{{Short description|State highway in northern Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OH |type=SR |route=252 |map=OH 252 map.svg |maint=ODOT |length_mi=23.04 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="SLD_252MED">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0252r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 252, Medina County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2011-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235259/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0252r.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SLD_252LOR">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0252r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 252, Lorain County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2011-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235322/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0252r.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SLD_252CUY">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/cuysr0252r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR 252, Cuyahoga County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2011-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235310/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/cuysr0252r.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |established=1925<ref name=ODOT1924_map /><ref name=ODOT1925_map /> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|18|OH|57}} near Medina |junction={{jct|state=OH|I|480}} in North Olmsted<br>{{jct|state=OH|US|20}} in Westlake<br>{{jct|state=OH|I|90|OH|2}} in Westlake |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|6}} in Bay Village |counties=Medina, Lorain, Cuyahoga |previous_type=SR |previous_route=251 |next_type=SR |next_route=253 }}
'''State Route 252''' ('''SR 252''') is a {{convert|23.04|mi|km|adj=on}} long north–south state highway in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of this state route is at a signalized intersection that marks the western split of the concurrency of SR 18 and SR 57 nearly {{convert|1.25|mi|km}} northwest of the city limits of Medina. SR 252 has its northern terminus at a T-intersection with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in the western Cleveland suburb of Bay Village.
==Route description== {{Expand section|date=May 2011}} Along its path, SR 252 travels through northern Medina County, the extreme eastern portion of Lorain County and the westernmost part of Cuyahoga County. There are no stretches of SR 252 that are included as a part of the National Highway System.<ref name="NHS">{{cite map | title=National Highway System: Ohio | date=December 2003 | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016165827/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/oh/oh_Ohio.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2008 | format=PDF|access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref>
==History== SR 252 was assigned in 1925. It was originally along its current alignment from its southern terminus at SR 18 and SR 57 northwest of Medina to its junction with SR 82, at the time known as SR 81, west of Strongsville.<ref name=ODOT1924_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1924a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=August 1924 |cartography=ODHPW |access-date=2011-05-10}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1925_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1925a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=August 1925 |cartography=ODHPW |access-date=2011-05-10}}</ref> One year later, the highway was extended north to its current northern terminus.<ref name=ODOT1926_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1926a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works |date=August 1926 |cartography=ODHPW |access-date=2011-05-10}}</ref> {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=OH|length_ref=<ref name="SLD_252MED"/><ref name="SLD_252LOR"/><ref name="SLD_252CUY"/>}} {{OHint |county=Medina |cspan=3 |ctdab=Medina |location=York Township |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|18|OH|57|dir2=south|CR|24|county3=Medina|dir3=south|city1=Medina|city2=Norwalk}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 252 and concurrency with SR 57}} {{OHint |mile=0.93 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|57|dir1=North|city1=Lester|city2=Erhart|city3=Elyria|CR|65|county2=Medina}} |notes=Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 57}} {{OHint |ctdab=Medina |location=Liverpool Township |mile=4.92 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|303|name1=Center Road|city1=Valley City|city2=Brunswick}} |notes=}} {{OHint |county=Lorain |ctdab=Lorain |location=Columbia Township |mile=10.45 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|82|city1=Elyria|city2=Strongsville}} |notes=}} {{OHint |county=Cuyahoga |cspan=8 |location=North Olmsted |lspan=4 |mile=17.68 |road={{jct|state=OH|I|480|location1=Toledo|city2=Cleveland}} |notes=Exit 6 on I-480}} {{OHint |mile=18.01 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|17|name1=Brookpark Road}} |notes=}} {{OHint |mile=18.45 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|10|dir1=west|name1=Lorain Road}} |notes=Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 10}} {{OHint |mile=18.84 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|10|dir1=east|name1=Lorain Road|road|Columbia Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 10}} {{OHint |location=Westlake |lspan=3 |mile=21.01 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|20|OH|113|name2=Center Ridge Road}} |notes=}} {{OHint |mile=21.99 |road={{jct|state=OH|OH|254|name1=Detroit Road}} |notes=}} {{OHint |mile=22.13 |road={{jct|state=OH|I|90|OH|2|location1=Toledo|city2=Cleveland}} |notes=Exit 159 on I-90 / SR 2}} {{OHint |location=Bay Village |mile=23.04 |road={{jct|state=OH|US|6|Tour|LECT|name2=Lake Road}} |notes=Northern terminus}} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{Portal|Ohio|U.S. Roads}} {{Reflist}}
252 Category:Transportation in Medina County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Lorain County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Cuyahoga County, Ohio