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Interstate 376

Interstate 376 (I-376) is a major auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania, located within the Allegheny Plateau. It runs from I-80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76, its parent) in Monroeville, after having crossed the Pennsylvania Turnpike at an interchange in Big Beaver. The route serves Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas and is the main access road to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT).[3] Portions of the route are known as the Beaver Valley Expressway, Southern Expressway, and Airport Parkway.[4] Within Allegheny County, the route runs along the majority of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway, known locally as Parkway West and Parkway East. It is currently the ninth-longest auxiliary Interstate route in the system and second only to I-476 within Pennsylvania.

Interstate 376

I-376 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-76
Maintained by PennDOT and PTC
Length84.427 mi[2] (135.872 km)
ExistedOctober 2, 1972[1]–present
HistoryExtended 2009
Component
highways
Major junctions
West end I-80 / PA 760 near Hermitage
Major intersections
East end
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesMercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Allegheny
Highway system

I-376 is signed east–west despite running north–south for nearly three-quarters of its length; however, it does run east–west through the majority of Allegheny County. This is because, until 2009, the route's western terminus was at I-279 in Downtown Pittsburgh; it was extended west and north to I-80 to give the corridor a single route designation. Despite the route's direction, it serves as a major artery through Pittsburgh's West End, with I-79 being the primary route through Pittsburgh's North Hills. Since its 2009 extension, the route has also served as a major way to access Northeast Ohio.[5]

A 16-mile (26 km) stretch of the Beaver Valley Expressway, officially named the James E. Ross Highway, from exit 15 where I-376 ends its brief concurrency with U.S. Route 422 (US 422) to exit 31 where I-376 has its first interchange with Pennsylvania Route 51 (PA 51), is tolled and is maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), while the remainder of the highway is maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Near the airport, I-376 also has a business loop.

Route description

Beaver Valley Expressway and Airport Parkway

 
Eastward along the toll section of I-376 (then PA 60) in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County
 
I-376 westbound past the Brighton Road interchange in Brighton Township

I-376 begins at a cloverleaf interchange with I-80 and PA 760 located four miles (6.4 km) east of Ohio within the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau. From there, it travels in a southerly direction on the Beaver Valley Expressway, a four-lane freeway with a wide grass median. Paralleling PA 18, I-376 has its first interchange with that state highway in West Middlesex.

I-376 soon meets US 422 and forms an overlap with that highway along the west side of New Castle. After an interchange with US 224 in Union Township, I-376 eastbound splits from US 422 at a trumpet interchange southwest of the city in Taylor Township. At this point, I-376 becomes a toll road officially named the James E. Ross Highway.

I-376 continues southward, still paralleled by PA 18 and the Beaver River to the east. Shortly after entering Beaver County near Koppel, the route connects to its parent route I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) for the first time at an interchange which also provides access to PA 351. Around this area, I-376 crosses into the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, where it remains for the remainder of its length.

I-376 then passes to the east of West Mayfield and becomes a non-tolled highway again at its first interchange with PA 51 in Chippewa Township, just west of Beaver Falls. The freeway then weaves through mountainous terrain, interchanging with PA 68 in Vanport just before crossing the Vanport Bridge over the Ohio River. It then has its second interchange with PA 18 near Kobuta and continues south from there. I-376 passes to the west of Aliquippa before leaving Beaver County and entering Allegheny County.

Approaching PIT, I-376 bends south-southwest and becomes the Southern Expressway, while the Beaver Valley Expressway diverges to the southeast along I-376 Business (I-376 Bus). I-376 circles around the southern edge of the airport, intersecting the western terminus of the Southern Beltway (PA Turnpike 576) at the main entrance to PIT before recombining with I-376 Bus and becoming the Airport Parkway, still four lanes and with a narrow median.

Parkway West

 
I-376 westbound at the PA 121 exit in Green Tree

Now traveling southeast, the route comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Penn-Lincoln Parkway (US 22 and US 30) and Steubenville Pike (PA 60) in Robinson Township. The two US Routes join I-376 here in a partially-unsigned concurrency (indicated only on reassurance markers), continuing east-southeastward bearing the Penn-Lincoln Parkway name, and soon reach an interchange with I-79. From that point eastward, along what was known for many years as I-279, I-376 runs east-southeast through Rosslyn Farms and Carnegie before turning northeast and passing through Green Tree.

Entering the city of Pittsburgh, I-376 winds its way northeast to its second interchange with PA 51 at Saw Mill Run Boulevard, which is also part of a spread-out series of ramps linking Banksville Road (US 19) and US 19 Truck. This junction, located just before the freeway passes under Mount Washington in the Fort Pitt Tunnel, features the infamous wrong-way concurrency of the northbound and southbound directions of US 19 Truck.

 
I-376 westbound between the Fort Pitt Bridge and Fort Pitt Tunnel

After passing through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, I-376 emerges onto the four-lane double-deck Fort Pitt Bridge, crossing over the Monongahela River. There are single-lane westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps connecting Carson Street to the freeway between the tunnel's portal and the bridge. Once across the river, the route touches down in Downtown Pittsburgh at Point State Park. An interchange at the Point connects I-376 to I-279 (Parkway North), which leads to the Fort Duquesne Bridge, as well as Liberty Avenue.

Parkway East

I-376 continues east from the Point, still carrying the partially-unsigned US 22 and US 30, following the north shore of the Monongahela River through the south side of the downtown area (the westbound area by Downtown from Grant Street to the Fort Pitt Bridge is locally known as the "Bathtub" because of a tendency of the underpass to flood in heavy rains).[4] The road then continues to the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown and Oakland. The Parkway East eventually turns away from the river near the southwestern corner of Schenley Park and runs along that park's southern border before passing through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel Hill.

 
I-376 westbound approaching Downtown Pittsburgh

Parkway East exits the city of Pittsburgh near the southeastern corner of Frick Park, and US 30 leaves the freeway shortly thereafter at PA 8 in the suburb of Wilkinsburg. I-376 and US 22 (now fully signed) continue in a generally easterly direction through Churchill, Wilkins Township, Penn Hills, and finally Monroeville, where I-376 ends at an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and US 22 Bus. US 22 continues east from this interchange on the William Penn Highway toward Murrysville.

 
I-376 westbound at the Squirrel Hill Tunnel

Tolls

The James E. Ross Highway portion of I-376 between US 422 and PA 51 uses all-electronic tolling, with tolls payable by toll by plate (which uses automatic license plate recognition to take a photo of the vehicle's license plate and mail a bill to the vehicle owner) or E-ZPass. The tolled section of I-376 has two mainline toll plazas: the West Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 18 and the East Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 30. As of 2023, the West Mainline Toll Plaza costs $5.20 using toll by plate and $2.70 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles while the East Mainline Toll Plaza costs $3.30 using toll by plate and $1.40 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles. There are also ramp tolls at the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 17, the westbound exit and eastbound entrance at exit 20, and the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 29, which charge $3.30 using toll by plate and $1.40 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles.[6] As part of Act 44, tolls are to be increased every year in January.[7][8]

The tolled portion of I-376 is the most expensive portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system per mile, charging toll-by-plate users an average of $0.44 per mile ($0.27/km) and E-ZPass users $0.20 per mile ($0.12/km). This is in stark contrast to the mainline Turnpike, which charges less than $0.12 per mile ($0.07/km) for E-ZPass users and more than $0.17 per mile ($0.11/km) for cash users. This is due to the bonds on newer sections of the Turnpike system (such as the James E. Ross Highway, Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass, Mon–Fayette Expressway, and the Southern Beltway) having not been paid for yet (in the case of the latter two, are only partially completed), whereas the mainline Turnpike and the Northeastern Extension had their bonds paid for decades ago. Even with the newer sections factored in—most of which except for a portion of the Mon–Fayette Expressway from I-70 near Bentleyville to US 40 near Brownsville opened after the James E. Ross Highway opened—it is the most expensive portion of the Turnpike system per mile.[9]

