Ohio State Route 301
{{Short description|State highway in northern Ohio, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=301
|map=OH 301 map.svg
|maint=ODOT
|length_mi=45.33
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/waysr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 301, Wayne County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507031446/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/waysr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 301, Medina County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507031454/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 301, Lorain County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513132730/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-13 |url-status=dead }}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|302}} in Lattasburg
|junction=
- {{jct|state=OH|I|71}} in Congress Township
- {{jct|state=OH|US|42}} in West Salem
- {{jct|state=OH|US|224}} in Homerville
- {{jct|state=OH|US|20|SR|10}} near Elyria
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|6}} in Sheffield Lake
|counties=Wayne, Medina, Lorain
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=300
|next_type=SR
|next_route=302
}}
State Route 301 (SR 301) is a {{convert|45.33|mi|km|adj=on}} long north–south state highway in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of SR 301 is at SR 302 in Chester Township nearly {{convert|5.50|mi|km}} south of West Salem. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Sheffield Lake.
Route description
SR 301 travels through northwestern Wayne County, western Medina County and central Lorain County.{{Cite web |title=Ohio State Route 301, Lorain County |url=https://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/ohio/state/oh301lorain.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.billburmaster.com}} No segment of this route is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways defined as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=December 2003 | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2008 | format=PDF|access-date=2011-11-24}}
{{Expand section|date=November 2011}}
History
The SR 301 designation was applied in 1932. Originally, the highway was routed along a short portion of its present alignment, running from US 42 in West Salem, to its junction with US 224, then known as SR 17.{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1931a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1931 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1932a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1932 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}
In 1937, SR 301 took on much of its current form when it was extended on the south end to SR 302 approximately {{convert|5.50|mi|km}} south of West Salem, and on the north end through western Medina County and central Lorain County to US 6 (at the time also joined by SR 2 in Sheffield Lake.{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1936 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1937 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}
Major intersections
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{{OHint
|county=Wayne
|ctdab=Wayne
|cspan=6
|location=Chester Township
|lspan=
|mile=0.00
|type=
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 301.
}}
{{OHint
|ctdab=Wayne
|cspan=
|location=Congress Township
|lspan=3
|mile=2.55
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=2.67
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=3.89
|type=
|notes=SR 301 only provides access to I-71 south and I-71 north only provides access to SR 301.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=West Salem
|lspan=2
|mile=6.40
|type=
|notes=Western terminus of SR 539.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=6.47
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|county=Medina
|cspan=3
|location=Homerville
|lspan=2
|mile=10.40
|type=
|notes=Junction with US 224 eastbound.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=10.41
|type=
|notes=Junction with US 224 westbound.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=Spencer
|lspan=
|mile=15.44
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|county=Lorain
|ctdab=Lorain
|cspan=9
|location=Penfield Township
|lspan=
|mile=20.19
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=LaGrange
|lspan=
|mile=24.95
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|ctdab=Lorain
|cspan=
|location=Carlisle Township
|lspan=3
|mile=30.71
|type=concur
|notes=Beginning of US 20 concurrency.
Junction with SR 10 Eastbound.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=33.43
|type=concur
|notes=End of US 20 concurrency.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=33.67
|type=concur
|notes=Beginning of SR 57 concurrency.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=Elyria
|mile=37.53
|type=concur
|notes=End of SR 57 concurrency.
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=Sheffield
|lspan=2
|mile=40.32
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|lspan=
|mile=43.08
|type=
|notes=
}}
{{OHint
|cspan=
|location=Sheffield Lake
|lspan=
|mile=45.33
|type=
|notes=Northern terminus of SR 301.
}}
{{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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Category:Transportation in Wayne County, Ohio