Interstate 470 is a 10.63-mile-long auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-70 that bypasses the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. I-470 is one of 13 auxiliary Interstate Highways in Ohio and the only auxiliary Interstate. Highway is named the USS West Virginia Memorial Highway, by proclamation of then Governor Cecil Underwood on the 59th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
About Interstate 470 (Ohio–West Virginia) in brief
Interstate 470 is a 10.63-mile-long auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-70 that bypasses the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. I-470 is one of 13 auxiliary Interstate Highways in Ohio and the only auxiliary Interstate. Highway 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. On average, between 25,500 and 37,840 vehicles use the highway daily. The highway is listed on the National Highway System—a system of system of roads that are important to the nation’s economy, defense and mobility. Plans for a southern bypass of southern Wheeling were first published in 1955 in Bureau of Public Roads document titled General Location of National Interstate Highway System including All Additional Routes Including All Additional Highways Including All Routes of the Interstate Highway System of the United States.
The portion of the highway in West Virginia is named after the USS. West Virginia, which was sunk in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. In 2012, 26,500 vehicles traveled along the highway at the eastern terminus in WestVirginia, and 37,840 vehicles at the western terminus in Ohio. The freeway begins at a partial interchange with I- 70 in Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio, and ends at an incomplete interchange over Wheeling Creek near Elm Grove. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge carries I- 470 over three rail lines and the Ohio River.
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