Ohio State Route 15

{{redirect-synonym|OH 15|{{ushr|Ohio|15}}}}

{{Infobox road

|state=OH

|type=SR

|route=15

|map={{maplink-road}}

|map_custom=yes

|maint=ODOT

|length_mi=102.312

|length_ref=

|established=1926

|direction_a=East

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=OH|US|23|OH|103}} near Carey

|junction={{plainlist|1=

{{Jct|state=OH|US|68}} in Findlay
{{Jct|state=OH|I|75}} in Findlay
{{Jct|state=OH|US|224}} in Findlay
{{Jct|state=OH|US|127}} near Bryan
{{Jct|state=OH|US|6}} near Bryan
{{Jct|state=OH|US|20A}} near Montpelier
{{Jct|state=OH|I|80|I|90|OHTP}} in Holiday City
{{Jct|state=OH|US|20}} in Pioneer }}

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=MI|M|99}} near Pioneer

|counties=Wyandot, Hancock, Putnam, Defiance, Williams

|previous_type=SR

|previous_route=14

|next_type=SR

|next_route=16

|browse={{oh browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=22|route=SR 22|next_type=US|next_route=23}}

}}

State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south and east–west route in northwestern Ohio. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 23/State Route 103 (US 23/SR 103) near Carey, and its northern (western) terminus is at the Michigan state line north of Pioneer, where the route continues in Michigan as M-99. The route is signed east–west from Carey to Bryan, and it is signed north–south from there to the Michigan state line.

SR 15 is an expressway for its southernmost {{convert|19|mi|km}}: {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} where it runs concurrently with Interstate 75 (I-75), {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} where it runs concurrently with US 68, and the final {{convert|14|mi|km}} as a stand-alone limited-access road until its junction with US 23. The final {{convert|17|mi|km}} are part of a heavily traveled{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} corridor providing the most direct route between Detroit, Toledo, Findlay, Marion and Columbus.

Image:OhioSR15.JPG

File:End of Ohio State Route 15.jpg

History

SR 15 was certified in 1923, along the current US 322, which replaced it in 1926.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

In 1926 the designation was reapplied to a route from Carey to the Indiana state line. In 1929 it was rerouted to Bryan, replacing parts of SR 9. It replaced the rest of SR 9 in 1931, rerouted along its current route to the Michigan state line.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

In 1966, SR 15 was rerouted on an expressway from I-75 in Findlay to US 23 in Carey, its new southern (eastern) terminus. The highway runs a few miles south of its previous routing, which was recertified as SR 568 the same year.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Major intersections

{{OHint|exit

|county=Wyandot

|location=Carey

|mile=0.000

|mile2=0.477

|exit=—

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|23|OH|103|city1=Columbus|city2=Toledo}}

|notes=Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 15

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Hancock

|cspan=9

|location=Vanlue

|mile=4.558

|mile2=5.246

|exit=—

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|330|dir1=north|city1=Vanlue}}

|notes=Interchange; southern terminus of SR 330

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Marion Township

|mile=9.696

|mile2=10.420

|exit=—

|ctdab=Hancock

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|37|city1=Delaware|city2=Findlay}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Findlay

|mile=13.695

|mile2=14.325

|exit=—

|lspan=5

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|68|dir1=south|city1=Kenton}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 68 concurrency; interchange

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=16.628

|mile2=16.773

|exit=—

|road=Lima Avenue – Findlay

|notes=RIRO interchange

}}

{{OHint|exit

|type=concur

|mile=16.842

|mile2=17.364

|exit=156

|road={{Jct|state=OH|I|75|US|68|dir1=south|city1=Cincinnati|city2=Lima}}

|notes=Southern end of I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of US 68

}}

{{OHint|exit

|exit=157

|mile=17.834

|mile2=18.428

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|12|city1=Columbus Grove|city2=Findlay}}

}}

{{OHint|exit

|type=concur

|mile=19.578

|mile2=19.862

|exit=159

|road={{Jct|state=OH|I|75|US|224|dir1=north|dir2=east|name2=West Trenton Avenue|city1=Toledo|city2=Findlay|city3=Tiffin}}

|notes=Northern end of I-75 concurrency; eastern end of US 224 concurrency

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=24.351

|location=Blanchard Township

|ctdab=Hancock

|lspan=2

|espan=24

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|186|dir1=north|city1=McComb}}

|notes=Southern terminus of SR 186

}}

{{OHint

|mile=26.364

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|235|city1=Ada|city2=McComb}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint

|county=Putnam

|cspan=6

|location=Ottawa

|mile=40.645

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|224|name1=West Main Street|OH|65|name2=South Elm Street|OH|109|dir1=west|dir2=south|dir3=begins|city1=Van Wert|city2=Lima}}

|notes=Western end of US 224 concurrency; southern end of SR 65 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 109

