Interstate 76
I-76 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byODOT,OTIC,PTC,PennDOT,DRPA, andNJDOT
Length	435.66 mi[2] (701.13 km)
Existed	1964[1]–present
NHS	Entire route
Restrictions	Nohazardous goods allowed in tunnels in Pennsylvania
Major junctions
West end	I-71 /US 224 nearWestfield Center, OH
Major intersections	I-77 inAkron, OH I-80 /Ohio Turnpike nearYoungstown, OH I-79 /US 19 inCranberry Township, PA I-70 fromNew Stanton, PA toBreezewood, PA I-83 nearHarrisburg, PA I-276 Toll /Penna Turnpike inKing of Prussia, PA I-476 nearWest Conshohocken, PA I-95 inPhiladelphia, PA
East end	I-295 /Route 42 inBellmawr, NJ
Location
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
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future
←SR 75 OH →SR 76 ←PA 75 PA →PA 76 ←Route 75 NJ →Route 76 ←Route 76 76C →Route 77

Interstate 76 (I-76) is an east–westInterstate Highway in theEastern United States. The highway runs approximately 435.66 miles (701.13 km) from aninterchange withI-71 west ofAkron, Ohio, east toI-295 inBellmawr, New Jersey. This route is not contiguous withI-76 in Colorado and Nebraska.

Starting inOhio, the highway runs west of Akron to west ofYoungstown, where it joins theOhio Turnpike as atoll road. At thePennsylvania state line, the Ohio Turnpike ends and becomes thePennsylvania 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 thePittsburgh andHarrisburg areas. At theValley Forge Interchange, I-76 leaves the turnpike and turns southeast on theSchuylkill Expressway, known colloquially as "the Schuylkill", where it parallels theSchuylkill River toward the city ofPhiladelphia. After entering Philadelphia, I-76 crosses theDelaware River on theWalt Whitman Bridge intoNew Jersey. After only about three miles (4.8 km) in New Jersey along theNorth–South Freeway, I-76 reaches its eastern terminus, though the freeway continues south asRoute 42.

I-76 begins at exit 209 ofI-71 inWestfield Township, approximately six miles (9.7 km) east ofLodi, Ohio;U.S. Route 224 (US 224) continues west from the end of I-76. Theinterchange was previously adouble trumpet but was reconstructed in 2010.^[3] Officially, I-76 begins at the beginning of the ramp from I-71 north; it merges with US 224 at mile 0.61. After passing through ruralMedina County, I-76 entersSummit County and soon crossesState Route 21 (SR 21, oldUS 21), once the main north–south route through the area untilI-77 replaced it, at acloverleaf interchange. I-76 then passes throughWadsworth,Norton, andBarberton and then entersAkron; this section of road was built as US 224.

Soon after entering Akron, I-76 turns north onto the short Kenmore Expressway. US 224 leaves I-76 there and continues east withI-277 toward I-77. Shortly after heading north from the I-277 interchange, I-76 meets I-77 and again turns east, joining southbound I-77 south of downtown Akron on the West Expressway. A partial interchange provides access toSR 59 (the Innerbelt), and then I-76 crosses through theCentral Interchange, where I-77 goes south (on the South Expressway) andSR 8 begins to the north (on the North Expressway); I-76 switches from the West Expressway to the East Expressway.

Leaving the Akron area, I-76 again heads through rural areas, crossingPortage County and enteringMahoning County.

West ofYoungstown, the freeway intersects theOhio Turnpike andI-80 via a double trumpet interchange, and the two Interstates swap rights-of-way. I-76 joins the Ohio Turnpike and heads southeast towardPittsburgh, while I-80 exits the turnpike and continues east toward Youngstown on I-76's alignment. The Ohio Turnpike carries I-76 until thePennsylvania border, where it becomes thePennsylvania Turnpike.

From theOhio border, thePennsylvania Turnpike carries I-76 into and across most ofPennsylvania, bypassingYoungstown, Ohio to the south andPittsburgh to the north. There is a free interchange withUS 19 andI-79 nearWexford. At one point, I-76 used to begin in Pittsburgh on a route that was signed asI-376 around the 1970s. It intersects with this highway inMonroeville.

FromNew Stanton toBreezewood, I-76 is concurrent with I-70. In this section are the bypass (built in the 1960s) of theLaurel Hill Tunnel, then the still-in-useAllegheny Mountain Tunnel in a relatively unpopulated section ofSouth Central Pennsylvania, and then an indirect connection withI-99 inBedford. The turnpike also passes through theSomerset Wind Farm^[4] and is the closest Interstate highway to theFlight 93 National Memorial inShanksville.

At Breezewood, I-70 exits the turnpike (making use of a short stretch of theold alignment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike), while I-76 bypasses theRays Hill andSideling Hill tunnels along a new alignment built in the 1960s. The major features of this section are more mountains with theTuscarora Mountain Tunnel and then a double tunnel (Kittatinny/Blue Mountain) prior toPennsylvania Route 997 (PA 997) nearShippensburg. I-76 intersectsI-81 (indirectly) inCarlisle thenI-83 andI-283 nearHarrisburg, bypassing Harrisburg to the south. TheSusquehanna River Bridge is a six-lane bridge that was constructed in 2003 using precast segments that replaced an older bridge across theSusquehanna River.^[5] InMorgantown,I-176 provides a connection north toReading. AtValley Forge, I-76 diverges towardPhiladelphia, but the turnpike (asI-276) bypasses it to the north.

