It passes through Bryan, Wauseon (where it briefly becomes a couplet[5]), and enters greater Toledo west of its interchange with the Ohio Turnpike. It continues east from greater Toledo and soon parallels Lake Erie, becoming a freeway near Port Clinton. From Oregon to Sandusky SR 2 is part of 293 miles (472 km) of the highway designated the "Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail".[6] and on September 22, 2005, was designated a National Scenic Byway.[7] From Toledo to Sandusky the highway is also part of and designated the Lake Erie Circle Tour that is also part of the 6,500-mile (10,500 km) "Great Lakes Circle Tour".[8] It then passes Sandusky, where it meets U.S. Route 250 (US 250) and US 6, and separates from the lakeshore as a freeway, and traverses rural Erie County before entering Lorain County. Near Elyria, it joins Interstate 90 (I-90), whose route it shares to Rocky River, where it follows SR 254 along Detroit Road into Lakewood. Here it again joins US 6, as well as US 20 on Clifton Boulevard. It then becomes part of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway in Cleveland, joining I-90 again near Burke Lakefront Airport. These two highways split near Euclid, and SR 2 continues along the Lakeland Freeway to Painesville, feeding into US 20 eastbound. SR 2 serves as an access route to lakeshore attractions on Lake Erie from Toledo and Cleveland and as an alternative to the Ohio Turnpike.
SR 2 is the lowest numbered state route in Ohio. SR 1 was decommissioned in 1965.
Naming
The section of SR 2 that runs through Erie County is called the "Jackie Mayer Miss America Highway" and is named for Jackie Mayer, a former Miss America who was born and raised in Sandusky.[9]
1926–1927: Rerouted from Toledo to Cleveland along previous SR 23 alignment from Toledo to Port Clinton, previously unnumbered route from Port Clinton to 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandusky, and previous SR 12 from 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandusky to Cleveland. Cleveland-to-Pennsylvania alignment certified as US 20.[13]
1931: Extended east to Willoughby along previously unnumbered route (St. Clair).
1931–1932: Western terminus shortened to Bryan, Bryan to Indiana state line certified as US 6
1936: Extended to Indiana state line via the former SR 108 alignment from Hicksville to Bryan, and the former SR 18 alignment from the Indiana state line to Hicksville, with which it was dually certified along this route until 1940.[13]
1939: SR 18 alignment removed from SR 2 alignment west of Hicksville.[13]
1939: Route extended east to Lost Nation Road in Willoughby.
1941: SR 2 from West 6th to East 9th moved from Lakeside Avenue to the Lakefront Highway, later called the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. Lakeside certified as SR 2 temporary.
1967: 9 miles (14 km) west of Sandusky to 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway, and rerouted on the bypass around Sandusky on former US 6 alignment.[13]
1967: Route extended to its current eastern terminus at US 20 in Painesville Township
1968: From SR 163 to 9 miles (14 km) west of Sandusky upgraded to freeway.[13]
1970: From 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amherst to SR 83 (SR 76 at that time) upgraded to freeway; from 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Amherst to SR 83 dually certified with I-90.[13]
1973–1975: OH 2 Alt is deleted as discontinuous sections of Route 2 are moved from US 6 to I-90.
1976: From Ceylon to 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amherst upgraded to freeway.[13]
1977: From SR 83 to Rocky River upgraded to freeway and dually certified with I-90.[13]
August 30, 1990: From Huron to Ceylon upgraded to freeway.[14]
Western end of I-90 westbound concurrency; westbound exit and entrance from I-90 via exit 174B; eastbound entrance via eastbound I-90 from the Innerbelt
State Route 2 temporary was a designation that ran from West 6th to East 9th along Lakeside Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The designation was added when the final alignments of SR 2 were moved to the then new Lakeside Highway, later referred to as the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. The route's eastern terminus was moved to Public Square via Ontario St. in 1957.
State Route 2D is part of a couplet in Wauseon, Ohio that is signed as State Route 2.[5][20] SR 2D is signed as SR 2 westbound,[20][21] while SR 2D is signed as SR 2 eastbound,[22] (except west of East Elm Street, where SR 2D meets SR 2 at its western terminus[23]). The route ends at the corner of East Linfoot Street and North Shoop Avenue.[20]
Fannin, Marc; Gorte, Brandon M.; Slater, C.C. "Ohio 2 East". The Western Reserve Exit Guide Page. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.[self-published source]
Lake Erie Circle Tour
SR 37 near Hicksville
US 20 in Painesville Township
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