Along with the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge (which is affected by the ongoing Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project), the Beaver Valley Expressway became one of the first sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system to implement all-electronic tolling, which began along the Beaver Valley Expressway on April 30, 2017.[10][11] The Beaver Valley Expressway was selected as a test area so that the PTC could work out any bugs with mailing non-E-ZPass users bills with their unpaid tolls.[11]

History

 
I-376 westbound from the Smithfield Street Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh

The first section of what would eventually become I-376 opened June 5, 1953, from PA 885 (Bates Street) near the Hot Metal Bridge east through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to US 22 Bus (then US 22) at Churchill. Construction commenced on this stretch on July 25, 1946, near Wilkinsburg.[12] The next section to open, running from PA 60 (Steubenville Pike, then US 22/US 30) near PIT east to Saw Mill Run Boulevard (PA 51 and US 19), opened October 15, 1953. At Steubenville Pike, it connected to PA 60—the Airport Parkway—which had been built c. 1950[13] as a high-speed surface road to provide access to the airport.

In 1955, the Baltimore and Ohio Station was demolished to make way for construction of the new freeway. In late 1956, it opened from the Boulevard of the Allies (then US 22/US 30) near the Birmingham Bridge east to Bates Street, with the eastbound lanes opening September 10 and westbound opening September 29. The other downtown sections opened in segments from January 17, 1958, to 1959, the total cost of the parkway at this time came to $112.11 million (equivalent to $809 million in 2021[14]).[12] The $6.31-million (equivalent to $45.5 million in 2021[14]) Fort Pitt Bridge opened June 19, 1959, followed by the $16-million (equivalent to $114 million in 2021[14]) Fort Pitt Tunnel on September 1, 1960, using the West End Bypass (PA 51) and Carson Street (PA 837) as detours until the Fort Pitt Tunnel opened. The Parkway East ended in Churchill, with eastbound traffic continuing ahead on the William Penn Highway, until the $11.12-million (equivalent to $77.4 million in 2021[14]) extension east to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville opened October 27, 1962.[4] The final piece of Parkway West (the part which has never had an Interstate route number), from PA 60 west to the US 22/US 30 split at Imperial, opened in 1964.[15][16] Early plans for that section would have instead taken it from PA 60 where it splits with PA 60 Bus. northwest to US 30 near Campmeeting Road at Clinton.[17]

The next section that opened was in 1968 from the present-day exit 2 with PA 18 to where PA 18 intersects with the present-day PA 760 just north of I-80 and the western terminus of I-376.[18][19]

Work began on the Beaver County sections of I-376 (in between Chippewa Township and the Airport Parkway) in 1971 and would finish by 1976.[18][20] The following year, the northern section finished construction, which would leave a gap between New Castle and Chippewa Township for the next 15 years. Until the middle section was completed, in order to continue on the highway, travelers had to use US 422, PA 168, PA 18, PA 251, and PA 51 before returning to the highway. Until that section opened, the present-day exit 12A marked the southern terminus of the northern section of PA 60 as an "END 60" sign was located near the exit.

In the early to mid-1980s, the entire section from downtown to Monroeville was refurbished.[21]

 
I-376 at the former terminus with I-279 in Pittsburgh

The next leg of the route opened to PA 108 in 1991 and to PA 51 in Chippewa on November 30, 1992, as the 16.5-mile (26.6 km) $260-million (equivalent to $457 million in 2021[14]) "missing link" between two sections of PA 60, when that route's designation was on the highway.[22] The aforementioned "END 60" sign was removed when the first leg of the middle section opened in 1991, and a "No re-entry this exit" sign has sat on the site since due to exit 12A being an indirect connection to US 422 westbound without a direct reentry ramp.

The Southern Expressway, a southern bypass of PIT, opened on September 9, 1992, and is the newest portion of I-376.[23][24]

The PTC retrofitted E-ZPass lanes on the tolled section of I-376 in 2006 at both the two mainline toll plazas as well as the exits that collect tolls.[25]

A bridge crossing I-376 from Oakland to Greenfield, the Greenfield Bridge, gained some national notoriety on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver concerning infrastructure. The state could not immediately afford to replace the crumbling bridge, so instead a cover was built under the bridge to protect the vehicles on I-376. The Greenfield Bridge was finally demolished in December 2015, and a replacement was built over the following two years, officially opening on October 14, 2017.[26]

Route designations prior to 2009

 
The western end of I-376 at I-279 in Pittsburgh in 2003. Upon its extension in 2009, the END panels were replaced with WEST panels

From PA 60 to I-376's eastern terminus, I-376 has had the US 22 and US 30 designations for its entire history (US 30 exiting at Wilkinsburg). Until 1961, it also carried the PA 80 designation until that route was decommissioned due to Pennsylvania needing the designation for I-80 to the north. In 1956, PA 60 was commissioned to have the Airport Parkway and the former alignment of US 22 and US 30 to Pittsburgh's West End.

From 1959 to 1964, I-70 occupied the highway east of PA 50 in Carnegie.[19] When I-70 moved to its current alignment (replacing I-70S) in 1964, the route received the I-76 designation into Pittsburgh.[27] West of Pittsburgh, from 1963 to 1970, I-79 occupied the route. In West Middlesex, the route would receive the PA 18 designation while the former alignment would receive a business route designation as PA 18 Business, since it served as a bypass of West Middlesex.[28]

In 1970, I-79 swapped positions with I-279, necessitating that I-76 be extended to I-79. With commencement on the Beaver Valley Expressway in 1971, PA 60 was extended to its future northern terminus in Chippewa. Finally, on October 2, 1972, after I-76 west of Monroeville moved to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and replaced I-80S, the western part of the highway took the I-279 designation while the section from Pittsburgh east to Monroeville would become the first section with the I-376 designation.[1] When I-376 was extended onto the Parkway West in 2009, I-279 was truncated to its current southern terminus at the former western terminus of I-376.[29]

PA 18 Business was decommissioned in 1978 when PA 18 returned to its former alignment (where it has remained to this day) and PA 60 was extended all the way to Hermitage.[30][31]

 

Pennsylvania Route 60 Toll

LocationChippewa TownshipNew Castle
Existed1991–2009

On November 30, 1992, the 16.2-mile (26.1 km) gap in Beaver County was completed with a toll highway.[32]

When the Beaver Valley Expressway started opening in 1991, it would receive the "PA Toll 60" designation, because it was operated by the PTC. With the opening of the Southern Expressway in 1992, PA 60 moved to that highway, while the Airport Parkway received the PA 60 Bus designation. PA 60 was eventually extended to Sharon in 1997, ending at US 62 Bus.[33]

2009 extensions

 
Signs reading "Future I-376 Corridor" were posted along PA 60 from late April 2006 until 2010. This one was located on the New Castle Bypass.

