Ohio State Route 57

State Route 57
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	61.22 mi[1] (98.52 km)
Existed:	1938 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 30 near Orrville
	SR 585 near Rittman I-76 / US 224 near Wadsworth I-80 / Ohio Turnpike in Elyria I-90 in Elyria
North end:	US 6 in Lorain
Location
Counties:	Wayne, Medina, Lorain
Highway system
Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 56 SR 58 →

State Route 57 (SR 57) is a north–south state highway in northeast Ohio. SR 57 runs from U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Riceland to US 6 in Lorain, a distance of 61.2 miles (98.5 km).

Route description

SR 57's northern terminus at US 6 in Lorain.

SR 57 begins as a city street in downtown Lorain. The four-lane highway travels towards Interstate 90 (I-90). The one mile (1.6 km) stretch of the highway between I-90 and the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) in the city of Elyria is flanked on both sides with hotels, businesses and the Midway Mall. South of the Ohio Turnpike, the highway remains four lanes wide and continues south (concurrent with SR 113, SR 301, and US 20) through Elyria. The highway connects with SR 10 just south of Elyria via highway interchange and separates from SR 301 and US 20. South of SR 10 the highway retains four lanes to its intersection with SR 82 where it narrows to a two-lane highway through the remainder of Lorain County and Medina County.

As SR 57 traverses the rural communities of Medina County, it takes more of an east-southeast track as it joins and separates with SR 83 and SR 303. It then merges with SR 18 as it heads towards the city of Medina. SR 57 passes through Medina's town square and heads southeast as Wadsworth Road towards I-71 where it travels over the six-lane expressway en route to its southern terminus. SR 57 continues its path south passing through rural communities in Wayne County. It intersects with I-76 near Wadsworth and continues south past the Wadsworth Municipal Airport, through Orrville on its way to the terminus in Riceland where it meets US 30 in Wayne County.

History

Prior to the construction of the SR 2/Ohio Turnpike connector around 1976, I-90 traffic had to use SR 57 to access the Turnpike. In 2003 the loop from SR 57 southbound to I-90/SR 2 eastbound in this interchange was removed and replaced by a left turn to simplify traffic movements on SR 57, and the opposite loop had been removed by 2004 to make it a six-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange.

Rebuilding and widening program

The improvement of the SR 57 corridor between the Ohio Turnpike and I-90 in Elyria is a long awaited project to improve safety and reduce congestion in this heavily commercial area.^[2] This stretch of SR 57 contains a disorganized cluster of roads and exits and has been said to be a high-crash zone, according to city and Ohio Department of Transportation District 3 officials.^[3] This project will modify the existing SR 57 interchange with I-90 in Elyria as well as remove the existing 49th Street bridge over SR 58. SR 57 will be widened to six lanes between the Ohio Turnpike and I-90, and Midway Mall Boulevard will also be widened. The SR 57 and I-90 interchange will be converted to a full diamond interchange with signals.^[4]

Major junctions

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Wayne	East Union–Sugar Creek township line	0.00	0.00	US 30 – Massillion, Wooster
	Milton–Chippewa township line	8.91	14.34	SR 585 – Wooster, Barberton
		10.32	16.61	SR 604 – Congress
	Chippewa Township	12.96– 13.01	20.86– 20.94	CR 57A (Rittman Road) – Rittman	Interchange
Medina	Wadsworth Township	15.77	25.38	CR 97 (Greenwich Road) – Wadsworth	Interchange
		16.38– 16.52	26.36– 26.59	I-76 / US 224 – Akron, Lodi	Exit 7 (I-76)
	Montville Township	23.27	37.45	SR 162 – Lafayette, Sharon Center
	Medina	25.86	41.62	SR 3 north (Washington Street) / SR 18 east
		25.94	41.75	SR 3 / SR 18 (Liberty Street) / Broadway Street	Southern end of SR 3 / SR 18 concurrencies
		26.00	41.84	US 42 / SR 3 south (Court Street)	Northern end of SR 3 concurrency
	York Township	29.98	48.25	SR 18 west / SR 252 begins / CR 24 (Columbia Road) – Norwalk	Northern end of SR 18 concurrency; southern end of SR 252 concurrency
		30.91	49.74	SR 252 north / CR 65 (Spieth Road) – Columbia Hills Corners	Northern end of SR 252 concurrency
Lorain	Grafton Township	36.71	59.08	SR 303 east / CR 59 (Cowley Road) – Valley City	Southern end of SR 303 concurrency
		38.78	62.41	SR 83 south / SR 303 west – Litchfield, LaGrange	Northern end of SR 303 concurrency; southern end of SR 83 concurrency
		40.34	64.92	SR 83 north / CR 151 (Grafton Easten Road) – North Ridgeville	Northern end of SR 83 concurrency
	Carlisle–Eaton township line	45.67	73.50	SR 82 east – Strongsville	Western terminus of SR 82
	Eaton Township	46.76– 46.96	75.25– 75.57	US 20 west / SR 10 east / SR 301 south – Cleveland, Norwalk	Interchange; southern end of US 20 / SR 301 concurrencies; western terminus of SR 10
	Elyria	50.08	80.60	US 20 east (Cleveland Street) / SR 113 east – Cleveland	Northern end of US 20 concurrency; southern end of SR 113 concurrency
		50.70	81.59	SR 301 north (Abbe Road)	Northern end of SR 301 concurrency
		52.77	84.93	SR 113 west (John F. Kennedy Memorial Parkway) / Lorain Boulevard – South Amherst	Northern end of SR 113 concurrency
		53.29– 53.51	85.76– 86.12	I-80 / Ohio Turnpike – Cleveland, Toledo	Exit 145 (Ohio Tpk.)
	Elyria–Elyria Township municipal line	54.12– 54.45	87.10– 87.63	I-90 / SR 2 – Cleveland, Toledo	Exit 145 (I-90)
	Sheffield Township	55.23	88.88	SR 254 east (North Ridge Road) – Avon	Western terminus of SR 254
	Lorain	59.87	96.35	SR 611 (West 21st Street)
		61.22	98.52	US 6 (Erie Avenue) / Broadway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Tolled

References

Route map: Google