Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)
Interstate from Ohio to New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Interstate 76 (I-76) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. The highway runs approximately 435.66 miles (701.13 km) from an interchange with I-71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to I-295 in Bellmawr, New Jersey. This route is not contiguous with I-76 in Colorado and Nebraska.
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Maintained by ODOT, OTIC, PTC, PennDOT, DRPA, and NJDOT | |||||||||||||
Length | 435.66 mi[1] (701.13 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 | ||||||||||||
Counties | OH: Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning PA: Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon, Franklin, Cumberland, York, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Berks, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia NJ: Camden | ||||||||||||
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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, passing near Pittsburgh and Harrisburg before leaving the turnpike at Valley Forge. At Valley Forge, I-76 becomes the Schuylkill Expressway, eventually enters Philadelphia, and then crosses the Walt Whitman Bridge into New Jersey. After only about three miles (4.8 km) in New Jersey, I-76 reaches its eastern terminus, though the freeway continues as Route 42 and the Atlantic City Expressway (A.C. Expressway) to Atlantic City.