Ohio State Route 87 Explained

State:OH
Type:SR
Route:87
Map:OH 87 map.svg
Length Mi:60.39
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1924
Direction A:West
Terminus A: at Public Square in Cleveland
Junction: in Cleveland
in Cleveland
in Beachwood
in Greene Township
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Kinsman Township
Counties:Cuyahoga, Geauga, Trumbull
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:86
Next Type:SR
Next Route:88

State Route 87 (SR 87) is an east - west highway in northeastern Ohio, a U.S. state. Its western terminus is at Public Square in downtown Cleveland. It is one of 9 other routes to enter downtown Cleveland at Public Square. 87 ends at an intersection with SR 5 and SR 7 in Kinsman Township.

Route description

SR 87 begins at Public Square in Cleveland, at an intersection with US 6 / US 42 / SR 3. It is concurrent with US 422 and SR 8 for just over 2miles (as well as SR 14 and SR 43 for a short segment), and then leaves the concurrency to occupy a section of Woodland Avenue. The route heads eastward and becomes Buckeye Road, and then Shaker Boulevard, which is a divided boulevard with RTA commuter rail tracks (the "Rapid") between the east- and westbound lanes as it travels through Shaker Heights.[2]

At Richmond Road in Beachwood, SR 87 joins SR 175 from the north and heads south approximately 1miles to Chagrin Boulevard, where the route leaves SR 175 and joins US 422 east. A short distance later, at the I-271 interchange, US 422 leaves the concurrency southward, and SR 87 continues east on Chagrin Boulevard through Woodmere Village and Pepper Pike, and then on Pinetree Road and South Woodland Road, intersects SR 91 (SOM Center Road) and enters Moreland Hills.

SR 87 enters Geauga County and becomes Kinsman Road for most of its remaining length, and intersects SR 306 (Chillicothe Road), passes by Punderson State Park, and intersects SR 44 (Ravenna Road) at Newbury.

The route then enters Burton, where it temporarily becomes Center Street and intersects SR 168 (Cheshire Street); then through Ohio's second largest Amish community in Middlefield as High Street, the route intersects SR 608 (State Street).

Just east of Middlefield, the route resumes its Kinsman Road name, and intersects with SR 528 (Madison Road), before entering Trumbull County.

In Trumbull County, SR 87 intersects SR 534 at Mesopotamia, and then SR 45 at North Bloomfield. Next, it crosses SR 46, followed by its interchange with SR 11. Finally, it intersects SR 193 and reaches its terminus at the SR 5 / SR 7 concurrency in Kinsman Township.

History

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams . Ohio Department of Transportation . Ohio Department of Transportation . October 11, 2016.
  2. Web site: Great Places in America: Streets . October 4, 2012 . 2012 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011074837/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ . October 11, 2012 . dead .
  3. John Simpson’s Route 87 page