Lakeland Freeway | |
Route information | |
Maintained by ODOT | |
Length | 24.51 mi [1] (39.45 km) |
Existed | 1962–present |
Component highways | I-90 from Bratenahl to Euclid SR 2 from Bratenahl to Painesville Township |
Major junctions | |
West end | I-90 / SR 2 / SR 283 in Cleveland |
I-90 in Euclid | |
East end | US 20 / SR 2 in Painesville Township |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
Highway system | |
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The Lakeland Freeway (often called "Route 2" in the section that carries solely Ohio State Route 2) is a limited-access freeway in the northeastern suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. It runs with and parallel to Interstate 90, and follows the shore of Lake Erie, linking the suburban areas of Lake County to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
The Lakeland Freeway passes through the municipalities of Cleveland, Euclid, Wickliffe, Willowick, Willoughby, Eastlake, Mentor, Painesville, and Painesville Township. The freeway is eight lanes in the I-90/SR 2 section. The SR 2 section to the east had consisted of six lanes only to Vine Street, but the third lane in each direction was extended to SR 44 between 2006 and 2012. [2] [3] It then narrows to four lanes from there to its eastern terminus in Painesville Township at US 20. The freeway has seen tremendous growth since it opened in the 1960s. In 2003, average daily traffic ranged from about 94,100 at the I-90/SR 2 split to 31,200 east of Painesville. [4]
The Lake County section of freeway was authorized by Lake County Commissioners in 1957, [3] and constructed and opened to traffic in the early 1960s. It was blended into the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway at the western end in Cuyahoga County; because of that, the "Shoreway" name is often applied to the Lakeland Freeway from its west end to the I-90/SR 2 split. [5]
County | Location | mi | km | Exit [6] [9] | Destinations | Notes |
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Cuyahoga | Bratenahl | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-90 west / SR 2 west to SR 283 west / LECT (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway) | Western terminus of Lakeland Freeway | |
Cleveland | 180 | East 140th Street / East 152nd Street | Signed as exits 180A (East 140th Street) and 180B (East 152nd Street) eastbound | |||
181 | East 156th Street | Westbound entrance and exit | ||||
182A | East 185th Street | |||||
182B | East 200th Street | |||||
Euclid | 183 | East 222nd Street | ||||
184 | SR 175 (East 260th Street) / Babbitt Road | Signed as exits 184A (Babbitt Rd.) and 184B (E. 260th) eastbound | ||||
207 | I-90 east to I-271 south – Erie Pa. | Left exit westbound; exit numbers follow SR 2 in Lake County; eastern end of I-90 concurrency; exit 185 on I-90 westbound | ||||
Lake | Wickliffe | 208 | Lloyd Road (SR 633) – Wickliffe | Access via Lakeland Boulevard | ||
210 | East 305th Street – Willowick | |||||
Eastlake | 211 | SR 91 – Eastlake | ||||
Willoughby | 212 | SR 640 (Vine Street) – Willoughby | ||||
213 | Lost Nation Road | |||||
Mentor | 215 | SR 306 to US 20 – Kirtland, Mentor-on-the-Lake | ||||
217 | SR 615 – Mentor | |||||
220 | SR 44 north (Heisley Road) – Grand River | Western end of SR 44 concurrency | ||||
Painesville Township | 221 | SR 44 south to I-90 – Chardon | Eastern end of SR 44 concurrency | |||
Painesville | 223 | SR 283 / SR 535 – Painesville, Fairport Harbor | ||||
Painesville Township | 225 | SR 535 (Fairport Nursery Road) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
24.51 | 39.45 | 227 | US 20 east – Ashtabula | Eastern terminus of Lakeland Freeway / SR 2 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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