Interstate 71

{{Short description|Interstate Highway in Ohio and Kentucky}}

{{Redirect|I-71|the Japanese submarine I-71|Japanese submarine I-171}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox road

| country = USA

| type = I

| route = 71

| maint = KYTC and ODOT

| map = {{maplink-road|from=Interstate 71.map}}

| map_custom = yes

| map_notes = I-71 highlighted in red

| length_mi = 345.57

| length_ref = {{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=January 9, 2024 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920000348/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |url-status=live }}

| direction_a = South

| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=KY|I|64|I|65}} in Louisville, KY

| junction =

| direction_b = North

| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=OH|I|90|I|490}} in Cleveland, OH

| counties = KY: Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, Trimble, Carroll, Gallatin, Boone, Kenton
OH: Hamilton, Warren, Clinton, Greene, Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Franklin, Delaware, Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Cuyahoga

| states = Kentucky, Ohio

| restrictions = No hazmats or explosives allowed in the Lytle Tunnel, on the Brent Spence Bridge, or (for thru traffic only) inside the Columbus Outerbelt

| system1 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=KY}}

| system2 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=OH}}

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Interstate 71 (I-71) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the midwestern and southeastern regions of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-64 and I-65 (the Kennedy Interchange) in Louisville, Kentucky, and its northern terminus at an interchange with I-90 in Cleveland, Ohio. I-71 runs concurrently with I-75 from a point about {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of Cincinnati, Ohio, into Downtown Cincinnati. While most odd numbered Interstates run north–south, I-71 takes more of a northeast–southwest course, with some east–west sections, and is mainly a regional route serving Kentucky and Ohio. It links I-80 and I-90 to I-70 and ultimately (via I-65) links to I-40. Major metropolitan areas served by I-71 include Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.

Approximately three-quarters of the route lies east of I-75, leaving I-71 out of place in the Interstate grid.

Route description

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|-

|KY

|{{Convert|97.42|mi|km|disp=table}}

|-

|OH

|{{Convert|248.15|mi|km|disp=table}}

|-

|Total

|{{Convert|345.57|mi|km|disp=table}}

|}

=Kentucky=

{{Expand section|date=May 2008}}

File:End of Interstate 71.jpg

File:I-71 (Southbound) between Cincinnati and Louisville.jpg

File:I-71 I-75 Cincinnati.jpg

In Kentucky, I-71 begins east of Downtown Louisville at the Kennedy Interchange, where it meets I-64 and I-65. This interchange is sometimes called the "Spaghetti Junction". From Louisville, it roughly follows the Ohio River in a diagonal path toward Northern Kentucky. Between Louisville and Cincinnati, I-71 is largely a four-lane highway, except for the approach to Kentucky Speedway in Sparta in which it runs three lanes each way for about {{Convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}.

Near the town of Carrollton, there are signs marking the location of a tragic accident that occurred on May 14, 1988, when a drunk driver was driving north in the southbound lanes and struck a church bus full of children and teenagers, causing the bus's fuel tank to ignite into flames and killing 27 people on board. It is one of the worst bus accidents in state and national history.

After having run {{convert|77|mi|km}} from Louisville, I-71 merges with I-75 near Walton after which it intersects I-275, the Cincinnati beltway. After passing through Covington, the freeway crosses the Ohio River via the lower level of the Brent Spence Bridge (while the southbound direction uses the upper level) and continues into Cincinnati.

=Ohio=

File:I-71SofCbus.JPG

File:Interstate 71 Cleveland 2016.jpg

In Cincinnati, it splits immediately from I-75 and heads due east onto Fort Washington Way, where it continues through Downtown Cincinnati concurrently with U.S. Route 50 (US 50) for less than {{Convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. Just east of downtown, US 50 splits from I-71 and continues east; I-71 bends north and receives I-471, a spur from southeast of the city. I-71 then heads in a general northeast direction through the Lytle Tunnel and urban Cincinnati and into its surrounding suburbs. After another interchange with the I-275 beltway, the freeway leaves the metropolitan area and heads toward Columbus. It continues northeast until it reaches South Lebanon, where it begins cutting east across the flat plains of southwest Ohio. The freeway crosses the Little Miami River on the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, which is a continuous truss bridge and the tallest bridge in Ohio, at {{Convert|239|ft|m}} above the river. I-71 heads toward Columbus then intersects with the bypass I-270 before heading north into urban Columbus, where it intersects with I-70. About {{One2a|{{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}}} north of the I-70 junction, it intersects with I-670. After another interchange with the I-270 bypass, the highway exits Columbus and continues north until near Delaware, where it again turns northeast. Beginning its path to Cleveland, I-71 enters the rolling farm country on the edges of the Allegheny Plateau. It continues in this fashion to LodiWestfield Center and its junction with I-76, which provides access to Akron and points east. Heading north to Medina, it meets the terminus of I-271. The highway then continues north into urban Cuyahoga County and Cleveland's suburbs, intersecting the Ohio Turnpike/I-80. Passing Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, I-71 meets I-480 and enters Cleveland's west side, continuing on to downtown. It junctions with State Route 176 (SR 176) and terminates at I-90 on the Innerbelt.

