Interstate 80 in Ohio

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

Interstate 80 (I-80) in the US state of Ohio runs across the northern part of the state. Most of the route is part of the Ohio Turnpike; only an 18.78-mile (30.22 km) stretch is not part of 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.

Interstate 80
I-80 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by OTIC and ODOT
Length	237.48 mi[1] (382.19 km)
Existed	1956–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	I-80 Toll / I-90 Toll / Indiana Toll Road at Indiana state line
Major intersections	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 Toll / Ohio Turnpike near Youngstown I-680 / SR 11 near Youngstown
East end	I-80 at Pennsylvania state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Trumbull
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 79 → SR 80

Route description

Main article: Ohio Turnpike

I-80 westbound Ohio Turnpike

In Ohio, I-80 enters with I-90 from the Indiana Toll Road and immediately becomes the Ohio Turnpike. The two Interstates cross rural northwest Ohio and run just south of the Toledo metropolitan area. In Rossford, the turnpike intersects with I-75 in an area known as the Crossroads of America.

In Elyria Township, Lorain County, 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 I-76, while I-80 exits the turnpike and runs east to the north of Youngstown, entering Pennsylvania south of Sharon, Pennsylvania.

History

I-80 over the Cuyahoga River

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. Construction began on October 27, 1952, and the freeway was completed on October 1, 1955 (a total of 38 months).^[2]

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

Exit list

County	Location[3][4]	mi[5][6]	km	Old exit	New exit[6]	Destinations	Notes
Williams	Northwest Township	0.0	0.0			I-80 west / I-90 west / Indiana Toll Road west – Chicago	Continuation into Indiana
		2.0	3.2	1	–	SR 49	Diamond interchange with no ramp tolls, opened December 29, 1992[7]
		4.0	6.4	Westgate Toll Barrier
	Holiday City	13.5	21.7	2	13	SR 15 – Bryan, Montpelier
	Brady Township	20.8	33.5	Indian Meadow Service Plaza (westbound) Tiffin River Service Plaza (eastbound)
Fulton	Franklin Township	25.5	41.0	2A	25	SR 66 – Archbold, Fayette	Opened November 13, 1998[8]
	Dover Township	34.9	56.2	3	34	SR 108 – Wauseon
	Pike Township	39.8	64.1	3B	39	SR 109 – Delta, Lyons	Opened December 20, 1996[9]
Lucas	Swanton Township	49.0	78.9	Oak Openings Service Plaza (westbound) Fallen Timbers Service Plaza (eastbound) Demolished[a]
				Swanton Toll Barrier (western end of ticket system)
	Monclova Township	52.6	84.7	3A	52	SR 2 – Swanton, Toledo Airport	Opened November 21, 1991[11]
	Maumee	59.5	95.8	4	59	US 20 to I-475 / US 23 – Maumee, Toledo, Ann Arbor
Wood	Rossford	64.9	104.4	4A	64	I-75 – Toledo, Dayton	Opened December 4, 1991; I-75 exit 195[12]
	Lake Township	71.7	115.4	5	71	I-280 north / SR 420 south – Toledo, Detroit, Stony Ridge	I-280 exit 1A
Ottawa	No major junctions
Sandusky	Woodville Township	76.9	123.8	Blue Heron Service Plaza (westbound) Wyandot Service Plaza (eastbound)
Ottawa	Elmore	81.8	131.6	5A	81	SR 51 – Elmore, Woodville, Gibsonburg	Opened February 6, 1997[13]
Sandusky	Sandusky Township	91.6	147.4	6	91	SR 53 – Fremont, Port Clinton
	Riley Township	100.0	160.9	Erie Islands Service Plaza (westbound) Commodore Perry Service Plaza (eastbound)
Erie	Groton Township	110.2	177.3	6A	110	SR 4 – Sandusky, Bucyrus	Opened December 15, 1994[14]
	Milan Township	118.5	190.7	7	118	US 250 – Sandusky, Norwalk
Lorain	Brownhelm Township	135.9	218.7	7A	135	To SR 2 / Baumhart Road – Vermilion	Opened December 13, 1995[15] SR 2 not signed on eastbound side
	Amherst Township	139.5	224.5	Middle Ridge Service Plaza (westbound) Vermillion Valley Service Plaza (eastbound)
		140.6	226.3	7B	140	SR 58 – Amherst, Oberlin	Opened November 30, 2004[16]
	Elyria Township	142.8	229.8	8A	142	I-90 east / SR 2 east – Cleveland	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of I-90 concurrency
	Elyria	145.5	234.2	8	145	SR 57 – Lorain, Elyria
	North Ridgeville	151.8	244.3	9A	151	I-480 east – North Ridgeville, Cleveland	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		152.2	244.9	9	152	To SR 10 – North Ridgeville, North Olmsted, Fairview Park, Cleveland
Cuyahoga	Strongsville	161.8	260.4	10	161	I-71 / US 42 – Strongsville, Columbus, Cleveland	I-71 exit 233
	Broadview Heights	170.1	273.7	Great Lakes Service Plaza (westbound) Towpath Service Plaza (eastbound)
Summit	Richfield	173.2	278.7	11	173	I-77 / SR 21 – Akron, Cleveland	Direct access to I-77 opened December 3, 2001;[17] I-77 exit 146
	Boston Heights	180.3	290.2	12	180	SR 8 – Akron
Portage	Streetsboro	187.2	301.3	13	187	I-480 west / SR 14 – Streetsboro
	Shalersville Township	193.9	312.1	13A	193	SR 44 – Ravenna	Opened December 1, 1994[14]
	Freedom Township	197.0	317.0	Portage Service Plaza (westbound) Brady's Leap Service Plaza (eastbound)
Trumbull	Braceville Township	209.2	336.7	14	209	SR 5 – Warren
		211	340	Newton Falls Toll Barrier (eastern end of ticket system)
	Lordstown	215.0	346.0	14A	215	Ellsworth–Bailey Road – Lordstown West	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; opened June 1993[18]
		216.4	348.3	14B	216	Hallock–Young Road – Lordstown East	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Mahoning	Jackson Township	219.47	353.20		218 (EB) 219 (WB)	I-76 / Ohio Turnpike east to Pennsylvania Turnpike – Akron, Pittsburgh	Eastern end of Ohio Turnpike concurrency; Ohio Turnpike exit 218; Penna Tpk. not signed eastbound
					–	CR 18 (Mahoning Avenue)	Eastbound exit only
	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
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		228B	SR 11 north – Warren, Ashtabula	Eastern end of SR 11 concurrency; signed as exit 228 eastbound
		228.48	367.70		228A	SR 711 south – Youngstown	Northern terminus of SR 711; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		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

Auxiliary routes

	Interstate	City	Notes
	Interstate 280	Toledo	Connects the Ohio Turnpike to I-75
	Interstate 480	Cleveland	Connects the Ohio Turnpike to I-271 and Cleveland
	Interstate 480N	Cleveland	Connects I-480 to I-271 north
	Interstate 680	Youngstown	Connects I-80 to the Ohio Turnpike (I-76)

Notes

1. Demolished in 2011; no plans to rebuild^[10]