U.S. Route 6 in Ohio

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 6 in Ohio. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 6.

U.S. Route 6 marker U.S. Route 6
Grand Army of the Republic Highway
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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	248.002 mi (399.121 km)
Existed	1931–present
Tourist routes	File:Lake Erie Circle Tour.svg Lake Erie Circle Tour
Major junctions
West end	File:US 6.svg US 6 at the Indiana state line
Major intersections	File:US 127.svgFile:OH-2.svgFile:OH-15.svg US 127 / SR 2 / SR 15 in Pulaski File:I-75.svg I-75 near Bowling Green File:US 250.svg US 250 in Sandusky File:US 422.svgFile:OH-8.svgFile:OH-14.svgFile:OH-43.svgFile:OH-87.svg US 422 / SR 8 / SR 14 / SR 43 / SR 87 in Cleveland File:US 322.svg US 322 in Cleveland File:I-90.svg I-90 in Cleveland
East end	File:US 6.svg US 6 at the Pennsylvania state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Williams, Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 5 → SR 6

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. 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.

Route description

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

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. 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). 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.

File:Charles Berry Bascule Bridge.jpg

The Charles Berry Bridge over the Black River in Lorain

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. 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. 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. East of Lorain, US 6 passes through Sheffield Lake and Avon Lake before crossing into Cuyahoga County.

Cleveland

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. 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). 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

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.