History

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| image1 = I-71 (KY 1957).svg

| alt1 = I-71 in Kentucky marker

| image2 = I-71 (OH 1957).svg

| alt2 = I-71 in Ohio marker

| footer = 1957 versions of the Interstate Highway marker for Kentucky and Ohio

}}

=Kentucky=

The first section of I-71 in Louisville opened in December 1966 between its terminus at Spaghetti Junction and Zorn Avenue, its first exit. Its junction with I-264 opened in July 1968, and the complete Kentucky portion of the Interstate was opened to the public in July 1969. At that point, it replaced US 42 as the primary link between Cincinnati and Louisville.{{cite book |editor-last = Kleber |editor-first = John E. |year = 2001 |chapter = Interstates and Expressways |title = Encyclopedia of Louisville |location = Lexington |publisher = University Press of Kentucky |pages = 417–418 |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&q=%22Interstate%2064%22&pg=PA418 |isbn = 0813128900 |access-date = October 18, 2020 |archive-date = January 28, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240128012704/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&q=%22Interstate%2064%22&pg=PA418#v=snippet&q=%22Interstate%2064%22&f=false |url-status = live }}

=Ohio=

{{See also|Ohio State Route 1 (1961–1965)}}

Much of I-71 in Ohio was intended to be SR 1. SR 1 was originally planned in the 1950s as a second Ohio Turnpike extending southwest to northeast across the state. It was planned to run from Cincinnati to Conneaut and connect with an extension built across the panhandle of Pennsylvania to the New York State Thruway. As the highway was being planned, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was enacted, and the project was converted from a toll road to a freeway. It was designated as SR 1, since the Interstate Highway numbering system had not yet been implemented. Portions of the freeway began to be completed and opened in 1959 with the new Interstate Highway funding, and they were marked as SR 1 as well as with their new Interstate Highway number. Since large gaps existed along the corridor where no freeway had yet been completed, existing two-lane or four-lane highways were also designated as SR 1 in order to complete the route. The SR 1 signage was removed in 1966 as the Interstate Highway numbers adequately marked the route by then and the state highway numbering was superfluous.

File:Sohio columbus i71-1.JPG

In Columbus, the portion of I-71 that bounds Worthington's eastern edge was originally called the North Freeway. Costing $13.8 million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|13800000|1962}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}), it was constructed south from SR 161, arriving at 11th Avenue by August 1961. It took another year to construct the portion between 11th and 5th avenues, mainly due to the need to construct a massive underpass under the Pennsylvania Railroad's Grogan Yard. Today, only two tracks cross the viaduct, and the rest of the structure supports a large, weedy field. By August 1962, the freeway had reached Fifth Avenue, and it reached downtown in November 1962.

I-71 was originally planned to follow the Innerbelt Freeway northward from its current northern terminus to the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway at Dead Man's Curve when I-90 was planned to continue westward from there along the Shoreway.{{cite report |author = Ohio Department of Highways |author-link = Ohio Department of Highways |url = http://www.roadfan.com/clevmap.html |title = 1957–1958 Biennial Report |type = Excerpt |publisher = Ohio Department of Highways |access-date = February 27, 2013 |via = Roadfan.com |archive-date = September 24, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091534/http://www.roadfan.com/clevmap.html |url-status = live }}

Upon its completion, I-71 replaced SR 3 as the primary highway link between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.

