25th Street, and the four highways (US 6, US 20, US 42, and SR 3) cross the Cuyahoga River on the Detroit–Superior Bridge. At the east end of the bridge, following Superior Avenue, US 6 passes through Public Square. Here, the concurrencies with US 20, US 42, and SR 3 end. US 322 also starts a concurrency with US 6 in Public Square that ends 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the plaza
East of Public Square, US 6 has an interchange with I-90. US 6 starts another concurrency with US 20 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of this intersection in East Cleveland that lasts for 4.2 miles (6.8 km).[7] After splitting from US 20, US 6 runs concurrent with SR 84 for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) before entering Lake County.
Eastern Ohio
[edit]The 10.23 miles (16.46 km) that lie within Lake County pass through many small residential developments in Willoughby Hills and Kirtland before crossing into Geauga County. In Geauga County, US 6 passes through the city of Chardon, where it has a brief overlap with SR 44. In Chardon, US 6 turns northeast to serve Hambden and Montville townships before crossing into Ashtabula County.
In Ashtabula County, US 6 travels straight east through the townships of Hartsgrove, Rome, New Lyme, and Cherry Valley, as well as the village of Andover before turning north with SR 7. US 6 breaks its concurrency with SR 7 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Andover, turns east, and enters Pennsylvania in Crawford County, just north of the Pymatuning Reservoir.
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History
[edit]US 6 was one of the original routes created when the U.S. Numbered Highway System was formed. Originally, US 6 was only routed from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to Brewster, New York.[8] Soon after, it was routed to Pennsylvania and was alternatively named the Roosevelt Highway. The route was not extended into Ohio until 1931, when the highway was expanded to Greeley, Colorado. The Ohio routing established in 1931 has not been changed since then.[1]
By the 1930s, the Roosevelt Highway name had started to fade. Major William Anderson Jr. took notice of this and proposed the idea of redesignating the highway to honor Union forces during the Civil War. Veteran associations started promoting the idea in 1934. Because each state along the highway owned its portion of US 6, each state had to act on the proposal. Each state had approved the renaming by 1953, and it was in that year that US 6 was designated as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway along its entire length. The name is signed in all 14 states that US 6 passes through.[1][9]
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[10] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Williams | St. Joseph Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Indiana state line | |
Edgerton | 2.98 | 4.80 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 49 concurrency | ||
3.03 | 4.88 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 49 concurrency | |||
Center Township | 10.21 | 16.43 | ![]() | |||
10.98 | 17.67 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 2 concurrency | |||
Pulaski Township | 13.41 | 21.58 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
Springfield Township | 20.89 | 33.62 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 191 | ||
23.25 | 37.42 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 66 concurrency | |||
Henry | Ridgeville Township | 26.13 | 42.05 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency | |
27.90 | 44.90 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 34 | |||
Napoleon Township | 35.19 | 56.63 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 24 concurrency; partial cloverleaf interchange; western end of freeway; US 6 west follows exit 39 (formerly exit 36) | ||
Napoleon | 36.72 | 59.10 | 40 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
38.19 | 61.46 | 41 | Industrial Drive (CR 503) | |||
Liberty Township | 39.72 | 63.92 | Township Road 11 | no access across US 6 | ||
40.20 | 64.70 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 24 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 6 east follows exit 43; formerly exit 40A | |||
40.62 | 65.37 | 44A | CR 424 – Napoleon | No westbound entrance; former SR 424; formerly exit 40B | ||
Harrison Township | 41.02 | 66.02 | 44B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of freeway; formerly exit 41 | |
43.63 | 70.22 | County Road O (US 6 Bus. west) – Henry County Airport | ||||
44.17 | 71.08 | ![]() | ||||
McClure | 49.21 | 79.20 | ![]() | |||
Wood | Weston Township | 57.29 | 92.20 | ![]() | ||
Center Township | 64.929 | 104.493 | 65 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |
66.40 | 106.86 | 66A-B | ![]() | Diamond interchange; signed as exits 66A (south) and 66B (north); I-75 exit 179 | ||
Freedom Township | 72.27 | 116.31 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 199 concurrency | ||
73.24 | 117.87 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 199 concurrency | |||
76.68 | 123.40 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 281 | |||
Wood–Sandusky county line | Freedom–Scott township line | 77.69 | 125.03 | ![]() | ||
Sandusky | Madison Township | 82.71 | 133.11 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 300 | |
Washington Township | 85.21 | 137.13 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 635 | ||
Jackson Township | 87.74 | 141.20 | ![]() | |||
Ballville Township | 90.68 | 145.94 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 53 concurrency | ||
Sandusky Township | 92.47 | 148.82 | 98 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 20 concurrency; western end of freeway; formerly exit 92; no westbound exit into Fremont; exit 98 is signed eastbound only (US 6 west follows exit 98) | |
Fremont | 93.82 | 150.99 | 100 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 19 concurrency; formerly exit 94 | |
94.75 | 152.49 | 101 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 53 concurrency; formerly exit 95 | ||
96.50 | 155.30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 20/SR 19 concurrences; eastern end of freeway; US 6 east follows exit 102 | |||
Riley Township | 103.38 | 166.37 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 510 | ||
Erie | Margaretta Township | 111.52 | 179.47 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 269 concurrency | |