The Schuylkill Expressway begins at theValley Forge interchange of thePennsylvania Turnpike in the community ofKing of Prussia inUpper Merion Township,Montgomery County. The I-76 designation continues west on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from this point, while the Pennsylvania Turnpike from this point east is designatedI-276. The road heads southeast from thetrumpet interchange as a nine-lanefreeway carrying four westbound lanes and five eastbound lanes that is designated as part of I-76, passing through the Valley Forge Interchange toll plaza. Past the toll plaza, the Schuylkill Expressway narrows to four lanes, with two lanes in each direction, and comes to an eastbound exit and entrance with North Gulph Road, providing access toValley Forge National Historical Park and the Village at Valley Forge residential and retail development, the latter of which contains theKing of Prussia Town Center lifestyle center, and a westbound exit and entrance with Mall Boulevard, providing access to theKing of Prussia shopping mall to the northeast of the road. There is also a westbound entrance from Pulaski Drive just east of the toll plaza. The freeway passes businesses and comes to an interchange withU.S. Route 202 (US 202), the eastern terminus ofUS 422, and Swedesford Road that serves King of Prussia. A westboundcollector–distributor road carrying two lanes provides access to the US 202/US 422/Swedesford Road and Mall Boulevard interchanges. I-76 passes underChester Valley Trail andNorfolk Southern Railway'sDale Secondary railroad line and continues east-southeast as a four-lane road between residential areas to the southwest and commercial areas to the northeast. The freeway heads east and comes to a westbound exit and entrance with South Gulph and South Henderson roads. The Schuylkill Expressway curves southeast near wooded areas of homes before coming to an interchange withPennsylvania Route 320 (PA 320) in the community ofGulph Mills. This interchange has an eastbound exit and entrance and a westbound exit. Within this interchange, the highway passes overSEPTA'sNorristown High Speed Line and crossesGulph Creek. Past the PA 320 interchange, I-76 continues east-southeast through woodland near residential development, heading intoLower Merion Township. The freeway entersWest Conshohocken and comes to an interchange withI-476 that also has ramps providing access toPA 23 and serving West Conshohocken andConshohocken.^[6][7]

Past the I-476 interchange, the Schuylkill Expressway heads east and comes to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance providing access to PA 23 and Conshohocken, passing near residential and commercial development. The freeway passes over PA 23 and leaves West Conshohocken for Lower Merion Township, where it heads through wooded areas and runs on top of a cliff, with Norfolk Southern Railway'sHarrisburg Line and theSchuylkill River parallel to the north below the cliff and another cliff rising above the highway to the south.^[6][7] East of Conshohocken at about mile marker 331, it curves sharply southeast in a 90-degree turn locally known as the "Conshohocken Curve" or "Conshy Curve", which has a history of traffic congestion and dangerous conditions.^{[8][9][10][11]} I-76 continues southeast through wooded areas, with the railroad tracks and the river parallel to the northeast. Farther southeast, the Schuylkill Expressway crossesMill Creek and comes to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Hollow Road that provides access to the community ofGladwyne. The freeway passes over theFlat Rock Tunnel carrying Norfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line and continues to the southeast with the Schuylkill River to the northeast and the railroad tracks to the southwest. I-76 comes to adiamond interchange with Belmont Avenue and Green Lane, with Belmont Avenue heading south through the community ofBala Cynwyd in Lower Merion Township, and Green Lane crossing the river into the neighborhood ofManayunk inPhiladelphia. Following this interchange, the freeway passes under theManayunk Bridge that carries an extension of theCynwyd Heritage Trail across the Schuylkill River. The Schuylkill Expressway passes over Norfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line and runs southeast between theWest Laurel Hill Cemetery to the southwest and an industrial area to the northeast that is sandwiched between the railroad tracks and the river. I-76 comes to an interchange with City Avenue on the border of Lower Merion Township and Philadelphia inPhiladelphia County; City Avenue heads southwest asUS 1 and northeast across the Schuylkill River on theCity Avenue Bridges to an interchange withRidge Avenue,Lincoln Drive, andKelly Drive.^[6][7]

Past the City Avenue interchange, I-76 entersPhiladelphia and becomesconcurrent with US 1, with the Schuylkill Expressway widening from four lanes to eight lanes and running between the West Falls Yard onNorfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line and the river to the north and wooded areas ofFairmount Park to the south. US 1 splits from I-76 by heading northeast on the Roosevelt Expressway, while I-76 continues south on the Schuylkill Expressway, heading through Fairmount Park and running parallel toCSX Transportation'sTrenton Subdivision railroad line,Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, theSchuylkill River Trail, and the Schuylkill River to the east. The freeway curves to the southwest, with CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision heading east away from the road and CSX Transportation'sHarrisburg Subdivision railroad line beginning to run parallel. I-76 comes to a diamond interchange with Montgomery Drive that provides access to Fairmount Park and serves theMann Center for the Performing Arts. Following this, the Schuylkill Expressway narrows to six lanes and turns to the southeast, running through more of the park with the railroad tracks, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Schuylkill River Trail, and the Schuylkill River parallel to the northeast. The freeway passes under CSX Transportation's Harrisburg Subdivision and comes to an interchange withUS 13 andUS 30 atGirard Avenue. Within this interchange, the highway passes under thePennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge that carriesAmtrak'sNortheast Corridor railroad line across the Schuylkill River before heading under theGirard Avenue Bridge that carries US 13 (Girard Avenue) across the river. US 30 becomes concurrent with I-76 on the Schuylkill Expressway at this point and the road heads south, with thePhiladelphia Zoo to the west and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Schuylkill River Trail, and the Schuylkill River still parallel to the east. The freeway turns southeast and runs between Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to the southwest and the river drive, trail, and river to the northeast, withBoathouse Row on the opposite bank of the river. The Schuylkill Expressway comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Spring Garden Street, which heads east across the Schuylkill River toward thePhiladelphia Museum of Art. The freeway continues south, heading east of Amtrak's Penn Coach Yard, and comes to an interchange with the western terminus ofI-676, which heads east along with US 30 on theVine Street Expressway intoCenter City.^[6][12]