For more than 30 years {{as of|2025|lc=y}}, there has been discussion about building an interchange at Boston Road on the border of Brunswick in Medina County and Strongsville in Cuyahoga County between the SR 303 and SR 82 interchanges.{{cite news|first=Rich|last=Exner|title=New interchange or not? I-71 corridor study to seek 'holistic solution' to decades-old dilemma|url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04/new-interchange-or-not-i-71-corridor-study-to-seek-holistic-solution-to-decades-old-dilemma.html|work=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland|date=April 9, 2025|access-date=April 10, 2025}}

Between 2004 and 2006, the interchange at milepost 121 in the far northern reaches of Columbus was reconstructed to allow access to the eastern extension of Gemini Place.{{cite web |url = http://urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=1447.0 |title = Ohio Fuses Two Interchanges in Columbus |author = urbanohio.com |access-date = June 14, 2015 |archive-date = June 15, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150615140736/http://urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=1447.0 |url-status = live }}{{sps|certain=yes|date=June 2022}} Before that, it was a simple diamond interchange with SR 750 (Polaris Parkway).

=Rebuilding and widening program=

In 1999, the state of Ohio began a 10-year, $500-million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|500000000|1999}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) project to improve I-71 between Columbus and Cleveland. The plans did not include widening the {{Convert|25|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch in Delaware and Morrow counties, calling for patching that section instead. At that time, state transportation officials said they did not plan to widen that section for two reasons: traffic studies did not support the widening and there was no money for the project.{{cite news |last=Ferenchik |first=Mark |date=February 26, 2013 |title=3rd lane coming to I-71 by 2015 |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/25/ODOT-plans-to-widen-last-25-mile-stretchof-I-71-from-Columbus-to-Cleveland.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007122536/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/25/ODOT-plans-to-widen-last-25-mile-stretchof-I-71-from-Columbus-to-Cleveland.html |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=October 4, 2014 |work=The Columbus Dispatch}} But Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials eventually gave in under pressure from elected officials and business owners to widen the remaining {{Convert|25|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of I-71 from just north of the US 36/SR 37 interchange in Delaware County to the Morrow–Richland county line.{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Todd |date=October 13, 2014 |title=I-71 widening almost finished |url=https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/13/widening-almost-finished/17218447/ |access-date=June 19, 2015 |work=Mansfield News Journal |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620065440/http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/13/widening-almost-finished/17218447/ |url-status=live }} The reconstruction and widening on the last {{Convert|25|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of I-71 in Delaware and Morrow counties began in early 2012, and the work was completed in mid-2015 at a cost of $144 million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|144000000|2015}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).

Exit list

{{jcttop|exit|state_col=state|length_ref={{Cite web |date=October 31, 2007 |title=HIS Expanded Milepoint Route Log Extract |url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109234712/http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp |archive-date=November 9, 2007 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet }}{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2007 |author=Office of Technical Services |title=Straight Line Diagrams |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Techservsite/availpro/Road_%20Infor/SLD/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030219122926/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/techservsite/availpro/Road_%20Infor/SLD/ |archive-date=February 19, 2003 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation }}}}

{{KYint|exit

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|county=Jefferson

|cspan=7

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|exit=

|road={{jct|state=KY|I|65|dir1=south|location1=Nashville}}

|notes=Southern terminus; I-65 exit 137

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{{KYint|exit

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|mile=none

|exit=136C

|road={{jct|state=KY|road|Jefferson Street|location1=Downtown}}

|notes= Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit number follows I-65

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=Signed as exits 1A (I-64) and 1B (I-65) southbound; no exit numbers northbound; I-64 exit 6; I-65 exit 137

}}

{{KYint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=none

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=KY|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Lexington}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-64 exit 5A

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{{KYint|exit

|mile=1.724

|exit=2

|road=Zorn Avenue

}}

{{KYint|exit

|mile=4.966

|exit=5

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|notes=I-264 exit 23

}}

{{KYint|exit

|mile=9.063

|exit=9

|road={{jct|state=KY|I|265|name2=Gene Snyder Freeway|KY|841|to3=yes|US|42}}

|notes=Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north); I-265 exit 35