File:Signage of US 6 - Ohio SR 174 Intersection.jpg

US 6 at SR 174 in Willoughby Hills, Lake County

History

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. 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. 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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Williams	St. Joseph Township	0.00	0.00		File:West plate.svg File:US 6.svg US 6 west – Butler, Kendallville, Chicago	Indiana state line
	Edgerton	2.98	4.80		File:South plate.svg File:OH-49.svg SR 49 south (Michigan Avenue)	Western end of SR 49 concurrency
		3.03	4.88		File:North plate.svg File:OH-49.svgFile:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svg SR 49 north (Michigan Avenue) to Ohio Turnpike	Eastern end of SR 49 concurrency
	Center Township	10.21	16.43		File:OH-576.svg SR 576 – Montpelier, Williams Center
		10.98	17.67		File:West plate.svg File:OH-2.svg SR 2 west / CR 12C – Williams Center, Hicksville	Western end of SR 2 concurrency
	Pulaski Township	13.41	21.58		File:US 127.svgFile:East plate.svg File:OH-2.svgFile:OH-15.svg US 127 / SR 2 east / SR 15 – Bryan, Sherwood	Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency
	Springfield Township	20.89	33.62		File:North plate.svg File:OH-191.svg SR 191 north / CR 22A – Stryker, West Unity, Evansport	Southern terminus of SR 191
		23.25	37.42		File:South plate.svg File:OH-66.svg SR 66 south / CR 24 – Defiance	Western end of SR 66 concurrency
Henry	Ridgeville Township	26.13	42.05		File:North plate.svg File:OH-66.svg SR 66 north / CR 23 – Archbold, Sauder Village	Eastern end of SR 66 concurrency
		27.90	44.90		File:West plate.svg File:OH-34.svg SR 34 west – Bryan	Eastern terminus of SR 34
	Napoleon Township	35.19	56.63		File:West plate.svg File:US 24.svg US 24 west / Woodlawn Avenue – Defiance, Fort Wayne, Napoleon	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	File:OH-108.svgFile:East plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 6.svg SR 108 / US 6 Bus. east – Wauseon, Napoleon
		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		File:East plate.svg File:US 24.svg US 24 east – Maumee, Toledo	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	File:OH-110.svgFile:To plate.svg File:East plate.svg File:US 24.svg SR 110 to US 24 east – Grand Rapids, Napoleon	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		File:OH-109.svg SR 109 – Liberty Center, Malinta
	McClure	49.21	79.20		File:OH-65.svg SR 65
Wood	Weston Township	57.29	92.20		File:OH-235.svg SR 235 – Weston, Hoytville, McComb
	Center Township	64.929	104.493	65	File:OH-25.svg SR 25 – Bowling Green, Portage	Diamond interchange
		66.40	106.86	66A-B	File:I-75.svg I-75 – Toledo, Dayton	Diamond interchange; signed as exits 66A (south) and 66B (north); I-75 exit 179
	Freedom Township	72.27	116.31		File:North plate.svg File:OH-199.svg SR 199 north – Perrysburg	Western end of SR 199 concurrency
		73.24	117.87		File:South plate.svg File:OH-199.svg SR 199 south – Fostoria	Eastern end of SR 199 concurrency
		76.68	123.40		File:West plate.svg File:OH-281.svg SR 281 west – Bradner, Wayne	Eastern terminus of SR 281
Wood–Sandusky county line	Freedom–Scott township line	77.69	125.03		File:US 23.svg US 23 – Rising Sun, Fostoria
Sandusky	Madison Township	82.71	133.11		File:North plate.svg File:OH-300.svg SR 300 north – Gibsonburg	Southern terminus of SR 300
	Washington Township	85.21	137.13		File:South plate.svg File:OH-635.svg SR 635 south	Northern terminus of SR 635
	Jackson Township	87.74	141.20		File:OH-590.svg SR 590 – Lindsey, Bettsville
	Ballville Township	90.68	145.94		File:South plate.svg File:OH-53.svg SR 53 south – Tiffin	Western end of SR 53 concurrency
	Sandusky Township	92.47	148.82	98	File:West plate.svg File:US 20.svg US 20 west – Fremont, Toledo	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	File:North plate.svg File:OH-19.svg SR 19 north – Oak Harbor	Western end of SR 19 concurrency; formerly exit 94
		94.75	152.49	101	File:North plate.svg File:OH-53.svg SR 53 north – Port Clinton, Lake Erie Islands	Eastern end of SR 53 concurrency; formerly exit 95
		96.50	155.30		File:East plate.svg File:US 20.svgFile:South plate.svg File:OH-19.svg US 20 east / SR 19 south – Norwalk	Eastern end of US 20/SR 19 concurrences; eastern end of freeway; US 6 east follows exit 102
	Riley Township	103.38	166.37		File:South plate.svg File:OH-510.svg SR 510 south – Clyde	Northern terminus of SR 510
Erie	Margaretta Township	111.52	179.47		File:South plate.svg File:OH-269.svg SR 269 south – Bellevue, Castalia	Western end of SR 269 concurrency
		112.15	180.49		File:North plate.svg File:OH-269.svg SR 269 north – Bayview	Eastern end of SR 269 concurrency
	Sandusky	113.93	183.35		File:OH-2.svgFile:Lake Erie Circle Tour.svgFile:To plate.svg File:US 250.svg SR 2 / LECT to US 250 – Toledo, Cleveland, Cedar Point	interchange
		115.90	186.52		File:West plate.svg File:OH-101.svg SR 101 west – Castalia	West end of SR 101 overlap
		116.55	187.57		File:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svgFile:To plate.svg File:OH-4.svg To Sanford Street / Ohio Turnpike / SR 4	Former SR 387 east
		118.20	190.22		File:South plate.svg File:OH-4.svg SR 4 south (Columbus Avenue)	Northern terminus of SR 4; east end of SR 101 overlap
		119.19	191.82		File:East plate.svg File:US 250.svgFile:To plate.svg File:OH-2.svgFile:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svg US 250 east (Sycamore Line) to SR 2 / Ohio Turnpike	Western terminus of US 250
