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Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)

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I-76 highlighted in red
Route information
Length434.87 mi[2] (699.86 km)
Existed1964[1]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West endFile:I-71.svgFile:US 224.svg I-71 / US 224 near Westfield Center, OH
Major intersections
East endFile:I-295.svgFile:Elongated circle 42.svg I-295 / Route 42 in Bellmawr, NJ
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesOhio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Highway system
File:OH-75 (1960).svg SR 75OHSR 76 File:OH-76 (1960).svg
File:PA-75.svg PA 75PAPA 76 File:PA-76 (1962).svg
File:Elongated circle 75.svg Route 75NJRoute 76 File:Elongated circle 76.svg
File:Elongated circle 76.svg Route 7676CRoute 77 File:Elongated circle 77.svg

Interstate 76 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Westfield Center, Ohio east to Bellmawr, New Jersey. The route is 434.36 miles (699.03 km) long.[2]

Just west of Youngstown, I-76 joins the Ohio Turnpike and heads around the south side of Youngstown. In Pennsylvania, I-76 runs across most of the state on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It passes near Pittsburgh and Harrisburg before leaving the Turnpike to enter Philadelphia. It is called the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia. It crossing the Walt Whitman Bridge into New Jersey. After Interstate 76 reaches its eastern terminus, the freeway continues as Route 42 and the Atlantic City Expressway to Atlantic City.

References[change]

  1. "Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 76". Pahighways.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.Articles lacking reliable references[self-published source]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Retrieved 2007-03-28.



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