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Vine Street Expressway; North-South Freeway
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Length	7 mi (11 km)
Major junctions
	US 30 in Camden, NJ; I-95 in Philadelphia, PA
Location
Major cities	Camden, Philadelphia

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Interstate 676 (abbreviated I-676) is an interstate highway that serves as a major thoroughfare through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Its northwestern terminus is at Interstate 76 in Philadelphia near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, heading east towards the Ben Franklin Bridge. On the east (New Jersey) side of the bridge, the highway heads south to its southeastern terminus at Interstate 76 in Gloucester City, New Jersey near the Walt Whitman Bridge.

I-676 is signed east-west in Pennsylvania but north-south in New Jersey.

Building onramps to the Ben Franklin Bridge would have effectively destroyed Franklin Square (Philadelphia), a historically sensitive site. Therefore, traffic from I-676 or Interstate 95 to the bridge is directed through city streets, meaning that this portion of I-676 is not (and probably never will be) up to freeway standards. There does exist a direct freeway connection to Interstate 95. Aerial photo Photos: Eastbound surface road from [1], Westbound traffic light from [2].

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation maps show the connection to I-95 as I-676, and the bridge connection as US 30 (which is multiplexed with I-676 from its west end to downtown Camden). All signs show I-676 using the bridge. I-676 is called the "Vine Street Expressway" in Philadelphia, where it was built underneath Vine Street itself in an open cut, and as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway" in Camden.

I-676 was known as Interstate 680 in Philadelphia until 1964, when I-80S was renumbered I-76.^[1]

Major Cities

All cities below are officially-designated control cities for signs.

Exit List

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Philadelphia	Philadelphia	0.0		I-76 east - International Airport	Access to University Area, 30th Street Station.
		0.0		I-76 west/ US 30 west - Valley Forge
		duplex
		1.0		23rd Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway	to Museum Area.
		1.5		PA 611 (Broad Street)	Access to Central Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Hall, and Pennsylvania Convention Center.
		1.7		8th Street	Access to Market St East, Chinatown. At-Grade intersection Westbound only.
		1.9		I-95 - Chester, Trenton	Eastbound only. Access to Philadelphia International Airport and Penn's Landing.
		2.0		I-95 (7th Street)	Westbound only. At-Grade Intersection.
		2.1		(6th Street) (5th Street) - Independence Hall	At-Grade Intersection Eastbound only. Access to Independence National Historic Park.
New Jersey state line/ Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Camden	Camden	4.6		(6th Street) (Broadway) - Camden	Eastbound only.
		4.5		File:New Jersey 38.svg File:New Jersey 70.svg US 30 east/ to US 130/ to NJ 38/ to NJ 70 - Cherry Hill, Trenton	Eastbound only.
		duplex
		4.4	5	(Market Street) (Mickle Blvd) (Campbell Place) - State Aquarium, Camden Business District, Entertainment Center
		3.8	4	(Atlantic Avenue) (Kaighns Ave)
		2.8	3	(Morgan Blvd) to (Broadway) - Port Terminals
		0.8	2	I-76 west - Walt Whitman Bridge, Philadelphia	Southbound only.
		0.3	1	(Collings Ave) - Gloucester, Collingswood
Begin/End Continues as I-76 towards Atlantic City.

Length

Pennsylvania: 2.15 miles (3.44 km)
New Jersey: 4.75 miles (7.6 km)

References

^ Interstate 680 - Kurumi.com

External links

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[1] Interstate 680 - Kurumi.com

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 '''Interstate 676''' (abbreviated '''I-676''') is an [[interstate highway]] that serves as a major thoroughfare through [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] and [[Camden, New Jersey]]. Its northwestern terminus is at [[Interstate 76 (east)|Interstate 76]] in Philadelphia near the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], heading east towards the [[Ben Franklin Bridge]]. On the east ([[New Jersey]]) side of the bridge, the highway heads south to its southeastern terminus at [[Interstate 76 (east)|Interstate 76]] in [[Gloucester City, New Jersey]] near the [[Walt Whitman Bridge]].