Interstate 80 in Ohio

This article is about the section of Interstate 80 in Ohio. For the entire route, see Interstate 80.

Interstate 80
Route information
Maintained by OTC and Ohio DOT
Length:	237.48 mi (382.19 km)
Existed:	1956 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-80 / I-90 / Indiana Toll Road at Indiana state line
	I-75 in Perrysburg I-90 near Elyria I-480 in North Ridgeville I-71 in Strongsville I-77 in Richfield I-480 in Streetsboro I-76 / Ohio Turnpike near Youngstown I-680 near Youngstown
East end:	I-80 at Pennsylvania state line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 79 SR 81 x20px →

In the U.S. state of Ohio, Interstate 80 (I-80) runs across the northern part of the state. Most of the route is part of the Ohio Turnpike, with only an 18.78-mile (30.22 km) stretch not being on the toll road. That stretch of road is the feeder route to the Keystone Shortway, a shortcut through northern Pennsylvania that provides access to New York City.

Route description

I-80 Westbound Ohio Turnpike

Main article: Ohio Turnpike

In Ohio, I-80 enters with I-90 from the Indiana Toll Road and immediately becomes the "James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike", more commonly referred to as simply the Ohio Turnpike. The two Interstates cross rural northwest Ohio and run just south of the metropolitan area of Toledo. In Rossford, Ohio the turnpike intersects with Interstate 75 in an area known as the Crossroads of America. This intersection is one of the largest intersections of two Interstate Highways in the United States.

In Elyria Township, just west of Cleveland, I-90 splits from I-80 (leaving the turnpike and running northeast as a freeway). I-80 runs east-southeast through the southern suburbs of Cleveland and retains the Ohio Turnpike designation. Just northwest of Youngstown, the Ohio Turnpike continues southeast onto Interstate 76, while I-80 exits the turnpike and runs east to the north of Youngstown, entering Pennsylvania south of Sharon, Pennsylvania.

History

Interstate 80 over the Cuyahoga River

Most of Interstate 80 was constructed as part of the Ohio Turnpike, the origins of which predate the establishment of the Interstate Highway System in 1956. The Ohio state legislature created the Ohio Turnpike Commission in 1949, which was the first step in designing and constructing the east-west freeway. Construction began on October 27, 1952, and the freeway was completed on October 1, 1955 (a total of 38 months).

Although I-80 presently uses the Ohio Turnpike across most of the state, it was once planned to split between Norwalk and Edinburg, with Interstate 80N passing through Cleveland and Interstate 80S passing through Akron.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Williams	Northwest Township	0.00	0.00	–	I-80 west / I-90 west / Indiana Toll Road west – Chicago	Continuation into Indiana
See Ohio Turnpike Exits 0–218
Mahoning	Jackson Township	219.47	353.20	–	I-76 east / Ohio Turnpike east – Pittsburgh	Western end of I-76 concurrency and eastern end of Ohio Tpk. concurrency
		219.47	353.20	–	CR 18 (Mahoning Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		219.47	353.20	–	I-76 west – Akron	Eastern end of I-76 concurrency
	Austintown Township	223.01	358.90	223	SR 46 – Niles, Canfield
		223.91	360.35	224A	SR 11 south – Canfield	Western end of SR 11 concurrency; signed as exit 224 westbound
		224.25	360.90	224B	I-680 south – Youngstown	Northern terminus of I-680; eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
Trumbull	Weathersfield Township	225.94	363.62	226	Salt Springs Road – McDonald
	Girard	227.15	365.56	227	US 422 – Girard
	Liberty Township	228.32	367.45	228	SR 11 north – Warren, Ashtabula	Eastern end of SR 11 concurrency; signed as exit 228B westbound
		228.48	367.70	228A	SR 711 south – Youngstown	Northern terminus of SR 711; westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		228.82– 229.47	368.25– 369.30	229	SR 193 (Belmont Avenue) / East Liberty Street
	Hubbard Township	234.43	377.28	234	US 62 / SR 7 – Hubbard, Sharon, PA
		237.28	381.87	–	I-80 east – New York	Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Tolled

References

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