Interstate 480N
Parts of I-480 were to have been I-271 and/or I-80N.
Route description
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The freeway runs concurrently with I-271 for two miles (3.2 km). I-271 and I-480 were the only two auxiliary Interstates in the nation that ran concurrently with each other for any distance until 2022, when concurrencies between I-587 and I-795 and I-785 and I-840 in North Carolina were established with the designation of I-587 and the completion of the Greensboro Urban Loop. This is because I-80 was concurrent with I-271 until 1971, when I-80 was routed back on to the turnpike and replaced by I-480.
Due to the convergence of these high traffic roads, congestion is common during peak times. They run concurrently through Bedford Heights, Bedford, and Oakwood in Cuyahoga County. Because of that, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) started a $120-million (equivalent to $149 million in 2023) widening project in 2016, separating I-271 traffic from I-480 traffic. The project was completed in 2020.
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The Valley View Bridge, which is 212 feet (65 m) high and spans 4,150 feet (1,260 m), carries I-480 across the Cuyahoga River valley. It is the busiest crossing in the state of Ohio with approximately 180,000 cars per day.
History
I-480 was conceived as a means of giving motorists a faster way of crossing Cleveland's southern borders and suburbs. The first segment of the route was partially concurrent with I-271 and constructed simultaneously with that highway in 1965. Planning for the route was largely finished by 1968, and construction began on its first mile (1.6 km) began at the highway's interchange with I-77 in 1970.
The segment from Bedford west to Maple Heights opened in November 1976. The segment from Maple Heights west to Brooklyn Heights opened in January 1978.
Construction from west to east began as political controversies and engineering work were resolved on the highway's middle section. I-480 between I-80 and I-71 was completed in 1983.
The two miles (3.2 km) of the route north and northeast of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport proved the most difficult to plan due to existing high levels of traffic on Brookpark Road and the expansion requirements of the airport.
The final $115-million (equivalent to $296 million in 2023), 2.5-mile (4.0 km) segment linking the east and west ends of I-480 was finished in August 1987.
Exit list
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Lorain | North Ridgeville | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit 151 on I-80 / Turnpike |
0.90 | 1.45 | Ohio Turnpike Toll Plaza | ||||
1.16 | 1.87 | 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 10 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
2.03 | 3.27 | 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 10 concurrency | ||
Cuyahoga | North Olmsted | 3.67 | 5.91 | 3 | Stearns Road | |
6.15 | 9.90 | 6 | ![]() | Signed as exits 6A (south) and 6B (north) westbound | ||
7.57 | 12.18 | 7 | Clague Road – Westlake, Fairview Park | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Cleveland | 9.44 | 15.19 | 9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound ramps to SR 17; westbound to Grayton Road | |
10.17 | 16.37 | 11 | ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 238 on I-71 | ||
10.17 | 16.37 | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
10.71 | 17.24 | 11 | ![]() ![]() | No eastbound exit; exit 238 on I-71 | ||
11.60 | 18.67 | 12A | West 150th Street — Brook Park | Westbound exit only | ||
12.71 | 20.45 | 12B | West 130th Street / West 150th Street — Brook Park | 150th Street not signed westbound; signed as exit 12 eastbound | ||
Brooklyn | 13.79 | 22.19 | 13 | Tiedeman Road — Brooklyn | ||
Cleveland | 15.21 | 24.48 | 15 | ![]() ![]() | ||
16.49 | 26.54 | 16 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
17.76 | 28.58 | 17A | ![]() ![]() | Signed as exit 17 eastbound; exit 16 on SR 176 | ||
Brooklyn Heights | 18.03 | 29.02 | 17B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
Independence | 20.05 | 32.27 | 20 | ![]() | Exit 156 on I-77; signed as exits 20A (south) & 20B (north) | |
Cuyahoga River | 20.59– 21.39 | 33.14– 34.42 | Valley View Bridge | |||
Garfield Heights | 21.72 | 34.95 | 21 | Transportation Boulevard / East 98th Street | ||
22.92 | 36.89 | 22 | ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; no entrance from SR 17 east | ||
23.85 | 38.38 | 23 | ![]() | |||
Cleveland | 24.58 | 39.56 | 24 | Lee Road – Maple Heights | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
Warrensville Heights | 26.03 | 41.89 | 25A-B | Warrensville Road — Bedford, Warrensville Heights | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; signed as exits 25A (south) and 25B (north) | |
Warrensville Heights–Bedford Heights line | 26.03– 26.55 | 41.89– 42.73 | 25C | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound access via frontage roads originating from exit 25A | |
26.31 | 42.34 | 26 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance via I-480N | ||
Bedford Heights | 27.94 | 44.97 | 26A | Rockside Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
28.02 | 45.09 | 26B | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-271 concurrency; eastbound exit via exit 26 | ||
Bedford | – | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-271 concurrency; exit 21A on I-271; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
Oakwood | 23B | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SR 14 concurrency; signed as exit 23 westbound | |||
22 | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit; westbound entrance is exit 21 on I-271 north | ||||
Summit | Twinsburg | 36.30 | 58.42 | 36 | ![]() | |
36.99 | 59.53 | 37 | ![]() | |||
Portage | Streetsboro | 41.63 | 67.00 | 41 | Frost Road | |
42.45 | 68.32 | 42 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SR 14 concurrency | ||
– | ![]() ![]() | Exit 187 on I-80 / Turnpike | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Interstate 480N
Location | Maple Heights–Warrensville Heights |
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Length | 1.99 mi (3.20 km) |
Existed | 1974–present |
Interstate 480N (I-480N) is officially designated as the spur freeway connecting I-480 to I-271 and US Route 422 (US 422) by ODOT. The highway lacks conventional confirming markers; the only shields for the route are on milemarkers. Other guide signs only refer to the routes at I-480N's termini.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Interstate_480N_Ohio.jpg/220px-Interstate_480N_Ohio.jpg)
- Major intersections
The entire route is in Cuyahoga County.
Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Maple Heights | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | ![]() ![]() | Exit 26 on I-480 |
North Randall | 0.53– 0.78 | 0.85– 1.26 | 1 | Miles Road – North Randall, Bedford Heights | |
Warrensville Heights | 1.29 | 2.08 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
1.63 | 2.62 | – | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 27A on I-271; exit 13A on US 422 | |
— | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 27B on I-271 | |||
1.99 | 3.20 | – | ![]() ![]() | Exit 13B on US 422 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |