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3 unusual facts about Interstate 71


Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

Its main campus, North Campus, is located in Sycamore Township and Symmes Township, near the intersection of Interstate 71 and Interstate 275; the elementary school and middle school facility is separated from the high school by about one block.

National Register of Historic Places listings in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Downtown Cincinnati is defined as being all of the city south of Central Parkway, west of Interstates 71 and 471, and east of Interstate 75.

The Keg of Nails

The Keg of Nails is a traveling trophy in college football, awarded since 1929 to the winner of games between the Universities of Louisville (U of L) and Cincinnati (UC), cities now connected by Interstate 71.


Interstate 271

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).

Interstate 64 in Kentucky

Signed as the Georgia Davis Powers Shawnee Expressway between its western terminus at I-64 in Shawnee and US-31W/US-60 (Dixie Highway) in Shively, and as the Watterson Expressway from US-31W/US-60 to its northeastern terminus at I-71 in Glenview Manor.

Madison County, Ohio

In 2008, Madison County, which spans Interstates 70 and 71 as they converge on Columbus, was cited by the Ohio State Highway Patrol as leading the state for the most number of speeding tickets in excess of 20-mph over the posted limit.

Terry Furlow

On May 23, 1980, Furlow was killed in a car accident when he crashed into a pole on Interstate 71 in Linndale, Ohio.

Transportation in Cincinnati

The city is sliced by three major interstate highways, I-71, I-74 and I-75, and circled by a beltway several miles out from the city limits.

Union Township, Warren County, Ohio

Interstate 71 crosses the township from southwest to northeast and State Route 48 from south to north.


see also

Ohio State Route 1

The present day route of what was once planned as SR 1 is Interstate 71 from Cincinnati to just northeast of Medina, Interstate 271 for its entire length from northeast of Medina to Willoughby Hills, and Interstate 90 from Willoughby Hills to the Pennsylvania state line at Conneaut.