The western terminus of I-76 in Ohio at I-71I-76 begins at at exit 209, east of; (US 224) continues west from the end of I-76.The was previously a, but was reconstructed in 2010. Officially, I-76 begins at the beginning of the ramp from I-71 north; it merges with US 224 at mile 0.61. After passing through rural, I-76 enters and soon crosses (SR 21, old ), once the main north–south route through the area until replaced it, at a. I-76 then passes and enters; this section of road was built as US 224.Soon after entering Akron, I-76 exits the main freeway, which continues east as, onto the short Kenmore Expressway; leaves I-76 there and continues east as a surface road after I-277 ends at. Shortly after heading north from the I-277 interchange, I-76 meets I-77 and again turns east, joining southbound I-77 through Downtown Akron on the West Expressway. A partial interchange provides access to, the, and then I-76 crosses through the Central Interchange, where I-77 goes south (on the South Expressway) and begins to the north (on the North Expressway); I-76 switches from the West Expressway to the East Expressway.
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Interstate 76 is a wicked automobile combat game where the Road Warrior meets Funk-adelic. In a weird alternate 70s universe, auto vigilantes cruise the highways with funk playing in their 8-tracks and weapons under their hoods. Interstate 76 is a wicked automobile combat game where the Road Warrior meets Funk-adelic. In a weird alternate 70s universe, auto vigilantes cruise the highways with funk playing in their 8-tracks and weapons under their hoods.
The interchange with west ofLeaving the Akron area, I-76 again heads through rural areas, crossing and entering. West of Youngstown, the freeway crosses the. Officially I-76 transfers to the Turnpike at the overpass, with a similar change happening with I-80 (east on the freeway to Youngstown and west on the Turnpike). In reality, access between the roads is via a double trumpet connection in the northeast corner of the crossing, along which I-76 traffic and I-80 traffic run in opposite directions.Youngstown area and east.
An abandoned portion of I-76 near mile marker 161 in Breezewood, PennsylvaniaAt, I-70 exits the turnpike (making use of a short stretch of the ), while I-76 bypasses the and tunnels along a new alignment built in the 1960s. I-76 also bypasses and both to the south. The major features of this section are more mountains with the and then a double tunnel (/) prior to near. I-76 intersects (indirectly) in, then and near.
The is a new six lane bridge that was constructed in 2003 using precast segments that replaced an older bridge across the. At, I-76 diverges towards, but the turnpike (as I-276) bypasses it to the north. Main article:At Valley Forge, northwest of Philadelphia, I-76 leaves the Turnpike to run into Philadelphia on the (while the Turnpike continues east as ). Immediately after exiting the Turnpike, I-76 interchanges with the and freeways near. I-76 later crosses near, and begins running along the southwest shore of the.
I-76 then enters the city/county limits of Philadelphia where Interchanges provide access to the and the Vine Street Expressway ; the latter runs through while I-76 bypasses to the south.After the Grays Ferry Avenue exit near, I-76 crosses the to go towards the near,. Westbound I-76 at the interchange with I-676 in Camden, New JerseyFrom the exit for I-676 to the end, I-76 originally had local and express lanes in both directions, however, the barriers in both directions have been removed due to rebuilding of the I-295, I-76, and interchange. I-76 ends at an interchange with I-295 on the – town line.
The road becomes Route 42, continuing south on the North–South Freeway and then feeding into the to. While the (which owns the ACE) is not against the idea of making Route 42 (expressway part) and the ACE an eastern extension of I-76, they feel that making the change without a compelling reason would only add to motorists' confusion in southern New Jersey. View west along Route 76C at Route 168 History The majority of I-76, along the, includes the first long-distance rural in the U.S.; the and are also pre-Interstate freeways. By 1955, the section of that route from west of to was included in the planned Interstate Highway System, as was present I-76 from west of Youngstown to.
