Ohio State Route 176
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| Length: | 19.42 mi (31.25 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1924 – present | |||
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  I-77 / SR 21 in Richfield
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 I-480 in Cleveland
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 I-71 in Cleveland |
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| Counties: | Summit, Cuyahoga | |||
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→| State Route 176J | |
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| Location: | Cleveland |
| Length: | 1.72 mi (2.77 km) |
| Existed: | 1993–present |
Ohio State Route 176 (SR 176) is a route linking Interstate 71 in Cleveland to Interstate 77 near Richfield. The freeway portion is known as the Jennings Freeway, while the at-grade portion is mostly Broadview Road.
From its southern terminus at I-77 to State Route 17, Ohio 176 has at-grade intersections. State Route 176's route from State Route 17 (Brookpark Road) to I-71 is a limited-access highway. From 1968, it functioned as an exit off of I-71 and side streets, terminating at Denison Road and serving businesses in the industrial valley. As traffic volumes to suburbs such as Parma and Parma Heights increased – and to relieve traffic from I-77 to I-480 – the freeway portion of the route (known as the Jennings Freeway) was extended as originally planned to I-480 and Brookpark Road (SR 17), opening December 8, 1998.
Soon after its creation, SR 176 was extended to Akron, routed with US 21 (Cleveland-Massillon Road), over SR 92 (Ghent Road), replacing it, and along Market Street with a portion SR 18 (at the time, SR 18 followed Twin Oaks Road from Market Street) to downtown Akron, ending at the High Street/Broadway Street couplet (then SR 5, 8, and 261, now just SR 261). After the completion of I-77, SR 176 was relocated along Wheatley Road and moved on to I-77 from exits 143 to 138, before rejoining its original alignment. In the early 1970s, US 21 was changed to SR 21 at that location, and SR 176 was truncated at I-77 exit 143. SR 18 was also truncated, but realigned to follow the entirety of Market Street (which had also carried the also-truncated SR 8 east of High and Broadway) to end at SR 91.
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