}}

{{OHint

|mile=41.120

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|65|OH|109|dir1=north|dir2=north|name2=North Perry Street|road|North Taft Avenue}}

|notes=Northern end of SR 65/SR 109 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|location=Greensburg Township

|mile=46.397

|ctdab=Putnam

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|108|dir1=north|city1=Napoleon|road|Road 14}}

|notes=Southern terminus of SR 108

}}

{{OHint

|location=Palmer Township

|ctdab=Putnam

|mile=50.531

|lspan=2

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|115|dir1=south|city1=Kalida}}

|notes=Northern terminus of SR 115

}}

{{OHint

|mile=51.094

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|613|city1=Continental|city2=Leipsic}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint

|location=Monroe Township

|mile=55.551

|ctdab=Putnam

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|634|dir1=south|city1=Continental}}

|notes=Northern terminus of SR 634

}}

{{OHint

|county=Defiance

|mile=67.641

|cspan=7

|location=Defiance

|lspan=6

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|18|dir1=east|name1=East 2nd Street}}

|notes=Eastern end of SR 18 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=68.128

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|66|dir1=south|city1=Delphos|name1=Jefferson Avenue}}

|notes=Southern end of SR 66 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|type=concur

|mile=68.270

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|111|dir1=south|name1=Clinton Street|road|West 2nd Street}}

|notes=Northern terminus of SR 111

}}

{{OHint

|type=concur

|mile=68.907

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|66|dir1=north|name1=North Clinton Street|road|East Sessions Avenue}}

|notes=Northern end of SR 66 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=69.838

|mile2=69.948

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|24|city1=Toledo|location2=Fort Wayne}}

|notes=Exit 25 (US 24)

}}

{{OHint

|type=concur

|mile=71.186

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|18|dir1=west|city1=Hicksville}}

|notes=Northern end of SR 18 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=79.837

|location=Ney

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|249|dir1=west}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 249

}}

{{OHint

|county=Williams

|cspan=9

|location=Pulaski Township

|ctdab=Williams

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=83.348

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|127|dir1=south|city1=Sherwood|countydab1=Defiance}}

|notes=Southern end of US 127 concurrency; location of north–south/east–west direction change

}}

{{OHint

|mile=84.244

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|6|OH|2|dir2=west|city1=Edgerton|city2=Napoleon}}

|notes=Southern end of SR 2 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=86.514

|location=Bryan

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|OH|2|OH|34|dir1=east|name2=High Street}}

|notes=Northern end of SR 2 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=87.288

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|127|dir1=north|city1=West Unity|CR|E|county2=Williams|name2=Brunicardi Way}}

|notes=Northern end of US 127 concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=94.303

|location=Jefferson Township

|ctdab=Williams

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|20A|OH|107|dir1=east|dir2=west|city1=West Unity|city2=Montpelier|extra=hospital}}

|notes=Southern end of US 20A concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 107

}}

{{OHint

|mile=95.912

|mile2=96.202

|type=toll

|location=Holiday City

|road={{Jct|state=OH|I|80|I|90|OHTP|location1=South Bend|city2=Toledo}}

|notes=Exit 13 on Ohio Turnpike

}}

{{OHint

|mile=97.970

|location=Madison Township

|ctdab=Williams

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|20A|dir1=east|CR|O|county2=Williams|location1=Angola, IN}}

|notes=Northern end of US 20A concurrency

}}

{{OHint

|mile=99.773

|location=Pioneer

|road={{Jct|state=OH|US|20|city1=Fayette|location2=Angola, IN}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint

|mile=102.312

|location=Madison Township

|ctdab=Williams

|road={{Jct|state=MI|M|99|dir1=north|city1=Hillsdale}}

|notes=Michigan state line

}}

References

{{reflist |refs=

{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DESTAPE.aspx |title=DESTAPE |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |date=August 30, 2017 |access-date=April 14, 2019}}

[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESWYA.pdf Wyandot County]
[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESHAN.pdf Hancock County]
[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESPUT.pdf Putnam County]
[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESDEF.pdf Defiance County]
[http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/DESTAPECnty/DESWIL.pdf Williams County]}}

External links

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Category:Transportation in Wyandot County, Ohio

Category:Transportation in Hancock County, Ohio

Category:Transportation in Putnam County, Ohio

Category:Transportation in Defiance County, Ohio

Category:Transportation in Williams County, Ohio