Interstate 76 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Two interstate highways named Interstate 76 exist in different parts of the United States. The western I-76 commemorates Colorado, which became a U.S. state in 1876; the eastern I-76 commemorates the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, which occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1776.

The Western I-76

The Western I-76 runs from Interstate 70 in Denver, Colorado to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Spring, Nebraska.

Length

• Colorado - 184 miles
• Nebraska - 1 mile

• Interstate 70 in Denver, Colorado
• Interstate 25 in Denver, Colorado
• Interstate 80 near Big Spring, Nebraska

The Eastern I-76

The Eastern I-76 runs from an intersection with Interstate 71 between Seville, Ohio and Westfield Center, Ohio, about 20 miles west of Akron, to an intersection with Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey.

Length

• Ohio - 83 miles
• Pennsylvania - 358 miles
• New Jersey - 2 miles

• Akron, Ohio
• Youngstown, Ohio (skirts eastern and southern boundaries)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (through northern and eastern suburbs)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Interstate 71 between Seville, Ohio and Westfield Center, Ohio
• Interstate 77 in Akron, Ohio (it runs concurrently with I-77 through downtown Akron for a few miles)
• Interstate 277 in Akron, Ohio (a connector to Interstate 77 on the south side of Akron)
• Interstate 80 in Austintown, Ohio
• Interstate 79 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 99 in Wolfsburg, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 70 in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. They stay joined until Breezewood, Pennsylvania.
• Interstate 81 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 83 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - I-376, I-576
• Spur to Reading, Pennsylvania - I-176
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - I-276, I-476 (now extended to Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania), I-676

• If you start on Interstate 80 in Nebraska and go to Interstate 71 in Ohio, then this route is continuous.

• The Western I-76 was redesignated from I-80S in 1976, probably as part of Colorado's Centennial Celebration, to remove the letter suffix. The Eastern I-76 was also called I-80S at one point.

• The connection to Interstate 95 involves traffic lights; I-676 in Philadelphia also has a traffic light at the entrance to the Ben Franklin Bridge. The reason for the traffic light is because building a freeway would have disturbed historically significant areas in Philadelphia. In fact, I-76 was routed along the Vine Street Expressway while I-676 went on the Schuylkill Expressway until 1974, but they switched designations.

• At 129 miles, I-476 is America's longest three-digit interstate. It's longer than the western Interstate 86, Interstate 19, and Interstate 97. By comparison, the average length of a three-digit interstate is 21 miles. Nevertheless, no three-digit interstate is longer than its parent.

• A movement exists in New Jersey to extend the I-76 designation eastward past the interstate's current terminus down the North-South Freeway (See New Jersey State Highway 42) and the Atlantic City Expressway to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Proponents of the change argue that since the NSF and ACE are interstate-grade highways, they might as well be interstates, and extending I-76 would not add a new designation to the Interstate highway system, just extend an existing highway. It would also be a justification to make the Camden Connector and the Brigantine Connector (See Atlantic City Expressway) spurs off of I-76. While the South Jersey Transportation Authority (the Authority runs the Atlantic City Expressway) is not against the idea, they feel that making the change without a compelling reason would only add to motorists' confusion in southern New Jersey.

• Also, the NJ 55 spur into Vineland and Millville could be renamed I-776, since it connects to the existing NJ 42 freeway (which would be renamed I-76) to the north.

• Until mid-2003, one had to exit on U.S. Highway 19 in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania in order to enter Interstate 79. This is no longer true; there is a direct intersection between I-76 and I-79, thanks to the "Cranberry Connector" project.

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