Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Interstate 70
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Ohio=== {{Main|Interstate 70 in Ohio}} I-70 enters [[Ohio]] just east of the interchange with US 40 at [[Richmond, Indiana]]. Immediately to the east of this border, travelers notice a unique teal-blue arch that spans the width of the freeway, with a "Welcome to Ohio" greeting sign above the eastbound lanes. A sign thanking travelers for visiting Ohio is mounted on the other side of the arch for westbound travelers. Continuing eastbound, I-70 intersects [[Interstate 75|I-75]] north of [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], followed by [[Interstate 675 (Ohio)|I-675]] on the east side of Dayton. [[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]] is the next city, the site of [[Buck Creek State Park]]. [[File:I-71 I-70 Columbus OH (crop).jpg|thumb|left|I-70 and I-71 intersection in Columbus, Ohio]] I-70 then encounters [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Columbus is bounded by [[Interstate 270 (Ohio)|I-270]] and is roughly centered on the intersection of I-70 and [[Interstate 71|I-71]], which share the same asphalt through a notoriously congested {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch locally known as the "South Innerbelt" or, more commonly, "The Split". This stretch has I-71 concurrent with I-70, where I-71 enters and exits from opposite sides of I-70, causing traffic getting on I-70 from I-71 northbound to have to cross four lanes of I-70 traffic to continue on I-71. A similar issue is present for southbound I-71 traffic as well. The Split is being reconstructed ($1.4 billion) and is scheduled to be completed by mid-2026. [[Interstate 670 (Ohio)|I-670]] connects [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport]] with I-270, I-71, and I-70. East of Columbus, I-70 passes through [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]] and on to [[Cambridge, Ohio|Cambridge]], where it intersects [[Interstate 77|I-77]]. Continuing on toward [[West Virginia]], I-70 intersects [[Interstate 470 (Ohio–West Virginia)|I-470]] just east of [[St. Clairsville, Ohio|St. Clairsville]]. I-470 is primarily used for through traffic and to avoid The Winter Festival of Lights traffic during the [[Christmas season]] from [[Oglebay Park]]. In March 1995, a hole (from a former coal mine) opened up on the eastbound side of I-70 in [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey County]] near [[Old Washington, Ohio|Old Washington]] and caused traffic to be rerouted onto US 40 between Old Washington and Cambridge for several months.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)