Interstate 271

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Interstate 271
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

46.06 mi^[1] (74.13 km)

Formed:

1972

South end:

I-71 in Medina Township, OH

Major
junctions:

I-77 in Richfield, OH

I-480 in Cleveland, OH

North end:

I-90 in Willoughby Hills, OH

Ohio highways
< SR 269		SR 273 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

Interstate 271 (abbreviated I-271) is a major spur highway in the suburbs of Cleveland and Akron in the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway is officially designated the "Cleveland Outerbelt East", but rarely referred to by that name.

The highway runs from a junction with I-71 in Medina Township to I-90 in Willoughby Hills, intersecting I-480 (and running jointly with it for a short stretch). The width varies from point to point, but is mostly four to six lanes wide south of I-480 and eight to twelve lanes wide north of I-480; there it is divided into express and local lanes.

The Local-express lanes begin at the southern interchange of US-422 and continue northward slightly beyond the end of I-271. The northbound express lanes allow access to all exits (excluding Chagrin Boulevard, Harvard Road, and SR 175, a southbound-only exit). The southbound express lanes bypass all exits and only have one combined exit for Chagrin Boulevard (east US-422), Harvard Road, Richmond Road (SR 175) and US-422 (west) interchange.

I-290 was to have followed the northern end of I-271. I-271 itself was to have followed I-480N and I-480 westward to I-71.^[2]

Interstate 271 does not have a direct interchange with Interstate 80 – one of only a few examples of Interstate highways that cross but do not intersect. Another example is in Chicago where Interstate 57 crosses Interstate 294 but does not intersect with it. The 271/480 section is the only instance of a three-digit interstate highway concurrency.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile^[3]	#	Destinations	Notes
Medina	Medina Twp.	0.00	1	I-71 south - Columbus	No access to I-71 northbound.
Medina	Medina Twp.	3.52	3	SR 94 (Ridge Road)	Southbound: to I-71 north.
Summit	Richfield	9.52	9	Brecksville Road - Akron/to I-77 south	Northbound exit, southbound entrance.
		10.15	10	I-77 - Cleveland, Akron	Northbound: no access to I-77 south. To I-80/Ohio Turnpike. Southbound: no access to I-77 north.
		12.59	12	SR 303 (Streetsboro Road) - Richfield, Peninsula
	Macedonia	18.44	18	SR 8 - Boston Heights, Akron
	Macedonia	19.22	19	SR 82 (East Aurora Road) - Macedonia, Twinsburg	Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
Cuyahoga	Oakwood	21.84	21	I-480 east/SR 14 east - Youngstown	Southbound exit, northbound entrance. I-480 and SR 14 join northbound and leave southbound.
	Bedford	23.28	23	SR 14 west - Broadway Avenue, Forbes Road	SR 14 leaves northbound and joins southbound.
	Bedford Heights	25.87	26A	Rockside Road	Exit 26 southbound.
		25.87	26B	I-480 west - Cleveland, Toledo	Northbound exit, southbound entrance. I-480 leaves northbound and joins southbound.
		27.01	27A	US 422 east - Warren	Northbound: ramp to US 422 provides access to Miles Road. US 422 joins northbound and leaves southbound.
		27.94	27B	To I-480 west - Toledo	Southbound only - Access to I-480N.
		28.08	28A	SR 175 (Richmond Road)/Emery Road	Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
	Orange	29.01	28B	Harvard Road
	Beachwood	29.96	29	US 422 west/ SR 87 east (West Chagrin Blvd.)	US 422 leaves northbound and joins southbound.
	Lyndhurst	32.92	32	Cedar Road/Brainard Road
	Mayfield Heights	34.98	34	US 322 (Mayfield Road)
	Highland Heights	36.31	36	Wilson Mills Road
Lake	Willoughby Hills	40.22	(none)	I-90 - Erie (PA), Cleveland