State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south and east–west route in northwestern
Ohio
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. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with
U.S. Route 23
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State Route 103 (US 23/SR 103) near
Carey
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* Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific
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, and its northern (western) terminus is at the
Michigan
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state line north of
Pioneer
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, where the route continues in Michigan as
M-99. The route is signed east–west from Carey to
Bryan, and it is signed north–south from there to the Michigan state line.
SR 15 is an expressway for its southernmost : where it
runs concurrently with
Interstate 75
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(I-75), where it runs concurrently with
US 68, and the final as a stand-alone
limited-access road
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until its junction with US 23. The final are part of a heavily traveled corridor providing the most direct route between Detroit,
Toledo,
Findlay,
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and
Columbus
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* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
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.
History
SR 15 was certified in 1923, along the current
US 322, which replaced it in 1926.
In 1926 the designation was reapplied to a route from Carey to the
Indiana
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state line. In 1929 it was rerouted to Bryan, replacing parts of
SR 9. It replaced the rest of SR 9 in 1931, rerouted along its current route to the Michigan state line.
In 1966, SR 15 was rerouted on an
expressway
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from I-75 in Findlay to US 23 in Carey, its new southern (eastern) terminus. The highway runs a few miles south of its previous routing, which was recertified as
SR 568 the same year.
Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in Wyandot County, Ohio
Transportation in Hancock County, Ohio
Transportation in Putnam County, Ohio
Transportation in Defiance County, Ohio
Transportation in Williams County, Ohio