Interstate 79

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Interstate 79
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

343 mi (552 km)

South end:

I-77 in Charleston, WV

Major
junctions:

I-68 in Morgantown, WV

I-70 near Washington, PA

I-76 near Pittsburgh, PA

I-80 near Mercer, PA

I-90 near Erie, PA

North end:

PA 5/ PA 290 in Erie, PA

Interstate 79 (abbreviated I-79) is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. It runs from Charleston, West Virginia at Interstate 77 to Erie, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Route 5. It is a primary thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well as an important corridor to Buffalo, New York and the Canadian border.

In West Virginia, Interstate 79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway. In the three most northern counties it is signed as part of the "High Tech Corridor".

1 Length
2 Major cities
3 Intersections with other interstates
4 Exit List
5 Spur routes
6 History
- 6.1 West Virginia
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Length


Miles	km	state
160	257	West Virginia
183	295	Pennsylvania

343	552	Total

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia
Interstate 64 in Charleston, West Virginia via Interstate 77 for less than 1 mile
Interstate 68 in Morgantown, West Virginia
Interstate 70 in Washington, Pennsylvania
Interstate 279 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Interstate 76 in Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania
Interstate 80 in Pardoe, Pennsylvania (near Mercer, Pennsylvania)
Interstate 90 in Erie, Pennsylvania

