Ohio State Route 176
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|||||||||
| State Route 176 |
|||||||||
| Length: | 19.42 mi[1] (31.25 km) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formed: | 1924 | ||||||||
| South end: |   I-77/SR 21 in Richfield |
||||||||
| Major junctions: |
I-77/SR 21 in Richfield I-71 in Cleveland |
||||||||
| North end: | I-71 in Cleveland |
||||||||
| Counties: | Cuyahoga, Summit | ||||||||
|
|||||||||
State Route 176 (SR 176) is partially a limited-access highway also known as the Jennings Freeway. From 1968 it originally functioned as an exit off of I-71 and side streets, terminating at Denison Road, to serve the business in the Industrial Valley, but as traffic volumes to suburbs like Parma and Parma Heights increased, and to relieve traffic from I-77 to I-480, the freeway was extended as originally planned to I-480 and Brookpark Road SR 17 in 1998, making an easier route for downtown workers from the Parma area to get to and from work. South of SR 17, the route is a grade-level road to its southern terminus.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Mileages retrieved from Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams unless otherwise noted.
[edit] External links
- Roadfan.com's Jennings Freeway page
- "What's the Deal with the Jennings Freeway?", Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 25, 2006 (Correction, September 27, 2006) (Alternate location)
