Stalled on I-70 west of Hilliard-Rome Road, in the downtown split or out past Brice Road? Stay belted in, then call dispatch with your direction and last exit.
Call (740) 812-9489I-70 towing around Columbus covers the whole east-west run of the interstate through Franklin County and its neighbors: the open stretch past West Jefferson and the SR-142 interchange, the west side between Hilliard-Rome Road and the I-270 interchange, the downtown split with I-71 and I-670, and the east side past Whitehall, Reynoldsburg and Etna. If you are stopped on I-70 right now, stay in the car with your seat belt on and your hazard lights flashing, and call 911 first if you are in a travel lane or anyone is hurt. Then call Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc at (740) 812-9489. Our yard sits on Harrisburg Pike on the southwest side of the city, a short run from the west end of I-70, so west-side calls are often in our 15–30 minute tier; the downtown stretch is usually 20–40 minutes and the far east end 40–60. Those are estimates, never promises, and the dispatcher gives you a live number. We are independent and are not the State's or the City's tow contractor.
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Out west, I-70 is a long, fast rural interstate with wide medians and few lights at night. The interchanges a driver usually remembers are SR-56 at exit 72, signed for Mechanicsburg and London; US-42 at exit 79, signed for Plain City and London; SR-29 at exit 80 for West Jefferson; and SR-142 at exit 85, the diamond that serves West Jefferson and Lake Darby and runs north toward Plain City as Plain City–Georgesville Road.
Closer in, I-70 forms Galloway's northern edge, and exit 91 at Hilliard-Rome Road is the nearest west-side interchange for Galloway, Lincoln Village and Prairie Township. It is a common place for a late-night breakdown: a car that starts losing power on the way home from a late shift, or a tire that gives out miles from the next exit. Because the yard is on the southwest side, a truck heading out I-70 west is driving away from downtown traffic, which keeps the wait short.
A west-side highway tow is priced the same way as any other: $4 a mile en-route from the yard, a $125 hook-up, $7 per loaded mile and the $75 highway charge, plus $150 between 10 PM and 6 AM. The rate card shows every line, and dispatch reads you the total before the truck rolls.
Between Hilliard-Rome Road and the I-270 interchange, westbound traffic is sorting itself for the outerbelt and eastbound traffic is settling in for the run into downtown. Breakdowns here are often on the ramps or the gore areas between them, which have almost no shoulder. If that is where you are, do not try to back up or cross lanes to reach a wider spot. Stay where you are, buckled in, and let 911 and the State Highway Patrol decide whether the lane needs protecting.
Farther in, I-70 passes the Hilltop and Franklinton before the bridge over the Scioto. Calls from this stretch often give the name of the last cross street rather than an exit number, and that is fine: say which direction you were driving and the last street sign you saw. For the Hollywood Casino and West Broad Street, see our Hollywood Casino towing page.
Through downtown, I-70 shares its roadway with I-71 for a short, ramp-heavy stretch, and the State's $1.4 billion innerbelt rebuild has been cutting the number of ramps on that 1.5-mile piece from nineteen to thirteen, with later phases running past 2026. Lane shifts and short merge areas mean a stalled car here is in more danger than almost anywhere else on the route. If you are stopped in a lane in the innerbelt, put the hazards on, keep your belt on and call 911 before you call us.
On the west side of downtown, exit 96 is where I-670 splits off toward the airport, listed on the Valleyview side. On the south side of downtown, exit 101B at Parsons Avenue is an eastbound exit only, which matters if you are trying to describe where you pulled off. Naming the last downtown sign you passed, or the stadium or bridge you can see, helps the driver pick the right approach so the truck ends up behind you rather than across the median.
East of downtown, the exits come close together. Exit 102 is Miller Avenue and Kelton Avenue, the northern edge of Driving Park. Exit 103A is signed Main Street–Bexley, and exit 103B takes you to US-33, Livingston Avenue and Alum Creek Drive. Exit 105, split into 105A and 105B, serves US-33 and James Road on Berwick's edge, and exit 107 at SR-317, Hamilton Road, is signed for Whitehall, with Eastmoor just to the north.