[edit] Exit List

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Kanawha	Charleston	0.0	0	I-77 to I-64 - Parkersburg, Charleston
		1.6	1	US 119 - Mink Shoals
		5.2	5	WV 114 - Big Chimney
	Pinch	9.4	9	CR 43 (Frame Rd) - Elkview
	Clendenin	19.7	19	US 119/ CR 53 - Clendenin
Roane	Amna	24.8	25	CR 29 - Amna
Roane		34.1	34	WV 36 - Wallback, Clay
Clay		40.3	40	WV 16 - Big Otter
Braxton		46.5	46	CR 11 (Servia Rd)
	Frametown	51.6	51	WV 4 - Frametown
		concurrency
		57.6	57	US 19 south - Summersville, Beckley	Access to New River Gorge.
	Sutton	62.2	62	WV 4 - Sutton, Gassaway
	Flatwoods	concurrency
	Flatwoods	67.7	67	US 19 north/WV 15 - Flatwoods	Access to Sutton Lake Recreation Area. WV 15 is accessible via WV 4.
	Burnsville	78.9	79	WV 5 - Burnsville, Glenville	Access to Glenville State College and Burnsville Dam.
Gilmer	No exits in Gilmer County
Lewis		91.2	91	US 19 - Roanoke	Access to Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort and State Park.
	Weston	96.6	96	CR 30 - South Weston	Access to Stonewall Jackson Lake and Dam and Jackson's Mill Conference Center.
	Weston	99.0	99	US 33/ US 119 - Weston, Buckhannon	future US 48. Access to WV Wesleyan College and Davis and Elkins College.
	Jane Lew	105.7	105	CR 7 - Jane Lew	Access to Jackson's Mills Conference Center and Glass Factory Tours.
Harrison	Lost Creek	110.2	110	WV 270 - Lost Creek
	Stonewood	115.7	115	WV 20 - Stonewood, Nutter Fort	Access to Phillipi Alderson-Broaddus College.
	Clarksburg	117.5	117	WV 58 - Anmore
		118.8	119	US 50 - Clarksburg, Bridgeport	Access to Grafton and Salem International University.
		121.5	121	CR 24 (Meadowbrook Rd)
		124.4	124	WV 279 (Jerry Dove Dr)	Access to Harrison/Marion Regional Airport and Tygart Lake State Park.
		125.2	125	WV 131 (Saltwell Rd) - Shinnston
Marion	Whitehall	132.7	132	US 250 - South Fairmont
	Fairmont	133.1	133	CR 64/1 (Kingmont Rd)
		135.3	135	CR 64 (Pleasant Valley Rd)	Pleasant Valley
		137.4	137	WV 310 - Downtown Fairmont	Access to Fairmont State University.
		139.5	139	CR 33 (Prickett's Creek Rd) - East Fairmont	Access to Prickett's Fort State Park.
Monongalia		146.3	146	CR 77 (Goshen Rd)
	Morgantown	148.2	148	I-68 - Cumberland, MD	Access to WVU Football Stadium and Tygart Lake State Park.
	Westover	152.2	152	US 19 - Westover, Morgantown	to Granville.
	Westover	155.6	155	WV 7 - West Virginia University	to US 19 Star City and Osage.
West Virginia / Pennsylvania state line. (Mason-Dixon Line)
Greene	Perry Township	0.9	1	Mount Morris
	Whiteley Township	7.2	7	Kirby, Garards Fort
	Franklin Township	14.7	14	PA 21 - Masontown, Waynesburg	Access to Waynesburg College.
	Washington Township	19.4	19	PA 221/US 19 - Ruff Creek, Jefferson
Washington	West Bethlehem Township	23.4	23	Marianna, Prosperity
	Amwell Township	30.6	30	US 19 - Amity, Lone Pine
	Amwell Township	32.9	33	US 40 - Laboratory
	South Strabane Township	concurrency
	South Strabane Township	34.4	34	I-70 east - New Stanton
	Washington	35.4		PA 136 (Beau Street)	Access to Washington and Jefferson College.
		36.4		US 19 (Murtland Avenue)
		concurrency
		37.9	38	I-70 west - Wheeling, WV
	South Strabane Township	40.3	40	Meadow Lands	Northbound only. Southbound access is currently being planned for construction.
	South Strabane Township	41.1	41	(Race Track Road) - Meadow Lands	Access to The Meadows.
	Canonsburg	43.4	43	PA 519 - Houston, Eighty Four
	Canonsburg	45.5	45	PA 980 - Canonsburg	Birthplace of singer Perry Como.
	North Strabane Township	48.2	48	Southpointe, Hendersonville	Access to California University of Pennsylvania.
	North Strabane Township	50.2		I-576 toll road - Airport, Finleyville	not open A Proposed future road. No signs have been put up yet.
Allegheny	Bridgeville	54.6	54	PA 50 - Bridgeville
	South Fayette Township	55.2	55	Heidelberg, Kirwan Heights
	Scott Township	57.4	57	Carnegie
	Pennsbury Village	59.3	59A	I-279 north/ US 22 east/ US 30 east (Penn-Lincoln Parkway) - Pittsburgh
	Pennsbury Village	59.4	59B	US 22 west/ US 30 west (Penn-Lincoln Parkway West) - Airport	Northbound only.
	Robinson Township	60.4	60	PA 60 - Crafton, Airport	to US 22/ US 30 west.
	Coraopolis	64.1	64	PA 51 - Coraopolis, McKees Rocks
	Neville Township	64.8	65	PA 51 - Neville Island
	Glenfield	66.5	66	PA 65 - Emsworth, Sewickley
	Stonedale	68.0	68	Mount Nebo Road
	Franklin Park	72.1	72	I-279 south - Pittsburgh	Southbound only.
	Franklin Park	73.3	73	PA 910 east - Wexford
	Marshall Township	75.7	75	to US 19 south - Warrendale	Northbound only.
	Marshall Township	75.9	76	to US 19 north - Cranberry	Northbound only.
Butler	Cranberry Township	77.2	77	toll road I-76/ Pa Tpk - Harrisburg, Youngstown, OH
	Cranberry Township	78.7	78	PA 228 - Mars, Cranberry
	Jackson Township	83.1	83	PA 528 - Evans City,	Northbound only.
		85.5	85	PA 528 - Evans City	Southbound only.
		87.3	87	PA 68 - Zelienople	Northbound only.
		88.7	88	US 19/ PA 68 - Zelienople	Southbound only.
	Muddy Creek Township	95.8	96	PA 488 - Portersville, Prospect	to Ellwood City.
	Worth Township	99.6	99	US 422 - Butler, New Castle	Site of the annual Pennsic War.
	Worth Township	105.4	105	PA 108 - Slippery Rock	Access to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Lawrence	No Exits in Lawrence County
Mercer	Springfield Township	113.7	113	PA 208/ PA 258 - Grove City	Access to Grove City College and Westminster College.
	Findley Township	116.5	116	I-80 - Sharon, Clarion	O. D. Anderson Interchange.
	Jackson Township	121.1	121	US 62 - Mercer, Franklin
	New Vernon Township	130.6	130	PA 358 - Greenville, Sandy Lake	Thiel College.
Crawford	Greenwood Township	141.5	141	PA 285 - Geneva, Cochranton
	Meadville	147.4	147	US 6/ US 19/ US 322 - Conneaut Lake, Meadville	Cloverleaf interchange. Access to Conneaut Lake Park and Allegheny College.
	Hayfield Township	153.9	154	PA 198 - Saegertown, Conneautville
Erie	Washington Township	166.5	166	US 6N - Albion, Edinboro	Access to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
	McKean Township	174.7	174	McKean
	McKean Township	178.6	178	I-90 - Cleveland, OH, Buffalo, NY	Cloverleaf interchange.
	Mill Creek Township	180.5	180	US 19 - Kearsarge	Access to Millcreek Mall.
	Erie	182.7	182	US 20 (26th Street)	Access to Erie International Airport
		183.6	183A	PA 5 east/ PA 290 east (12th Street)	Access to Presque Isle a major tourist destination.
		183.7	183B	PA 5 west (12th Street)	Access to Waldameer Park and Gannon University.
Northern terminus of I-79. Southern terminus of Bayfront Parkway

[edit] Spur routes

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - I-279, I-579

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 79
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Pennsylvania
	Pennsylvania

[edit] History

[edit] West Virginia

In 1967, the first segment of Interstate 79 to be completed was from Exit 125 to Exit 132 in Harrison County and Marion County counties^[1]. Three years later, a 13-mile portion opened to traffic from Exit 132 to Exit 145, bypassing Fairmont^[1].

In 1971, a ten-mile segment of the interstate was completed from Exit 51 to Exit 61 all within Braxton County, and from Exit 105 to Exit 115 south of Clarksburg in Lewis County and Harrison County.

One year later, Braxton County had a brief portion completed from Exit 46 to Exit 51. Lewis County saw work on its segment from milepost 98.6 to Exit 105 be completed. Work continued on portions of Interstate 79 in Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, and Monogalia counties.

In 1973, significant portions of the interstate were completed^[1]. Interstate 79 opened from Exit 62 to milepost 98.6 just north of the U.S. Highway 19 interchange in Lewis County. A small two mile portion from Exit 115 to Exit 118 was completed in Harrison County. In Monongalia County, a brief stretch of Interstate 79 was completed between Exit 146 and Exit 152, including the interchange with Interstate 68 at Exit 148.

In 1974, a segment from Exit 25 to Exit 46 was opened to traffic^[1]. A brief portion was opened from Exit 118 to Exit 125. One year later, a segment from Exit 19 in Kanawha County to Exit 25 opened. The remaining segments of Interstate 79 to be completed were all within Kanawha County and the southern terminus with Interstate 77.

In 1977, a ten mile segment from Exit 9 to Exit 19 was opened to traffic^[1]. Two years later, Interstate 79 was considered complete when it was constructed from its southern terminus to Exit 9. This included a large directional-Y interchange with Interstate 77 adjacent to the Elk River.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Release Date Report. West Virginia Department of Transportation. August 2003.

Rand McNally 2007 Atlas

[edit] External links

Interstate 79 at Larry's Phat Page

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