As part of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users in 2005, Congress had designated an expansion of I-376 past I-79 and along present day US 22/US 30 and PA 60 through Pittsburgh International Airport and north to I-80 near Sharon. This was done because the airport was one of the few major airports in the US without direct access to an Interstate Highway.[3]

This routing required some major infrastructure work on US 22 west of Downtown Pittsburgh (particularly at the US 22/US 30 cloverleaf interchange in Robinson Township) and safety improvements to PA 60; though both were controlled-access freeways before the extension, they were not up to Interstate Highway standards in all areas. The improvements to both the US 22/US 30 cloverleaf in Robinson Township and the Lawrence County leg of the route, as well as replacing all of the signs with the I-376 shield, were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[34]

The designation of I-279 from Downtown west through the Fort Pitt Tunnel to I-79 was officially dropped and replaced by that of I-376 on June 10, 2009.[29][35] I-279 still exists between I-376 in the Golden Triangle and I-79 in Franklin Park. On November 6, 2009, officials announced the initial transition was complete.[34]

On January 21, 2010, the remainder of the route except for the Beaver Valley Expressway started receiving the I-376 signs. The stretch of PA 60 from I-80 in Shenango Township of Mercer County north past PA 18 (where the freeway terminates and the highway reverts to being a two-lane arterial) to the former northern terminus of PA 60 in Sharon became PA 760.[36]

 
A "Toll I-376" trailblazer on the tolled section of I-376

On August 1, 2010, signage along PA Turnpike 60 was officially changed to I-376,[37] and, unlike other tolled highways with an Interstate designation, it is not grandfathered from Interstate standards. Having been built in the early 1990s, this section was already up to Interstate standards. This section of I-376 is signed as "Toll I-376", with a black-on-yellow "Toll" sign above the I-376 trailblazer. This makes I-376 one of the first tolled Interstates with such a marker, which was a new addition to the 2009 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.[38]

Despite PennDOT giving motorists over four years of advance notice on the I-376 extension, some local drivers were confused after the transition was complete, thinking that the I-376 extension was going to be an all-new highway instead of a renaming of PA 60.[5]

As part of the ongoing upgrades to I-376 to bring the legacy portion of the former PA 60 up to Interstate standards, the interchange with PA 318 at exit 1C was upgraded to a full service interchange in October 2014. Previously, the exit only had a westbound entrance and eastbound exit, mainly to serve as access to I-80 to West Middlesex residents. It marked the third partial interchange on the legacy PA 60/Parkway West to be upgraded to a full-service interchange in a decade, after I-79 at exit 64A and access to US 30 at exit 52 were upgraded from partial to full-service interchanges.[39]

Exit list

CountyLocation[40]mi[41][42]kmOld exitNew exit
[43]
DestinationsNotes
MercerShenango Township0.0000.000 
 
PA 760 north – Sharon
Continuation beyond I-80
1A 
 
I-80 west – Youngstown
Exit 4 on I-80, western terminus of I-376, southern terminus of PA 760
1B 
 
I-80 east – Mercer
0.5460.8791C  PA 318 – Mercer, West MiddlesexBecame a full interchange in October 2014.[39]
1.7342.7912  PA 18 – West Middlesex
LawrencePulaski Township5.1038.21225[a]5  PA 208 – New Wilmington, Pulaski Township
Neshannock Township9.43915.19124[a]9 
 
To PA 18 / Mitchell Road
NeshannockUnion
township line
12.19919.63212 
 
 
 
 
US 422 west / US 422 Bus. east (Sampson Street) – Youngstown
Western end of US 422 concurrency; signed as exits 12A (US 422) and 12B (US 422 Bus.) eastbound
Union Township13.48421.70013  US 224 (State Street) – Poland, OHFormerly signed as Exits 13A (west) and 13B (east) westbound. After I-376 designation, Exit 13B ramp was removed and Exit 13A ramp was reconfigured for both directions.
14.60423.503
15 
 
US 422 east – Butler
Left exit eastbound; eastern terminus of US 422 concurrency; western terminus of Toll section
North Beaver Township16.2826.20
17  PA 108 – Mt. JacksonTolls collected at eastbound exit and westbound entrance; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
18.129.1Mainline West Toll Plaza 18 (E-ZPass or toll-by-plate)[45]
19.9632.12
20  PA 168 – MoraviaTolls collected at eastbound entrance and westbound exit; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
BeaverBig Beaver25.7141.38
26    I-76 / Penna Turnpike / PA 351 – Ohio, HarrisburgExit 10 (New Castle) on Penna Turnpike
28.7946.33
29  
 
PA 551 to PA 18 – Beaver Falls
Tolls collected at eastbound exit and westbound entrance; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
Chippewa Township30.549.1Mainline East Toll Plaza 30 (E-ZPass or toll-by-plate)[45]
31.0349.94
31  PA 51 – ChippewaEastern terminus of Toll section
Brighton Township35.98257.90714[a]36Brighton
Vanport Township38.20361.48213[a]38  PA 68 – Beaver, MidlandSigned as Exits 38A (west) and 38B (east) westbound
Ohio River38.343–
38.677
61.707–
62.245
Vanport Bridge
Potter Township39.32863.29212[a]39  PA 18 – Monaca, ShippingportAccess to Penn State Beaver Campus and Beaver Valley Mall Boulevard
Center Township41.59766.94411[a]42Center
Hopewell Township44.72371.97510[a]45Aliquippa
47.87777.0519[a]48  PA 151 – Hopewell
AlleghenyFindlay Township50.13980.6918[a]50 
 
I-376 BL east – Moon
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
51.40582.7288[a]51 
 
 
To I-376 BL east / Flaugherty Run Road – Moon
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
52.20984.0227[a]52 
 
To US 30 – Clinton
52.867–
53.627
85.081–
86.304
6[a]53 
 
 
 
 
  PA Turnpike 576 east to US 22 – Pittsburgh International Airport, Washington
Exits 0 westbound/1A-B on PA 576; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate on PA 576
56.36390.7074[a]56McClaren Road
Moon Township57.185–
57.895
92.030–
93.173
3[a]57 
 
 
 
I-376 BL west / Orange Belt west – Moon
Western end of Orange Belt concurrency
58.48794.1262[a]58Montour Run Road
North Fayette Township59.47195.7091[a]59Robinson Town Centre Boulevard
Robinson Township59.970–
60.527
96.512–
97.409
60A 
 
 
 
 
 
US 22 west / US 30 west / Orange Belt east – Weirton
Eastern end of Orange Belt concurrency; western end of US 22/US 30 concurrency
60B 
 
  PA 60 south / Yellow Belt – Crafton
Northern terminus of PA 60
60.86497.95161Ridge Road
RobinsonCollier
township line
61.99899.77662  Yellow Belt (Campbells Run Road)Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Robinson Township63.268–
64.177
101.820–
103.283
64A  I-79 – Washington, ErieFormer southern terminus of I-279, exit 59 on I-79
Rosslyn Farms64.481103.77264BRosslyn FarmsWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Carnegie64.915104.471Buses only (West Busway)Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
65.323105.12765  PA 50 – Carnegie, HeidelbergUntil 2017, Heidelberg only appeared on westbound signs
Green Tree67.225108.18867   PA 121 / Blue Belt – Green Tree, Mount Lebanon, CraftonEastbound signs shown as Green Tree/Mt. Lebanon, westbound signs shown as Green Tree/Crafton
Pittsburgh67.699108.95168Parkway Center DriveWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
68.372110.03469A 
 
US 19 south (Banksville Road) – Mt. Lebanon, Uniontown
Western end of US 19 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
68.808110.736
69B 
 
 
 
 
US 19 Truck south / PA 51 south – Uniontown
Western end of US 19 Truck concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
68.883110.856
69C 
 
 
 
US 19 north / PA 51 north – West End
Eastern end of US 19 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
68.952–
69.644
110.967–
112.081
Fort Pitt Tunnel under Mount Washington
69.708112.18469C 
 
 
 
PA 837 north to PA 51 – West End
Westbound exit and eastbound left entrance
69.644–
69.873
112.081–
112.450
Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River
69.873–
70.029
112.450–
112.701
70ABoulevard of the Allies / Liberty Avenue – PPG Paints ArenaEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
70BFort Duquesne Boulevard – Convention Center, Strip DistrictEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
70C 
 
 
 