(Some early plans called for a new freeway along to the state line; it is unclear when the proposed route was shifted to the turnpikes.)In 1957 the route from east to, running roughly along the SR 14 corridor in and the turnpike in Pennsylvania, was labeled, and the rest of the route from Harrisburg to Philadelphia was assigned Interstate 80S. ( would have run from Harrisburg to.) was assigned to a route from, paralleling through Akron to Youngstown, and turning south there to end at the planned I-80. However, the 1957 numbering was drawn on a map from 1947, which did not include several changes that had been approved, specifically the across Pennsylvania. (The route in that corridor ran further north, along, and was numbered.) Thus, the final numbering, approved in 1958, assigned I-80 to the Norwalk-Youngstown route to reach the Keystone Shortway. The former alignment through Cleveland became; the turnpike was still not assigned a number from near (where I-80N and would split from it) to west of Youngstown. The route from west of Youngstown to was assigned Interstate 80S, and extended east to in when the were assigned in 1959.
(The planned I-80N in Pennsylvania became I-78.) Initial spurs of I-80S were I-180 (now ), I-280 (now ), I-480 (now ) and I-680 (now, though it swapped with I-76 in 1972). Junction of I-80 and I-76 near Youngstown, Ohio.I-80 was realigned in Ohio by 1962, largely taking over former I-80N, which ran through Cleveland, joining the turnpike southwest of Cleveland. However, while I-80N was planned to split from I-80 near and run northwest to Cleveland along, the new alignment of I-80 used the turnpike between the crossing west of Youngstown and the crossing with SR 14 at. The former I-80 from near Youngstown west to Akron became part of I-80S, as did a new alignment (already built as ) from Akron west to east of; the rest of proposed I-80 west to near Norwalk (which would have crossed I-71 near ) was removed from the Interstate Highway System. 1971, I-80 was moved to the Turnpike between Streetsboro and southwest of Cleveland; the old route became. 'To Turnpike 76' sign in PennsylvaniaOn April 16, 1963, due in part to the extension of south from the, Pennsylvania proposed a partial renumbering. A new number, tentatively designated I-76, would run from east on what was then ( bypassed to the south on what is now I-70) to the Pennsylvania Turnpike at, and then east along the remainder of I-80S to I-295.
I-80S would remain on the section of turnpikes from west of Youngstown to Monroeville. This was approved February 26, 1964, and included the renumbering of all X80 spurs to X76.On June 29, 1970, a renumbering was approved in the Pittsburgh area, with the main effect being rerouting I-79 to bypass Pittsburgh to the west on the former.
I-279 was moved to the former I-79 north of downtown, and the former I-79 from downtown southwest to new I-79 became a western extension of I-76. (It was then that was designated for former.) A realignment and extension of I-76 into Ohio, taking over the rest of I-80S to I-71 east of Lodi, was approved January 11, 1972. The former I-76 from Monroeville west into Downtown Pittsburgh became, and I-279 was extended southwest from downtown along former I-76 to I-79. (I-876 was renumbered to then.) Signs in Ohio were changed September 1, 1972; the old I-80S signs remained for about a year.On August 29, 1972, a swap of I-76 and I-676 in Philadelphia and was approved. I-76 had been routed along the Vine Street Expressway and (now I-676) through, while I-676 used the Schuylkill Expressway and to bypass downtown to the south. The switch was made because of delays in building the Vine Street Expressway, better interchange geometry at the splits, and that the ends in city streets, rather than in expressway grade.The renumbering of a Philadelphia Interstate to 76 in the years leading up to the of the 1776 signing in Philadelphia of the gives rise to the question of the highway number being an intentional tribute to the Spirit of '76. Research into federal documentation of the I-76 renumbering found no evidence of this being intentional.
Exit list In Ohio and Pennsylvania, the routes are composed mostly of turnpikes with the exceptions in east-central Ohio and eastern Pennsylvania. Auxiliary routes. runs north from I-76 at to outside of. runs east from I-76 at along the to. runs west from I-76 at, through, becomes a toll road northwest of the airport, intersects I-76 again, and terminates at I-80 in.
begins at near and heads north, crossing I-76 near and I-276 near. From there it continues north on the to at, north of. I-476 is the longest. is a planned southern bypass of, though it could become Interstate 576. is a loop through and, crossing the. It runs through several in, in violation of. was the number for present in in the early 1970s.Sports rivalries As Philadelphia and Pittsburgh lie on the I-76 corridor, these three sports rivalries are considered the I-76 Rivalry, and are also known as 'The Battle of Pennsylvania' and 'The Keystone State Rivalry':.See also.Notes.
Gregory Pietsch, misc.transport.road June 10, 2002 (message ID: [email protected] ) References.
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