Ohio State Route 21

"OH 21" redirects here. OH 21 may also refer to Ohio's 21st congressional district.

State Route 21
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	59.81 mi[1] (96.25 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 250 near Strasburg
	US 30 in Massillon I-76/US 224 in Norton I-77 near Fairlawn, in Richfield, and in Cuyahoga Heights
North end:	I-77 in Cuyahoga Heights
Location
Counties:	Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne, Summit, Cuyahoga
Highway system
Ohio highways Interstates • U.S. Routes • State Routes ← SR 19 SR 25 →

State Route 21 is a relic of an old U.S. Route 21, a major north–south highway that connected greater Cleveland, Ohio, to southern South Carolina. South of Strasburg, Ohio, near the current southern terminus of State Route 21, the designation of U.S. Route 21 was moved to the new Interstate 77 freeway in east-central and southeastern Ohio by the early 1970s and then decommissioned. North of Strasburg, what remained of U.S. Route 21 as a route separate from Interstate 77 became State Route 21.

State Route 21 survives in Greater Cleveland as a divided surface road between its current northern terminus at Interstate 77 and Interstate 480 and Interstate 77 just south of the Ohio Turnpike, serving some of the suburbs of Cleveland as a local through route. It coincides with Interstate 77 between two junctions at mileposts 146 and 135 (from north to south) and again splits, State Route 21 passing through Barberton and Massillon, Interstate 77 passing through the much larger cities of Akron and Canton. State Route 21 has its southern terminus south of Strasburg at U.S. 250 near Interstate 77's Exit 87.

Very heavily traveled before the Interstate era, much of State Route 21 is divided highway or even freeway due to the needs of the time.

References

1. ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.