| State Route 21 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length: | 59.81 mi[1] (96.25 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | US 250 near Strasburg | |||
| US 30 in Massillon I-76/US 224 in Norton I-77 near Fairlawn, in Richfield, and in Cuyahoga Heights I-80 / Ohio Tpk. in Richfield |
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| North end: | I-77 in Cuyahoga Heights | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne, Summit, Cuyahoga | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Ohio highways
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State Route 21 is a relic of an old U.S. Route 21, a major north–south highway that connected greater Cleveland, Ohio, to southern South Carolina. South of Strasburg, Ohio, near the current southern terminus of State Route 21, the designation of U.S. Route 21 was moved to the new Interstate 77 freeway in east-central and southeastern Ohio by the early 1970s and then decommissioned. North of Strasburg, what remained of U.S. Route 21 as a route separate from Interstate 77 became State Route 21.
State Route 21 survives in Greater Cleveland as a divided surface road between its current northern terminus at Interstate 77 and Interstate 480 and Interstate 77 just south of the Ohio Turnpike, serving some of the suburbs of Cleveland as a local through route. It coincides with Interstate 77 between two junctions at mileposts 146 and 135 (from north to south) and again splits, State Route 21 passing through Barberton and Massillon, Interstate 77 passing through the much larger cities of Akron and Canton. State Route 21 has its southern terminus north of Strasburg at U.S. 250 near Interstate 77's Exit 87.
Very heavily traveled before the Interstate era, much of State Route 21 is divided highway or even freeway due to the needs of the time.
The road is notable for the reindeer spotted on it in December 2011 in Norton.[2]
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location[3] | Mile[4] | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Tuscarawas |
0.0 | US 250 | |||||
| Stark |
1.8 | SR 212 (Dolphin Street SW) | |||||
| Navarre | 7.0 | US 62 west (W Canal Street) | Southern end of US 62 concurrence | ||||
| Massillon | 9.9 | US 30 / US 62 east | Northern end of US 62 concurrence | ||||
| 9.9 | Freeway begins | ||||||
| 10.5 | Erie Street | ||||||
| 11.4 | SR 241 (Finefrock Road SW) | ||||||
| 12.0 | Freeway ends | ||||||
| 12.5 | SR 142 (Lincoln Highway) | ||||||
| 12.8 | Freeway begins | ||||||
| 12.9 | Cherry Road NW | ||||||
| 13.7 | SR 236 (Lake Avenue NW) | ||||||
| 20.0 | SR 93 (Manchester Avenue NW) | ||||||
| Wayne |
No major junctions | ||||||
| Summit |
Norton | 29.1 | SR 585 (Wooster Road W) | ||||
| 32.4 | I-76 / US 224 | ||||||
| 33.4 | SR 261 (Wadsworth Road) | ||||||
| 36.6 | SR 162 (Copley Road) | ||||||
| 38.1 | I-77 south (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) | Southern end of I-77 concurrence | |||||
| For junctions, see Interstate 77 in Ohio | |||||||
| Summit |
Richfield | 48.5 | I-77 north (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) | Northern end of I-77 concurrence | |||
| 48.5 | Freeway ends | ||||||
| 49.3 | I-80 / Ohio Tpk. | ||||||
| Cuyahoga |
Brecksville | 52.5 | SR 82 (E Royalton Road) | ||||
| Cuyahoga Heights | 59.2 | SR 17 (Granger Road) | |||||
| 59.8 | I-77 (Willow Freeway) | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |
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