 
I-279 north / US 19 Truck north – Fort Duquesne Bridge, North Shore
Southern terminus of I-279, eastern end of US 19 Truck concurrency; left exit eastbound
70.108112.82870DStanwix StreetNo eastbound exit; left exit and entrance westbound; left entrance eastbound
70.508113.47271AGrant StreetLeft exit and entrance
71.036114.32171BSecond AvenueWestbound exit only
71.962115.81272AForbes Avenue – OaklandEastbound exit and westbound entrance
72.088116.01472B 
 
 
 
 
To I-579 (Crosstown Blvd) / PA 885 north (Boulevard of the Allies) / Liberty Bridge
Westbound exit and eastbound left entrance
72.742117.06773  PA 885 (Bates Street) – Glenwood, OaklandWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as Exits 73A (south) and 73B (north). Exit originally signed as Oakland/Hazelwood, changed to Oakland/Glenwood in 1981 to identify the Glenwood Bridge on PA 885 South (There is no Pittsburgh neighborhood called Glenwood)
74.371119.68974  Blue Belt – Squirrel Hill, Homestead
74.618–
75.622
120.086–
121.702
Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel Hill
PittsburghSwissvale
Edgewood tripoint
76.554123.20277Edgewood, Swissvale
Wilkinsburg77.868125.316
78A 
 
US 30 east – Forest Hills
Eastern end of US 30 concurrency; no westbound exit
77.920125.400
78B 
 
PA 8 north – Wilkinsburg
Southern terminus of PA 8
Churchill78.732126.70779AGreensburg PikeEastbound exit and westbound entrance
79.503127.948
79B  PA 130 – ChurchillLeft exit westbound
79.934128.641
80 
 
 
US 22 Bus. east – Monroeville
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, western terminus of Business US 22, southern terminus of PA 791
ChurchillWilkins Township line80.407129.403
81 
 
  PA 791 north / Yellow Belt – Penn Hills
Exit originally signed as Rodi Road, changed to Penn Hills in 1981
Monroeville84.117135.373
84A 
 
  PA 48 south / Orange Belt – Monroeville
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, northern terminus of PA 48
84B  Orange Belt – PlumEastbound exit and westbound entrance. PA 48 North was designated on these signs until 1998 when its northern terminus was truncated to Business US 22
84.427135.87217[h] 
 
US 22 east – Murrysville
Eastern terminus of I-376 and its concurrency with US 22, eastern terminus of Business US 22; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate on Penna Turnpike
85   I-76 / Penna Turnpike – Ohio, Harrisburg
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business loop

 

Interstate 376 Business

LocationAllegheny County
Length6.26 mi (10.07 km)
Existed2009–present
 
I-376 Bus shield in Moon Township

Interstate 376 Business (I-376 Bus) or Business Loop 376 (BL 376), known locally as the Airport Parkway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) Interstate Highway business loop in Moon Township and Findlay Township in Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at I-376 and Flaugherty Run Road (exits 50 and 51) north of PIT. Its eastern terminus is at I-376's exit 57, southeast of PIT.

Before November 6, 2009, and after the Southern Expressway was completed in 1992, this road was known as PA 60 Bus.[24] Prior to that, it had the regular PA 60 designation; this was also originally the last leg of the Parkway West which ended at the intersection with then-Beers School Road (now University Boulevard) and began as the Beaver Valley Expressway past the intersection.[19][46] Much of the road is up to freeway standards, but several signaled at-grade intersections remain, making this multilane divided road a true expressway (unlike many of Pennsylvania's freeways, which are often misleadingly named using the suffix expressway, since they are often called such in the northeast). I-376 Bus is one of only two business Interstate routes found in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the other being the business loop of I-83 in York.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Sequential exit number for PA 60 before redesignation to I-376[43]
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sequential exit number for PA 60 before replacement with milepost-based exit number[44]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Milepost-based exit number for PA 60 before redesignation to I-376[43]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sequential exit number for I-279 before replacement with milepost-based exit number[44]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Milepost-based exit number for I-279 before redesignation to I-376[43]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Sequential exit number before replacement with milepost-based exit number[44]
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Milepost-based exit number from former western terminus in Downtown Pittsburgh[44]
  8. ^ Sequential exit number for I-76 before redesignation to I-376[18]

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External links

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  • I-376 on Kurumi.com
  • Interstate Guide - I-376
  • Pennsylvania Highways: I-376
  • Pennsylvania Highways: Toll I-376
  • I-376 at AARoads.com
  • Pennsylvania Roads - I-376

