Interstate 79
Interstate Highway in Pennsylvania and West Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Interstate 79 (I-79) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States, designated from I-77 in Charleston, West Virginia, north to Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) and PA 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a primary thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and makes up part of an important corridor to Buffalo, New York, and the Canada–United States border. Major metropolitan areas connected by I-79 include Charleston and Morgantown in West Virginia and Greater Pittsburgh and Erie in Pennsylvania.
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Maintained by WVDOH and PennDOT | ||||||||||
Length | 343.46 mi[1] (552.75 km) | |||||||||
Existed | 1958–present | |||||||||
NHS | Entire route | |||||||||
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South end | I-77 near Charleston, WV | |||||||||
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North end | PA 5 / PA 290 / Bayfront Parkway in Erie, PA | |||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||
States | West Virginia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||
Counties | WV: Kanawha, Roane, Clay, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia PA: Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Crawford, Erie | |||||||||
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In West Virginia, I-79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway, named for the West Virginia representative and senator. In the three most northern counties, it is signed as part of the High Tech Corridor. For most of its Pennsylvania stretch, it is known as the Raymond P. Shafer Highway, named for the 39th Pennsylvania governor.