Following this, I-76 narrows to four lanes and heads south between theAmtrak yard to the west and theSchuylkill River to the east. The road comes to an interchange withMarket Street (PA 3) and 30th Street that provides access to30th Street Station that serves Amtrak,SEPTA Regional Rail, andNJ Transit'sAtlantic City Line along with theCira Centre andUniversity City. At this point, the Schuylkill Expressway dips below street level and runs in a tunnel sandwiched between 30th Street Station and the city'sformer main Post Office facility to the west and the river to the east, with Schuylkill Avenue running at street level above the tunnel and intersecting John F. Kennedy Boulevard (PA 3 west), Market Street (PA 3 east),Chestnut Street, andWalnut Street. Past the interchange, the freeway returns to ground level and runs southwest between Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to the northwest and the Schuylkill River to the southeast, coming to an interchange withSouth Street that has left exits and entrances. I-76 continues southwest alongside the river, with athletic fields belonging to theUniversity of Pennsylvania to the northwest of the road. The Schuylkill Expressway passes under theSchuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge that carries CSX Transportation's Harrisburg Subdivision across the river before coming to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance providing access to University Avenue.^[6][12]

Following this, the freeway passes over the Schuylkill River on theSchuylkill Expressway Bridge and heads intoSouth Philadelphia. The highway passes over CSX Transportation'sPhiladelphia Subdivision railroad line and heads south-southwest near urban residential and commercial areas, reaching a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with 34th Street just south of Wharton Street that provides access to Grays Ferry Avenue. I-76 widens to six lanes and continues south near urban development, curving southeast and running between the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery andPhiladelphia Gas Works to the southwest and urban neighborhoods to the northeast and reaching an eastbound interchange for 28th Street and a westbound interchange with Vare Avenue and Mifflin Street. The Schuylkill Expressway comes to an interchange with Passyunk and Oregon avenues that also has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance to 26th Street that provides access toPA 291 andPhiladelphia International Airport. At this point, I-76 narrows to four lanes and turns south, with a CSX Transportation railroad branch parallel to the west and CSX Transportation's Harrisburg Subdivision parallel to the east. This marks the point heading eastbound where theDRPA maintains the road. The freeway makes a sharp turn to the east and passes under the Harrisburg Subdivision, heading near commercial areas and coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with the eastern terminus of PA 291 at Penrose Avenue, providing access to Philadelphia International Airport. The Schuylkill Expressway continues east near urban residential neighborhoods and reaches an interchange withPA 611 (Broad Street). From here, I-76 widens to six lanes and passes north of theSouth Philadelphia Sports Complex andLive! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, coming to an interchange with 7th Street and Packer Avenue that has an eastbound exit and entrance and a westbound exit. A short distance later, the freeway comes to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance providing access toI-95 andFront Street. Immediately after, the road has a westbound toll plaza for theWalt Whitman Bridge. The freeway heads onto the seven-lane Walt Whitman Bridge, which carries it over Front Street, I-95,Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Swanson Street Industrial Track, industrial areas in thePort of Philadelphia,Christopher Columbus Boulevard, thePhiladelphia Belt Line Railroad, and finally theDelaware River. At this point, the Schuylkill Expressway ends and I-76 continues intoNew Jersey.^[6][12]

Just after crossing the Delaware River on the Walt Whitman Bridge, I-76 turns south and becomes theNorth–South Freeway, which carries I-676 north toDowntown Camden; the unsigned Route 76C connector runs east toUS 130 andRoute 168. Theexit numbers in New Jersey are backward, running from east to west. Though signed eastbound towardAtlantic City, the route ends nearGloucester City in westernCamden County at an interchange withI-295.

From the exit forI-676 to the end, I-76 originally hadlocal–express lanes in both directions; the barriers in both directions, however, have been removed due to rebuilding of the I-295, I-76, andRoute 42 interchange. I-76 ends at an interchange with I-295 on theMount Ephraim–Bellmawr town line. The road becomes Route 42, continuing south on the North–South Freeway and then feeding into theA.C. Expressway toAtlantic City. While theSouth Jersey Transportation Authority (which owns the A.C. Expressway) is not against the idea of making the freeway section of Route 42 and the A.C. Expressway an eastern extension of I-76, they feel that making the change without a compelling reason would only add to motorists' confusion in southern New Jersey.^[13]

The majority of I-76 along thePennsylvania Turnpike includes the first long-distance ruralfreeway in the U.S.; theOhio Turnpike and Schuylkill Expressway are also pre-Interstate freeways. By 1955, the section of that route from west ofYoungstown to Center City, was included in the plannedInterstate Highway System, as was present I-76 from west of Youngstown toAkron. (Some early plans called for a new freeway alongSR 14 to thePennsylvania state line; it is unclear when the proposed route was shifted to the turnpikes.)

In 1957, the route fromCleveland east toHarrisburg, running roughly along the SR 14 corridor inOhio and the turnpike in Pennsylvania, was labeledI-80, and the rest of the route from Harrisburg to Philadelphia was assigned I-80S. (I-80N would have run from Harrisburg toNew York City.)I-78 was assigned to a route fromNorwalk, parallelingSR 18 through Akron to Youngstown and turning south there to end at the planned I-80.

