Interstate 480 (Ohio)

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Interstate 480 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	41.77 mi[1] (67.22 km)
West end:	I-80/OH Tpk. near North Ridgeville
Major junctions:	I-71 in Brook Park I-77 in Independence I-271 in Bedford Heights
East end:	I-80/OH Tpk./SR 14 near Streetsboro
Ohio highways < I-475 I-490 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

Interstate 480 (abbreviated I-480) is a busy loop highway that connects the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) with suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The highway is officially designated the Outerbelt South Freeway, but rarely referred to by that name.

The western terminus is at I-80 in North Ridgeville while the eastern terminus is at I-80 in Streetsboro. The width varies from four to ten lanes wide. The entire length of I-480 is 41.77 miles (67.22 km). I-480 provides access to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport via Ohio State Route 237.

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The freeway is concurrent with I-271 for several miles. I-271 and I-480 are the only two three-digit interstates in the nation to be concurrent with each other. They run concurrent near Bedford Heights in Cuyahoga County.

In 1999, Ohio Governor Robert Taft designated I-480 as the John Glenn Freeway in honor of the former astronaut and United States Senator from Ohio.

The Valley View Bridge, which is 212 feet high and spans 4150 feet^[2], carries I-480 across the Cuyahoga River valley.

The portion of freeway connecting I-480 to I-271 and US 422 is called Interstate 480N, an Ohio Department of Transportation designation.^[3]

Parts of I-480 were to have been I-271 and/or Interstate 80N.^[4]

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County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Lorain	North Ridgeville	0.00		I-80 / Turnpike west – Toledo	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		~0.9	Ohio Turnpike toll plaza; pay toll eastbound, get ticket westbound
		1.16	1	SR 10 west to US 20 – Oberlin, Norwalk	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; SR 10 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		2.03	2	SR 10 east (Lorain Road) to I-80 / Turnpike east	SR 10 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
Cuyahoga	North Olmsted	3.67	3	Stearns Road
		6.15	6A-B	SR 252 (Great Northern Boulevard) – North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls	Single exit 6 eastbound
		7.57	7	Clague Road – Westlake, Fairview Park	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Cleveland	9.44	9	SR 237 (Brookpark Road) / Grayton Road – Airport
		10.17	11	I-71 north – Cleveland	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		10.17	10	SR 237 south – Berea, Airport	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		10.71	11	I-71 south – Columbus	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		11.60	12A	West 150th Street – Brook Park	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		12.71	12B	West 130th Street/West 150th Street – Brook Park	Signed as exit 12 eastbound
	Brooklyn	13.79	13	Tiedeman Road – Brooklyn
		15.21	15	To US 42 via Ridge Road
	Brooklyn Heights	16.49	16	SR 94 (State Road)
		17.76	17A	SR 176 (Jennings Freeway) – Cleveland	Signed as exit 17 eastbound
		18.03	17B	SR 17 (Brookpark Road) to SR 176 south	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Independence	20.05	20A-B	I-77 – Akron, Cleveland
	Garfield Heights	21.72	21	Transportation Boulevard/East 98th Street
		22.92	22	SR 17 east (Granger Road)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		23.85	23	SR 14 (Broadway Avenue) – Garfield Heights	Was to be south end of Bedford Freeway
	Cleveland	24.58	24	Lee Road – Maple Heights	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Warrensville Heights	26.03	25A-B	Warrensville Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		26.31	26	To I-271 north / US 422 east – Erie, Warren	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; unsigned I-480N
	Bedford Heights	26.55	25C	SR 8 / SR 43 (Northfield Road)
		27.94	26A	Rockside Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		28.02		I-271 north – Erie	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-271 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		Begin I-271 exit numbering eastbound; resume I-480 exit numbering westbound
	Oakwood	30.99	23	SR 14 west (Broadway Avenue) / Forbes Road	SR 14 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		32.06		I-271 south – Akron, Columbus	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-271 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
		Resume I-480 exit numbering eastbound; begin I-271 exit numbering westbound
Summit	Twinsburg	36.30	36	SR 82 – Aurora, Macedonia, Twinsburg
		36.99	37	SR 91 – Twinsburg, Hudson, Solon
Portage	Streetsboro	41.63	41	Frost Road
		42.45	42	I-80 / Turnpike – Youngstown, Toledo
				SR 14 east – Ravenna	Continuation of I-480 beyond I-80/Turnpike

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v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 80 California: 180 (former) • 280 • 380 • 480 (former) • 580 • 680 • 780 • 880 • 880 (former) • 980 — Nevada: 580 (unsigned) — Wyoming: 180 — Nebraska: 180 • 280 (former) • 480 • 580 (former) • 680 — Iowa: 280 • 380 • 480 • 680 — Illinois: 180 • 280 — Ohio: 280 • 480 • 680 — Pennsylvania: 180 • 180 (former) • 280 (former) • 380 • 480 (former) • 680 (former) — New Jersey: 280 • 680 (former)