The local areas affected are:
- Interstate 70: From the Indiana border in the west to just outside of Wheeling, WV in the east, excluding Dayton, Columbus and Zanesville urban areas.
- Interstate 71: From the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge in southwest Ohio to just south of the border of the Cuyahoga/Medina County line in the north, excluding Columbus.
- Interstate 75: From just outside of Toledo going south until just north of Dayton, excluding Findlay and Lima.
Motorists are already legally permitted to drive 70 mph on all 241 miles of the Ohio Turnpike.
34 other states in the nation have some posted speed limits of 70 mph or higher including Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
ODOT is making 317 new signs to comply with the legislation and to alert motorists to the increased speed at a total cost of $8,287.19.
The new law increases the speed on 570 miles out of 1,332 miles of interstate highways in Ohio.
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