interstate, penn, lincoln, parkway, redirects, here, parkway, north, interstate, westernmost, miles, parkway, west, route, pennsylvania, route, pennsylvania, beaver, valley, expressway, redirects, here, easternmost, miles, road, business, major, auxiliary, rou. Penn Lincoln Parkway redirects here For Parkway North see Interstate 279 For the westernmost 3 9 miles 6 3 km of Parkway West see U S Route 22 in Pennsylvania and U S Route 30 in Pennsylvania Beaver Valley Expressway redirects here For the easternmost 3 5 miles 5 6 km of the road see Interstate 376 Business Interstate 376 I 376 is a major auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania located within the Allegheny Plateau It runs from I 80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike I 76 its parent in Monroeville after having crossed the Pennsylvania Turnpike at an interchange in Big Beaver The route serves Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas and is the main access road to Pittsburgh International Airport PIT 3 Portions of the route are known as the Beaver Valley Expressway Southern Expressway and Airport Parkway 4 Within Allegheny County the route runs along the majority of the Penn Lincoln Parkway known locally as Parkway West and Parkway East It is currently the ninth longest auxiliary Interstate route in the system and second only to I 476 within Pennsylvania Interstate 376I 376 highlighted in redRoute informationAuxiliary route of I 76Maintained by PennDOT and PTCLength84 427 mi 2 135 872 km ExistedOctober 2 1972 1 presentHistoryExtended 2009Componenthighways 1 Beaver Valley Expressway from I 80 to PIT Airport 2 Parkway West from PIT Airport to Pittsburgh 3 Parkway East from Pittsburgh to Monroeville US 22 between Robinson to Monroeville US 30 between Robinson and Wilkinsburg US 422 within UnionMajor junctionsWest endI 80 PA 760 near HermitageMajor intersectionsUS 422 in Union Township US 224 in Union Township I 76 Toll Penna Turnpike in Big Beaver PA Turnpike 576 at Pittsburgh International Airport US 22 US 30 PA 60 in Robinson Township I 79 near Carnegie US 19 PA 51 in Pittsburgh I 279 in Pittsburgh US 30 in WilkinsburgEast endI 76 Toll Penna Turnpike US 22 in MonroevilleLocationCountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountiesMercer Lawrence Beaver AlleghenyHighway systemInterstate Highway SystemMain Auxiliary Suffixed Business FuturePennsylvania State Route SystemInterstate US State Scenic Byways Legislative PA 374 PA 376I 376 is signed east west despite running north south for nearly three quarters of its length however it does run east west through the majority of Allegheny County This is because until 2009 the route s western terminus was at I 279 in Downtown Pittsburgh it was extended west and north to I 80 to give the corridor a single route designation Despite the route s direction it serves as a major artery through Pittsburgh s West End with I 79 being the primary route through Pittsburgh s North Hills Since its 2009 extension the route has also served as a major way to access Northeast Ohio 5 A 16 mile 26 km stretch of the Beaver Valley Expressway officially named the James E Ross Highway from exit 15 where I 376 ends its brief concurrency with U S Route 422 US 422 to exit 31 where I 376 has its first interchange with Pennsylvania Route 51 PA 51 is tolled and is maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission PTC while the remainder of the highway is maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PennDOT Near the airport I 376 also has a business loop Contents 1 Route description 1 1 Beaver Valley Expressway and Airport Parkway 1 2 Parkway West 1 3 Parkway East 2 Tolls 3 History 3 1 Route designations prior to 2009 3 2 2009 extensions 4 Exit list 5 Business loop 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksRoute description EditBeaver Valley Expressway and Airport Parkway Edit Eastward along the toll section of I 376 then PA 60 in North Beaver Township Lawrence County I 376 westbound past the Brighton Road interchange in Brighton Township I 376 begins at a cloverleaf interchange with I 80 and PA 760 located four miles 6 4 km east of Ohio within the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau From there it travels in a southerly direction on the Beaver Valley Expressway a four lane freeway with a wide grass median Paralleling PA 18 I 376 has its first interchange with that state highway in West Middlesex I 376 soon meets US 422 and forms an overlap with that highway along the west side of New Castle After an interchange with US 224 in Union Township I 376 eastbound splits from US 422 at a trumpet interchange southwest of the city in Taylor Township At this point I 376 becomes a toll road officially named the James E Ross Highway I 376 continues southward still paralleled by PA 18 and the Beaver River to the east Shortly after entering Beaver County near Koppel the route connects to its parent route I 76 Pennsylvania Turnpike for the first time at an interchange which also provides access to PA 351 Around this area I 376 crosses into the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau where it remains for the remainder of its length I 376 then passes to the east of West Mayfield and becomes a non tolled highway again at its first interchange with PA 51 in Chippewa Township just west of Beaver Falls The freeway then weaves through mountainous terrain interchanging with PA 68 in Vanport just before crossing the Vanport Bridge over the Ohio River It then has its second interchange with PA 18 near Kobuta and continues south from there I 376 passes to the west of Aliquippa before leaving Beaver County and entering Allegheny County Approaching PIT I 376 bends south southwest and becomes the Southern Expressway while the Beaver Valley Expressway diverges to the southeast along I 376 Business I 376 Bus I 376 circles around the southern edge of the airport intersecting the western terminus of the Southern Beltway PA Turnpike 576 at the main entrance to PIT before recombining with I 376 Bus and becoming the Airport Parkway still four lanes and with a narrow median Parkway West Edit For the westernmost 3 9 miles 6 3 km of the Penn Lincoln Parkway see U S Route 22 in Pennsylvania and U S Route 30 in Pennsylvania I 376 westbound at the PA 121 exit in Green Tree Now traveling southeast the route comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Penn Lincoln Parkway US 22 and US 30 and Steubenville Pike PA 60 in Robinson Township The two US Routes join I 376 here in a partially unsigned concurrency indicated only on reassurance markers continuing east southeastward bearing the Penn Lincoln Parkway name and soon reach an interchange with I 79 From that point eastward along what was known for many years as I 279 I 376 runs east southeast through Rosslyn Farms and Carnegie before turning northeast and passing through Green Tree Entering the city of Pittsburgh I 376 winds its way northeast to its second interchange with PA 51 at Saw Mill Run Boulevard which is also part of a spread out series of ramps linking Banksville Road US 19 and US 19 Truck This junction located just before the freeway passes under Mount Washington in the Fort Pitt Tunnel features the infamous wrong way concurrency of the northbound and southbound directions of US 19 Truck I 376 westbound between the Fort Pitt Bridge and Fort Pitt Tunnel After passing through the Fort Pitt Tunnel I 376 emerges onto the four lane double deck Fort Pitt Bridge crossing over the Monongahela River There are single lane westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps connecting Carson Street to the freeway between the tunnel s portal and the bridge Once across the river the route touches down in Downtown Pittsburgh at Point State Park An interchange at the Point connects I 376 to I 279 Parkway North which leads to the Fort Duquesne Bridge as well as Liberty Avenue Parkway East Edit I 376 continues east from the Point still carrying the partially unsigned US 22 and US 30 following the north shore of the Monongahela River through the south side of the downtown area the westbound area by Downtown from Grant Street to the Fort Pitt Bridge is locally known as the Bathtub because of a tendency of the underpass to flood in heavy rains 4 The road then continues to the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown and Oakland The Parkway East eventually turns away from the river near the southwestern corner of Schenley Park and runs along that park s southern border before passing through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel Hill I 376 westbound approaching Downtown Pittsburgh Parkway East exits the city of Pittsburgh near the southeastern corner of Frick Park and US 30 leaves the freeway shortly thereafter at PA 8 in the suburb of Wilkinsburg I 376 and US 22 now fully signed continue in a generally easterly direction through Churchill Wilkins Township Penn Hills and finally Monroeville where I 376 ends at an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and US 22 Bus US 22 continues east from this interchange on the William Penn Highway toward Murrysville I 376 westbound at the Squirrel Hill TunnelTolls EditThe James E Ross Highway portion of I 376 between US 422 and PA 51 uses all electronic tolling with tolls payable by toll by plate which uses automatic license plate recognition to take a photo of the vehicle s license plate and mail a bill to the vehicle