Editing Interstate 271 (section)

==History==
[[File:I-271_I-480.jpg|thumb|left|I-271/I-480 north of the [[Ohio State Route 14|Broadway]]/Forbes interchange in 2002]]
[[Interstate 290 (Ohio)|I-290]] was to have followed the northern end of I-271. I-271 itself was to have followed [[Interstate 480 (Ohio)|I-480]] and [[Interstate 480N|I-480N]] westward to I-71.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadfan.com/clevmap.html|title=1957-1958 Biennial Report excerpt |author=Ohio Department of Highways |access-date=2008-04-02}}{{SPS|date=January 2018}}</ref>

I-271's express lanes were added between 1993 and 1995, with related projects continuing through 1998.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pauline |last=Thoma |title=Figgie Road Work to Begin |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=December 11, 1992 |page=15C }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Grant |last=Segall |title=Orange Barrels Finally on the Way Out |work=The Plain Dealer |date=November 4, 1998 |page=1B }}</ref>

The I-271/SR&nbsp;8 interchange underwent reconstruction in 2008–2009 that turned it into a complete interchange allowing all movements, with free flow between I-271 to the north and SR&nbsp;8 to the south.<ref>{{cite news |first=Rick |last=Armon |title=New Route 8 Ramp Eases Congestion |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%20129CAF791B1194A8%20)&p_docid=129CAF791B1194A8&p_theme=aggregated5&p_queryname=129CAF791B1194A8&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=T6DA5FFVMTI1Mzc0NTkyNC40MTcwNjk6MToxMjoxOTguMzAuMjI4LjA&&p_multi=ABJB |work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=2009-07-30 |access-date=2009-09-23 }}</ref>

===I-271 rebuilding and widening program===
{{update section|date=March 2020}}
The need for the I-271 widening project between Miles Road and the [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit County]] line was identified in March 2002. I-271 will be widened from two to three lanes north and southbound between Miles Road and Columbus Road and from three to five lanes north and southbound between Columbus Road and the I-271/I-480 split near the Summit County line. Construction will last two years and includes replacement of the existing pavement, noise walls, lighting, and signing. A similar project to widen I-271 from two to three lanes will be constructed in Summit County between the Cuyahoga County line and SR&nbsp;8 and will improve access to the Ohio Turnpike. That project is scheduled to begin in 2014 and be complete in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D12/Deputy%20Director/News/Pages/Commuters-on-I-271-Get-Congestion-Relief-with-Widening-Project.aspx|title=Commuters on I-271 Get Congestion Relief with Widening Project|publisher=[[Ohio Department of Transportation]]|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref>