There is also a game called Interstate '76, developed by Activision and referring to the year 1976.
Two interstate highways named Interstate 76 exist in different parts of the United States. The western I-76 runs northeast from Denver, Colorado; the eastern I-76 runs mainly through Pennsylvania.
The Western I-76 runs from Interstate 70 in Denver, Colorado to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska. The mile in Nebraska is signed north-south; the rest is signed east-west.
The Eastern I-76 runs from an intersection with Interstate 71 between Seville, Ohio and Westfield Center, Ohio, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Akron, to an intersection with I-295 near Camden, New Jersey. For much of its course it is coterminous with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Ohio Turnpike.
It has been suggested that the number was chosen because the United States Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776, but there is no evidence of this.[1] (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/i76.htm)
The Western I-76 was redesignated from I-80S in 1976, possibly as part of Colorado's Centennial Celebration, to remove the letter suffix. The Eastern I-76 was also called I-80S at one point.
Some of the ramps at the interchange with Interstate 95 involve traffic lights; I-676 in Philadelphia also has traffic lights at the entrance to the Ben Franklin Bridge. This is because building a freeway would have disturbed historically significant areas in Philadelphia. I-76 was originally routed along the Vine Street Expressway while I-676 went on the Schuylkill Expressway, but they switched designations in 1974 due to the holdup in building the Vine Street Expressway.
At 129 miles (207 km), I-476 is America's longest three-digit interstate. It's longer than the western Interstate 86, Interstate 19, and Interstate 97. By comparison, the average length of a three-digit interstate is 21 miles (34 km). Nevertheless, no three-digit interstate is longer than its parent.
I-76 ends at I-295 in New Jersey, but the freeway continues as Route 42 and the Atlantic City Expressway to Atlantic City, New Jersey. While the South Jersey Transportation Authority (which owns the ACE) is not against the idea, they feel that making the change without a compelling reason would only add to motorists' confusion in southern New Jersey.
Until mid-2003, one had to exit on U.S. Highway 19 in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania in order to enter Interstate 79. This is no longer true; there is a direct intersection between I-76 and I-79, thanks to the Cranberry Connector project.
Interstate76 (abbreviated I-76) is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles (700 km) from an interchange with Interstate71 west of Akron, Ohio east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey.
I-76 begins at Interstate71 at exit 209, east of Lodi, Ohio; U.S. Route 224 continues west from the end of I-76.
Officially I-76 ends at the Turnpike overpass and I-76K begins on the Turnpike at the overpass, with a similar change happening with Interstate80 and I-80K (east on the freeway to Youngstown and west on the Turnpike).
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