Interstate 676 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by PennDOT | |
| Length | 2.6 mi (4.2 km) |
| Existed | 1964–present |
| NHS | Entire route |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Highway system | |
I-676 begins at an interchange with the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 and US 30) in the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, heading to the east on the six-lane Vine Street Expressway concurrent with US 30. It immediately crosses the Schuylkill River and then the Schuylkill River Trail and CSX Transportation's Philadelphia Subdivision railroad line on the river's east bank on the Vine Street Expressway Bridge, before coming to an interchange with 23rd Street and 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that has access to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Franklin Institute science museum.[1][2] From this point, the Vine Street Expressway enters a depressed road cut and passes under several streets and two freeway lids, running along the northern edge of Center City.[2] Vine Street serves as a street-level frontage road to the freeway.[1][2] Within this alignment, there is an exit for Pennsylvania Route 611 (PA 611; Broad Street).[1] After passing under 10th Street in Chinatown, the last street the depressed alignment passes under, the highway rises up and reaches a split between the Vine Street Expressway, which continues to I-95, and I-676/US 30.[1][2] At this split, there is also an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for 8th Street.[1] After exiting the Vine Street Expressway, eastbound I-676/US 30 has a brief at-grade portion along southbound 6th Street east of Franklin Square to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge approach, an example of a non–limited access section of Interstate Highway.[1][2] Westbound I-676/US 30 has a ramp from the bridge to the Vine Street Expressway that intersects 7th Street and 8th Street at-grade.[1] From this point, I-676/US 30 crosses over I-95, Christopher Columbus Boulevard, and then the Delaware River on the seven-lane Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which also carries pedestrians and the PATCO Speedline.[1][2] This bridge and its approaches are maintained by the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA).
Exit list edit
All exits in Pennsylvania are unnumbered.
| State | County | Location | mi[3][4] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 | – |     I-76 / US 30 west – Valley Forge, International Airport | Western terminus of US 30 concurrency; exit 344 on I-76; to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Zoo, 30th Street Station | |||
| Vine Street Expressway Bridge over the Schuylkill River | |||||||
| 0.41 | 0.66 | – | Ben Franklin Parkway / 23rd Street | ||||
| 0.78 | 1.26 | – |  PA 611 (Broad Street) – Central Philadelphia | ||||
| 1.43 | 2.30 | – | 8th Street south – Chinatown, Market East | At-grade intersection westbound | |||
| 1.47 | 2.37 | – |  I-95 – New York, Chester, Philadelphia International Airport | Exit 22 on I-95; to Penn's Landing | |||
| – |  To PA 611 / Vine Street – Pennsylvania Convention Center | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
| 1.86 | 2.99 | – | 6th Street south – Independence Hall, Penn's Landing | At-grade intersection | |||
| – | 5th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
| 2.15– 4.75 | 3.46– 7.64 | Benjamin Franklin Bridge (north/westbound toll; cash or E-ZPass) | |||||
- ^ a b c d e f g h Metro Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Map) (19th ed.). 1"=2000'. ADC Map. 2006. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-87530-777-9.
- ^ a b c d e f Google (2010-01-11). "overview of I-676" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "I-676 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Accessed on 2007-06-06.