The 1957 numbering, however, was drawn on a map from 1947, which did not include several changes that had been approved, specifically theKeystone Shortway across Pennsylvania. (The route in that corridor ran further north, alongUS 6, and was numberedI-84.) Thus, the final numbering, approved in 1958, assigned I-80 to the Norwalk–Youngstown route to reach the Keystone Shortway. The former alignment through Cleveland became I-80N; the turnpike was still not assigned a number from nearElyria (where I-80N andI-90 would split from it) to west of Youngstown. The route from west of Youngstown toPhiladelphia was assigned I-80S, and extended east toI-295 inNew Jersey whenauxiliary Interstates were assigned in 1959. (The planned I-80N in Pennsylvania became I-78.) Initial spurs of I-80S were I-180 (nowI-176), I-280 (nowI-276), I-480 (nowI-476), and I-680 (nowI-676, though it swapped with I-76 in 1972).

I-80 was realigned in Ohio by 1962, largely taking over former I-80N, which ran through Cleveland, joining the turnpike southwest of Cleveland. However, while I-80N was planned to split from I-80 nearKent and run northwest to Cleveland alongSR 14, the new alignment of I-80 used the turnpike between the crossing west of Youngstown and the crossing with SR 14 atStreetsboro. The former I-80 from near Youngstown west to Akron became part of I-80S, as did a new alignment (already built asUS 224) from Akron west toI-71 east ofLodi; the rest of proposed I-80 west to near Norwalk (which would have crossed I-71 nearMedina) was removed from the Interstate Highway System. I-80 was moved to the turnpike between Streetsboro and southwest of Clevelandc. 1971; the old route becameI-480.

On April 16, 1963, due in part to the extension ofI-79 south fromGreater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania proposed a partial renumbering. A new number, tentatively designated I-76, would run fromDowntown Pittsburgh east on what was thenI-70 (I-70S bypassedPittsburgh to the south on what is now I-70) to the Pennsylvania Turnpike atMonroeville, and then east along the remainder of I-80S to I-295. I-80S would remain on the section of turnpikes from west of Youngstown to Monroeville. This was approved February 26, 1964, and included the renumbering of all I-X80 spurs to I-X76.^[1]

On June 29, 1970, a renumbering was approved in the Pittsburgh area, with the main effect being rerouting I-79 to bypass Pittsburgh to the west on the formerI-279. I-279 was moved to the former I-79 north of downtown, and the former I-79 from downtown southwest to new I-79 became a western extension of I-76. (It was then thatI-876 was designated for formerI-479.) A realignment and extension of I-76 into Ohio, taking over the rest of I-80S to I-71 east of Lodi, was approved January 11, 1972. The former I-76 from Monroeville west into Downtown Pittsburgh becameI-376, and I-279 was extended southwest from downtown along former I-76 to I-79. (I-876 was renumbered toI-579 then.) Signs in Ohio were changed September 1, 1972; the old I-80S signs remained for about a year.

Pennsylvania Route 43
Location	King of Prussia–Philadelphia
Length	27.5 mi (44.3 km)
Existed	1951–1964

Plans for a limited-access highway along the west bank of theSchuylkill River originated in 1932, as part of a proposed cars-onlyparkway system for thePhiladelphia area similar to the contemporary system being built inNew York City. The "Valley Forge Parkway" was to have run fromFairmount Park to Valley Forge State Park (nowValley Forge National Historical Park) with plans for a later extension toReading viaPottstown. However, planning for the proposed parkway system stalled and the plan was eventually abandoned.^{[citation needed]} Planning for today's Schukill expressway began in 1947, when the city of Philadelphia approved plans to develop a highway connecting Philadelphia with the terminus of the planned Philadelphia Extension of thePennsylvania Turnpike near Valley Forge. The highway was designed by engineers Michael Rapuano, who had previously aided in the design of theGarden State Parkway, and Bill Allen of Gannett Fleming. The new expressway largely followed the earlier planned parkway route from Valley Forge to Fairmount Park, while also extending into southern Philadelphia and across theDelaware River intoNew Jersey. Two alternatives were proposed south ofUniversity City: one routing would continue along the west bank of the river intoSouthwest Philadelphia to its confluence nearPhiladelphia International Airport, where it would tunnel underneath the Delaware toPaulsboro, New Jersey; the other would cross the Schuylkill south of University City and bisectSouth Philadelphia, crossing the Delaware River intoGloucester City, New Jersey. Planned expansions of the airport in the path of the former proposal led to adoption of the routing through South Philadelphia.^[14] Construction of the road began in 1949. The road was completed in stages, with a short segment near King of Prussia opening in 1951 along with the turnpike's Philadelphia Extension, with the section fromKing of Prussia toConshohocken opening a year later. The section between Conshohocken andCity Avenue opened in 1954. TheWalt Whitman Bridge opened in 1957. The expressway was completed through Fairmount Park in 1959, and, in 1960, the entire expressway was complete with the opening of the segment through University City.^[14]

The Schuylkill Expressway was initially designated as PA 43 and was cosigned withI-80S between King of Prussia and Center City andI-680 between Center City and the Walt Whitman Bridge when the Interstate Highway System was designated in 1956.^[15][16] Prior to the roadways being signed as Interstates, I-395 was to be designated along the Schuylkill Expressway from the Vine Street Expressway to the Walt Whitman Bridge; however, I-680 was preferred to be the final designation for this route.^{[citation needed]} On April 16, 1963, Pennsylvania wanted to renumber its Interstate numbers. Part of this was the renumbering from I-80S into I-76, and all of itsauxiliary routes into I-x76. TheFederal Highway Administration approved the request on February 26, 1964. As a result, I-80S became I-76 and I-680 became I-676.^[17] In addition to this renumbering, the PA 43 designation was removed from the Schuylkill Expressway.^[18]

