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By 1958, Ohio had spent more money on its Interstate Highways than either New York or California. Ohio had completed the construction of 522 miles (840 km) of pavement by 1960, 684 miles (1,101 km) by 1962, and 1,000 miles (1,600 km) by 1970. By the end of 1971, Ohio had only 167 miles (269 km) of Interstate still to build.
ODOT between 2014 and 2016 completed a widening project between I-475 in Perrysburg and SR 15 in Findlay to add a third lane in each direction. The SR 15 interchange (which also features the north end of US 68) was subsequently rebuilt as well. Several miles north of the southerly I-475 junction, I-75 intersects with I-80/I-90 (Ohio Turnpike).
The interchange with East 9th Street was completed in 1940. [citation needed] 1941 saw an addition of the freeway, running between the former terminus at Gordon Park, to East 140th Street in Euclid. [citation needed] The westernmost part of I-90 in Ohio was built from 1952 to 1955, with the construction of the Ohio Turnpike.
After one year of interstate construction, Ohio was spending more on roadway construction than New York or California, and by 1962 had 684 miles (1,101 km) of interstates open. By the end of the decade, Ohio hit a milestone, with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) completed. [5]
October 17, 1974: Nebraska becomes the first state to complete all of its mainline Interstate Highways with the dedication of its final piece of I-80. [26] October 12, 1979: The final section of the Canada to Mexico freeway Interstate 5 is dedicated near Stockton, California. Representatives of the two neighboring nations attended the ...
Interstate 70 (I-70) in the US state of Ohio provides access between Indiana and West Virginia. I-70 is a major highway for traffic within, to, from, and through Ohio. The highway is a core roadway of the Columbus metropolitan area and is of additional importance in the Dayton metropolitan area.
It was designated as SR 1, since the Interstate Highway numbering system had not yet been implemented. Portions of the freeway began to be completed and opened in 1959 with the new Interstate Highway funding, and they were later marked as SR 1 (the Interstate Highway numbers did not go up until 1962 [citation needed]). Since large gaps existed ...
The interchange with I-80, the Ohio Turnpike, between Akron and Cleveland was completed in December 2001; [5] [6] previously, traffic had to exit at State Route 21 (SR 21) to access the turnpike. I-77 ends at I-90 in Cleveland. I-77 is also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway in Ohio [7] and the Willow Freeway in Greater Cleveland. [8]