U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Astoria, Oregon, to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Starting in the early 1950s, various sections were upgraded to freeways, bypassing several cities and villages in the area.

[1] Between the Indiana state line and Canton, US 30 is a divided highway, with sections of freeway between Van Wert and Delphos; Upper Sandusky and Mansfield; around Wooster; and a final section in the area of Massillon and Canton.

[5] US 30 enters Ohio heading southeast, as a four-lane divided highway passing through rural farmland.

The route crosses Blue and Middle creeks before it begins a short concurrency with SR 49.

The road curves toward the east, crossing Maddox and Town creeks, passing near commercial properties on the north side of Van Wert.

US 30 then enters Allen County and has a diamond interchange with the Lincoln Highway, which also provides access to Delphos.

The highway now has a mix of intersections and grade separations; it is overpassed by Gomer and Sandy Point roads.

US 23 and US 30 head due east, crossing over a CSX Transportation railroad track and having a folded diamond interchange with SR 199.

The highway crosses over the Sandusky River and then serves CR 121 with a pair of RIRO junctions.

[2][6][7] US 30 heads due east as a four-lane divided highway with cross-road traffic, passing through farmland.

After entering into Crawford County, US 30 becomes a four-lane limited-access freeway and continues passing through farmland.

The highway crosses over a Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad track, followed by an interchange with SR 4/SR 19/SR 100.

After the interchange with SR 98, US 30 crosses over a Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad track and the Sandusky River again.

The road crosses over a CSX Transportation railroad tracks, followed by an interchange with SR 61.

The four-lane divided highway with limited access ends at an interchange with Trump Avenue.

US 30 heads north on Trump Avenue, as a four-lane highway with a center turn lane.

The two routes head southeast, passing through woodland and paralleling a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway track.

SR 44 turns south and US 30 continues southeasterly, passing through woodland and farmland, with houses.

In Minerva, the route curves northeasterly and has an at-grade crossing with an Ohi-Rail Corporation railroad track.

After East Rochester, US 30 passes through farmland and woodland, paralleling a Norfolk Southern Railway track.

US 30 enters Lisbon over Little Beaver Creek and is signed as Lincoln Way passing through residential properties.

[2][6] US 30 enters SR 11 and the concurrency heads toward the southeast, as a four-lane divided highway with limited access, passing through woodland.

The road curves toward the east and parallels the Ohio River and Norfolk Southern Railway tracks.

The highway curves toward the northeast and has an interchange with SR 39, the eastern end of the concurrency with that state route.

[18] In an effort to improve safety and reduce crashes at Thayer Road, which had crossed US 30 north of Lima in Allen County, ODOT converted the intersection to an RCUT, completing the task in late October 2021 at a cost of $2.3 million (equivalent to $2.55 million in 2023[23]).

[34] The expansion was discussed further in 2014, with a consensus brewing that local funding must be involved for the project to go ahead.

[36] In 2019, a $300-million (equivalent to $353 million in 2023[23]) federally funded project was announced to extend the freeway section of US 30 from Trump Avenue to SR 44.

The proposal and funding is set to eliminate a large portion of traffic that travels through East Canton.

[citation needed] In 2021, the Stark County Area Transportation Study metropolitan planning organization recommended that US 30 be relocated to as far as East Rochester on a combination of two- and four-lane facilities.