Interstate 77 in Ohio
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Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States
United States
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. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia
West Virginia
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 to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 and Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. It largely supplants the old U.S. Route 21
U.S. Route 21
U.S. Route 21 is a north–south United States highway of , from Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina to Wytheville, Virginia.-South Carolina:...

 between Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

, and Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

, as an important north–south corridor through the middle Appalachians
Appalachian Mountains
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. The southern terminus of Interstate 77 is in Columbia at the junction with Interstate 26
Interstate 26
Interstate 26 is a nominally east–west main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. I-26 runs from the junction of U.S. Route 11W and U.S. Route 23 in Kingsport, Tennessee, generally southeastward to U.S. Route 17 in Charleston, South Carolina...

. The northern terminus is in Cleveland at the junction with Interstate 90
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...

.

Route description

Entering from West Virginia
West Virginia
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 at Marietta
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...

, Interstate 77 passes through rolling Appalachian terrain.

The interchange with I-70 at Cambridge is (or at least at one time was) thought to be the largest interchange in the world, covering over 300 acres (1.2 km²) of land.

Other major Interstate Highways I-77 connects with in Ohio are I-76, I-80 (Ohio Turnpike), and I-90.
The interchange with the Ohio Turnpike was completed December 3, 2001, providing direct access; previously, traffic had to exit at Ohio State Route 21 to get to the Turnpike.

Interstate 77 is also known as the "Vietnam Veterans' of America Highway" in Ohio, and the Willow Freeway in Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
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.

History

Officially designated to run from Port Huron to Charlotte, I-77 appeared on the original Interstate
Interstate Highway System
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 system route numbering plan in 1957. The part of Interstate 94 from Detroit northeast to Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron, Michigan
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 was originally planned as I-77 in 1957; the current I-77 was I-79. When the current Interstate 79
Interstate 79
Interstate 79 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States, designated from Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia to Pennsylvania Route 5 and Pennsylvania Route 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania...

 was added in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, the I-77 designation was moved to its current route, but the I-77 in Michigan also remained in the 1958 numbering plan, so the designation followed Interstate 90
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...

 and Interstate 75
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. It travels from State Road 826 and State Road 924 in Hialeah, Florida to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada, border...

 in order to keep it continuous; the designation north of I-77's westward turn was to have been Interstate 177. I-77 in Michigan later became part of I-94.

Exit list

County Location Mile #
Exit number
An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....

Destinations Notes
Washington
Washington County, Ohio
Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

Marietta
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...

0.50 1
6.26 6
16.54 16
Noble
Noble County, Ohio
Noble County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,645. Its county seat is Caldwell. Noble County is named for Rep. Warren P. Noble of the Ohio House of Representatives, who was an early settler there.-History:...

25.22 25
Belle Valley
Belle Valley, Ohio
Belle Valley is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 263 at the 2000 census.-History:The Village of Belle Valley was incorporated in 1905, but was actually beginning to form around the mid-19th century...

28.95 28
Guernsey
Guernsey County, Ohio
Guernsey County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 40,087. Its county seat is Cambridge and is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers came....

38.09 37
41.83 41
44.26 44 , Wheeling
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...

Signed as exits signed 44A (east) and 44B (west)
46.31 46 Signed as exits signed 46A (east) and 46B (west)
47.84 47
54.72 54
Tuscarawas
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

65.35 65
72.74 73
New Philadelphia
New Philadelphia, Ohio
New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, 71 miles south of Cleveland on the Tuscarawas River. It was first incorporated in 1808. Coal and clay are found in the vicinity...

80.94 81 South end of US 250 overlap
Dover
Dover, Ohio
Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the 2000 census.-History and features:Dover was originally part of a grant to Col. James Morrison of Kentucky, who had received it from the federal government for Revolutionary War services...

83.41 83
85 Schneiders Crossing Road — Dover
Dover, Ohio
Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the 2000 census.-History and features:Dover was originally part of a grant to Col. James Morrison of Kentucky, who had received it from the federal government for Revolutionary War services...

Interchange opened November 12, 2010
87.77 87 North end of US 250 overlap
Bolivar
Bolivar, Ohio
Bolivar is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 894 at the 2000 census. Bolivar is also home to Fort Laurens, the only American Revolutionary War-era fort in what is now Ohio.-History:...

93.46 93
Stark
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

99.71 99 Fohl Road - Navarre
Navarre, Ohio
Navarre is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,440 at the 2000 census...

Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

101.38 101 Easteren terminus of State Route 627
Ohio State Route 627
State Route 627 is an east–west state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. State Route 627's western terminus is at a diamond interchange with the U.S. Route 30/U.S. Route 62 freeway about southeast of Massillon...

103.22 103 Northeren Termius of State Route 800
Ohio State Route 800
State Route 800 is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at State Route 7 near New Matamoras, and its northern terminus is at its interchange with Interstate 77 in Canton....

104.27 104 South end of US 62 overlap; signed as exits 104A (east) and 104B (west)
105.48 105
106.31 106 13th Street Northwest
107.36 107A
107.70 107B North end of US 62 overlap
North Canton
North Canton, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,369 people, 7,114 households, and 4,382 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,697.1 people per square mile . There were 7,506 housing units at an average density of 1,236.8 per square mile...

110.06 109 Everhard Road, Whipple Avenue Exits signed 109A (east) and 109B (west) northbound
111.66 111 Portage Street
112.84 112 Shuffel Street Fred Krum Memorial Interchange
Interchange opened September 6, 2007
Summit
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

Green
Green, Ohio
Green is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,699 at the 2010 census. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron and Canton, although it is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

114.04 113 Akron-Canton Regional Airport
Akron-Canton Regional Airport
Akron-Canton Regional Airport is a commercial Class C airport located in the city of Green, in southern Summit County, Ohio roughly southeast of Akron, northwest of Canton, and northeast of Massillon...

118.07 118
East Liberty
East Liberty, Ohio
East Liberty is a census-designated place located in southern Perry Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. It is located just off of U.S. Route 33, east of Bellefontaine and about an hour northwest of Columbus...

120.25 120 South Arlington Road
Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

122.95 122 Signed as exits 122A (east) and 122B (west)
123.26 123A East Waterloo Road Southbound exit and northbound entrance
123.99 123B
124.42 124A Archwood Avenue, Firestone Boulevard Southbound exit and northbound entrance
124.78 124B Lovers Lane, Cole Avenue Southbound exit only
125.53 125 South end of I-76 overlap; signed as exits signed as 125A (SR 8 north) and 125B (I-76 east) northbound; no exit number northbound
126.26 22A Grant Street, Wolf Ledges Parkway
126.66 22B Broadway, Main Street
127.34 21 Southern terminus of SR 59
128.76 129 West end of I-76 overlap; no exit number southbound
129.20 130
130.65 131
131.82 132 White Pond Road, Mull Drive
133.45 133 Ridgewood Drive
134.99 134 Cleveland-Massillon Road
Fairlawn
Fairlawn, Ohio
Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Akron, its population was 7,307 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Fairlawn is located at ....

135.91 135 South end of SR 21 overlap
Ghent
Ghent, Ohio
Ghent is an unincorporated hamlet in central Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, United States. It lies in the area of Granger and Cleveland-Massillon Roads just north of the Ghent Road exit of Interstate 77. It is included in the Montrose-Ghent census-designated place. It has a number of local...

136.72 137 Exits signed 137A (OH 18 East) and 137B (OH 18 West)
138.22 138 Ghent Road
Richfield
Richfield, Ohio
Richfield is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2000 census. The village and the adjacent Richfield Township are approximately equidistant between the downtown areas of Akron and Cleveland...

143.11 142
143.67 143 , Erie
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

145.76 145 North end of SR 21 overlap.
146.97 146
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the 2010 census, the population was 1,280,122. Its county seat is Cleveland. Cuyahoga County is part of Greater Cleveland, a metropolitan area, and Northeast Ohio, a...

Brecksville
Brecksville, Ohio
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147.91 147 Miller Road Southbound exit northbound entrance
149.92 149 Exits signed 149A (OH 82 East) and 149B (OH 82 West) southbound
151.88 151 Wallings Road
Independence
Independence, Ohio
Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,133.-Geography:Independence is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

153.06 153 Pleasant Valley Road
155.47 155 Rockside Road
156.26 156
Cuyahoga Heights
Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio
Cuyahoga Heights is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 638 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cuyahoga Heights is located at ....

157.33 157 Southbound exit northbound entrance; northern terminus of SR 21
158.53 158 Grant Avenue
Newburgh Heights
Newburgh Heights, Ohio
Newburgh Heights is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,167 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Newburgh Heights is located at ....

159.22 159A Harvard Avenue
Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

159.78 159B Fleet Avenue
160.48 160 Pershing Avenue
161.19 161A
161.47 161B
162.33 162A
162.85 162B 14th Street
163.03  – Erie, PA
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

Northern terminus of I-77; access to I-90 westbound removed April 11/12, 2011
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