Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)
Interstate Highway in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Interstate Highway in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. For the Interstate Highway in Colorado and Nebraska, see Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska).
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.[1]
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Length | 434.87 mi[1] (699.86 km) | ||||||||||||
Existed | 1964[2]–present | ||||||||||||
NHS | Entire route | ||||||||||||
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West end | I-71 / US 224 near Westfield Center, OH | ||||||||||||
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East end | I-295 / Route 42 in Bellmawr, NJ | ||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||
States | Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
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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.