owner or E ZPass The tolled section of I 376 has two mainline toll plazas the West Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 18 and the East Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost 30 As of 2023 update the West Mainline Toll Plaza costs 5 20 using toll by plate and 2 70 using E ZPass for passenger vehicles while the East Mainline Toll Plaza costs 3 30 using toll by plate and 1 40 using E ZPass for passenger vehicles There are also ramp tolls at the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 17 the westbound exit and eastbound entrance at exit 20 and the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit 29 which charge 3 30 using toll by plate and 1 40 using E ZPass for passenger vehicles 6 As part of Act 44 tolls are to be increased every year in January 7 8 The tolled portion of I 376 is the most expensive portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system per mile charging toll by plate users an average of 0 44 per mile 0 27 km and E ZPass users 0 20 per mile 0 12 km This is in stark contrast to the mainline Turnpike which charges less than 0 12 per mile 0 07 km for E ZPass users and more than 0 17 per mile 0 11 km for cash users This is due to the bonds on newer sections of the Turnpike system such as the James E Ross Highway Amos K Hutchinson Bypass Mon Fayette Expressway and the Southern Beltway having not been paid for yet in the case of the latter two are only partially completed whereas the mainline Turnpike and the Northeastern Extension had their bonds paid for decades ago Even with the newer sections factored in most of which except for a portion of the Mon Fayette Expressway from I 70 near Bentleyville to US 40 near Brownsville opened after the James E Ross Highway opened it is the most expensive portion of the Turnpike system per mile 9 Along with the Delaware River Turnpike Toll Bridge which is affected by the ongoing Pennsylvania Turnpike Interstate 95 Interchange Project the Beaver Valley Expressway became one of the first sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system to implement all electronic tolling which began along the Beaver Valley Expressway on April 30 2017 10 11 The Beaver Valley Expressway was selected as a test area so that the PTC could work out any bugs with mailing non E ZPass users bills with their unpaid tolls 11 History Edit I 376 westbound from the Smithfield Street Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh The first section of what would eventually become I 376 opened June 5 1953 from PA 885 Bates Street near the Hot Metal Bridge east through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel to US 22 Bus then US 22 at Churchill Construction commenced on this stretch on July 25 1946 near Wilkinsburg 12 The next section to open running from PA 60 Steubenville Pike then US 22 US 30 near PIT east to Saw Mill Run Boulevard PA 51 and US 19 opened October 15 1953 At Steubenville Pike it connected to PA 60 the Airport Parkway which had been built c 1950 13 as a high speed surface road to provide access to the airport In 1955 the Baltimore and Ohio Station was demolished to make way for construction of the new freeway In late 1956 it opened from the Boulevard of the Allies then US 22 US 30 near the Birmingham Bridge east to Bates Street with the eastbound lanes opening September 10 and westbound opening September 29 The other downtown sections opened in segments from January 17 1958 to 1959 the total cost of the parkway at this time came to 112 11 million equivalent to 809 million in 2021 14 12 The 6 31 million equivalent to 45 5 million in 2021 14 Fort Pitt Bridge opened June 19 1959 followed by the 16 million equivalent to 114 million in 2021 14 Fort Pitt Tunnel on September 1 1960 using the West End Bypass PA 51 and Carson Street PA 837 as detours until the Fort Pitt Tunnel opened The Parkway East ended in Churchill with eastbound traffic continuing ahead on the William Penn Highway until the 11 12 million equivalent to 77 4 million in 2021 14 extension east to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville opened October 27 1962 4 The final piece of Parkway West the part which has never had an Interstate route number from PA 60 west to the US 22 US 30 split at Imperial opened in 1964 15 16 Early plans for that section would have instead taken it from PA 60 where it splits with PA 60 Bus northwest to US 30 near Campmeeting Road at Clinton 17 The next section that opened was in 1968 from the present day exit 2 with PA 18 to where PA 18 intersects with the present day PA 760 just north of I 80 and the western terminus of I 376 18 19 Work began on the Beaver County sections of I 376 in between Chippewa Township and the Airport Parkway in 1971 and would finish by 1976 18 20 The following year the northern section finished construction which would leave a gap between New Castle and Chippewa Township for the next 15 years Until the middle section was completed in order to continue on the highway travelers had to use US 422 PA 168 PA 18 PA 251 and PA 51 before returning to the highway Until that section opened the present day exit 12A marked the southern terminus of the northern section of PA 60 as an END 60 sign was located near the exit In the early to mid 1980s the entire section from downtown to Monroeville was refurbished 21 I 376 at the former terminus with I 279 in Pittsburgh The next leg of the route opened to PA 108 in 1991 and to PA 51 in Chippewa on November 30 1992 as the 16 5 mile 26 6 km 260 million equivalent to 457 million in 2021 14 missing link between two sections of PA 60 when that route s designation was on the highway 22 The aforementioned END 60 sign was removed when the first leg of the middle section opened in 1991 and a No re entry this exit sign has sat on the site since due to exit 12A being an indirect connection to US 422 westbound without a direct reentry ramp The Southern Expressway a southern bypass of PIT opened on September 9 1992 and is the newest portion of I 376 23 24 The PTC retrofitted E ZPass lanes on the tolled section of I 376 in 2006 at both the two mainline toll plazas as well as the exits that collect tolls 25 A bridge crossing I 376 from Oakland to Greenfield the Greenfield Bridge gained some national notoriety on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver concerning infrastructure The state could not immediately afford to replace the crumbling bridge so instead a cover was built under the bridge to protect the vehicles on I 376 The Greenfield Bridge was finally demolished in December 2015 and a replacement was built over the following two years officially opening on October 14 2017 26 Route designations prior to 2009 Edit The western end of I 376 at I 279 in Pittsburgh in 2003 Upon its extension in 2009 the END panels were replaced with WEST panels From PA 60 to I 376 s eastern terminus I 376 has had the US 22 and US 30 designations for its entire history US 30 exiting at Wilkinsburg Until 1961 it also carried the PA 80 designation until that route was decommissioned due to Pennsylvania needing the designation for I 80 to the north In 1956 PA 60 was commissioned to have the Airport Parkway and the former alignment of US 22 and US 30 to Pittsburgh s West End From 1959 to 1964 I 70 occupied the highway east of PA 50 in Carnegie 19 When I 70 moved to its current alignment replacing I 70S in 1964 the route received the I 76 designation into Pittsburgh 27 West of Pittsburgh from 1963 to 1970 I 79 occupied the route In West Middlesex the route would receive the PA 18 designation while the former alignment would receive a business route designation as PA 18 Business since it served as a bypass of West Middlesex 28 In 1970 I 79 swapped positions with I 279 necessitating that I 76 be extended to I 79 With commencement on the Beaver Valley Expressway in 1971 PA 60 was extended to its future northern terminus in Chippewa Finally on October 2 1972 after I 76 west of Monroeville moved to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and replaced I 80S the western part of the highway took the I 279 designation while the section from Pittsburgh east to Monroeville would become the first section with the I 376 designation 1 When I 376 was extended onto the Parkway West in 2009 I 279 was truncated to its current southern terminus at the former western terminus of I 376 29 PA 18 Business was decommissioned in 1978 when PA 18 returned to its former alignment where it has remained to this day and PA 60 was extended all the way to Hermitage 30 31 Pennsylvania Route 60 TollLocationChippewa Township New CastleExisted1991 2009On November 30 1992 the 16 2 mile 26 1 km gap in Beaver County was completed with a toll highway 32 When the Beaver Valley Expressway started opening in 1991 it would receive the PA Toll 60 designation because it was operated by the PTC With the opening of the Southern Expressway in 1992 PA 60 moved to that highway while the Airport Parkway received the PA 60 Bus designation PA 60 was eventually extended to Sharon in 1997 ending at US 62 Bus 33 2009 extensions Edit Signs reading Future I 376 Corridor were posted along PA 60 from late April 2006 until 2010 This one was located on the New Castle Bypass As part of the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users in 2005 Congress had designated an expansion of I 376 past I 79 and along present day US 22 US 30 and PA 60 through Pittsburgh International Airport and north