 Interstate 76 | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by ODOT | |
| Length | 82 mi (132 km) |
| NHS | Entire route |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |   I-71 / US 224 near Westfield Center |
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| East end |      I-76 Toll east / Penna Turnpike east at the Pennsylvania state line |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| Counties | Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning |
| Highway system | |
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I-76 begins at exit 209 of I-71 in Westfield Township, approximately six miles (9.7 km) east of Lodi, Ohio; US Route 224 (US 224) continues west from the end of I-76. The interchange was previously a double trumpet but was reconstructed in 2010.[1] Officially, I-76 begins at the beginning of the ramp from I-71 north; it merges with US 224 at mile 0.61. After passing through rural Medina County, I-76 enters Summit County and soon crosses State Route 21 (SR 21, old US 21), once the main north–south route through the area until I-77 replaced it, at a cloverleaf interchange. I-76 then passes through Wadsworth, Norton and Barberton, then enters Akron; this section of road was built as US 224.
Soon after entering Akron, I-76 turns north onto the short Kenmore Expressway. US 224 leaves I-76 there and continues east with I-277 toward I-77. Shortly after heading north from the I-277 interchange, I-76 meets I-77 and again turns east, joining southbound I-77 south of downtown Akron on the West Expressway. A partial interchange provides access to SR 59, the Innerbelt, and then I-76 crosses through the Central Interchange, where I-77 goes south (on the South Expressway) and SR 8 begins to the north (on the North Expressway); I-76 switches from the West Expressway to the East Expressway.
Leaving the Akron area, I-76 again heads through rural areas, crossing Portage County and entering Mahoning County. West of Youngstown, the freeway intersects the Ohio Turnpike and I-80 via a double trumpet interchange. I-76 joins the Ohio Turnpike heading southeast toward Pittsburgh while I-80 exits the Turnpike and continues east toward Youngstown. The Ohio Turnpike carries I-76 until the Pennsylvania border, where I-76 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Exit list
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | Westfield Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Continuation west; west end of US 224 overlap | |||
| - | 1 | Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) westbound; I-71 exits 209A-B | ||||||
| Seville | 2.32 | 3.73 | - | 2 | ||||
| Wadsworth | 7.72 | 12.42 | - | 7 | ||||
| 9.76 | 15.71 | - | 9 | |||||
| 11.71 | 18.85 | - | 11 | |||||
| Summit | Norton | 13.32 | 21.44 | - | 13 | Signed as exits 13A (south) and 13B (north) | ||
| 14.65 | 23.58 | - | 14 | Cleveland–Massillon Road | ||||
| 16.19 | 26.06 | - | 16 | Barber Road | ||||
| Barberton | 17.53 | 28.21 | - | 17 | Former partial diamond interchange; reconstructed to a full diamond interchange to increase the distance from I-277/Kenmore Leg interchange | |||
| 17.83 | 28.69 | Westbound entrance via State Street | ||||||
| Akron | 18.62 | 29.97 | - | 18 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; east end of US 224 overlap; I-277 exit 1 | |||
| 19.04 | 30.64 | - | 19 | Battles Avenue / Kenmore Boulevard | ||||
| 20.45 | 32.91 | - | 20 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; west end of I-77 overlap; exit number not signed westbound | ||||
| 20.79 | 33.46 | - | 21A | East Avenue | Westbound exit closed from January 2022 to December 2023 for reconstruction[2] | |||
| 21.59 | 34.75 | - | 21B | Lakeshore Boulevard, Bowery Street | Eastbound exit and entrance | |||
| 21.73 | 34.97 | - | 21C | Eastbound signage | ||||
| 21.77 | 35.04 | Westbound signage | ||||||
| 22.39 | 36.03 | - | 22 | Main Street, Broadway Street – Downtown | Was exit 22A before Wolf Ledges/Grant Street exit was removed | |||
| 22.79 | 36.68 | - | 22B | Wolf Ledges, Grant Street | Closed June 14, 2017[3] | |||
| 23.57 | 37.93 | - | 23 | East end of I-77 overlap; signed as exits 23A (south) and 23B (north) | ||||
| 23.83 | 38.35 | - | 24A | Inman Street, Johnston Street | Former westbound exit only; closed November 7, 2021[2] | |||
| 24.34 | 39.17 | - | 24 | Arlington Street | Westbound signage; was exit 24B before Inman Street/Johnston Street exit was removed | |||
| 24.71 | 39.77 | Arlington Street, Kelly Avenue | Eastbound signage | |||||
| 25.00 | 40.23 | - | 25A | Signed as exit 25 westbound | ||||
| 25.67 | 41.31 | - | 25B | Brittain Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
| 26.11 | 42.02 | - | 26 | Access to Mogadore Road (former SR 526) | ||||
| Springfield Township | 27.35 | 44.02 | - | 27 | ||||
| Tallmadge | 29.00 | 46.67 | - | 29 | ||||
| Portage | Brimfield Township | 31.31 | 50.39 | - | 31 | |||
| 33.04 | 53.17 | - | 33 | |||||
| Rootstown Township | 38.53 | 62.01 | - | 38 | Signed as exits 38A (south) and 38B (north) eastbound | |||
| Edinburg Township | 43.07 | 69.31 | - | 43 | ||||
| Palmyra Township | 48.58 | 78.18 | 48 | |||||
| Mahoning | Milton Township | 54.04 | 86.97 | 54 | ||||
| Jackson Township | 57.25 | 92.13 | 57 | |||||
| 59.85 | 96.32 | - | 218 (WB) 219 (EB) | |||||
| - | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||||
| - | I-76 west follows exit 218 | |||||||
| Overlap with Ohio Turnpike | ||||||||
| Beaver Township | 232.9 | 374.8 | 16 | 232 | ||||
| 234.1 | 376.7 | 16A | 234 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| Springfield Township | 237.2 | 381.7 | Mahoning Valley Service Plaza (westbound) Glacier Hills Service Plaza (eastbound) | |||||
| 239.1 | 384.8 | Eastgate Toll Barrier Eastern end of ticket system | ||||||
| 82.12 | 132.16 | Continuation into Pennsylvania | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- ^ "Pages – I-71&I-76 Interchange Reconstruction". Dot.state.oh.us. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
- ^ a b "Summit County: Construction update". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Grant St. Bridge Closure in the City of Akron" (PDF). ODOT. Retrieved May 12, 2019.