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Interstate
76: The Eastern Interstate 76 is a major east-west Interstate
highway across eastern Ohio and Pennsylvania. It joins the Philadelphia
metropolitan area with Pittsburgh and Akron, Ohio. Interstate 76 forms
the majority of the mainline Pennsylvania Turnpike. When the
Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940, I-76 was the first long-distance
rural highway in the United States and was popularly known as the
"tunnel highway" because of the seven mountain tunnels along its route.
The western entrance to I-76 is at the OH-PA state line, and the eastern
entrance is at the PA-NJ state line at the Walt Whitman Bridge in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Interstate 76 runs 350 miles through Pennsylvania. The entire length of
I-76, 435 miles, is part of the National Highway System. Interstate 76
is also known as The Pennsylvania Turnpike from the Ohio state line to
Exit 326 and the Schuylkill Expressway from Exit 326 to the PA-NJ state
line.
I-76 interchanges with many other Interstates along its 350 mile journey
through Pennsylvania. Shortly after leaving the eastern terminus it
interchanges with I-95. Next it interchanges with I-476 (south) and
I-276 (north), which is its connection to the Northeast Extension of the
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About 60 miles out of the Philadelphia area,
I-76 spurs I-176 feeding the Reading, PA area. When it reaches Harrisburg, I-76
has its chance to interchange with I-81 and I-83 south of the city. Once I-76
hits the more mountainous and isolated portions of Pennsylvania, Interchanges
with I-70 and I-99 give it a north – south reach.
Just east of Pittsburg the I-70 and I-76 concurrence comes to an end with I-76
heading north – west and passing Pittsburg to the north as it makes its way to
the Pennsylvania – Ohio border. Interstate 76 serves most of Pennsylvania's
major urban areas, with the main east-west section serving the Pittsburgh,
Harrisburg, and Philadelphia areas and its Northeastern Extension, I-476 serving
the Allentown-Bethlehem and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre areas.
Emergencies are handled by calling 911 along the Interstate portion of I-76, and
by call boxes every mile on the Turnpike portion. Help may also be obtained by
calling *11 on the Turnpike portion. Traffic cameras are located at New Stanton,
Breezewood (Eastbound and Westbound), Harrisburg East and Valley Forge.
The majority of I-76’s Turnpike section is a toll road. EZ-Pass is available for
use on the Pennsylvania Turnpike portion of I-76 and at the Walt Whitman Bridge,
Interstate 76’s easternmost point in PA.
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