Interstate 470 (Ohio-West Virginia)

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Interstate 470
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 10.63 mi[1] (17.11 km)
West end: I-70 near Blaine, OH
Major
junctions:
US 250/WV 2 in Wheeling, WV
East end: I-70 in Elm Grove, WV
Interstate 470 at the US 250 and WV 2 three-level diamond interchange.
Interstate 470 at the US 250 and WV 2 three-level diamond interchange.

Interstate 470 (abbreviated I-470) is a 10.63 mile loop highway that bypasses downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. The western terminus is I-70 near Blaine, Ohio, east of St. Clairsville, Ohio, while the eastern terminus is I-70 in the Wheeling, West Virginia neighborhood called Elm Grove. There are junctions with State Route 7 and with West Virginia Route 2 on either side of the Ohio River which is crossed by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. The portion of I-470 in West Virginia was recently designated the U.S.S. West Virginia Memorial Highway. It is the only 3-digit Interstate in West Virginia.

Contents

[edit] Exit list

[edit] Ohio

[edit] West Virginia

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Ohio Wheeling 1 1 US 250/WV 2 - Wheeling, Moundsville
2 2 Bethlehem
Traffic defaults onto I-70 east.

[edit] See also

Auxiliary routes of Interstate 70
Current and Future (F) Former
I-170 Missouri Maryland
I-270 Colorado - Illinois-Missouri - Ohio - Maryland
I-370 Maryland
I-470 Kansas - Missouri - Ohio-West Virginia
I-670 Ohio - Kansas-Missouri

[edit] References

  1. ^ Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
Browse numbered routes
< US 460 WV WV 480 >


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