Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)
I-76 highlighted in red | |||||||||||||
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| Maintained by ODOT, OTIC, PTC, PennDOT, DRPA, and NJDOT | |||||||||||||
| Length | 435.66 mi (701.13 km) | ||||||||||||
| Existed | 1964–present | ||||||||||||
| NHS | Entire route | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | No hazardous goods allowed in tunnels | ||||||||||||
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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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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.
Starting in Ohio, the highway runs west of Akron to west of Youngstown, where it joins the Ohio Turnpike as a toll road. At the Pennsylvania state line, the Ohio Turnpike ends and becomes the Pennsylvania Turnpike, also a tolled facility. Along the turnpike, the route runs approximately 326 miles (525 km) across most of the southern portion of the state, serving the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg areas. At the Valley Forge Interchange, I-76 leaves the turnpike and turns southeast on the Schuylkill Expressway, known colloquially as "the Schuylkill", where it parallels the Schuylkill River toward the city of Philadelphia. After entering Philadelphia, I-76 crosses the Delaware River on the Walt Whitman Bridge into New Jersey. After only about three miles (4.8 km) in New Jersey along the North–South Freeway, I-76 reaches its eastern terminus, though the freeway continues south as Route 42.