to I 80 near Sharon This was done because the airport was one of the few major airports in the US without direct access to an Interstate Highway 3 This routing required some major infrastructure work on US 22 west of Downtown Pittsburgh particularly at the US 22 US 30 cloverleaf interchange in Robinson Township and safety improvements to PA 60 though both were controlled access freeways before the extension they were not up to Interstate Highway standards in all areas The improvements to both the US 22 US 30 cloverleaf in Robinson Township and the Lawrence County leg of the route as well as replacing all of the signs with the I 376 shield were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 34 The designation of I 279 from Downtown west through the Fort Pitt Tunnel to I 79 was officially dropped and replaced by that of I 376 on June 10 2009 29 35 I 279 still exists between I 376 in the Golden Triangle and I 79 in Franklin Park On November 6 2009 officials announced the initial transition was complete 34 On January 21 2010 the remainder of the route except for the Beaver Valley Expressway started receiving the I 376 signs The stretch of PA 60 from I 80 in Shenango Township of Mercer County north past PA 18 where the freeway terminates and the highway reverts to being a two lane arterial to the former northern terminus of PA 60 in Sharon became PA 760 36 A Toll I 376 trailblazer on the tolled section of I 376 On August 1 2010 signage along PA Turnpike 60 was officially changed to I 376 37 and unlike other tolled highways with an Interstate designation it is not grandfathered from Interstate standards Having been built in the early 1990s this section was already up to Interstate standards This section of I 376 is signed as Toll I 376 with a black on yellow Toll sign above the I 376 trailblazer This makes I 376 one of the first tolled Interstates with such a marker which was a new addition to the 2009 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 38 Despite PennDOT giving motorists over four years of advance notice on the I 376 extension some local drivers were confused after the transition was complete thinking that the I 376 extension was going to be an all new highway instead of a renaming of PA 60 5 As part of the ongoing upgrades to I 376 to bring the legacy portion of the former PA 60 up to Interstate standards the interchange with PA 318 at exit 1C was upgraded to a full service interchange in October 2014 Previously the exit only had a westbound entrance and eastbound exit mainly to serve as access to I 80 to West Middlesex residents It marked the third partial interchange on the legacy PA 60 Parkway West to be upgraded to a full service interchange in a decade after I 79 at exit 64A and access to US 30 at exit 52 were upgraded from partial to full service interchanges 39 Exit list EditCountyLocation 40 mi 41 42 kmOld exitNew exit 43 DestinationsNotesMercerShenango Township0 0000 000 PA 760 north SharonContinuation beyond I 801A I 80 west YoungstownExit 4 on I 80 western terminus of I 376 southern terminus of PA 7601B I 80 east Mercer0 5460 8791C PA 318 Mercer West MiddlesexBecame a full interchange in October 2014 39 1 7342 7912 PA 18 West MiddlesexLawrencePulaski Township5 1038 21225 a 5 PA 208 New Wilmington Pulaski TownshipNeshannock Township9 43915 19124 a 9 To PA 18 Mitchell RoadNeshannock Uniontownship line12 19919 63212 US 422 west US 422 Bus east Sampson Street YoungstownWestern end of US 422 concurrency signed as exits 12A US 422 and 12B US 422 Bus eastboundUnion Township13 48421 70013 US 224 State Street Poland OHFormerly signed as Exits 13A west and 13B east westbound After I 376 designation Exit 13B ramp was removed and Exit 13A ramp was reconfigured for both directions 14 60423 50320 b 45 c 15 US 422 east ButlerLeft exit eastbound eastern terminus of US 422 concurrency western terminus of Toll sectionNorth Beaver Township16 2826 2019 b 43 c 17 PA 108 Mt JacksonTolls collected at eastbound exit and westbound entrance E ZPass or toll by plate18 129 1Mainline West Toll Plaza 18 E ZPass or toll by plate 45 19 9632 1218 b 40 c 20 PA 168 MoraviaTolls collected at eastbound entrance and westbound exit E ZPass or toll by plateBeaverBig Beaver25 7141 3817 b 33 c 26 I 76 Penna Turnpike PA 351 Ohio HarrisburgExit 10 New Castle on Penna Turnpike28 7946 3316 b 31 c 29 PA 551 to PA 18 Beaver FallsTolls collected at eastbound exit and westbound entrance E ZPass or toll by plateChippewa Township30 549 1Mainline East Toll Plaza 30 E ZPass or toll by plate 45 31 0349 9415 b 29 c 31 PA 51 ChippewaEastern terminus of Toll sectionBrighton Township35 98257 90714 a 36BrightonVanport Township38 20361 48213 a 38 PA 68 Beaver MidlandSigned as Exits 38A west and 38B east westboundOhio River38 343 38 67761 707 62 245Vanport BridgePotter Township39 32863 29212 a 39 PA 18 Monaca ShippingportAccess to Penn State Beaver Campus and Beaver Valley Mall BoulevardCenter Township41 59766 94411 a 42CenterHopewell Township44 72371 97510 a 45Aliquippa47 87777 0519 a 48 PA 151 HopewellAlleghenyFindlay Township50 13980 6918 a 50 I 376 BL east MoonEastbound exit and westbound entrance51 40582 7288 a 51 To I 376 BL east Flaugherty Run Road MoonWestbound exit and eastbound entrance52 20984 0227 a 52 To US 30 Clinton52 867 53 62785 081 86 3046 a 53 PA Turnpike 576 east to US 22 Pittsburgh International Airport WashingtonExits 0 westbound 1A B on PA 576 E ZPass or toll by plate on PA 57656 36390 7074 a 56McClaren RoadMoon Township57 185 57 89592 030 93 1733 a 57 I 376 BL west Orange Belt west MoonWestern end of Orange Belt concurrency58 48794 1262 a 58Montour Run RoadNorth Fayette Township59 47195 7091 a 59Robinson Town Centre BoulevardRobinson Township59 970 60 52796 512 97 40960A US 22 west US 30 west Orange Belt east WeirtonEastern end of Orange Belt concurrency western end of US 22 US 30 concurrency60B PA 60 south Yellow Belt CraftonNorthern terminus of PA 6060 86497 95161Ridge RoadRobinson Colliertownship line61 99899 77662 Yellow Belt Campbells Run Road Westbound exit and eastbound entranceRobinson Township63 268 64 177101 820 103 2831 d 1A e 64A I 79 Washington ErieFormer southern terminus of I 279 exit 59 on I 79Rosslyn Farms64 481103 7722 d 1B e 64BRosslyn FarmsWestbound exit and eastbound entranceCarnegie64 915104 471Buses only West Busway Eastbound exit and westbound entrance65 323105 1273 d 2 e 65 PA 50 Carnegie HeidelbergUntil 2017 Heidelberg only appeared on westbound signsGreen Tree67 225108 1884 d 4A e 67 PA 121 Blue Belt Green Tree Mount Lebanon CraftonEastbound signs shown as Green Tree Mt Lebanon westbound signs shown as Green Tree CraftonPittsburgh67 699108 9515 d 4B e 68Parkway Center DriveWestbound exit and eastbound entrance68 372110 0346 d 5A e 69A US 19 south Banksville Road Mt Lebanon UniontownWestern end of US 19 concurrency westbound exit and eastbound entrance68 808110 7367A d 5B e 69B US 19 Truck south PA 51 south UniontownWestern end of US 19 Truck concurrency eastbound exit and westbound entrance68 883110 8567B d 5C e 69C US 19 north PA 51 north West EndEastern end of US 19 concurrency eastbound exit and westbound entrance68 952 69 644110 967 112 081Fort Pitt Tunnel under Mount Washington69 708112 1847 d 5C e 69C PA 837 north to PA 51 West EndWestbound exit and eastbound left entrance69 644 69 873112 081 112 450Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River69 873 70 029112 450 112 7019 d 6B e 70ABoulevard of the Allies Liberty Avenue PPG Paints ArenaEastbound left exit and westbound entrance10 d 6C e 70BFort Duquesne Boulevard Convention Center Strip DistrictEastbound left exit and westbound entrance1 f 1A g 70C I 279 north US 19 Truck north Fort Duquesne Bridge North ShoreSouthern terminus of I 279 eastern end of US 19 Truck concurrency left exit eastbound70 108112 8282 f 1B g 70DStanwix StreetNo eastbound exit left exit and entrance westbound left entrance eastbound70 508113 4723 f 1C g 71AGrant StreetLeft exit and entrance71 036114 3214 f 1D g 71BSecond AvenueWestbound exit only71 962115 8125 f 2A g 72AForbes Avenue OaklandEastbound exit and westbound entrance72 088116 0146 f 2B g 72B To I 579 Crosstown Blvd PA 885 north Boulevard of the Allies Liberty BridgeWestbound exit and eastbound left entrance72 742117 0677 f 3 g 73 PA 885 Bates Street Glenwood OaklandWestbound exit and eastbound entrance signed as Exits 73A south and 73B north Exit originally signed as Oakland Hazelwood changed to Oakland Glenwood in 1981 to identify the Glenwood Bridge on PA 885 South There is no Pittsburgh neighborhood called Glenwood 74 371119 6898 f 5 g 74 Blue Belt Squirrel Hill Homestead74 618 75 622120 086 121 702Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel HillPittsburgh Swissvale Edgewood tripoint76 554123 2029 f 7 g 77Edgewood SwissvaleWilkinsburg77 868125 31610 f 8A g 78A US 30 east Forest HillsEastern end of US 30 concurrency no westbound exit77 920125 40011 f 8B g 78B PA 8 north WilkinsburgSouthern terminus of PA 8Churchill78 732126 70712 f 9 g 79AGreensburg PikeEastbound exit and westbound entrance79 503127 94813 f 10A g 79B PA 130 ChurchillLeft exit westbound79 934128 64114 f 10B g 80 US 22 Bus east MonroevilleEastbound exit and westbound entrance western terminus of Business US 22 southern terminus of PA 791Churchill Wilkins Township line80 407129 40315 f 11 g 81 PA 791 north Yellow Belt Penn HillsExit originally signed as Rodi Road changed to Penn Hills in 1981Monroeville84 117135 