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OH STATE LINE: 0 - 0 EXIT 0 (WB only) - US 40 WB, US 250 NB: 0.3 - 0.3 EXIT 1A - US 40 EB, WV 2: 0.5 - 0.8 EXIT 1B - US 250 SB: 0.5 - 1.3 EXIT 2A - US 40 SPUR: 0.6 - 1.9 EXIT 2B - CR 70/1: 0.7 - 2.6 EXIT 4 (EB only) - US 40, WV 88: 2.0 - 4.6 EXIT 5A (WB only) - I-470: 0.2 - 4.8 EXIT 5 - US 40: 0.4 - 5.2 EXIT 10 - CR 65: 4.2 - 9.4 EXIT 11 - CR 41: 1.4 - 10.8 PA STATE LINE: 3.3 - 14.1
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Creation: I-70's origins go back to at least the 1943 Interregional Highway System Proposal. It was not on the 1939 proposed system.
| Oddly, there is evidence West Virginia believed this routing was supposed to be I-70S when the numbering of interstates was initially rolled out. Adjustments: The first portion of I-70 to be completed was the Fort Henry Bridge to WV 2 interchange, which opened in 1955, though it is unclear when I-70 was actually signed on this short stretch of freeway. By 1963, I-70 was open from today's Exit 1B to Exit 4. In 1967, the Wheeling Tunnel was completed. Early maps submitted to AASHO suggested I-70 was going to go around Wheeling Hill the same way US 40 does, but per a summary of the tunnel's history, WVDOH had already decided to build a tunnel by the time the interstate system was off the ground. In 1968, I-70 was opened across the Ohio River In 1971, the remainder of I-70 to Pennsylvania was completed.
Improvements: Opened as 4 lanes everywhere except Exits 2A and 5 which is 6-lanes. The Wheeling Tunnel was rehabbed in the late 2000s. New Interchanges: Exit 10 - CR 65 (between 2004-07) Comment: While I-70 is 4-laned through the tunnel, only the left lane in each direction is a through lane - the right lane forces onto exit ramps immediately exiting the tunnel. |
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