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Gilchrist Road links I-76 with nearby SR 91 (Canton Road). SR 91 roughly parallels SR 8 between Akron and Hudson and Interstate 271 from Hudson to Willoughby.
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Interstate 76 parallels the Little Cuyahoga River and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad yard on the ensuing stretch west.
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SR 18 (E Market Street) stems 1.00 mile west from SR 91 (Canton Road) to a diamond interchange (Exit 26) with I-76 at Mogadore Road.
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Exit 26 was formerly a trumpet interchange. Guide signs for SR 18 formerly referenced SR 241, which previously ran south along Massillon Road from E Market Street.
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SR 241 navigates north from SR 764 (Triplett Boulevard) and Akron Fulton International Airport (AKR) along Seiberling Street and Innovation Way to the parclo interchange at Exit 25.
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SR 241 (Innovation Way) concludes just north of I-76 at parallel SR 18 (E Market Street). 3rd Avenue extends west from Exit 25 to Kelly Avenue.
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Interstate 76 elevates across the Little Cuyahoga River and Kelly Avenue ahead of Exit 24B.
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Exit 24B comprises a lengthy off-ramp from I-76 west to Arlington Street at Martin Avenue. Left Exit 23A departs in one mile for Interstate 77 south.
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Exit 24A to Inman Street precedes the four-wye interchange (Exit 23) with Interstate 77 and SR 8 (Akron Expressway).
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Beginning at the three level interchange with I-76/77, SR 8 leads north along the Akron Expressway to the east of Downtown Akron. The state route continues into Cleveland, partly along a freeway.
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I-76/77 overlap 3.97 miles west from SR 8 (Akron Expressway) along the south side of Downtown Akron.
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The city of Cuyahoga Falls lies north of Akron along SR 8.
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Interstate 77 travels south from Akron to Canton, New Philadelphia, Cambridge and into West Virginia from Marietta.
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Completed in 2020, a $149 million project rebuilt the interchange at S Main Street and Broadway. Construction included the removal of the ramps with Grant Street and Wolf Ledges Parkway.1
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Exits 22B/A were combined into Exit 22 with a new flyover linking I-76/77 west with Broadway Street north toward the University of Akron and a rebuilt ramp to Main Street.
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A parclo interchange joins I-76/77 with S Main Street at the SoDo District.
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Main Street north connects with S Broadway Street north into Downtown Akron. SR 59 parallels to the west along the Innerbelt freeway.
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A half diamond interchange (Exit 21C) joins I-76/77 west with Boulevard Street adjacent to the Innerbelt freeway along SR 59. Boulevard Street angles northeast to Dart Avenue, the east side service road for the Innerbelt.
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The Innerbelt spurs 2.00 miles north from I-76/77 to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Exchange Street. SR 59 continues along MLK Boulevard across the north side of Downtown to SR 8 en route to Cuyahoga Falls.
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SR 59 (Innerbelt) south converges with I-76/77 west at a wye interchange. A 0.59 mile long section of the urban freeway was removed from Exchange Street to SR 18 (Market Street).
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The Innerbelt was originally envisioned as a freeway loop connecting I-76/77 with SR 8. The route was aimed as alleviating congestion at the Central Interchange where I-76/77 and SR 8 meet.2
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Passing north of Summit Lake, I-76/77 advance west to a loop ramp (Exit 21C) for East Avenue and Superior Avenue. A trumpet interchange follows at their split.
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Interstate 76 west turns south from I-77 to I-277/U.S. 224 at Kenmore in southwest Akron.
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Interstate 77 heads northwest from I-76 to Montrose and north from there into the Cleveland metropolitan area.
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The succeeding exit along Interstate 76 westbound is for Battles Avenue and the Rolling Acres neighborhood in southwest Akron.
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I-76 converges with the west end of Interstate 277 and U.S. 224 three quarters of a mile south of Battles Avenue.
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I-76 combines with U.S. 224 west from the trumpet interchange (Exit 18) with Interstate 277 to Barberton, Norton and Wadsworth.
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Interstate 277 runs 4.14 miles east alongside U.S. 224 to I-77 between Firestone Park and Coventry Crossing in south Akron.
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A parclo interchange (Exit 17) joins I-76/U.S. 224 with the west end of SR 619 (Wooster Road) at East Avenue and Kenmore Boulevard.
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SR 619 arcs southward through Barberton before turning east to Hartville and Alliance.
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SR 21 converges with I-76/U.S. 224 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exit 13) one mile west of the Easton Road overpass.
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SR 21 north combines with Interstate 77 in six miles at Montrose.
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SR 21 was formerly a part of U.S. 21, which was largely replaced by Interstate 77 in Eastern Ohio. Significant sections of old U.S. 21 remain in the state route system.
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Forthcoming SR 261 heads southwest from Downtown Akron to cross I-76/U.S. 224 into Wadsworth.
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I-76/U.S. 224 shifts northeast through the diamond interchange (Exit 11) with SR 261 (Akron Road) in eastern Wadsworth.
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Medina Line Road spans I-76/U.S. 224 at the Medina County line and Exit 11 for SR 261 (Akron Road).
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SR 91 (High Street) meets I-76/U.S. 224 along a commercialized stretch at Exit 9.
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SR 94 travels north from U.S. 250 in Mount Eaton to U.S. 42 and SR 3 at the Old Brooklyn neighborhood in southwest Cleveland.
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The city of North Royalton lies along SR 94 in the south Cleveland suburbs. SR 94 south leads directly into Downtown Wadsworth.
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The initial guide signs for the west end of I-76 at Interstate 71 appears at the Hubbard Valley Road overpass adjacent to Hubbard Valley Park.
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I-76/U.S. 224 cross Hubbard Creek a half mile ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 2) with SR 3 (Wooster Pike).
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SR 3 south leads to Wooster and north to Medina. SR 3 ultimately extends north into Cleveland, overlapping with U.S. 42 to U.S. 6/20 (Detroit Avenue) west of Downtown.
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I-76/U.S. 224 advance one mile west from SR 3 at the village at Seville to a trumpet interchange (Exit 1) with ramps to Interstate 71.
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Originating in Cleveland, Interstate 71 travels southwest across I-76/U.S. 224 from Medina toward Ashland and Columbus.
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The final westbound confirming marker for Interstate 76.
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Exit 1B links I-76/U.S. 224 west with Interstate 71 south directly while Exit 1A ties into an adjacent trumpet interchange for I-71 north.
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U.S. 224 extends from the west end of I-76 at Exit 1B along an expressway around Westfield Center to Lodi.
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Sources:
- "ODOT Works to Rebuild I-76 Interchange in Akron, Ohio." ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com, August 10, 2016.
- Hanudel, Steve.
Photo Credits:
06/14/10, 10/01/10 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 71
Interstate 77
Interstate 277
U.S. 224
State Route 59 - Innerbelt
Page Updated 08-31-2021.