page_title: Ohio State Route 43
section_title: Portage County
hierarchical_section_title: Ohio State Route 43 / Route description / Portage County
caption_attribution_description: English: Traffic sign where State Routes 59 and 43 are cosigned on Haymaker Parkway as it crosses the Cuyahoga River in downtown Kent, Ohio.
context_page_description: State Route 43 is a mainly north–south state highway that runs through the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at a signalized intersection with State Route 7 along the Ohio River in Steubenville, and its western terminus is approximately 123 miles to the north at Public Square in Cleveland. It is one of ten routes to enter Public Square.
  Created in the mid-1920s, State Route 43 starts out in Steubenville, and runs northwesterly to Canton via Carrollton. From Canton, the highway runs northerly through Kent and Streetsboro to Aurora, where it then turns northwesterly, and passes through suburban Cleveland before entering the city proper, and coming to an end in downtown at Public Square. For its northernmost stretch of less than 1 mile, State Route 43 shares the same portion of pavement as four other highways at the same time: U.S. Route 422, State Route 8, State Route 14 and State Route 87. The five routes share a common endpoint in the middle of Public Square, where they intersect the triplex of U.S. Route 6, U.S. Route 42 and State Route 3.
context_section_description: State Route 43 heads north through Suffield Township, where it meets U.S. Route 224.  Further north, after crossing the Mogadore Reservoir, State Route 43 meets Interstate 76 at Exit 33 just south of Kent in Brimfield.  Continuing north, the state highway enters Kent along South Water Street, and passes just to the west of the campus of Kent State University.  Downtown, State Route 43 turns west onto Haymaker Parkway and is briefly co-signed with State Route 59 as it crosses the Cuyahoga River.  Turning north again, State Route 43 is split into two one-way roads, with southbound traffic on North and South Mantua Streets, and northbound traffic using Gougler Avenue and River Street.  When the two directions of traffic converge into North Mantua Street, State Route 43 becomes a four- to five-lane roadway.  It runs north into Streetsboro where it meets cosigned State Route 14 and State Route 303.  After crossing underneath the Ohio Turnpike, State Route 43 continues north into Aurora and is known as Chillicothe Road.  Splitting from Chillicothe Road at the intersection marking the southern terminus of State Route 306 in downtown Aurora, State Route 43 turns to the northwest onto Aurora Road, and crosses State Route 82.  After passing Geauga Lake and the adjacent waterpark Wildwater Kingdom, State Route 43 enters Geauga County.
caption: State Routes 59 and 43 cosigned in Kent
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