State Route 303 is an east–west state highway

State highway

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 in northern portion of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Ohio

Ohio

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. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 20 in Wakeman

Wakeman, Ohio

Wakeman is a village in Huron County, Ohio, United States, along the Vermilion River and is named after Jesup Wakeman, an early settler of Fairfield County, Connecticut, who was involved in western land speculation between 1800 and 1840....

, and its eastern terminus is 1.28 miles (2.1 km) east of Windham

Windham, Ohio

Windham is a village located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from portions of Windham Township, one of the original townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. In 1942, the US government chose Windham as the site of an army camp...

. Signage photos from 2003 showed that the route apparently ended at State Route 534 and was co-signed with State Route 82 (this concurrency would be less than ½ mile). In fact, before the construction of the Ohio Turnpike

Ohio Turnpike

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, State Route 303 did intersect with State Route 534, as seen in highway maps from 1940. However the Technical Straight Line Diagram for State Route 303 in Trumbull County shows that SR 303 now ends at State Route 82, and signs now reflect that fact.

State Route 303 passes through Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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. East of Richfield, a widened section of road with left turn lanes that apparently go nowhere reveals the former site of the Richfield Coliseum.

Major intersections

History

• 1933 – Original route established; originally routed from Richfield
  Richfield, Ohio
  Richfield is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2000 census. The village and the adjacent Richfield Township are approximately equidistant between the downtown areas of Akron and Cleveland...
  
   to Hudson
  Hudson, Ohio
  Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,262 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent exurban community and is part of the Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   along its current alignment.
• 1934 – Extended east to Streetsboro
  Streetsboro, Ohio
  Streetsboro is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from the former township of Streetsboro, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is nearly co-extant with the former Streetsboro Township; the village of Sugar Bush Knolls was also formed in part from a...
  
   via a previously unnumbered road.
• 1938 – Extended west to Wakeman
  Wakeman, Ohio
  Wakeman is a village in Huron County, Ohio, United States, along the Vermilion River and is named after Jesup Wakeman, an early settler of Fairfield County, Connecticut, who was involved in western land speculation between 1800 and 1840....
  
   via previously unnumbered roads from Wakeman to Pittsfield and from Belden to Richfield, and along the alignment of former State Route 200 from Pittsfield to Belden; also extended east to a point four miles (6 km) east of Windham.
• circa 1954 – Its eastern terminus was moved less than ½ mile west of State Route 534 on State Route 82 when the Ohio Turnpike
  Ohio Turnpike
  The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a -long, limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor to Chicago and Pittsburgh...
  
  was constructed.