Interstate 79 - Definition and Overview

Interstate 79 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. It runs from Charleston, West Virginia at Interstate 77 to Erie, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania State Highway 5.

Length

Major Cities Along the Route

• Charleston, West Virginia
• Morgantown, West Virginia
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (western suburbs)
• Erie, Pennsylvania

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia
• Interstate 68 in Morgantown, West Virginia
• Interstate 70 in Washington, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 76 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 80 in Pardoe, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 90 in Erie, Pennsylvania

Spur Routes

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - I-279, I-579

Notes

This interstate primarily acts as a thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

I-579, which consists mostly of the Veterans Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh, is a short Interstate, but not the shortest. (Its length is officially 1.57 miles (2.53 km); I-375 in Michigan is shorter and signed. I-878, at 0.72 miles (1.16 km), is the shortest unsigned interstate, as of 2002.)