Interstate 70 in Ohio

Interstate 70
Route information
Maintained by Ohio DOT
Length:	225.60 mi[1] (363.07 km)
Existed:	1956 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-70 / US 35 at Indiana state line
	I-75 near Vandalia I-675 near Springfield I-270 in Columbus twice I-670 in Columbus I-71 in Columbus I-77 near Cambridge I-470 near St. Clairsville
East end:	I‑70 at West Virginia state line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Former Scenic ← SR 69 SR 70 →

In the U.S. state of Ohio, Interstate 70 (I-70) provides access between Indiana and West Virginia.

Route description

Along its path through Ohio, I-70 passes through the following counties: Preble, Montgomery, Clark, Madison, Franklin, Fairfield, Licking, Muskingum, Guernsey, and Belmont. As an Interstate highway, by default, I-70 is a part of the National Highway System, a network of highways deemed most important for the country's economy, mobility and defense.^[2]

The portion of I-70 between I-675 and Enon Road in Clark County is designated as the "Deputy Suzanne Hopper Memorial Highway",^[3] in honor of a Clark County Sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed on January 1, 2011 while responding to reports of gunshots at a mobile home park on Enon Road, near I-70.^[4]

History

I-70 appeared on the original AASHTO interstate route numbering map from August 14, 1957. It was envisioned as a modern upgrade of the old National Road (US 40), the main east–west route through the heart of the state, built closely parallel to, but on a separate alignment from, the then overburdened and obsolete highway. The 21-mile (34 km) section between Kirkersville and Gratiot (current exits 122 – 142), was the first new construction opened to traffic (1959). At that time, the highway was accessed at both ends via temporary at-grade intersections with the old National Pike, with I-70 and US 40 sharing the same carriageways.

Once the road was extended westward towards Columbus by 1968, access was routed to exit 122, with the western 1-mile (1.6 km) access road continuing US 40 back to the old National Pike becoming part of SR 158 (though the westbound lanes were abandoned). The following year, the highway was opened eastward to Zanesville, with a new interchange, exit 142, at Gratiot. The at-grade intersection with the old National Pike was subsequently blocked off, to be erased by years of overgrowth. The US 40 designation was returned to the Pike around the same time, replacing the temporary SR 440 designation.

In February 2013, an 11.18-mile (17.99 km) segment of I-70 traveling through Franklin, Fairfield, and Licking counties was named by the National Asphalt Pavement Association as the winner of the 2012 Sheldon G. Hayes Award for the best asphalt pavement in the country.^[5][6]

