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I-70(E-W)/I-76(E-W) Duplex

 

Interstates 70 and 76 join for a 87.22-mile, same-way duplex on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Breezewood to New Stanton in Westmoreland, Somerset, and Bedford Counties. I-70/I-76 is the longest multiplex in the state and will remain so until I-99 is extended along I-80/US 220.

David Greenberger 1/10/01

Westbound on one of the older sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, built and opened by 1940, some sixty years ago. This is I-70/I-76 east where the two interstates split. I-70 exits to Breezewood, runs the "wrong-way" with US 30 as a non-expressway, and then as a freeway continues south into Maryland toward Hancock.

 

Jeff Kitsko 12/19/02

A typical Turnpike-style guide sign with both new and old exit numbers.

 

Jeff Kitsko 12/19/02

The Turnpike is full of truck traffic, as it is the main east-west truck route across southern Pennsylvania. After passing through Breezewood, Hancock, and Frederick, I-70 ends at a parking lot just inside the Baltimore Beltway. I-70 exits the tollway here and is free for the rest of its eastbound journey.

 

Jeff Kitsko 12/19/02

The exit lane for I-70 is a little ways past the overhead signs. I-76 continues on the Pennsylvania Turnpike toward Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

 

Timothy Reichard 12/22/02

Now on I-70 west leaving Breezewood and about to merge with I-76 and the Turnpike. I-70 is not too far (21 miles) from the Maryland border here, and so this Welcome sign stands to greet travelers about to pay tolls.

 

Douglas Kerr 12/28/03

The eastern split as seen from I-76/Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound. The trumpet interchange can be seen at the second overpass.

 

Timothy Reichard 12/22/02

First reassurance shields westbound on the I-70/I-76 duplex.

 

Timothy Reichard 12/22/02

The next exit on I-70/I-76 is for another duplex, I-99/US 220. Until the I-99 shields are unveiled on green guide signs in the Port Matilda and State College areas in 2007 or so, these I-99 shields on the Turnpike are the only ones found on guide signs. There is a nice feature for entering the turnpike at Breezewood and exiting here, or vice versa: the $0.80 car toll is waived.

 

Dan Garnell 8/12/03

Westbound on I-70/I-76 approaching the western split interchange. The two major interstates are given large or distant cities as destinations.

 

David Greenberger 1/10/01

About 80 miles and more than an hour of mountainous terrain to the west of Breezewood, I-70/I-76 splits near New Stanton. I-70 misses Pittsburgh and meets Washington in southwest Pennsylvania, while I-76 turns northwestward, bypassing Pittsburgh to the north. A turnpike extension, PA 66, interchanges near this split.

 

Local Names

East	Raymond P. Shafer Highway
East	Pennsylvania Turnpike
Duplex	Pennsylvania Turnpike
West	Pennsylvania Turnpike
West	Pennsylvania Turnpike

 

Terraserver Imagery

• I-70 Interchange Browser
• I-76 Interchange Browser

 

Adjacent Multiplexes

	East to Breezewood
	West to Washington
	East to Philadelphia
	West to Akron, OH