Lakeland Freeway

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.

Lakeland Freeway
Ohio State Route 2
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 SR 44 from Mentor 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
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic

Route description

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]

History

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]

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit[6] [7] [8] [9]	Destinations	Notes
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 exit 184B eastbound; Babbitt Rd. not signed 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       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

•  U.S. Roads portal
•  Ohio portal

References

1. Technical Service Straight Line Diagrams Archived May 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine from The Ohio Department of Transportation
2. "State Route 2 Modernization & Lane Addition, Lake County". Ohio Department of Transportation District 12.
3. Improving State Route 2 Project Plan Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Lake County Engineer's Web Site)
4. Purpose and Need Statement to Improve State Route 2 (Lake County Engineer's Web Site) from ARCADIS FPS via Archive.org
5. Example: John, Andrew (June 27, 2011). "Wind Turbine Starts Up in Euclid above Lincoln Electric Co". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved June 28, 2011. The sprawling blades on Ohio's largest wind turbine started turning 278 feet above the headquarters of Lincoln Electric this weekend in Euclid...located a few hundred yards from the Shoreway....
6. "Ohio Highways: OH 2 Exit Guide". June 18, 2004. Archived from the original on June 18, 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
7. "Ohio Highways: Interstate 90 Exit Guide". June 17, 2004. Archived from the original on June 17, 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
8. "Ohio 2 East". www.roadfan.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
9. "Ohio 2/Cleveland Memorial Shoreway West". www.roadfan.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.

External links

• "Memorial Shoreway" from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - has Lakeland Freeway reference.
• The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site, by John Simpson
• End photos of Ohio 2 from state-ends.com by Dan Garnell