Interstate 470 (Ohio–West Virginia)

Interstate 470
Map of the Wheeling area with I-470 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I‑70
Maintained by ODOT and WVDOH
Length:	10.63 mi (17.11 km) 6.69 mi (10.77 km) in Ohio 3.94 mi (6.34 km) in W. Va.
Existed:	1976 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-70 near Blaine, Ohio
	US 250 in Wheeling, W. Va.
East end:	I‑70 in Wheeling
Location
States:	Ohio, West Virginia
Counties:	OH: Belmont WV: Ohio
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business ← SR 450 OH I-471 → ← US 460 WV WV 480 →

Interstate 470 (I-470) is a 10.63-mile-long (17.11-kilometer) auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-70 that bypasses the city of Wheeling, West Virginia, in the United States. I-470 is one of 13 auxiliary Interstate Highways in Ohio and the only auxiliary Interstate Highway in West Virginia. The western terminus of I-470 is an interchange with I-70 in Richland Township, Ohio. Traveling southeast through rural Belmont County, I-470 approaches the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, which spans the Ohio River. After crossing the river into Ohio County, West Virginia, the highway turns east towards the Wheeling communities of Bethlehem and Elm Grove and its eastern terminus at I-70 near Elm Grove. The portion of the highway in West Virginia is named the USS West Virginia Memorial Highway, by proclamation of then Governor Cecil Underwood on the 59th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Construction of the freeway began in 1975 in the two states. Due to a chronic lack of funding, construction in Ohio was stalled between 1976 and 1981. After a 3.3-cent-per-gallon (0.87-cent-per-liter) fuel tax increase, Ohio was able to restart construction, and by 1983, both states had completed construction on the freeway. The three-level diamond interchange with concurrent highways U.S. Route 250 (US 250) and West Virginia Route 2 (WV 2) on the eastern banks of the Ohio River was thought to be the most complex interchange in West Virginia's Interstate Highway System at the time of construction. On average, between 25,500 and 37,840 vehicles use the highway daily.