Immediately after its completion, operational studies performed on the Schuylkill Expressway found that the route would be unable to cope with the area's growing traffic demands, due to the many substandard design elements and compromises incorporated to cope with the rugged, difficult routing of the road. In 1962, plans were announced for a parallel expressway along the east bank of the Schuylkill River known as theManayunk Expressway; however, these plans were quickly withdrawn due to substantial opposition. An alternative plan was then introduced to widen the entire highway to eight lanes in time for theUS Bicentennial in 1976; however, these plans were also shelved due to local disapproval. A scaled-down widening project was successfully undertaken from 1969 to 1972 to widen a short section of the road to six lanes through Fairmount Park.^{[citation needed]}

On August 29, 1972, a swap of I-76 and I-676 in Philadelphia andCamden was approved. I-76 had been routed along the Vine Street Expressway andBen Franklin Bridge (now I-676) through Center City, while I-676 used the Schuylkill Expressway andWalt Whitman Bridge to bypass downtown to the south.^[19] The switch was made because of delays in building the Vine Street Expressway, better interchange geometry at the splits, and that theBen Franklin Bridge ends in city streets, rather than in expressway grade. The renumbering of a Philadelphia Interstate to I-76 in the years leading up to theBicentennial Celebration of the 1776 signing in Philadelphia of theDeclaration of Independence gives rise to the question of the highway number being an intentional tribute to the spirit of 1776.U.S. Department of Transportation research into federal documentation of the I-76 renumbering found no evidence of this being intentional.^[1]

From 1985 to 1989, part of the Schuylkill Expressway was reconstructed with new pavement.^[20]

In the almost seven decades since its opening, congestion on the Schuylkill Expressway has steadily increased. Plans to expand the expressway to eight lanes by building an upper deck, includinghigh-occupancy toll lanes, were advocated by former Pennsylvania House SpeakerJohn Perzel, but never came to fruition.^[21] PennDOT completed a scaled back version of a $23.7-million (equivalent to $32.9 million in 2023) project to add 29webcams on the Schuylkill Expressway between the Conshohocken Curve and Passyunk Avenue in 2008.^[22]

On the afternoon of June 8, 2011, a section of the Schuylkill Expressway near Grays Ferry Avenue buckled from temperatures around 100 °F (38 °C), causing lane closures. The closed lane of the road was later reopened temporarily until full repairs could be made.^[23]

Exactly three months later, on September 8, 2011, heavy rains caused byTropical Storm Lee caused a rockslide in the vicinity of the Conshohocken Curve, flooding near Belmont Avenue, and a mudslide by Girard Avenue. For hours, motorists were stuck at various locations in both directions between I-476 and Girard Avenue until the mess could be cleaned up.

In May 2011, the new westbound entrance at South Gulph and South Henderson roads in King of Prussia was completed and in November the westbound exit was completed. The new interchange cost $10.5 million (equivalent to $14 million in 2023) and used money from theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[24]

PennDOT has installedvariable speed limit signs along the Schuylkill Expressway, where the speed limit can be lowered due to factors such as inclement weather or accidents as well as to manage traffic flow. The variable speed limit signs were activated on April 8, 2021. The project incorporatesvariable-message signs to alert motorists to traffic congestion ahead. It could also coordinate with SEPTA to provide motorists with real-time mass transit information to give commuters an option to exit the highway and use public transportation to finish their trip at some point. There are also future plans to coordinate traffic signals on roads leading to the Schuylkill Expressway and installramp meters on entrance ramps to the highway. PennDOT is in the preliminary stages of studying plans to use the right shoulder of the Schuylkill Expressway as a travel lane in certain sections during peak periods; construction of these lanes is not expected to begin until sometime in the mid-2020s.^[25]

In 2022, one mile of the highway in Lower Merion Township was designated as the "Firefighter Thomas Royds Memorial Highway" in honor of Thomas Royds, a firefighter who was killed by a drunk driver while responding to an accident on the highway in 2021.^[26]

The rugged terrain, limited riverfront space covered by the route and narrow spans of bridges passing over the highway have largely stymied attempts to upgrade or widen the Schuylkill Expressway. With the road being highly over capacity, it has become notorious for its chronic congestion.^[27] An average of 163,000 vehicles use the road daily in Philadelphia County,^[28] and an average of 109,000 use the highway in Montgomery County,^[29] making it the busiest road in Pennsylvania.^[30] Its narrow lane and left shoulder configuration, left lane entrances and exits (nicknamed "merge or die"), common construction activity, and generally congested conditions have led to many accidents, critical injuries, and fatalities, leading to the highway'shumorous nickname of the "Surekill Expressway" or, in further embellishment, the "Surekill Distressway" or the "Surekill Crawlway".^[31]

Exit numbers on the turnpike portion in Ohio follow the mileage markers for theOhio Turnpike.

