- There is also a game called Interstate '76, developed by Activision and referring to the year 1976.
Two interstate highways named Interstate 76 exist in different parts of the United States. The western I-76 runs northeast from Denver, Colorado; the eastern I-76 runs mainly through Pennsylvania.
The Western I-76
The Western I-76 runs from Interstate 70 in Denver, Colorado to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska. The mile in Nebraska is signed north-south; the rest is signed east-west.
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Major cities along the route
Intersections with other Interstates
Spur routes
None
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 (32 km) west of Akron, to an intersection with I-295 near Camden, New Jersey. For much of its course it is coterminous with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Ohio Turnpike.
It has been suggested that the number was chosen because the United States Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776, but there is no evidence of this.[1] (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/i76.htm)
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Major cities along the route
Intersections with other Interstates
- 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
Spur routes
Notes
- The Western I-76 was redesignated from I-80S in 1976, possibly as part of Colorado's Centennial Celebration, to remove the letter suffix. The Eastern I-76 was also called I-80S at one point.
- Some of the ramps at the interchange with Interstate 95 involve traffic lights; I-676 in Philadelphia also has traffic lights at the entrance to the Ben Franklin Bridge. This is because building a freeway would have disturbed historically significant areas in Philadelphia. I-76 was originally routed along the Vine Street Expressway while I-676 went on the Schuylkill Expressway, but they switched designations in 1974 due to the holdup in building the Vine Street Expressway.
- At 129 miles (207 km), 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 (34 km). Nevertheless, no three-digit interstate is longer than its parent.
- I-76 ends at I-295 in New Jersey, but the freeway continues as Route 42 and the Atlantic City Expressway to Atlantic City, New Jersey. While the South Jersey Transportation Authority (which owns the ACE) 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.
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