}}

{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|exit=17

|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|146|city1=Buckner|city2=Crestwood|city3=Pewee Valley}}

|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

|location=none

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|exit=18

|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|393|city1=Buckner}}

|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

|location=La Grange

|lspan=2

|mile=20.6

|exit=21

|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2857|city1=La Grange}}

|notes=Under construction; planned completion in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://transportation.ky.gov/DistrictFive/Pages/New-I-71-Interchange-in-Oldham-County.aspx |title=Oldham County: I-71 New Interchange at Milepoint 20.6 – Project 05-483.30 |publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325191924/https://transportation.ky.gov/DistrictFive/Pages/New-I-71-Interchange-in-Oldham-County.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/construction-on-new-i-71-interchange-in-oldham-county-expected-next-week/article_1e1f9640-4346-11ed-ad3c-c7ce0802c7fb.html |title=Construction on new I-71 interchange in Oldham County expected next week |first=Dalton |last=Godbey |publisher=WDRB |location=Louisville, KY |date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325191924/https://www.wdrb.com/news/construction-on-new-i-71-interchange-in-oldham-county-expected-next-week/article_1e1f9640-4346-11ed-ad3c-c7ce0802c7fb.html |url-status=live }}

}}

{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

}}

{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|exit=34

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|notes=}}

{{jctco

|state=KY

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|exit=55

|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1039|to2=yes|KY|465}} – Vevay

|notes= Serves Kentucky Speedway

|nspan=2

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{{KYint|exit

|location=none

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|exit=57

|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|35|city1=Sparta|city2=Warsaw}}

|notes=none

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=Southern end of I-75 overlap; exit numbers switch to follow I-75's mileposts, I-75 exit 173

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; serves Florence Mall; former KY 3157

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=I-275 exit 84

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{KYint|exit

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|notes=

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{{OHint|exit

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=

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{{OHint|exit

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=

|mile2=

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=1.99

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{{OHint|exit

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|notes=Split into exit  2A (US 42) and 2B (Gilbert/8th) southbound; Gilbert Ave./8th St. not signed northbound, Eden Park Dr. not signed southbound

}}

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

|type=incomplete

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

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|road={{jct|extra=hospital}} Martin Luther King Drive – Level I Trauma Center

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{{OHint|exit

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|exit=5

|road=Dana Avenue / Montgomery Road (US 22 / SR 3)

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

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|exit=6

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|561|name1=Smith Road / Edwards Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

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{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

|exit=8B

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|562|city1=Norwood}}

|notes=Signed as exit 7 southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Columbia Township

|ctdab=Hamilton

|lspan=3

|mile=8.51

|exit=8C

|type=incomplete

|road=Ridge Avenue north

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=8.75

|exit=8

|type=incomplete

|road=Kennedy Avenue, Ridge Avenue

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=9.91

|mile2=9.92

|exit=9

|road=Red Bank Road – Fairfax

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Silverton

|mile=10.68

|exit=10

|type=incomplete

|road=Stewart Road

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Sycamore Township

|ctdab=Hamilton

|lspan=2

|mile=11.81

|exit=11

|type=incomplete

|road=Kenwood Road

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=12.44

|exit=12

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|22|SR|3|name2=Montgomery Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Montgomery

|lspan=3

|mile=14.13

|exit=14

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|126|name1=Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=15.80

|exit=15

|road=Pfeiffer Road

|notes=}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=17.51

|mile2=17.54

|exit=17

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|275|to2=yes|SR|32|I|75}}

|notes=I-275 exit 49; signed as exits 17A (east) & 17B (west) southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county1=Hamilton

|county2=Warren

|township1=Symmes

|ctdab1=Hamilton

|township2=Deerfield

|ctdab2=Warren

|mile=19.88

|mile2=19.97

|exit=19

|road=Mason Montgomery Road / Fields Ertel Road

|notes=}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Warren

|cspan=5

|location=Mason

|lspan=2

|mile=23.53

|exit=24

|road=Western Row Road / Kings Island Drive / Innovation Way – Kings Island

|notes= Signed as Western Row Road and Kings Island Drive northbound and Western Row Road and Innovation Way southbound; originally constructed as northbound exit and southbound entrance only but expanded to a full interchange in 2019{{cite news |last = Smith |first = Lisa |url = https://www.wcpo.com/news/transportation-development/move-up-cincinnati/will-it-soon-be-easy-to-get-off-and-then-back-on-i-71-at-western-row |title = Will it soon be easy to get off (and then back on) I-71 at Western Row? |publisher = WCPO-TV |date = February 1, 2019 |access-date = February 3, 2019 |archive-date = January 28, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240128012707/https://www.wcpo.com/news/transportation-development/move-up-cincinnati/will-it-soon-be-easy-to-get-off-and-then-back-on-i-71-at-western-row |url-status = live }}

