State Route 15 (SR 15) is a north–south and east–west route in northwestern

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. Its southern (eastern) terminus is at its interchange with U.S. Route 23/ State Route 103 (US 23/SR 103) near

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, and its northern (western) terminus is at the

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state line north of Pioneer, 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

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(I-75), where it runs concurrently with US 68, and the final as a stand-alone

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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, Marion and

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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

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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 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

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