Exit list

County	Location	mi[7]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Preble	Jefferson Township	0.00	0.00		I-70 west / US 35 north – Indianapolis	Indiana state line
		1.83	2.95	1	US 35 east – Eaton	Eastern end of US 35 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
	Monroe Township	9.91	15.95	10	US 127 – Greenville, Eaton
	Harrison Township	14.66	23.59	14	SR 503 – West Alexandria, Lewisburg
Montgomery	Brookville	21.01	33.81	21	Arlington Road – Brookville
	Clay Township	23.71	38.16	24	To SR 49 north – Phillipsburg, Greenville	Easbound exit and westbound entrance only
		24.05	38.70	24	SR 49 north – Phillipsburg, Greenville	Western end of SR 49 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
	Clayton–Englewood city line	25.88	41.65	26	SR 49 south – Clayton, Trotwood	Eastern end of SR 49 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
	Englewood	26.26	42.26	26	To SR 49 (Hoke Road) – Trotwood	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		28.97	46.62	29	SR 48 – Englewood, Clayton
	Butler Township	32.08	51.63	32	To US 40 – Vandalia, Dayton International Airport
		33.72– 33.97	54.27– 54.67	33	I-75 – Dayton, Toledo	Signed as exits 33A (south) and 33B (north) eastbound; I-75 north exit 61; south exits 61A-B
	Huber Heights	36.67	59.01	36	SR 202 – Huber Heights
		38.64	62.19	38	SR 201 – Huber Heights
		41.00	65.98	41	SR 4 south / SR 235 – Fairborn, New Carlisle	Western end of SR 4 concurrency
Clark	Mad River Township	44.33	71.34	44	I-675 south / Spangler Road – Cincinnati	I-675 exits 26A-B; northern terminus of I-675; signed as exits 44A (I-675 south) and 44B (Spangler Road) on collector-distributor lanes
		47.29	76.11	47	SR 4 – Enon, Springfield	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		47.79	76.91	48	Enon, Donnelsville	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Mad River–Springfield township line	52.23	84.06	52	US 68 – Xenia, Urbana	Signed as exits 52A (south) and 52B (north)
	Springfield	54.47	87.66	54	SR 72 – Springfield
		59.36	95.53	59	SR 41 – South Charleston
	Harmony Township	62.02	99.81	62	US 40 – Springfield
	South Vienna	66.33	106.75	66	SR 54 – Catawba, South Vienna
Madison	Somerford Township	72.36	116.45	72	SR 56 – Mechanicsburg, London
	Deer Creek Township	79.10	127.30	79	US 42 – Plain City, London
	Jefferson Township	80.76	129.97	80	SR 29 – West Jefferson
		85.39	137.42	85	SR 142 (Plain City–Georgesville Road) – West Jefferson, Plain City
Franklin	Columbus	91.30	146.93	91	Hilliard–Rome Road	Signed as exits 91A (south) and 91B (north) westbound
		92.82– 92.94	149.38– 149.57	93	I-270 – Cincinnati, Cleveland	Signed as exits 93A (south) and 93B (north) eastbound; I-270 exit 8
		93.98	151.25	94	Wilson Road
		94.97	152.84	95	Hague Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		96.15	154.74	96	I-670 east – Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		97.25	156.51	97	US 40 (W. Broad Street)
		97.82– 98.02	157.43– 157.75	98A	US 62 (Central Avenue) / SR 3 / Sullivant Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		98.27	158.15	98B	Mound Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		98.86– 99.13	159.10– 159.53	99	I-71 south / SR 315 north – Cincinnati	Western end of I-71 concurrency, north exit 106A; and signed as exits 99A (south) and 99B (north)
		99.44	160.03	99C	Rich Street, Town Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		99.99	160.92	100A	US 23 south (High Street) / Front Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		100.23– 100.33	161.30– 161.47	100B	US 23 north / US 33 (3rd & 4th Streets) / Livingston Avenue
		100.91	162.40	101A	I-71 north / US 40 (Broad Street) – Cleveland	Eastern end of I-71 concurrency, south exit 107.
		101.28	162.99	101B	18th Street – Downtown	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		102.10– 102.21	164.31– 164.49	102	Miller Avenue, Kelton Avenue
		103.04	165.83	103A	Main Street — Bexley	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only; indirect access via Alum Creek Drive
		103.403– 103.513	166.411– 166.588	103B	US 33 (Livingston Avenue) / Alum Creek Drive	Alum Creek Drive signed eastbound only, US 33 signed westbound only
		104.603– 105.613	168.342– 169.968	105	US 33 / James Road – Lancaster, Bexley	Signed as exits 105A (south) and 105B (north)
		107.163– 107.633	172.462– 173.219	107	SR 317 (Hamilton Road) – Whitehall	Signed as exits 107A (south) and 107B (north) eastbound
		108.393– 109.213	174.442– 175.761	108	I-270 – Cincinnati, Cleveland	Signed as exits 108A (south) and 108B (north) westbound; I-270 exits 43A-B.
		109.823– 110.183	176.743– 177.322	110	Brice Road — Reynoldsburg	Signed as exits 110A (south) and 110B (north) eastbound
Fairfield	Pickerington	112.023– 112.403	180.284– 180.895	112	SR 256 – Pickerington, Reynoldsburg	Signed as exits 112A (south) and 112B (north) eastbound
