{{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=301 |map=OH 301 map.svg |maint=ODOT |length_mi=45.33 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="SLD_301WAY">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/waysr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR&nbsp;301, Wayne County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |author-link=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507031446/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/waysr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SLD_301MED">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR&nbsp;301, Medina County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507031454/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/medsr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SLD_301LOR">{{cite web |url=http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0301r.pdf |title=Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams: SR&nbsp;301, Lorain County |author=Ohio Department of Transportation |access-date=2009-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513132730/http://www.odotonline.org/techservapps/SLD/pdf_files/lorsr0301r.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |established=1932<ref name=ODOT1931_map/><ref name=ODOT1932_map/> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=OH|OH|302}} in Lattasburg |junction= *{{jct|state=OH|I|71}} in Congress Township *{{jct|state=OH|US|42}} in West Salem *{{jct|state=OH|US|224}} in Homerville *{{jct|state=OH|US|20|SR|10}} near Elyria |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=OH|US|6}} in Sheffield Lake |counties=Wayne, Medina, Lorain |previous_type=SR |previous_route=300 |next_type=SR |next_route=302 }}

'''State Route&nbsp;301''' ('''SR&nbsp;301''') is a {{convert|45.33|mi|km|adj=on}} long north&ndash;south state highway in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The southern terminus of SR&nbsp;301 is at SR&nbsp;302 in Chester Township nearly {{convert|5.50|mi|km}} south of West Salem. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route&nbsp;6 (US&nbsp;6) in Sheffield Lake.

==Route description== SR&nbsp;301 travels through northwestern Wayne County, western Medina County and central Lorain County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ohio State Route 301, Lorain County |url=https://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/ohio/state/oh301lorain.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.billburmaster.com}}</ref> No segment of this route is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways defined as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.<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=2011-11-24}}</ref>

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==History== The SR&nbsp;301 designation was applied in 1932. Originally, the highway was routed along a short portion of its present alignment, running from US&nbsp;42 in West Salem, to its junction with US&nbsp;224, then known as SR&nbsp;17.<ref name=ODOT1931_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1931a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1931 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1932_map>{{cite map |title=Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1932a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1932 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref>

In 1937, SR&nbsp;301 took on much of its current form when it was extended on the south end to SR&nbsp;302 approximately {{convert|5.50|mi|km}} south of West Salem, and on the north end through western Medina County and central Lorain County to US&nbsp;6 (at the time also joined by SR&nbsp;2 in Sheffield Lake.<ref name=ODOT1936_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1936a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1936 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref><ref name=ODOT1937_map>{{cite map |title=Official Ohio Highway Map |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/prod_services/Documents/StateMaps/otm1937a.sid |format=MrSID |publisher=Ohio Department of Highways |date=1937 |cartography=ODOH |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{OHinttop}} {{OHint |county=Wayne |ctdab=Wayne |cspan=6 |location=Chester Township |lspan= |mile=0.00 |type= |road=25px SR 302 |notes=Southern terminus of SR 301. }} {{OHint |ctdab=Wayne |cspan= |location=Congress Township |lspan=3 |mile=2.55 |type= |road=25px SR 604 |notes= }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=2.67 |type= |road=25px SR 604 |notes= }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=3.89 |type= |road=20px I-71 |notes=SR 301 only provides access to I-71 south and I-71 north only provides access to SR 301. }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=West Salem |lspan=2 |mile=6.40 |type= |road=25px SR 539 |notes=Western terminus of SR 539. }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=6.47 |type= |road=20px US 42 |notes= }} {{OHint |county=Medina |cspan=3 |location=Homerville |lspan=2 |mile=10.40 |type= |road=25px US 224 |notes=Junction with US 224 eastbound. }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=10.41 |type= |road=25px US 224 |notes=Junction with US 224 westbound. }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=Spencer |lspan= |mile=15.44 |type= |road=25px SR 162 |notes= }} {{OHint |county=Lorain |ctdab=Lorain |cspan=9 |location=Penfield Township |lspan= |mile=20.19 |type= |road=20px SR 18 |notes= }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=LaGrange |lspan= |mile=24.95 |type= |road=25px SR 303 |notes= }} {{OHint |ctdab=Lorain |cspan= |location=Carlisle Township |lspan=3 |mile=30.71 |type=concur |road=20px US 20<br>20px SR 10 |notes=Beginning of US 20 concurrency.<br>Junction with SR 10 Eastbound. }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=33.43 |type=concur |road=20px US 20 |notes=End of US 20 concurrency. }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=33.67 |type=concur |road=20px SR 57 |notes=Beginning of SR 57 concurrency. }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=Elyria |mile=37.53 |type=concur |road=20px SR 57 |notes=End of SR 57 concurrency. }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=Sheffield |lspan=2 |mile=40.32 |type= |road=25px SR 254 |notes= }} {{OHint |cspan= |lspan= |mile=43.08 |type= |road=25px SR 611 |notes= }} {{OHint |cspan= |location=Sheffield Lake |lspan= |mile=45.33 |type= |road=20px20px US 6 / LECT |notes=Northern terminus of SR 301. }} {{OHintbtm|keys=concur}}

==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{Reflist}}

301 Category:Transportation in Wayne County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Medina County, Ohio Category:Transportation in Lorain County, Ohio