State	County	Location	mi	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Ohio	Medina	Westfield Township	0.00	0.00			US 224 west –Lodi,Findlay	Continuation west; western end of US 224 concurrency
						1	I-71 –Columbus,Cleveland,Cincinnati	Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) westbound; exit 209A on I-71
		Seville	2.32	3.73		2	SR 3 –Medina,Seville
		Wadsworth	7.72	12.42		7	SR 57 –Rittman,Medina
			9.76	15.71		9	SR 94 –North Royalton,Wadsworth
			11.71	18.85		11	SR 261 –Norton,Wadsworth
	Summit	Norton	13.32	21.44		13	SR 21 –Massillon,Cleveland	Signed as exits 13A (south) and 13B (north)
			14.65	23.58		14	Cleveland–Massillon Road
			16.19	26.06		16	Barber Road
		Barberton	17.53	28.21		17	State Street toSR 619 (East Avenue / Wooster Road)	Former partial diamond interchange; reconstructed to a full diamond interchange to increase the distance from I-277/Kenmore Leg interchange
			17.83	28.69			SR 619 (East Avenue / Wooster Road) –Barberton
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
		Akron	18.62	29.97		18	I-277 east /US 224 east –Mogadore	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern end of US 224 concurrency; exit 1 on I-277
			19.04	30.64		19	Battles Avenue / Kenmore Boulevard
			20.45	32.91		20	I-77 north –Cleveland	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western end of I-77 concurrency; exit number not signed westbound
			20.79	33.46		21A	East Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			21.59	34.75		21B	Lakeshore Boulevard /Bowery Street	Eastbound exit and entrance
			21.73	34.97		21C	SR 59 east –Downtown	Eastbound signage
			21.77	35.04			ToSR 59 east / Dart Avenue	Westbound signage
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			22.39	36.03		22	Main Street / Broadway Street –Downtown	Was exit 22A before Wolf Ledges/Grant Street exit was removed
			22.79	36.68		22B	Wolf Ledges Parkway / Grant Street	Closed June 14, 2017[32]
			23.57	37.93		23	I-77 south /SR 8 north –Canton,Cuyahoga Falls,Cleveland	Eastern end of I-77 concurrency; signed as exits 23A (north) and 23B (south);Central Interchange
			23.83	38.35		24A	Inman Street / Johnston Street	Former westbound exit only; closed November 7, 2021[33]
			24.34	39.17		24	Arlington Street	Westbound signage; was exit 24B before Inman Street/Johnston Street exit was removed
			24.71	39.77			Arlington Street / Kelly Avenue	Eastbound signage
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			25.00	40.23		25A	SR 241 (Innovation Way)	Signed as exit 25 westbound
		25.67	41.31		25B	Brittain Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	26.11	42.02		26	SR 18 (East Market Street)	Access to Mogadore Road (formerSR 526)
	Springfield Township	27.35	44.02		27	Gilchrist Road, Canton Road toSR 91
	Tallmadge	29.00	46.67		29	SR 532 –Mogadore,Tallmadge
	Portage	Brimfield Township	31.31	50.39		31	CR 18 (Tallmadge Road)
			33.04	53.17		33	SR 43 –Kent,Hartville
		Rootstown Township	38.53	62.01		38	SR 5 east /SR 44 –Ravenna	Signed as exits 38A (south) and 38B (north) eastbound
		Edinburg Township	43.07	69.31		43	SR 14 –Alliance,Ravenna
		Palmyra Township	48.58	78.18		48	SR 225 –Alliance
	Mahoning	Milton Township	54.04	86.97		54	SR 534 –Lake Milton,Newton Falls
		Jackson Township	57.25	92.13		57	Bailey Road toSR 45 –Warren
			59.85	96.32		218 (WB) 219 (EB)	I-80 /Ohio Turnpike west –Toledo,Youngstown	Western end of Ohio Turnpike concurrency
							CR 18 (Mahoning Avenue)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		Beaver Township			16	232	SR 7 –Youngstown	Last eastbound exit before toll
				16A	234	I-680 north –Youngstown,Poland	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Springfield Township				Mahoning Valley Service Plaza (westbound) Glacier Hills Service Plaza (eastbound)
				Eastgate Toll Barrier (westbound only)
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			82.12 0.000	132.16 0.000	Ohio Turnpike becomesPennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania	Lawrence	North Beaver Township	1.43	2.30	Gateway Toll Gantry (eastbound only; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate)
	Beaver	Big Beaver	10.70	17.22	1A	10	I-376 Toll –New Castle,Pittsburgh	Exit 26 on I-376;New Castle Interchange; last westbound exit before toll
			12.87	20.71	2	13	PA 18 –Ellwood City,Beaver Falls	Beaver Valley Interchange
		Beaver River	13.0– 13.3	20.9– 21.4	Beaver River Bridge
	Butler	Cranberry Township	28.47	45.82	3	28	I-79 /US 19 –Pittsburgh,Erie	Exit 77 on I-79; access toOld Economy Village State Historic Site;Cranberry Interchange (formerly known as Perry Highway Interchange); last eastbound exit before toll
	Allegheny	Marshall Township	33	53	Toll Gantry (E-ZPass ortoll-by-plate)
		Hampton Township	39.10	62.93	4	39	PA 8 –Pittsburgh,Butler	Butler Valley Interchange
		Harmar Township	47.73	76.81	5	48	ToPA 28 –New Kensington,Pittsburgh	Access via Freeport Road;Allegheny Valley Interchange
		Allegheny River	47.8– 48.2	76.9– 77.6	Allegheny River Bridge
		Plum	49.30	79.34	Oakmont Plum Service Plaza (eastbound)
		Monroeville	56.44	90.83	6	57	I-376 west /US 22 /US 22 Bus. west –Pittsburgh,Monroeville	Eastern terminus and exit 85 on I-376; US 22 Bus. not signed; access toNorth Shore Destinations;Pittsburgh Interchange
	Westmoreland	Penn Township	62.84	101.13		62	PA 130	Proposed; construction expected to begin in 2035[34]
		North Huntingdon Township	67.22	108.18	1 7	67	US 30 –Irwin,Greensburg,McKeesport	Signed for Greensburg eastbound, McKeesport westbound;Irwin Interchange
		New Stanton	75.39	121.33	2 8	75	I-70 west toUS 119 /PA Turnpike 66 north –Greensburg,Wheeling, WV	Western end of I-70 concurrency; access to US 119/PA 66 via SR 3091; access toWashington, PA,Columbus, OH,Connellsville, andDelmont;New Stanton Interchange
		Hempfield Township	77.60	124.89	New Stanton Service Plaza (westbound)
		Donegal Township	90.69	145.95	3 9	91	PA 31 toPA 711 –Ligonier,Uniontown	Donegal Interchange
	Somerset	Somerset	109.91	176.88	4 10	110	ToUS 219 –Somerset,Johnstown	Access viaPA 281; access toFlight 93 National Memorial;Somerset Interchange
		Somerset Township	112.30– 112.40	180.73– 180.89	North Somerset Service Plaza (westbound) South Somerset Service Plaza (eastbound)
		Stonycreek–Allegheny township line	122.7– 123.9	197.5– 199.4	Allegheny Mountain Tunnel
	Bedford	Bedford Township	145.50	234.16	5 11	146	ToI-99 north /US 220 –Bedford,Altoona	Access viaUS 220 Bus.; access toBlue Knob State Park,Shawnee State Park, andCumberland, MD;Bedford Interchange
			147.30	237.06	North Midway Service Plaza (westbound) South Midway Service Plaza (eastbound)
		East Providence Township	161.50	259.91	6 12	161	I-70 east toUS 30 –Everett,Baltimore	Eastern end of I-70 concurrency; Everett not signed eastbound;Breezewood Interchange
	Fulton	Taylor Township	172.30	277.29	Sideling Hill Service Plaza (both directions)
		Dublin Township	179.44	288.78	7 13	180	US 522 –McConnellsburg,Mount Union	Fort Littleton Interchange
	Huntingdon–Franklin county line	Dublin–Metal township line	187.3– 188.3	301.4– 303.0	Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel
	Franklin	Metal Township	188.59	303.51	8 14	189	PA 75 –Willow Hill,Fort Loudon	Willow Hill Interchange
		Fannett–Lurgan township line	198.5– 199.4	319.5– 320.9	Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel
		Lurgan Township	199.5– 200.3	321.1– 322.4	Blue Mountain Tunnel