	Violet Township	112.923	181.732	112C	SR 204 (Blacklick–Eastern Road)	Eastbound exit only
Licking	Etna Township	118.053– 118.373	189.988– 190.503	118	SR 310 – Etna, Pataskala
	Kirkersville	122.373– 122.753	196.940– 197.552	122	SR 158 – Kirkersville, Baltimore
	Union Township	125.893– 126.913	202.605– 204.247	126	SR 37 – Granville, Lancaster
		128.683– 129.263	207.095– 208.029	129	SR 79 – Buckeye Lake, Newark	Signed as exits 129A (south) and 129B (north)
	Licking Township	132.643– 132.973	213.468– 213.999	132	SR 13 – Newark, Thornville
	Bowling Green Township	140.763– 140.903	226.536– 226.761	141	SR 668 – Brownsville, Gratiot	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Muskingum	Hopewell Township	142.883– 143.198	229.948– 230.455	142	US 40 – Gratiot	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
Licking	No major junctions
Muskingum	Falls Township	152.168– 152.820	244.891– 245.940	152	US 40 (National Road) – Zanesville
	Zanesville	153.359	246.807	153	SR 60 north / SR 146 west (State Street)	Signed as exit 153A westbound
		154.203– 154.416	248.166– 248.508	153B	Maple Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		154.528– 154.643	248.689– 248.874	154	Fifth Street	Eastbound exit only
		154.661– 154.703	248.903– 248.970	155	SR 60 south (Seventh Street) / SR 146 east
	Washington Township	156.921– 157.446	252.540– 253.385	157	SR 93 – Adamsville, Zanesville
	Perry Township	160.391– 160.977	258.124– 259.067	160	Airport Road / Sonora Road	Access to Zanesville Municipal Airport
		163.905– 164.548	263.780– 264.814	164	US 22 / US 40 – Norwich
	New Concord	169.585– 170.135	272.921– 273.806	169	SR 83 – Cumberland, New Concord
Guernsey	Cambridge Township	175.903– 176.377	283.088– 283.851	176	US 22 / US 40 (SR 723) – Cambridge
		178.390– 178.970	287.091– 288.024	178	SR 209 – Cambridge, Byesville
		179.654– 180.474	289.125– 290.445	180	I-77 – Marietta, Cleveland	Signed as exits 180A (south) and 180B (north); I-77 exits 44A-B
	Wills Township	186.347– 187.020	299.896– 300.980	186	US 40 west / SR 285 – Old Washington, Senecaville	Western end of US 40 concurrency
	Oxford Township	193.053– 193.713	310.689– 311.751	193	SR 513 – Quaker City
Guernsey–Belmont county line	Fairview	198.385– 198.887	319.270– 320.078	198	CR 114 –Fairview
Belmont	Kirkwood Township	202.357– 202.737	325.662– 326.274	202	SR 800 – Dennison, Barnesville
	Kirkwood–Union township line	204.537– 204.747	329.170– 329.508	204	US 40 (National Road) / CR 100	Eastern end of US 40 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
	Union Township	208.057– 208.427	334.835– 335.431	208	SR 149 – Belmont, Morristown
	Richland Township	212.707– 212.897	342.319– 342.625	213	US 40 / SR 331
		215.027– 215.457	346.052– 346.744	215	US 40 – St. Clairsville
		216.667– 216.967	348.692– 349.175	216	SR 9 – St. Clairsville
		218.367– 218.827	351.428– 352.168	218	Banfield Road, Mall Road
		219.607– 219.957	353.423– 353.986	219	I-470 – Bellaire	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		219.937– 220.427	353.954– 354.743	220	US 40 (National Road) / CR 214
	Bridgeport	225.117– 225.357	362.291– 362.677	225	US 250 west / SR 7 – Bridgeport	Western end of US 250 concurrency
Ohio River		225.587	363.047	West Virginia state line
Ohio	Wheeling				I‑70 east / US 250 east – Washington, Pa.	Continuation into West Virginia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Auxiliary routes

I-70 has three auxiliary routes in Ohio:

• I-270: A beltway around Columbus, signed as the Jack Nicklaus Freeway
• I-470: A bypass around the south side of the Wheeling, WV area
• I-670: A connection through downtown Columbus, providing access to Port Columbus International Airport

Interstate 70 Alternate

Interstate 70 Alternate
Location:	Dayton

Interstate 70 Alternate is an alternate route for I-70, bypassing several exits on I-70. It is 22 miles (35 km) in length, following the Dayton International Airport Connector, US 40, and US 68.

See also

List of unused highways in Ohio

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. National Highway System: Ohio (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
3. "5533.648 Deputy Suzanne Hopper Memorial Highway". Ohio Revised Code. LAW Writer. March 22, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
4. Heffner, Jessica (August 23, 2013). "Slain Clark deputy memorialized". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
5. "The Shelly Co. Wins NAPA's Sheldon G. Hayes Award". ForConstructionPros.com. February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
6. National Asphalt Pavement Association. "Sheldon G. Hayes Award Through the Years". Retrieved February 13, 2013.
7. Ohio Department of Transportation. "Technical Services DESTAPE". Retrieved May 19, 2014.