Ohio State Route 15

State Route 15
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	102.32 mi[1] (164.67 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
East end:	US 23 / SR 103 near Carey
	US 68 in Findlay I-75 in Findlay US 224 in Findlay US 127 near Bryan US 6 near Bryan US 20A near Montpelier I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike near Montpelier US 20 in Pioneer
North end:	M-99 near Pioneer
Location
Counties:	Williams, Defiance, Putnam, Hancock, Wyandot
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 14 SR 16 → ← US 22 US 23 →

State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south/east–west route in northwestern Ohio. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 23/State Route 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 bannered east–west from Carey to Bryan, and is bannered north–south from there to the Michigan state line.

State Route 15 is an expressway for its southernmost 19 miles (31 km): 2 miles (3.2 km) as a concurrency with Interstate 75, 3 miles (4.8 km) as a concurrency with U.S. Route 68, and the final 14 miles (23 km) as a stand-alone freeway until its junction with U.S. Route 23. The final 17 miles (27 km) are part of a heavily traveled corridor providing the most direct route between Detroit, Toledo, Findlay, Marion and Columbus.

Eastern terminus near Carey

History

State Route 15 was certified in 1923, along the current U.S. Route 322, which replaced it in 1926.

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 State Route 9. It replaced the rest of State Route 9 in 1931, rerouted along its current route to the Michigan state line.

In 1966, State Route 15 was rerouted on an expressway from Interstate 75 in Findlay to U.S. Route 23 in Carey, its new southern (eastern) terminus. The highway runs a few miles south of its previous routing, which was recertified as State Route 568 the same year.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Wyandot	Carey	0.00	0.00		US 23 / SR 103 – Columbus, Toledo	Eastern terminus of OH 15
Hancock	Vanlue	4.83	7.77		SR 330 north	Southern terminus of OH 330
	Marion Township	9.97	16.05		SR 37 – Delaware, Findlay
	Findlay	14.22	22.88		US 68 south – Kenton	Eastern end of US 68 concurrency
		16.97	27.31	156	I-75 south / US 68 – Cincinnati, Lima	Southern end of I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of US 68
				157	SR 12
		19.68	31.67	159	I-75 north / US 224 east – Toledo, Findlay, Tiffin	Northern end of I-75 concurrency; eastern end of US 224 concurrency
	Blanchard Township				SR 186 north – McComb	Northern terminus of OH 186
					SR 235 – Ada, McComb
Putnam	Ottawa	40.48	65.15		US 224 west / SR 65 south / SR 109 – Van Wert, Lima	Western end of US 224 concurrency; southern end of OH 65 concurrency; southern terminus of OH 109
		40.95	65.90		SR 65 north / SR 109 north	Northern end of OH 65/OH 109 concurrency
	Greensburg Township	46.23	74.40		SR 108 north – Napoleon	Southern terminus of OH 108
	Palmer Township	50.36	81.05		SR 115 south – Kalida	Northern terminus of OH 115
		50.93	81.96		SR 613
	Monroe Township	55.38	89.13		SR 634 south – Continental	Northern terminus of OH 634
Defiance	Defiance	67.47	108.58		SR 18 east	Eastern end of OH 18 concurrency
		67.96	109.37		SR 66 south – Delphos	Southern end of OH 66 concurrency
		68.10	109.60		SR 111 south	Northern terminus of OH 111
		68.74	110.63		SR 66 north	Northern end of OH 66 concurrency
		69.75	112.25		US 24 – Toledo, Fort Wayne
		71.02	114.30		SR 18 west	Northern end of OH 18 concurrency
	Ney	79.73	128.31		SR 249 west	Eastern terminus of OH 249
Williams	Pulaski Township				US 127 south – Van Wert	Southern end of US 127 concurrency
					US 6 / SR 2 west – Edgerton, Napoleon	Southern end of OH 2 concurrency
	Bryan				SR 2 east / SR 34	Northern end of OH 2 concurrency
					US 127 north – West Unity	Northern end of US 127 concurrency
	Jefferson Township				US 20A east / SR 107 west – Toledo, Montpelier	Southern end of US 20A concurrency; eastern terminus of OH 107
	Holiday City				I-80 / I-90 / Ohio Turnpike – Toledo, South Bend
	Madison Township				US 20A east	Northern end of US 20A concurrency
	Pioneer				US 20 – Toledo, Angola
	Madison Township				M-99 north – Hillsdale	Michigan state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Route map: Google

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