			201.29	323.94	9 15	201	PA 997 –Shippensburg,Chambersburg	Blue Mountain Interchange
	Cumberland	Hopewell Township	202.50	325.89	Blue Mountain Service Plaza (westbound)
		West Pennsboro Township	219.10	352.61	Cumberland Valley Service Plaza (eastbound)
		Middlesex Township	226.54	364.58	10/11 16	226	US 11 toI-81 –Carlisle,Harrisburg,Chambersburg	Signed for Harrisburg eastbound, Chambersburg westbound; access toUS Army War College andUS Army Heritage Center;Carlisle Interchange
		Upper Allen Township	236.22	380.16	17	236	US 15 –Gettysburg,Harrisburg	Access toHarrisburg State Capital; Gettysburg Pike Interchange
	York	Fairview Township	241.87	389.25	18	242	I-83 –York,Baltimore,Harrisburg	Exit 39B on I-83; access toHarrisburg State Capital;Harrisburg West Interchange
	Susquehanna River		246.5– 247.3	396.7– 398.0	Susquehanna River Bridge
	Dauphin	Lower Swatara Township	247.38	398.12	19	247	I-283 north toPA 283 east –Harrisburg,Hershey	Southern terminus of I-283; access toHarrisburg International Airport andHarrisburg State Capital;Harrisburg East Interchange
			249.70	401.85	Highspire Service Plaza (eastbound)
	Dauphin–Lebanon county line	Conewago–South Londonderry township line	258.80	416.50	Lawn Service Plaza (westbound)
	Lancaster	Rapho Township	266.45	428.81	20	266	PA 72 –Lebanon,Manheim,Lancaster	Signed for Manheim eastbound, Lancaster westbound; access toCornwall Iron Furnace State Historic Site andHershey;Lebanon–Lancaster Interchange
		East Cocalico Township	286.09	460.42	21	286	ToUS 222 /PA 272 –Reading,Ephrata,Lancaster	Access via Colonel Howard Boulevard; signed for Ephrata eastbound, Lancaster westbound; access toEphrata Cloister andLandis Valley Museum;Reading Interchange
		Brecknock Township	289.90	466.55	Bowmansville Service Plaza (eastbound)
			291	468	Toll Gantry (E-ZPass ortoll-by-plate)
	Berks	Caernarvon Township	298.33	480.12	22	298	I-176 north toPA 10 /PA 23 –Morgantown,Reading	Southern terminus of I-176; access toDaniel Boone Homestead State Historical Site;Morgantown Interchange
	Chester	Wallace Township	304.80	490.53	Peter J. Camiel Service Plaza (westbound)
		​	310	500	Toll Gantry (E-ZPass ortoll-by-plate)
		Uwchlan Township	311.93	502.00	23	312	PA 100 –Pottstown,West Chester	Access toHopewell Furnace National Historic Site;Downingtown Interchange
		​	312	502	Toll Gantry (E-ZPass ortoll-by-plate)
		Charlestown–East Whiteland– Tredyffrin township tripoint	319.33	513.91	–	320	PA 29 –Phoenixville,Malvern
		Tredyffrin Township	322	518	Toll Gantry (E-ZPass ortoll-by-plate)
			324.50	522.23	Valley Forge Service Plaza (eastbound)
	Montgomery	Upper Merion Township	326.62– 327.28	525.64– 526.71	24	326	I-276 Toll east /Penna Turnpike east toI-95 Toll north /N.J. Turnpike /I-476 –New York City,Allentown	Western terminus of I-276; eastern end ofPennsylvania Turnpike concurrency; I-476 signed westbound, NJTP signed eastbound;Valley Forge Interchange
			327.55– 327.70	527.14– 527.38	25	327	North Gulph Road / Village Drive / Mall Boulevard –Valley Forge	Signed for N. Gulph/Village Dr./Valley Forge eastbound, Mall Blvd. westbound; access toValley Forge Casino Resort; last westbound exit before toll
			327.98	527.83	26	328	US 202 /US 422 west / Swedesford Road –West Chester,King of Prussia,Pottstown	Signed as exits 328A (south/west) and 328B (north); access toValley Forge National Historical Park
					–	329	King of Prussia,Norristown	Westbound exit and entrance; access via South Henderson Road
			330.30	531.57	27	330	PA 320 –Gulph Mills	No westbound entrance; access toVillanova University andRosemont College
		Lower Merion Township–West Conshohocken line			28	331	I-476 toPA 23 –Chester,Plymouth Meeting,Conshohocken	Signed as exits 331A (south) and 331B (north); no westbound access to PA 23; access to PA 23 via Matsonford Road; exit 16 on I-476
		West Conshohocken	332.61	535.28	29	332	PA 23 –Conshohocken	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Matsonford Road; originally planned western terminus of the proposedTen Mile Loop
		Lower Merion Township	337.39	542.98	30	337	Gladwyne	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Hollow Road
			338.73	545.13	31	338	Green Lane / Belmont Avenue	Access toManayunk andRoxborough
	Montgomery–Philadelphia county line	Lower Merion Township–Philadelphia line	340.20	547.50	33	339	US 1 south (City Avenue)	Western end of US 1 concurrency; access toSt. Joseph's University Hawk Hill Campus
	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	340.34	547.72	32	340A	Lincoln Drive /Kelly Drive	Access toGermantown andWissahickon Park
			340.92	548.66	34	340B	US 1 north toRoosevelt Boulevard	Eastern end of US 1 concurrency; access toNortheast Philadelphia
			342.55	551.28	35	341	Montgomery Drive / Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	No trucks or buses; access toWest Fairmount Park andMann Music Center
			343.73	553.18	36	342	US 13 /US 30 west (Girard Avenue) –Philadelphia Zoo	Western end of US 30 concurrency; access toEast Fairmount Park
344.57			554.53	37	343	Spring Garden Street / Haverford Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
345.04			555.29	38	344	I-676 east /US 30 east –Central Philadelphia	Eastern end of US 30 concurrency; western terminus of I-676; former routing of I-76
345.36			555.80	39	345	30th Street /Market Street (PA 3) –30th Street Station	Access toDrexel University; Market Street not signed westbound
346.04			556.90	40	346A	South Street	Left exit; access toUniversity of Pennsylvania
346.80			558.12	41	346B	Grays Ferry Avenue / University Avenue	Grays Ferry Avenue not signed westbound; originally planned eastern terminus of the proposedFive Mile Loop[citation needed]
347.41			559.10	42	346C	28th Street / Vare Avenue / Mifflin Street	Signed for 28th Street eastbound, Vare/Mifflin westbound
348.01			560.07	43A	347A	ToI-95 south /PA 291 (Penrose Avenue) –International Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access via 26th Street
				43B	347B	Passyunk Avenue / Oregon Avenue	Signed as exit 347 westbound; Oregon Avenue not signed westbound
349.14			561.89	44	348	PA 291 west (Penrose Avenue)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of PA 291
349.65			562.71	45	349	PA 611 (Broad Street) –Sports Complex
350.14			563.50	46	350	Packer Avenue / 7th Street toI-95	Signed for I-95 eastbound, 7th Street westbound; no westbound entrance
350.53			564.12	47	351	I-95 /Front Street –Trenton,Chester,Sports Complex	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 19 on I-95; access toPhiladelphia International Airport
Delaware River			351.98 3.08	566.46 4.96	Walt Whitman Bridge (westbound toll)
New Jersey	Camden	Camden	2.30– 2.21	3.70– 3.56		354 (EB) 2 (WB)	I-676 north /CR 630 toUS 130 north /Route 168 south –Camden,Gloucester,Benjamin Franklin Bridge	No westbound access to US 130/Route 168; access to US 130/Route 168 viaRoute 76C; CR 630 not signed; last westbound exit before toll
		Gloucester City	1.15– 0.76	1.85– 1.22		1D-C	US 130 –Collingswood,Brooklawn,Westville	No eastbound access to US 130 north; signed as exits 1D (north) and 1C (south)
		Bellmawr	0.00	0.00		1B-A	I-295 toN.J. Turnpike –Trenton,Delaware Memorial Bridge	Signed as exits 1B (north) and 1A (south); no westbound access to I-295 south; exits 26-27 on I-295
						–	Route 42 south toA.C. Expressway east –Atlantic City	Continuation south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Tolled       Route transition

