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The road is owned and maintained by the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC), headquartered in Berea. [a] Built from 1949 to 1955, construction for the roadway was completed a year prior to the Interstate Highway Act. The modern Ohio Turnpike is signed as three Interstate highways: I-76, I-80 and I-90.
An Ohio Highway Patrol trooper was honored Thursday for actions taken to save a teen's life during a medical emergency on the Ohio Turnpike.
The Ohio Department of Transportation currently operates the seventh-largest highway system in the United States [33] and the sixth-largest interstate system measured by total lane-miles. [34] These highways support the fifth-greatest traffic volume by total vehicle miles, [ 35 ] the third-greatest value of commercial freight, and contain the ...
Motorists enter and exit the Ohio Turnpike at the state Route 8 toll Plaza in Boston Heights in 2014. The Turnpike is completing and rolling out its largest improvement project since 1955.
The Berea/Turnpike District operates from four posts on the Ohio Turnpike. Since the turnpike opened in 1955, the Ohio Turnpike Commission has contracted with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to provide law enforcement and assistance to disabled or stranded motorists. They are the only law enforcement agency with jurisdiction on the turnpike.
The crash occurred at 9:50 a.m. Monday, July 22, on the Ohio Turnpike, east of the Ohio 51 interchange in Washington Township, Sandusky County. Samantha Smith, 35, Chardon, died at the scene.
I-80 was constructed as part of the Ohio Turnpike (with the exception of modern I-76 and I-480), the origins of which predate the establishment of the Interstate Highway System in 1956. The Ohio General Assembly created the Ohio Turnpike Commission in 1949, which was the first step in designing and constructing the east–west freeway.
Ohio Turnpike has a new toll system. The Ohio Turnpike changed its toll systems and built new toll plazas in April, which allows E-Zpass drivers to pass through without stopping, according to the ...