Interstate 79

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Interstate 79 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. It runs from Charleston, West Virginia at Interstate 77 to Erie, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania State Highway 5.

Contents 1 Length 2 Major Cities Along the Route 3 Intersections with other Interstates 4 Shunpiking the Pennsylvania Turnpike 5 Spur Routes 6 Notes

Length

Miles	km	state
161	259	West Virginia
183	295	Pennsylvania
344	554	Total

Major Cities Along the Route

• Charleston, West Virginia
• Morgantown, West Virginia
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (western suburbs: International Airport; Cranberry; Wexford)
• Erie, Pennsylvania

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 76 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Interstate 80 in Pardoe, Pennsylvania (near Mercer, Pennsylvania)
• Interstate 90 in Erie, Pennsylvania

Shunpiking the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Shunpiking the Interstate 70 portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike via Interstate 68 and Interstate 79 is acctually shorter than using the Turnpike. From Hancock, Maryland to Washington, Pennsylvania using the Turnpike the route is 155 miles, while the Shunpiking route from Hancock, Maryland to Washington, Pennsylvania via Morgantown, West Virginia is 151.8 miles. The speed limit is also higher on the Shunpiking route as West Virginia has a speed limit of 70 mph.

Spur Routes

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - I-279, I-579

	edit Three-digit Interstates from Interstate 79
I-279	Pennsylvania
I-579	Pennsylvania

Notes

This interstate primarily acts as a thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It is a major route for Canadians using the Buffalo, New York crossing traveling to and from Florida.

I-579, which consists mostly of the Veterans Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh, is a short Interstate, but not the shortest. (Its length is officially 1.57 miles (2.53 km); I-375 in Michigan is shorter and signed. I-878, at 0.72 miles (1.16 km), is the shortest unsigned interstate, as of 2002.)

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