Interstate 77
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Interstate 77 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. Its southern terminus is in Columbia, South Carolina at an intersection with Interstate 26; its northern terminus is in Cleveland, Ohio at an intersection with Interstate 90.
It largely supplants the old U.S. Highway 21 between Cleveland and Columbia as a through route as one of the best north-south corridors through the middle Appalachians.
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Length
| Miles | km | state | |
| 90 | 145 | South Carolina | |
| 105 | 169 | North Carolina | |
| 67 | 108 | Virginia | |
| 187 | 301 | West Virginia | |
| 162 | 261 | Ohio | |
| 611 | 984 | Total | |
Major Cities Along the Route
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Wytheville, Virginia
- Princeton, West Virginia
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Canton, Ohio
- Akron, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
Intersections with other Interstates
- Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina
- Interstate 20 in Columbia, South Carolina
- Interstate 85 in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Interstate 40 in Statesville, North Carolina
- Interstate 74 for 4 miles (6.4 km) near Mount Airy, North Carolina
- Interstate 81 for 9 miles (14.5 km) around Wytheville, Virginia
- Interstate 64 in Beckley, West Virginia. They stay joined until Charleston, West Virginia.
- Interstate 79 in Charleston, West Virginia
- Interstate 70 in Cambridge, Ohio
- Interstate 76 in Akron, Ohio (I-76 runs concurrently with I-77 for a few miles in downtown Akron)
- Interstate 277 in Akron, Ohio (a connector route to Interstate 76 on the south side of Akron)
- Interstate 80 in Richfield/Brecksville, Ohio
- Interstate 271 in Richfield, Ohio
- Interstate 480 in Independence, Ohio
- Interstate 490 in Cleveland, Ohio
- Interstate 90 in Cleveland, Ohio
Spur Routes
Notes
- The West Virginia Turnpike is also signed as I-77 for its entire length. This 88 mile (142 km) section, between Charleston and Princeton is a toll road.
- I-77 in Charlotte, North Carolina is also known as the "Bill Lee Freeway". A small portion south of the city is called the "General Younts Expressway".
- The junction between I-77 and I-85 in Charlotte is a rather odd configuration. When I-77 crosses over I-85, the northbound lanes are to the west of the southbound lanes. The lanes return to their proper positions north and south of this interchange.
- When I-77 and I-81 merge in Virginia, you are going both north and south on a wrong-way multiplex.
- I-77 passes through the "Virginia High-Tech Corrdior", which could strike some as ironic, since I-77 passes through one of the most rural sections of Virginia.
- There were originally plans to extend I-77 as far north as Detroit (and possibly into Canada!), along the Ohio Turnpike, I-75 and I-94. Had this extension taken place, the spur into Cleveland would have been renamed I-177.
- I-77 is also the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway", although it is never referred to as this and signage is sparse (possibly only in Ohio does the freeway carry this designation).
- In Rock Hill, South Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina, I-77 has been widened to eight lanes between Exit 75 and the North Carolina state line.
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