Ohio State Route 237

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State Route 237 (SR 237) is a nearly 14-mile (23 km) north–south signed route in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Its southern terminus is at SR 82 in Strongsville, and its northern terminus is in Lakewood where U.S. Route 20 (US 20) joins the US 6 / SR 2 concurrency.

State Route 237 marker
State Route 237
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length13.79 mi[1] (22.19 km)
Existed1935–present
Major junctions
South end SR 82 in Strongsville
Major intersections
North end US 6 / US 20 / SR 2 in Lakewood
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesCuyahoga
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
SR 236 SR 238

Route description

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SR 237 northbound in Berea

SR-237 begins at Royalton Road (SR 82) in Strongsville, heading northbound towards Berea as Prospect Road. About four miles in, the route turns eastwards onto Bagley Road in Berea, then north onto Front Street 0.1 miles later.

After continuing on Front Street for about 1 mile, the route makes a slight turn onto North Rocky River Drive, which becomes a freeway as it enters Brook Park after Sheldon Road. This portion of the route, which connects Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Interstate 480 (I-480) and I-71, is known as the Berea Freeway (or the Airport Freeway).

At the northeast corner of the airport, SR 237 has an interchange with SR 17 (Brookpark Road), I-480, and I-71. In this interchange, SR 237 leaves the Berea Freeway for surface streets, where SR 237 northbound has a short concurrency with SR 17 westbound; the Berea Freeway continues northeast as unsigned County Route 237[2] and merges into I-71.

North of this interchange, SR 237 proceeds along Rocky River Drive (which is parallel to the Rocky River) until its northern terminus at Clifton Boulevard (US-6).

History

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The original route of SR 237 was incorporated into the southern section of Ohio State Route 79. Most of the current routing of SR 237 was originally Ohio State Route 232.

The Berea Freeway was converted from an expressway to freeway between 1983 and 1987.[3]

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Cuyahoga County. All exits of the Berea Freeway are unnumbered. 

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Strongsville0.000.00  SR 82 (Royalton Road) / Prospect RoadSouthern terminus
Berea5.599.00Southern end of Berea Freeway (expressway segment)
Brook Park6.07–
6.26
9.77–
10.07
IX Center Drive / Aerospace Parkway / Kolthoff DriveInterchange; southbound exit; northbound exit and entrance
6.3610.24Southern end of freeway
6.66–
7.38
10.72–
11.88
  Snow Road – AirportTo I-71 and Hopkins Airport
Cleveland7.5312.12  Airport (Cleveland Hopkins International)Southbound exit via ramp from southbound Berea Freeway (I-71 ramp extension segment); via exit 10 on I-480 westbound
7.7212.42 
 
 
 
I-71 north / I-480 east – Cleveland, Youngstown
Northern end of northbound Berea Freeway concurrency; exit 239 on southbound I-71; northbound exit and southbound entrance
8.0312.92Northern end of southbound Berea Freeway concurrency; southbound entrance
Brook Park8.0312.92 
 
 
 
 
SR 17 east (Brookpark Road) to I-480 east
Southern terminus of northbound concurrency with SR 17
Cleveland8.2413.26 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SR 17 west (Brookpark Road) to I-71 / I-480 east
Northern terminus of northbound concurrency with SR 17
10.5316.95  SR 10 (Lorain Avenue)
Lakewood13.3121.42 
 
US 6 Alt. (Detroit Avenue)
13.4521.65 
 
US 20 west / SR 113 west (Sloane Avenue) / Northwood Avenue
Southern terminus of concurrency with US 20 and unsigned SR 113
13.7922.19  
 
   US 6 / US 20 east / SR 2 / LECT (Clifton Boulevard) / SR 113
Northern terminus of SR 237 and concurrency with US 20; eastern terminus of unsigned SR 113
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b Ohio Department of Transportation (August 30, 2017). "Technical Services DESTAPE - Cuyahoga County" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Office of Technical Services (May 23, 2018). "Road Inventory System: Listing of Local Roads Inventory Sections" (PDF). Ohio Department of Transportation. p. 35. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hopkins airport highway project finished at last". The Plain Dealer. 1987-12-11. p. 1–A. Archived from the original on 2003-09-28.