Interstate 676

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Interstate 676
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Vine Street Expressway
North-South Freeway

Length:

6.9 mi^[1] (11 km)

West end:

I-76/US 30 in Philadelphia, PA

Major
junctions:

I-95 in Philadelphia, PA

US 30 in Camden, NJ

South end:

I-76 in Camden, NJ

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Interstate 676

Interstate 676 (abbreviated I-676) is an interstate highway that serves as a major thoroughfare through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it is known as the Vine Street Expressway, and Camden, New Jersey, where it is known as the northern segment of the North-South Freeway, as well as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway. Its northwestern terminus is at Interstate 76 in Philadelphia near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, heading east towards the Ben Franklin Bridge. On the east (New Jersey) side of the bridge, the highway heads south to its southeastern terminus at Interstate 76 in Gloucester City, New Jersey near the Walt Whitman Bridge.

I-676 traffic between the Vine Street Expressway and the Ben Franklin Bridge is directed through a brief at-grade portion along city streets, a rare example of a non-limited access section of Interstate highway. This arrangement was chosen due to concerns that building onramps to the Ben Franklin Bridge would have effectively destroyed Franklin Square (Philadelphia), a historically sensitive site. The Vine Street Expressway itself continues unsigned for a short distance to its terminus at Interstate 95.

What is now I-676 was originally designated as Interstate 80S, renumbered to Interstate 76 in 1964; what is now I-76 between both ends was designated Interstate 680, renumbered to I-676 after the renumbering of I-80S. In 1973, the routings of I-76 and I-676 were switched with each other, due to delays in building the Vine Street Expressway.^[2]

1 Major Cities
2 Exit List
3 Length
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Major Cities

All cities below are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Exit List

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Philadelphia	Philadelphia	0.0		I-76 east - International Airport	Access to University Area, 30th Street Station.
		0.0		I-76 west/ US 30 west - Valley Forge
		duplex
		1.0		23rd Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway	to Museum Area.
		1.5		PA 611 (Broad Street)	Access to Central Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Hall, and Pennsylvania Convention Center.
		1.7		8th Street	Access to Market St East, Chinatown. At-Grade intersection Westbound only.
		1.9		I-95 - Chester, Trenton	Eastbound only. Access to Philadelphia International Airport and Penn's Landing.
		2.0		I-95 (7th Street)	Westbound only. At-Grade Intersection.
		2.1		(6th Street) (5th Street) - Independence Hall	At-Grade Intersection Eastbound only. Access to Independence National Historic Park.
NJ-PA state line/ Benjamin Franklin Bridge $3.00 Passenger cars (Westbound).
Camden	Camden	4.6		(6th Street) (Broadway) - Camden	Eastbound only.
		4.5		US 30 east/ to US 130/ to NJ 38/ to NJ 70 - Cherry Hill, Trenton	Eastbound only.
		duplex
		4.4	5	(Market Street) (Mickle Blvd) (Campbell Place) - State Aquarium, Camden Business District, Entertainment Center
		3.8	4	(Atlantic Avenue) (Kaighns Ave)
		2.8	3	(Morgan Blvd) to (Broadway) - Port Terminals
		0.8	2	I-76 west - Walt Whitman Bridge, Philadelphia	Southbound only.
		0.3	1	(Collings Ave) - Gloucester, Collingswood
Begin/End Continues as I-76 towards Atlantic City.

[edit] Length

Pennsylvania: 2.15 miles (3.44 km)
New Jersey: 4.75 miles (7.6 km)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 76
	Current and Future (F)	Former
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