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=25.30

|exit=25

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|741|dir1=north|name1=Kings Mills Road|city1=Mason|city2=Kings Mills|location3=Kings Island}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location1=Lebanon

|location2=South Lebanon

|location_group=city

|mile=28.33

|exit=28

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|48|city1=South Lebanon|city2=Lebanon}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Turtlecreek Township

|ctdab=Warren

|mile=32.56

|exit=32

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|123|city1=Morrow|city2=Lebanon}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Washington Township

|ctdab=Warren

|mile=36.74

|exit=36

|road=Wilmington Road

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Clinton

|cspan=2

|location=Chester Township

|ctdab=Clinton

|mile=45.11

|exit=45

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|73|city1=Waynesville|city2=Wilmington}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Liberty Township

|ctdab=Clinton

|mile=50.74

|mile2=50.75

|exit=50

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|68|city1=Xenia|city2=Wilmington}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Greene

|location=Jefferson Township

|ctdab=Greene

|mile=58.01

|exit=58

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|72|city1=Sabina|city2=Jamestown}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Fayette

|cspan=3

|location=Octa

|mile=65.33

|exit=65

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|35|city1=Xenia|city2=Washington Court House|name1=SR 435}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Jeffersonville

|mile=69.49

|exit=69

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|41|SR|734|city1=South Solon|city2=Jeffersonville|city3=Washington Court House}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Paint Township

|ctdab=Fayette

|mile=75.03

|exit=75

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|38|city1=Bloomingburg|city2=Midway}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Madison

|location=Pleasant Township

|ctdab=Madison

|mile=84.27

|exit=84

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|56|city1=Mount Sterling|city2=London}}

|notes=

}}

{{jctco

|state=OH

|county=Pickaway

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Franklin

|cspan=30

|location=Pleasant Township

|ctdab=Franklin

|mile=94.15

|exit=94

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|62|SR|3|city1=Grove City|city2=Orient|city3=Harrisburg}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Jackson Township

|ctdab=Franklin

|mile=97.16

|exit=97

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|665|name1=London-Groveport Road}}

|notes=Interchange fully opened August 17, 2012{{cite press release |author = District 6 |title = Transportation Partners Celebrate Opening of New Southern Gateway |date = August 16, 2012 |publisher = Ohio Department of Transportation District 6 |url = http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D06/news/Pages/Transportation-Partners-Celebrate-Opening-of-New-Southern-Gateway.aspx |access-date = February 27, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121007064822/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D06/news/Pages/Transportation-Partners-Celebrate-Opening-of-New-Southern-Gateway.aspx |archive-date = October 7, 2012 }}

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Grove City

|lspan=2

|mile=98.85

|exit=99

|type=unbuilt

|road=Hoover Road – Grove City

|notes=Proposed

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=100.60

|exit=100

|road=Stringtown Road – Grove City

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Jackson Township

|ctdab=Franklin

|mile=101.68

|exit=101

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|270|city1=Dayton|location2=Wheeling}}

|notes=Signed northbound as exit 100, southbound as exit 101; I-270 exit 55

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Columbus

|lspan=26

|mile=103.86

|exit=104

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|104|road|Frank Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=105.43

|exit=105

|road=Greenlawn Avenue

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=106.33

|mspan=3

|type=incomplete

|exit=106A

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|70|dir1=west|city1=Dayton}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-70 exit 99A

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

|exit=106B

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|315|dir1=north|city1=Worthington}}

|notes=No exit number southbound; I-70 exit 99B

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

|exit=—

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|70|dir1=west|city1=Dayton}}

|notes=Southern end of I-70 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-70 exit 99A; exit numbers switch to follow I-70's mileposts

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=

|exit=100

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|23|name1=Third Street / Fourth Street|road|Fulton Street}}

|notes=New interchange that replaces exits 100A-B; has no southbound exit

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=107.07

|mile2=107.17

|exit=100A

|type=closed

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|23|dir1=south|name1=High Street|road|Front Street}}

|notes=Closed after opening of new exit 100; had no northbound entrance; southbound exit was via exit 100B

