Green Road Station
Green Road station is a tram station, station on the Green Line (Cleveland), Green Line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Shaker Heights, Ohio, located in the median of Shaker Boulevard (Ohio State Route 87) at its intersection with Green Road, after which the station is named. It is the eastern terminus of the Green Line. History When Shaker Boulevard east of Warrensville Center Road was laid out by the Van Sweringen brothers in the 1920s, it included a broad median strip with room for four rapid transit tracks as well as a high-speed automobile parkway. The rapid transit right-of-way extended along Shaker Boulevard to Brainard Road and from there along Gates Mills Boulevard all the way to near U.S. Route 322, Mayfield Road, where it ended in a large loop suitable for use as a streetcar yard. The Shaker Boulevard line of the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit was expanded one mile east from Warrensville Center Road to Green Road in 1936. The extension was originally a single track using ...
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Shaker Boulevard
State Route 87 (SR 87) is an east–west highway in northeastern Ohio, a U.S. state. Its western terminus is at Public Square, Cleveland, Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, downtown Cleveland. It is one of 9 other routes to enter downtown Cleveland at Public Square. 87 ends at an intersection with Ohio State Route 5, SR 5 and Ohio State Route 7, SR 7 in Kinsman Township, Ohio, Kinsman Township. Route description SR 87 begins at Public Square in Cleveland, at an intersection with US 6 / US 42 / SR 3. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 422 in Ohio, US 422 and Ohio State Route 8, SR 8 for just over (as well as Ohio State Route 14, SR 14 and Ohio State Route 43, SR 43 for a short segment), and then leaves the concurrency to occupy a section of Woodland Avenue. The route heads eastward and becomes Buckeye Road, and then Shaker Boulevard, which is a divided boulevard with Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA commuter rail tracks (the "Rapid") ...
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