Route 80
From Indiana state line near Columbia to Pennsylvania state line near
Hubbard. Part of Interstate 80, which runs from San Francisco, California
to Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Counties:
Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga,
Summit, Portage, Trumbull, Mahoning
Length:
236 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 90 from Indiana state line to 3 miles east of Amherst.
Supercedes route 11 from route 680 to 1 mile east of Girard.
Runs concurrently with the Ohio Turnpike from Indiana state line to 11
miles east of Newton Falls.
Intersections:
0: IN; 2: 49; 13: 20A; 25: 66; 34: 108; 39: 109;
52: 2; 59: 20; 64: 75; 71: 280,420;
81: 51; 91: 53; 110: 4; 118: 250;
142: 90E; 145: 57; 151: 480; 152: 10;
160: 42; 161: 71; 173: 21; 180: 8;
187: 480,14; 193: 44; 209: 5; 218: 76;
223: 46; 226: 680,11S; 228: 422; 229: 11N,193;
234: 62; 236: PA
Freeway Sections:
From 11 miles east of Newton Falls to Pennsylvania state line.
Toll Sections:
From Indiana state line to 11 miles east of Newton Falls.
History of route 80:
Certified in 1962.
Originally routed along current route 480.
Ohio Turnpike portion complete as an unnumbered highway in 1956.
Route 480E to route 480W was unnumbered before 1971.
In 1971, rerouted along Ohio Turnpike from North Ridgeville to
Streetsboro.
North Ridgeville to Streetsboro certified as route 480 in 1971.
Hubbard to Pennsylvania state line complete in 1970.
Ohio Turnpike to Hubbard complete in 1971.
Entire route complete in 1971.
Route 80 Before 1962:
From Sandyville to Edinburg.
Originally routed from Minerva to Welshfield along current route 183
from Minerva to Alliance, route 225 from Alliance to route 224, an
unnumbered road from route 224 to route 14, route 14 from 4 miles east of
Edinburg to Edinburg, an unnumbered road from Edinburg to Freedom, and
route 700 from Freedom to Welshfield.
Extended to Sandyville along previous route 155 in 1926.
In 1938, rerouted from Alliance to Edinburg along current route 183.
Alliance to route 14 certified as route 225 in 1938.
Extended to Burton along current routes 700 and 168 in 1939.
Edinburg to Freedom decertified by 1943.
Freedom to route 168 certified as route 700 by 1943.
Truncated at Edinburg by 1943.
Entire route certified as route 183 in 1962.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 10-23-00 at 15:35 EDT.