Great Lakes Service Plaza - Ohio Turnpike Westbound - Broadview Heights, Ohio
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member outdoorboy34
N 41° 17.541 W 081° 40.272
17T E 443800 N 4571429
This Service Plaza is accessible Westbound via the Ohio Turnpike at Milepost 170.1 in the City of Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Interstate 80)
Waymark Code: WMH40Y
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Great Lakes Service Plaza - Ohio Turnpike Westbound - Broadview Heights, Ohio


ABOUT OHIO TURNPIKE SERVICE PLAZAS
The Ohio Turnpike Commission embarked on a project in the late 1990's to replace the over 40-year-old service plazas with state-of-the-art facilities. This service plaza is one of fourteen service plazas that has been reconstructed on the existing sites of the original construction in the 1950's. The new service plazas offer a multitude of conveniences to Turnpike customers. Included are a large variety of food offerings, expanded restrooms, and information wall with travel and weather information, more parking for cars, trucks and busses and much more.

AMENITIES Service plazas offer the following amenities for your convenience:


  • ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
  • Food Court
  • Fuel
  • Gift Shops
  • Handicapped Accessibility
  • Life-Saving Technology
  • Parking
  • Pet Walks
  • Picnic Grounds
  • Plaza Managers On-Site
  • Restrooms
  • TTY Phones
  • Telephones
  • Travel Information
  • Truckers' Lounge
  • Vehicle Supplies
  • Vending Machines

ABOUT THIS SERVICE PLAZA

This plaza opened in October 1999 and was one of the first plazas to be rehabbed at the time and is named for the world’s most important inland waterway system, the Great Lakes, lies just 15 miles north of the Ohio Turnpike at the Great Lakes Service Plaza. The busiest of these lakes, from the standpoint of tonnage entering and leaving its ports, is Lake Erie, which forms most of the northern boundary of Ohio.

Highway Number: I-80

Common Name for the Highway: James W. Shocknessey Turnpike

Highway Access Direction: West

Rest Area Name: Great Lakes Service Plaza

Facilities:
ATM (Automated Teller Machine) Food Court Fuel Gift Shops Handicapped Accessibility Life-Saving Technology Parking Pet Walks Picnic Grounds Plaza Managers On-Site Restrooms TTY Phones Telephones Travel Information Truckers' Lounge Vehicle Supplies Vending Machines


Services:
Burger King Panera Bread Pizza Hut Express/KFC Express Starbucks E-Z Pass Sales Travel Mart Picnic Area


WiFi: yes

Special Features: Not listed

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