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=107.41

|exit=100B

|type=closed

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|23|dir1=north|name1=Fourth Street|road|Livingston Avenue (US 33)}}

|notes=Closed after opening of new exit 100

}}

{{OHint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=107.90

|mile2=108.10

|mspan=2

|exit=101B

|road=Parsons Avenue

|notes=Northbound exit only

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=none

|exit=107

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|70|dir1=east|location=Wheeling}}

|notes=Northern end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 101A ; left exit southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=108.20

|exit=108A

|type=incomplete

|road=Main Street

|notes=No northbound exit

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=108.63

|exit=108B

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|40|name1=Broad Street}}

|notes=Southbound entrance and northbound exit

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=109.16

|exit=109A

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|670|location1=Airport|city2=Dayton}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-670 exit 5; northbound off-ramp to I-670 east includes direct ramp onto Leonard Avenue

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=108.93

|exit=109B

|type=incomplete

|road=Spring Street – Downtown

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=109.61

|exit=109A

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|670|location1=Airport|city2=Dayton|extra=airport}}

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-670 exit 5

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=110.16

|exit=110A

|type=incomplete

|road=Fifth Avenue

|notes=No northbound exit}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=110.68

|exit=110B

|road={{jct|extra=hospital}} 11th Avenue

|notes=Access to Linden Primary Care Center

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=111.15

|exit=111

|road=17th Avenue

|notes=Access to the Ohio State Fairgrounds & Expo Center and Ohio History Center

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=112.33

|exit=112

|road=Hudson Street

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=112.98

|exit=113

|road=Weber Road

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=113.46

|exit=114

|road=North Broadway

|notes=Access to Riverside Methodist Hospital

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=114.53

|exit=115

|road=Cooke Road (Indianola Avenue)

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=115.58

|exit=116

|road=Morse Road / Sinclair Road

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=117.53

|exit=117

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|161|name1=Dublin-Granville Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=119.21

|mile2=119.23

|exit=119

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|270|city1=Dayton|location2=Wheeling}}

|notes=Signed as exits 119A (east) and 119B (west) southbound; I-270 exit 26

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county1=Franklin

|county2=Delaware

|mile=121.45

|mile2=121.92

|exit=121

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|750|dir1=west|name1=Polaris Parkway|road|Gemini Place / Ikea Way}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 750; access to Polaris Shopping Center

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Delaware

|cspan=3

|location=Orange Township

|ctdab=Delaware

|type=unbuilt

|mile=124

|exit=124

|road=Big Walnut Road

|notes=Future interchange{{cite web |first = Robert |last = Riley |date = September 20, 2020 |title = Big Walnut Interchange at I-71 (2024+) |url = https://engineer.co.delaware.oh.us/projects/bigwalnutinterchange/ |publisher = Delaware County Engineer, Delaware County, Ohio |access-date = January 16, 2022 |archive-date = January 18, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183013/https://engineer.co.delaware.oh.us/projects/bigwalnutinterchange/ |url-status = live }}{{cite news |last1 = Budzak |first1 = Gary |title = Officials Discuss Two Interchange Projects |url = https://www.delgazette.com/news/76657/officials-discuss-two-interchange-projects |access-date = January 16, 2022 |work = Delaware Gazette |date = May 29, 2019 |archive-date = January 17, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220117035845/https://www.delgazette.com/news/76657/officials-discuss-two-interchange-projects |url-status = live }}

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Berkshire Township

|ctdab=Delaware

|lspan=2

|type=unbuilt

|mile=

|exit=129

|road=Sunbury Parkway

|notes=Future interchange

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=130.64

|exit=131

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|36|SR|37|city1=Delaware|city2=Sunbury}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Morrow

|cspan=2

|location=Bennington Township

|ctdab=Morrow

|mile=140.15

|exit=140

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|61|city1=Sunbury|city2=Mount Gilead|city3=Galion}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|township1=Chester

|township2=Franklin

|ctdab=Morrow

|mile=151.09

|exit=151

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|95|city1=Fredericktown|city2=Mount Gilead}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Richland

|cspan=4

|location1=Washington Township

|ctdab1=Richland

|location2=Bellville

|location_group=village

|mile=165.25

|exit=165

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|97|city1=Lexington|city2=Bellville}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location1=Washington Township

|ctdab1=Richland

|location2=Mansfield

|location_group=city

|mile=168.81

|exit=169

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|13|city1=Mansfield|city2=Bellville}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Madison Township

|ctdab=Richland

|mile=172.97

|exit=173

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|39|city1=Mansfield|city2=Lucas}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Mifflin Township

|ctdab=Richland

|mile=176.91

|exit=176

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|30|city1=Mansfield|city2=Wooster}}

|notes=Indirect southbound access to eastbound US 30 and from westbound US 30 to northbound I-71 via Crider and Koogle roads

