State Route 58 (SR 58) is a north–south
state highway in northern
Ohio
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maintained by the
Ohio Department of Transportation
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(ODOT). The that make up SR 58 serve the cities of
Ashland,
Wellington
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,
Oberlin,
Amherst, and
Lorain in
Ashland and
Lorain Counties. Its southern terminus is at
US 250
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in Ashland, and its northern terminus is at
US 6
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in Lorain.
History
Part of the highway now SR 58 has been a state highway since the creation of the system in 1912. SR 144 followed the modern-day SR 58 between downtown Ashland and Oberlin.
In 1923, SR 58 was assigned to what is now the entire length of
SR 89 and the current SR 58 from
Sullivan to Oberlin. The remainder of the current route was designated SR
SR 96.
By 1927, SR 58 was routed into downtown Ashland.
In 1930, it was extended north to its current end in Lorain at what was at the time designated
SR 2.
The only major change to the routing occurred around 1995 when the southern terminus was moved to the US 250 bypass north of Downtown Ashland.
Major junctions
References
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Transportation in Ashland County, Ohio
Transportation in Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain, Ohio