Beyond the I-270 interchange on the east side, exit 110 at Brice Road is signed for Reynoldsburg, and exit 112 at SR-256 is signed for both Pickerington and Reynoldsburg. Work zones come and go on this busy retail stretch, and when one is set up, shoulders and lane widths can change from week to week. A slow-moving work zone is a bad place to change a tire yourself; call and let a technician set up behind cones and lights.
Past Reynoldsburg, I-70 opens up again toward Licking County. It forms Etna's southern edge, and exit 118 at SR-310 is Etna's freeway access. This end of the corridor is in our outer tier, so plan on 40–60 minutes from the yard, an estimate that depends mostly on whether a truck is already working the east side.
Out here, many calls are not tows at all. Ditches and soft shoulders along the rural sections catch cars that drift off on ice or in heavy rain, and a winch-out often puts the car back on the pavement so you can drive it away. If the car is upright and nobody is hurt, tell dispatch how far off the road it is and what is underneath it, grass, mud or gravel, so the right equipment comes.
A tire change, jump start or fuel delivery happens right on the shoulder when it is safe, priced at a flat $75 plus en-route miles for a jump or tire change. If the car cannot be fixed where it sits, we tow it off the interstate to your shop, your home or a safe lot. Electric vehicles always ride with all four wheels off the ground, on a wheel-lift with dollies or on a flatbed.
If the shoulder is too narrow or the car is on the traffic side, the technician may hook it up and move it to the next ramp or a wide spot before doing anything else. That is about keeping everyone out of the travel lane, not about adding work, and it does not change the way the price is figured.
Highway calls go fastest when the dispatcher can picture exactly where you are and which way you are pointed. If you are not sure of the exit number, the nearest overhead sign, a mile marker post on the right shoulder, or a landmark you can see will do.
Call 911 first if you are in a travel lane or anyone is hurt. Otherwise call Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc at (740) 812-9489, any hour, and give your direction and the last exit you passed. We cover I-70 from the West Jefferson and Lake Darby exits through downtown to Etna.
It depends on where you are. West of downtown, toward Galloway and West Jefferson, most calls fall in our 15–30 minute tier because the yard is on the southwest side. Downtown is usually 20–40 minutes and the far east end toward Etna 40–60. All of those are estimates; dispatch gives you the live number.
Get as far right as you can, turn on the hazards and stay inside with your belt on. If you are in a lane or feel unsafe, call 911. Then call us at (740) 812-9489 and say eastbound or westbound and the last exit, such as Hilliard-Rome Road at exit 91 or SR-142 at exit 85. Night calls are handled the same way as daytime ones.
A highway tow is $4 a mile en-route from our yard, a $125 hook-up, $7 per loaded mile and a $75 highway charge, with $150 added between 10 PM and 6 AM. Ohio sales tax follows the pickup county. Dispatch quotes the total before the truck rolls.
Yes, when there is room to work safely. The technician sets up cones and lights first. If the flat is on the traffic side or the shoulder is too tight, we move the car to the next ramp or a wide spot and change it there, or tow it to a tire shop if there is no usable spare.
For emergencies, 911. For a non-emergency on the interstate, the Ohio State Highway Patrol answers at #677 from a cell phone. Neither replaces a tow; once you are safe, call us for the truck.
Usually, yes. If the car is upright and nobody is hurt, a winch-out often pulls it back onto the pavement without a tow. Tell dispatch how far off the road it is and what it is sitting on. If anyone is hurt or the car is on its side, call 911 first.
No. We are an independent company and come when a driver calls us for their own car. If the police or the State had a car removed from I-70, that tow was ordered by them, and they can tell you where it went.
Yes. Every EV rides with all four wheels off the ground, on a wheel-lift with dollies or a flatbed. Tell dispatch it is electric so the right equipment comes, and if the 12V battery is dead, we jump it so the car can be put into transport mode.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc is an independent towing company and is not affiliated with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio State Highway Patrol or the City of Columbus.
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