Site Navigation Indiana Illinois Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio Wisconsin     Interstate 75 South - Toledo area Interstate 75 South Interstate 75 enters Ohio in northeast Toledo, meeting Ohio 184 (Alexis Road) at Exit 210. Sound walls shield the six-lane freeway from nearby residences between the state line and the Ottawa River. Photo taken 09/02/05. Ohio 184 (Alexis Road) begins at Exit 210 and stems west from Interstate 75 9.5 miles to junction U.S. 23 & 223 and Ohio 51 at Sylvania. Alexis Road west serves Raceway Park Toledo at Telegraph Road (U.S. 24) and Toledo Speedway at Benore Road. Eastward, Alexis Road ends at parallel Sudar Avenue. Photo taken 09/02/05. Continuing south toward central Toledo on Interstate 75. Interests to downtown are advised to take Interstate 280 south from Exit 208 to Ohio 25 (Greenbelt Parkway). Photo taken 09/02/05. Southbound Interstate 75 reassurance marker posted at the Benore Road overpass ahead of the Ottawa River crossing. Photo taken 09/02/05. 1.50 miles north of the Exit 208 directional interchange with Interstate 280 south on Interstate 75 south. Exit 209 (northbound) adds southbound traffic from Ottawa River Drive and Suder Avenue from a partial "Y" interchange. Photo taken 09/02/05. Travelers bound for the Ohio Turnpike are partitioned between Interstate 280 south for interests east to Cleveland and Interstate 75 south for interests west to Indiana and Chicago. Photo taken 09/02/05. Manhattan Boulevard, an east-west through street, is accessible from the Interstate 280 southbound off-ramp at Exit 208. Manhattan Boulevard travels 3.t miles between Summit Street at Detwiler Park to Phillips Avenue parallel to Interstate 75. Photo taken 09/02/05. Overhead reminding motorists to continue south along Interstate 75 south for Interstate 475 west to Sylvania. Photo taken 09/02/05. Interstate 75 crosses over a set of Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks on the southwest curve to Exit 208 (Interstate 280 south). Interstate 280 heads south 12 miles to Interstates 80 & 90 (Ohio Turnpike) near Lemoyne overall, serving the eastern suburbs of Oregon, Northwood, and Walbridge along the way. Photo taken 09/02/05. The Manhattan Boulevard ramp splits from the Interstate 75 southbound off-ramp to Interstate 280 before it merges with the Interstate 75 northbound off-ramp. Manhattan Boulevard intersects Stickney Avenue to the west and Suder Avenue to the east, both north-south through streets in northeast Toledo. Photo taken 09/02/05. Despite upgrades as part of the Veterans' Glass City Skyway bridge project, the interchange between Interstates 75 & 280 still features a 40-mph signed ramp at Exit 208. Photo taken 09/02/05. Interstate 75 travels westerly through the Exit 208 interchange with Interstate 280's northern terminus. Interstate 280 travels south one mile to junction Ohio 25 (Greenbelt Parkway) before ascending across the cable-stayed Veterans' Glass City Skyway into east Toledo. Greenbelt Parkway travels southwest along a four-lane divided highway into downtown. Interstate 75 reaches downtown at Exits 202B/A. Photo taken 09/02/05. Slip ramps join Interstate 75 south (west) with parallel North Expressway Driver for access to LaGrange Street and Stickney Avenue at Exit 207. Stickney Avenue serves the nearby Daimler Chrysler-North Toledo assembly plant. LaGrange Street northwest connects with U.S. 24 (Detroit Avenue). Photo taken 09/02/05. Southbound Interstate 75 at the Exit 206 diamond interchange with Phillips Avenue. Phillips Avenue also connects with U.S. 24 (Detroit Avenue) on its southwest trek from Telegraph Road in northeast Toledo. U.S. 24 passes underneath the freeway with no direct access between Phillips Avenue and Berdan Avenue / Cherry Street. Photo taken 09/02/05. Interstate 75 curves southward along the Ottawa River toward the junction with Interstate 475. Paralleling the river as well is Jeep Parkway, a connector roadway between Berdan Avenue and Ohio 120 (Central Avenue) at the Daimler Chrysler Toledo Assembly plant. Willys Parkway ties into Jeep Parkway from Sylvania Avenue and Willys Park to the northwest. Both roadways are accessible via the left-hand Exit 205A. Photo taken 09/02/05. Exit 205A departs Interstate 75 south to Willys Parkway near its intersection with Jeep Parkway as the mainline approaches the Exit 204 directional interchange with Interstate 475 west. Interstate 475 constitutes a 20.37 mile loop of Toledo, Maumee, and Perrysburg. The freeway heads west six miles to its merge with U.S. 23 near Sylvania. U.S. 23 & Interstate 475 share pavement southward from there to Maumee and Interstate 75. Photo taken 09/02/05. Page Updated November 10, 2007.