State Route 627 (SR 627) is a east–west
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 374,853. Its county seat is Canton. The county was created in 1808 and organized the next year. It is named for John Stark, an officer in th ...
. SR 627's western terminus is at a
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
with the
US 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...
/
US 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Canada ...
freeway in southeast
Massillon. Its eastern terminus is a diamond interchange with
Interstate 77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
at I-77 Exit 101 in southern
Canton.
Route description
The entire routing of SR 627 is situated in the western portion of
Stark County. SR 627 is not a part of the
National Highway System, a system of routes considered to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.
History
A previous State Route 627 existed in
Portage County from 1937 to 1970. The original route's southern terminus was at
State Route 14 and
U.S. Route 224
U.S. Route 224 (US 224) is a spur of US 24 that runs through the states of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It currently runs for from US 24 in Huntington, Indiana, east to US 422 Business (US 422 Bus.) and Pennsylvani ...
in
Deerfield and the northern terminus was at
State Route 82 just north of
Windham. In 1941, the northern terminus was moved to
State Route 5 in
Paris
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after the section between SR 82 and SR 5 was decommissioned to make way for the new
Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant
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. In 1970, the SR 627 designation was removed and the route was made part of a realigned and extended
State Route 225.
The current SR 627 was established in 1987 along the routing between the US 30/US 62 and I-77 freeways that it utilizes to this day. The route has not experienced any major changes to its alignment since its inception.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Stark County, Ohio