37316A f 14A g 84A PA 48 south Orange Belt MonroevilleEastbound exit and westbound entrance northern terminus of PA 4816B f 14B g 84B Orange Belt PlumEastbound exit and westbound entrance PA 48 North was designated on these signs until 1998 when its northern terminus was truncated to Business US 2284 427135 87217 h US 22 east MurrysvilleEastern terminus of I 376 and its concurrency with US 22 eastern terminus of Business US 22 E ZPass or toll by plate on Penna Turnpike18 f 15 g 85 I 76 Penna Turnpike Ohio Harrisburg1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Electronic toll collection Incomplete accessBusiness loop EditMain article Interstate 376 Business Interstate 376 BusinessLocationAllegheny CountyLength6 26 mi 10 07 km Existed2009 present I 376 Bus shield in Moon Township Interstate 376 Business I 376 Bus or Business Loop 376 BL 376 known locally as the Airport Parkway is a six mile 9 7 km Interstate Highway business loop in Moon Township and Findlay Township in Pennsylvania Its western terminus is at I 376 and Flaugherty Run Road exits 50 and 51 north of PIT Its eastern terminus is at I 376 s exit 57 southeast of PIT Before November 6 2009 and after the Southern Expressway was completed in 1992 this road was known as PA 60 Bus 24 Prior to that it had the regular PA 60 designation this was also originally the last leg of the Parkway West which ended at the intersection with then Beers School Road now University Boulevard and began as the Beaver Valley Expressway past the intersection 19 46 Much of the road is up to freeway standards but several signaled at grade intersections remain making this multilane divided road a true expressway unlike many of Pennsylvania s freeways which are often misleadingly named using the suffix expressway since they are often called such in the northeast I 376 Bus is one of only two business Interstate routes found in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania the other being the business loop of I 83 in York See also Edit U S Roads portal Pennsylvania portal Baltimore and Ohio Station Pittsburgh Notes Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Sequential exit number for PA 60 before redesignation to I 376 43 a b c d e f Sequential exit number for PA 60 before replacement with milepost based exit number 44 a b c d e f Milepost based exit number for PA 60 before redesignation to I 376 43 a b c d e f g h i j k Sequential exit number for I 279 before replacement with milepost based exit number 44 a b c d e f g h i j k Milepost based exit number for I 279 before redesignation to I 376 43 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Sequential exit number before replacement with milepost based exit number 44 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Milepost based exit number from former western terminus in Downtown Pittsburgh 44 Sequential exit number for I 76 before redesignation to I 376 18 References Edit a b Interstates Renumbered The Pittsburgh Press February 24 1972 p 8 Retrieved November 30 2017 via Newspapers com Interstate Highway System May 23 2017 Retrieved August 18 2017 a b Some local roads to get I 376 designation Pittsburgh Business Times October 17 2005 a b c Pennsylvania Highways Interstate 376 Retrieved October 5 2014 self published source a b Confusion Lingers Over the New Interstate 376 Boardman Township OH WKBN TV June 4 2010 Archived from the original on June 8 2010 Retrieved June 8 2010 2023 Toll Schedule PDF Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 2023 Retrieved January 8 2023 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Act 44 of 2007 history Archived from the original on August 21 2007 Retrieved August 18 2007 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Act 44 of 2007 p 6 264 lines 28 29 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint location link Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls reach highest point on west Interstate 376 TribLIVE com December 31 2013 Retrieved October 5 2014 2017 Toll Schedule PDF Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 2017 Retrieved January 8 2017 a b No more cash for Turnpike tolls at Beaver County plaza Pittsburgh PA WTAE TV June 18 2015 Retrieved July 10 2015 a b Kelly David June 19 1959 Ft Pitt Bridge Traffic Rolls Dedication Held For 2 Decker The Pittsburgh Press pp 1 2 Retrieved June 27 2017 Staff 2009 Database Search National Bridge Inventory Federal Highway Administration Archived from the original on October 31 2013 Retrieved August 20 2011 a b c d e Johnston Louis Williamson Samuel H 2023 What Was the U S GDP Then MeasuringWorth Retrieved January 1 2023 United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the Measuring Worth series Kitsko Jeffrey J April 12 2010 Interstate 279 Pennsylvania Highways Retrieved August 20 2011 self published source Kitsko Jeffrey J April 12 2010 US 22 William Penn Highway Pennsylvania Highways Retrieved August 20 2011 self published source General Highway Map Allegheny County Pennsylvania PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Highways 1950 Retrieved June 27 2017 a b c Official Map of Pennsylvania PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Highways 1970 Retrieved June 27 2017 a b c Official Map of Pennsylvania PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Highways 1960 Retrieved June 27 2017 Pennsylvania Map 1971 ed Cartography by H M Gousha Company Citgo 1971 Fisher Ken March 29 1985 Parkway rebuilding project enters final stage Pittsburgh Post Gazette p 4 Retrieved June 27 2017 Route 60 Toll road completes an unfinished dream Editorial Beaver County Times The Times Beaver Newspapers Inc Pennsylvania November 19 1992 p A6 Retrieved June 27 2017 Donovan Sandra Fischione August 28 1990 Casey flying high over expressway The Beaver County Times pp A1 A8 Retrieved April 14 2010 a b Thorner Jim September 16 1992 Airport Expressway is born Road longer travel quicker The Weekly Times The Beaver County Times p 1 Retrieved April 14 2010 Agnello Joe March 16 2006 E ZPASS Other Enhancements Coming This Year to Greensburg and Beaver Valley Expressways Press release Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Archived from the original on October 14 2008 Retrieved March 15 2012 Greenfield Bridge Opens Early After All Day Celebration KDKA TV 10 14 2017 Weingroff Richard April 7 2011 Was I 76 Numbered to Honor Philadelphia for Independence Day 1776 Ask the Rambler Retrieved August 20 2011 Kitsko Jeffrey J March 17 2010 PA 1 PA 50 Pennsylvania Highways Retrieved August 20 2011 self published source a b Schmitz Jon June 11 2009 Roads unite to form new Interstate 376 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved June 12 2009 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 1980 Retrieved June 27 2017 General Highway Map Mercer County Pennsylvania PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 1987 Retrieved June 27 2017 Thornburgh Supports State Study on Beaver Expressway Link Job Pittsburgh Post Gazette August 15 1979 p 5 Retrieved June 27 2017 failed verification General Highway Map Mercer County Pennsylvania PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 1997 Retrieved June 27 2017 a b Schmitz Jon November 6 2009 Highway now I 376 from Monroeville to Mercer Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved August 20 2011 PennDOT Begins Sign Work to Convert Parkway West I 279 to I 376 Press release Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 11 June 10 2009 Archived from the original on June 7 2011 Retrieved June 12 2009 Mercer County Pennsylvania Highway Map PDF Map Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 2010 Retrieved June 27 2017 Effective August 1 New Signage Marks Turnpike 60 Conversion to I 376 Press release Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission July 26 2010 Archived from the original on September 13 2010 Retrieved July 30 2010 Staff August 1 2011 Standard Highway Signs and Markings SHSM Interim Releases for New and Revised Signs Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Federal Highway Administration Retrieved August 20 2011 a b Interstate 376 Route 318 Ramp Construction to Begin in Mercer County PDF Press release Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 1 March 5 2014 Archived from the original PDF on March 4 2016 Retrieved June 27 2017 Video Log Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Retrieved June 6 2016 Bureau of Maintenance and Operations January 2016 Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams Report 2015 ed Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Retrieved May 22 2016 Mercer County Lawrence County Beaver County Allegheny County Interchanges Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Retrieved May 22 2016 a b c d I 376 Corridor New Exit Numbers PDF Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 11 0 June 2 2010 Retrieved June 27 2017 a b c d Pennsylvania Exit Numbering PDF Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Retrieved October 2 2007 a b New Signage Marks Turnpike 60 Conversion to I 376 Press release Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission July 2 2010 Pennsylvania Map 1964 65 ed Cartography by H M Gousha Company Sun Oil Company 1964 External links EditRoute map KML file edit help Template Attached KML Interstate 376KML is from Wikidata Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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