112.15 | 180.49 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 269 concurrency | |||
Sandusky | 113.93 | 183.35 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange | ||
115.90 | 186.52 | ![]() ![]() | West end of SR 101 overlap | |||
116.55 | 187.57 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Former SR 387 east | |||
118.20 | 190.22 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 4; east end of SR 101 overlap | |||
119.19 | 191.82 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 250 | |||
119.72 | 192.67 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
120.14 | 193.35 | Cedar Point Drive - Cedar Point | ||||
Huron | 125.65 | 202.21 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 2 concurrency; western end of freeway | ||
126.70 | 203.90 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of freeway | |||
127.74 | 205.58 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 13 | |||
Berlin Township | 131.34 | 211.37 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 61 | ||
Vermilion | 138.75 | 223.30 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 60 | ||
Lorain | Lorain | 146.51 | 235.78 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 611; interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
147.85 | 237.94 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 58 | |||
149.29 | 240.26 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 57 | |||
Sheffield Lake | 155.05 | 249.53 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 301 | ||
Avon Lake | 158.19 | 254.58 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 83 | ||
Cuyahoga | Bay Village | 164.74 | 265.12 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 252 | |
Rocky River | 168.07 | 270.48 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 2 overlap; interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
168.27 | 270.80 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 6 Alt.; interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
Lakewood | 169.06 | 272.08 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 237; Western end of US 20 concurrency | ||
Cleveland | 173.1 | 278.6 | Lake Avenue / West Boulevard | interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of freeway | ||
173.89 | 279.85 | West 73rd Street | former exit 192 | |||
174.62 | 281.02 | West 45th Street / West 49th Street | former exit 193A | |||
175.26 | 282.05 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of freeway; US 6 east follows exit 193B | |||
175.38 | 282.25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 6 Alt.; western terminus of US 42 / SR 3 concurrency | |||
175.45 | 282.36 | Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River | ||||
176.30 | 283.73 | Ontario Street (US 422 east / SR 8 south / SR 14 east / SR 43 south / SR 87 east) / Euclid Avenue (US 20 east) | Public Square; eastern terminus of US 20 concurrency; termini of US 42, US 322, US 422, SR 3, SR 8, SR 14, SR 43, SR 87 | |||
176.85 | 284.61 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 322 concurrency | |||
177.61 | 285.84 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-90 exit 173C | |||
178.81 | 287.77 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 283 | |||
East Cleveland | 182.07 | 293.01 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 20 concurrency | ||
Euclid | 186.29 | 299.80 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 20 concurrency; west end of SR 84 overlap | ||
Richmond Heights | 188.50 | 303.36 | ![]() | |||
Lake | Willoughby Hills | 189.57 | 305.08 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 84 concurrency | |
191.74 | 308.58 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
192.90 | 310.44 | ![]() | ||||
Kirtland | 196.54 | 316.30 | ![]() | |||
Geauga | Chardon | 204.43 | 329.00 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 44 concurrency | |
204.63 | 329.32 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 44 concurrency | |||
Hambden Township | 207.98 | 334.71 | ![]() | |||
208.23 | 335.11 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 166 | |||
Montville Township | 212.62 | 342.18 | ![]() | |||
213.04 | 342.85 | ![]() | ||||
Ashtabula | Hartsgrove Township | 218.09 | 350.98 | ![]() | traffic circle | |
Rome Township | 222.67 | 358.35 | ![]() | |||
New Lyme Township | 227.06 | 365.42 | ![]() | |||
230.52 | 370.99 | ![]() | interchange | |||
Cherry Valley Township | 232.97 | 374.93 | ![]() | |||
Andover | 237.94 | 382.93 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 7 concurrency; traffic circle | ||
Pierpont Township | 245.45 | 395.01 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 7 concurrency | ||
248.10 | 399.28 | ![]() ![]() | Pennsylvania state line | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2011). "U.S. 6: The Grand Army of the Republic Highway". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ Ohio Department of Transportation Division of Planning Office of Technical Services. "State System Basic Road Inventory". Columbus: Ohio Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ Ohio Department of Transportation Division of Planning Office of Technical Services (July 27, 2011). "Roadway Description Inventory Report: Henry County" (PDF). Columbus: Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ a b Google (April 3, 2012). "Overview Map of U.S. Route 6 Distances Between Intersections" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Ohio Department of Transportation Division of Planning Office of Technical Services (July 27, 2011). "Roadway Description Inventory Report: Erie County" (PDF). Columbus: Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Payerchin, Richard (January 26, 2012). "Charles Berry Bascule Bridge Repair Work to Begin Next Month". The Morning Journal. Lorain, OH. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation Division of Planning Office of Technical Services (July 27, 2011). "Roadway Description Inventory Report: Cuyahoga County" (PDF). Columbus: Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Route 6 History". U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Heritage Documentaries. "Our Story of Route 6". Heritage Documentaries. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Ohio Department of Transportation Division of Planning Office of Technical Services. "Technical Services DESTAPE (By County)". Columbus: Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
External links
[edit]Media related to U.S. Route 6 in Ohio at Wikimedia Commons