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I-80 was constructed as part of the Ohio Turnpike (with the exception of modern I-76 and I-480), the origins of which predate the establishment of the Interstate Highway System in 1956. The Ohio General Assembly created the Ohio Turnpike Commission in 1949, which was the first step in designing and constructing the east–west freeway.
Interstate 80/90 exists as a concurrency as: Indiana Toll Road, from Lake Station to the Ohio state line; Ohio Turnpike, ...
From the mid-1960s to 1978, the part of I-90 running from the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain County to the interchange with I-71 and what is now I-490 was built. The final section of that part of the road opened on November 4 of that year. [12] Originally, I-90 was going to be parallel to, and north of, I-80/Ohio Turnpike from Lorain west to Toledo ...
In 1935 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law which added 5,000 miles of roads to the state highway system over a 12-month period. [7] [8] These roads were assigned route numbers in the 500s, 600s, and 700s. [9] In 1962 certain numbers were retired to accommodate numbers in the Interstate Highway System. [citation needed]
There are a total of 21 Interstate Highways in Ohio, including both primary and auxiliary routes.With the exception of the Ohio Turnpike (which carries portions of Interstate 76 (I-76), I-80, and I-90), all of the Interstate Highways are owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Ohio through the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT); however, they were all built with money from the U.S ...
The route runs parallel to the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80/Interstate 90 [I-80/I-90]) for much of its length, and intersects the turnpike at exit 13 northeast of Montpelier in Holiday City. US 20 and US 20A are never more than five miles (8.0 km) apart for the entire 50-mile (80 km) stretch through the Ohio farm country, as the mainline of US ...
The road is owned and maintained by the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC), headquartered in Berea. [a] Built from 1949 to 1955, construction for the roadway was completed a year prior to the Interstate Highway Act. The modern Ohio Turnpike is signed as three Interstate highways: I-76, I-80 and I-90.
Interstate 80N is a former designation in Ohio. It ran along what is now the following highways (Italics denote never-built roads): I-90 / Ohio Turnpike from near Milan to Elyria I-90 alone from Elyria to Cleveland I-490 The entire length of I-490 I-290 A short portion of unbuilt I-290 I-80N A section of unbuilt highway connecting to Interstate 480