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Ashland

|location=Montgomery Township

|ctdab=Ashland

|mile=186.71

|exit=186

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|250|city1=Ashland|city2=Wooster}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Wayne

|cspan=2

|location=Congress Township

|ctdab=Wayne

|lspan=2

|mile=196.31

|exit=196

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|301|city1=West Salem}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=197.92

|exit=198

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|539|city1=West Salem|city2=Congress}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Medina

|cspan=6

|location=Harrisville Township

|ctdab=Medina

|mile=203.89

|exit=204

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|83|city1=Lodi|city2=Wooster}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Westfield Township

|ctdab=Medina

|mile=209.51

|exit=209

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|76|US|224|city1=Lodi|city2=Akron}}

|notes=Signed as exits 209A (I-76/US 224 east) and 209B (US 224 west); western terminus of I-76 (Ohio), exit 1}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Medina Township

|ctdab=Medina

|lspan=3

|mile=218.86

|exit=218

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|18|city1=Akron|city2=Medina}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=220.71

|exit=220

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|271|dir1=north}} – Erie

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=222.91

|exit=222

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|3|city1=Hinckley|city2=Medina}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Brunswick

|mile=226.03

|exit=226

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|303|city1=Brunswick|city2=Hinckley}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|county=Cuyahoga

|cspan=15

|location=Strongsville

|lspan=2

|mile=231.26

|exit=231

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|82|name1=Royalton Road|city1=Strongsville|city2=North Royalton}}

|notes=Signed as exits 231A (east) and 231B (west) southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|type=toll

|mile=233.06

|exit=233

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|80|OHTP||city1=Toledo|city2=Youngstown}}

|notes=I-80/Ohio Turnpike exit 161

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Middleburg Heights

|lspan=2

|mile=234.21

|exit=234

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|42|city1=Strongsville|city2=Parma Heights}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=235.37

|exit=235

|road=Bagley Road – Berea, Middleburg Heights

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Brook Park

|mile=237.53

|exit=237

|road={{Jct|extra=airport}} Snow Road / Engle Road – Airport

|notes=Signed as exits 237A (east) and 237B (west, Engle) southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location1=Brook Park

|location2=Cleveland

|mile=238.77

|exit=238

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|480|location1=Airport|city2=Toledo|city3=Youngstown}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-480 exit 11

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Cleveland

|lspan=3

|mile=239.26

|exit=239

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|237|dir1=south|location1=Airport|city2=Berea}}

|notes=Southbound left exit and northbound left entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=240.57

|exit=240

|road=W. 150th Street

|notes=}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=241.85

|exit=242A

|road=W. 130th Street

|notes=Signed as exit 242 southbound

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location1=Cleveland

|location2=Linndale

|mile=242.41

|exit=242B

|type=incomplete

|road=Bellaire Road

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|location=Cleveland

|lspan=5

|mile=244.5

|exit=244

|type=incomplete

|road=Denison Avenue / W. 65th Street

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=245.48

|mile2=246.20

|exit=245

|road={{jct|state=OH|US|42|name1={{jct|state=OH|SR|3|noshield=yes|road|Pearl Road / W. 25th Street}}|road|Fulton Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=246.6

|exit=246

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|SR|176|dir1=south|city1=Parma}}

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance

}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=246.98

|mile2=247.56

|exit=247

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|90|dir1=west|I|490|dir2=east|road|W. 14th Street / Clark Avenue / Steelyard Drive}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-90 exit 170B; I-490 exit 1A}}

{{OHint|exit

|mile=247.81

|mile2=248.15

|exit=

|road={{jct|state=OH|I|90|dir1=east|location1=Downtown Cleveland}}

|notes=Northern terminus; I-90 exit 170B

}}

{{jctbtm|col=8|keys=concur,incomplete,unbuilt,toll}}

Auxiliary routes

I-71 has two auxiliary routes in Greater Cleveland and the Cincinnati metropolitan area. I-471 links Downtown Cincinnati with I-275. I-271 provides access to Cleveland's eastern suburbs and enables travelers on I-71 to access I-90 east without going through Cleveland proper.

See also

{{Portal|Kentucky|Ohio|U.S. roads}}

References

{{Reflist}}