US Route 30 stretches across the whole width of Ohio, bisecting the northern half of the state. In other words, US Route 30 is positioned where the northern quarter of Ohio meets the southern three-quarters. For most of its length west of Canton, US Route 30 is a four-laned highway with a grassy median. Interchanges to other highways are common but they are by no means the rule, preventing US Route 30 from classification as a freeway for most of its length in Ohio west of Canton. East of Canton, US Route 30 is a two-lane surface road, except for when it joins Ohio Route 11 between Lisbon and East Liverpool.
As US Route 30 enters Ohio from Indiana, it is fresh off of its stint through the Fort Wayne area. It heads southeasterly from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Van Wert, Ohio, as it gets going in Ohio. At Van Wert, US Route 30 straightens out more, becoming an easterly highway. US Route 30 passes alongside Delphos, then flanking Lima and Ada to the north. In north-central Ohio, US Route 30 serves Upper Sandusky, Bucyrus, Galion, and Mansfield. The four-laned high-speed US Route 30 then heads through Wooster as a southern bypass. US Route 30 then gains freeway status passing alongside Massillon into Canton. In Canton, US Route 30 bypasses downtown to the south as a freeway. The freeway abruptly ends in East Canton, and US Route 30 is relegated to continuing as a two-lane road. After passing through the heart of Lisbon, US Route 30 turns southeasterly and joins Ohio Route 11's freeway southward. In East Liverpool, US Route 30 exits the freeway, turning onto a bridge over the Ohio River. It leaves the state of Ohio to clip the very northern corner of West Virginia's northern panhandle. After only a few more miles, US Route 30 will enter Pennsylvania.
My photo of US Route 30 signage in Ohio comes from an intersection just west of Upper Sandusky, with Ohio Route 293. This intersection does not involve the current expressway alignment of US Route 30, but it does involve a two-lane road that historically once carried US Route 30. It's interesting to see a "TO" banner over a sign with a double arrow underneath, but the sign doesn't lie. Turning either way on the former US Route 30, which Ohio Route 293 joins for a short while, will lead travelers to an interchange with the US Route 30 expressway if that is what they seek. This photo was taken in October 2016, using various backroads (near US Route 23) to get from West Virginia to Toledo before heading home. Back to the Ohio US Highways page. Back to the Ohio main page. Back to the home page.