		119.72	192.67		File:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svgFile:To plate.svg File:US 250.svgFile:To plate.svg File:OH-2.svg To Butler Street / Ohio Turnpike / US 250 / SR 2
		120.14	193.35		Cedar Point Drive - Cedar Point
	Huron	125.65	202.21		File:West plate.svg File:OH-2.svgFile:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svgFile:To plate.svg File:US 250.svg SR 2 west to Rye Beach Road / Ohio Turnpike / US 250 – Toledo	Western end of SR 2 concurrency; western end of freeway
		126.70	203.90		File:East plate.svg File:OH-2.svg SR 2 east – Cleveland	Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of freeway
		127.74	205.58		File:South plate.svg File:OH-13.svgFile:To plate Vermont.svg File:OhioTurnpike.svg SR 13 south (Main Street) to Ohio Turnpike	Northern terminus of SR 13
	Berlin Township	131.34	211.37		File:South plate.svg File:OH-61.svgFile:To plate.svg File:OH-2.svg SR 61 south to SR 2 – Berlin Heights, Norwalk	Northern terminus of SR 61
	Vermilion	138.75	223.30		File:South plate.svg File:OH-60.svg SR 60 south (Main Street)	Northern terminus of SR 60
Lorain	Lorain	146.51	235.78		File:East plate.svg File:OH-611.svg SR 611 east (West 21st Street)	Western terminus of SR 611; interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		147.85	237.94		File:South plate.svg File:OH-58.svg SR 58 south (Leavitt Road)	Northern terminus of SR 58
		149.29	240.26		File:South plate.svg File:OH-57.svg SR 57 south (Broadway Avenue)	Northern terminus of SR 57
	Sheffield Lake	155.05	249.53		File:South plate.svg File:OH-301.svg SR 301 south (Abbe Road)	Northern terminus of SR 301
	Avon Lake	158.19	254.58		File:South plate.svg File:OH-83.svg SR 83 south (Avon Belden Road)	Northern terminus of SR 83
Cuyahoga	Bay Village	164.74	265.12		File:South plate.svg File:OH-252.svg SR 252 south (Columbia Road)	Northern terminus of SR 252
	Rocky River	168.07	270.48		File:West plate.svg File:OH-2.svgFile:OH-254.svg SR 2 west / SR 254 (Detroit Road)	Western end of SR 2 overlap; interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		168.27	270.80		File:Alt plate.svg File:US 6.svg US 6 Alt. (West Lake Road) / Detroit Road – truck route	Western terminus of US 6 Alt.; interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Lakewood	169.06	272.08		File:West plate.svg File:US 20.svgFile:South plate.svg File:OH-237.svg US 20 west / SR 237 south (West Clifton Boulevard)	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		File:East plate.svg File:OH-2.svgFile:East plate green.svg File:Lake Erie Circle Tour.svg SR 2 east / LECT east	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		File:West plate.svg File:Alt plate.svg File:US 6.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 42.svgFile:South plate.svg File:OH-3.svg US 6 Alt. west (Detroit Avenue) / US 42 south / SR 3 south (West 25th Street)	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		File:East plate.svg File:US 322.svg US 322 east (East 13th Street)	Eastern end of US 322 concurrency
		177.61	285.84		File:I-90.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-71.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-77.svgFile:To plate.svg File:OH-2.svg I-90 to I-71 / I-77 / SR 2	I-90 exit 173C
		178.81	287.77		File:East plate.svg File:OH-283.svg SR 283 east (East 55th Street)	Western terminus of SR 283
	East Cleveland	182.07	293.01		File:West plate.svg File:US 20.svg US 20 west (Euclid Avenue)	Western end of US 20 concurrency
	Euclid	186.29	299.80		File:East plate.svg File:US 20.svg US 20 east (Euclid Avenue)	Eastern end of US 20 concurrency; west end of SR 84 overlap
	Richmond Heights	188.50	303.36		File:OH-175.svg SR 175 (Richmond Road)
Lake	Willoughby Hills	189.57	305.08		File:East plate.svg File:OH-84.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-90.svg SR 84 east (Bishop Road) to I-90	Eastern end of SR 84 concurrency
		191.74	308.58		File:OH-91.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-90.svg SR 91 (Som Center Road) to I-90
		192.90	310.44		File:OH-174.svg SR 174 (River Road)
	Kirtland	196.54	316.30		File:OH-306.svg SR 306 (Chillicothe Road)
Geauga	Chardon	204.43	329.00		File:South plate.svg File:OH-44.svg SR 44 south (South Street) / South Hambden Street	Western end of SR 44 concurrency
		204.63	329.32		File:North plate.svg File:OH-44.svg SR 44 north (Center Street)	Eastern end of SR 44 concurrency
	Hambden Township	207.98	334.71		File:OH-608.svg SR 608
		208.23	335.11		File:East plate.svg File:OH-166.svg SR 166 east (Rock Creek Road)	Western terminus of SR 166
	Montville Township	212.62	342.18		File:OH-86.svg SR 86 (Plank Road)
		213.04	342.85		File:OH-528.svg SR 528 – Madison, Middlefield
Ashtabula	Hartsgrove Township	218.09	350.98		File:OH-534.svg SR 534 – Geneva, Newton Falls	traffic circle
	Rome Township	222.67	358.35		File:OH-45.svg SR 45 – Rock Creek, Warren
	New Lyme Township	227.06	365.42		File:OH-46.svg SR 46 – Jefferson, Cortland
		230.52	370.99		File:OH-11.svg SR 11 – Ashtabula, Youngstown	interchange
	Cherry Valley Township	232.97	374.93		File:OH-193.svg SR 193 – North Kingsville
	Andover	237.94	382.93		File:South plate.svg File:OH-7.svgFile:East plate.svg File:OH-85.svg SR 7 south / SR 85 east	Western end of SR 7 concurrency; traffic circle
	Pierpont Township	245.45	395.01		File:North plate.svg File:OH-7.svg SR 7 north – Conneaut	Eastern end of SR 7 concurrency
		248.10	399.28		File:East plate.svg File:US 6.svg US 6 east – Conneaut Lake	Pennsylvania state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

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