• I-176 runs north from I-76 nearMorgantown, Pennsylvania, toUS 422 outside ofReading, Pennsylvania.
• I-276 runs east from I-76 inKing of Prussia, Pennsylvania, along thePennsylvania Turnpike toI-95 inBristol Township, Pennsylvania.
• I-376 runs west from I-76 inMonroeville, Pennsylvania, throughPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, becomes a toll road northwest of the airport, intersects I-76 again, and terminates at I-80 inSharon, Pennsylvania.
• I-476 begins at I-95 nearChester, Pennsylvania, and heads north, crossing I-76 nearConshohocken, Pennsylvania, and I-276 nearPlymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. From there it continues north on thePennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension toI-81 atClarks Summit, Pennsylvania, north ofScranton, Pennsylvania. I-476 is the longestauxiliary Interstate.
• PA 576 is a planned, partially completed, southern bypass of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, though it could become I-576.
• I-676 is a loop throughCenter City, Philadelphia, andCamden, New Jersey, crossing theBenjamin Franklin Bridge. It runs through severaltraffic signals inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, in violation ofInterstate Highway standards.
• I-876 was the number for presentI-579 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the early 1970s.
• Interstate 76 Alternate (I-76 Alt.) is an incident bypass route located inSummit County, Ohio, that runs alongSR 21 andI-77 betweenNorton, Ohio, andAkron, Ohio.
• Interstate 76 Connector (I-76 Conn.) is an unsigned business route located in Camden, New Jersey, that runs from the I-76 and I-676 interchange toRoute 168. It interchangesUS 130 before reaching its eastern terminus.

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