Not only do people of the community recognize the beautiful landscaping but also the project won three major awards in 1992 from various organizations in Ohio. The Tuttle Crossing Interchange opened in the fall of 1989. The Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects Ohio chapter. Besides the landscaping, the second most noticeable difference is that while the Tuttle Crossing Interchange is in an urban area, it was designed to rural interchange standards. There is a significant difference between rural interchange ramps and urban ramps.
Urban ramps are much shorter in length due to space restriction.
They also terminate closer to the bridges to save space. The rural advantages are that the ramp length is much longer, allowing easier acceleration for merging and deceleration for exiting, and wide lanes further from the bridge to accommodate future additional lanes and more stacking room for cars. These features are especially beneficial at rush hour. The bridge at Tuttle Crossing was designed to be clean and functional. The steel was painted Tuttle Green to match the signage colors and blend with the interstate signage.