SR 57 begins at US 30 as a two-lane road near Orrville in
Wayne County. The highway travels north through Orrville and east of
Rittman, intersecting
SR 585 between the two towns. Further north, SR 57 enters
Medina County and runs along the western edge of
Wadsworth and passes the
Wadsworth Municipal Airport before intersecting
I-76/
US 224 (Exit 7). Now in a northwesterly direction, SR 57 enters
Medina after traveling over
I-71 without an interchange. In Medina, SR 57 has a short concurrency with
SR 3 and a longer concurrency with
SR 18, which travels through the town square and splits northwest of town, at the same location where a concurrency with
SR 252 begins. This concurrency ends a mile north where SR 57 runs northwest, entering
Lorain County and meeting up with
SR 303 and
SR 83, having concurrencies with both routes. In Lorain County, SR 57 passes through the town of
Grafton before intersecting the western terminus of
SR 82 and then intersecting
US 20/
SR 10/
SR 301 south of
Elyria, which is a freeway at this location. This intersection is the western terminus of SR 10 as well as the beginning of SR 57's concurrency with US 20 and SR 301. This concurrency travels north as a four-lane divided highway around the east side of Elyria before US 20 turns off to the east but the SR 57/SR 301 concurrency continues and a concurrency with SR-113 begins at the next intersection SR-301 turns north, but SR-113 stays curving west around the north side of Elyria and traveling alongside
I-80 (
Ohio Turnpike) but not intersecting it, until SR 113 continues west and SR 57 turns north. Just past this intersection, SR 57 meets I-80 (Exit 145) at a double
trumpet interchange and continues north, still as a four-lane divided highway, passing the
Midway Mall and numerous businesses and hotels before intersecting
I-90/
SR 2 (Exit 145), less than a mile north of I-80. This is also I-90's first eastbound exit after splitting from its multi-state concurrency with I-80. SR 57 then runs north toward the east side of
Lorain, where it ceases to be a divided highway but remains a four-lane road. Just south of a large steel plant, SR 57 turns west and then north, heading toward downtown Lorain, where it meets
US 6 and ends, half a mile south of
Lake Erie. ==History==