Editing Interstate 376 (section)

{{short description|Highway in Pennsylvania}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox road
|state=PA
|route=376
|type=I
|map={{maplink-road|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 376}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-376 highlighted in red
|maint=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]] and [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission|PTC]]
|established=October 2, 1972<ref name=1972news/>
|history=Extended 2009
|length_mi=84.427
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="FHWA">{{cite web |url= https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table03.cfm |title= Interstate Highway System |date= May 23, 2017 |access-date= August 18, 2017}}</ref>
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=PA|I|80|PA|760}} near [[Hermitage, Pennsylvania|Hermitage]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=PA|US|422}} in [[Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Union Township]]
*{{jct|state=PA|US|224}} in Union Township
*{{jct|state=PA|I|76|PATP}} in [[Big Beaver, Pennsylvania|Big Beaver]]
*{{jct|state=PA|Toll|576}} at [[Pittsburgh International Airport]]
*{{jct|state=PA|US|22|US|30|Belt|Orange|PA|60}} in [[Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Robinson Township]]
*{{jct|state=PA|I|79}} near [[Carnegie, Pennsylvania|Carnegie]]
*{{jct|state=PA|US|19|US-Truck|19|dab1=pittsburgh|PA|51}} in [[Pittsburgh]]
*{{jct|state=PA|I|279|US-Truck| 19|dab1=pittsburgh}} in Pittsburgh
*{{jct|state=PA|US|30}} in [[Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania|Wilkinsburg]]
}}
|terminus_b={{plainlist|*{{jct|state=PA|I-Toll|76|PATP||US|22|US-Bus|22|dab4=Monroeville}} in [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania|Monroeville]]}}
|counties=[[Mercer County, Pennsylvania|Mercer]], [[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence]], [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver]], [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
|previous_type=PA
|previous_route=374
|next_type=PA 1962
|next_route=376
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=76
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;376''' ('''I-376''') is a major [[auxiliary Interstate Highway|auxiliary route]] of the [[Interstate Highway System]] in the US state of [[Pennsylvania]], located within the [[Allegheny Plateau]]. It runs from [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|I-80]] near [[Sharon, Pennsylvania|Sharon]] south and east to a junction with the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|I-76]], its parent) in [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania|Monroeville]], after having crossed the Pennsylvania Turnpike at an interchange in [[Big Beaver, Pennsylvania|Big Beaver]]. The route serves [[Pittsburgh]] and its surrounding areas and is the main access road to [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] (PIT).<ref name="PIT">{{cite news |date= October 17, 2005 |title= Some local roads to get I-376 designation |work=Pittsburgh Business Times |url= http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/10/17/daily4.html }}</ref> Portions of the route are known as the '''Beaver Valley Expressway''', '''Southern Expressway''', and '''Airport Parkway'''.<ref name="pah-i376">{{cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/interstates/I376.html|title=Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 376|access-date=October 5, 2014}}{{sps|certain=yes|date=September 2018}}</ref> Within [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|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 [[Interstate 476|I-476]] within Pennsylvania.

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 [[Interstate 279|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 (Pittsburgh)|West End]], with [[Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania|I-79]] being the primary route through Pittsburgh's [[North Hills (Pennsylvania)|North Hills]]. Since its 2009 extension, the route has also served as a major way to access [[Northeast Ohio]].<ref name="Youngstown">{{cite news |url= http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/Confusion-Lingers-Over-the-New-Interstate-376/FrQIIiJURkS3V8kIBKKMaw.cspx |title= Confusion Lingers Over the New Interstate 376 |publisher= [[WKBN-TV]] |location= Boardman Township, OH |date= June 4, 2010 |access-date= June 8, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100608011504/http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/Confusion-Lingers-Over-the-New-Interstate-376/FrQIIiJURkS3V8kIBKKMaw.cspx |archive-date= June 8, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

A {{convert|16|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of the Beaver Valley Expressway, officially named the '''James E. Ross Highway''', from exit&nbsp;15 where I-376 ends its brief [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[U.S. Route 422 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route&nbsp;422]] (US&nbsp;422) to exit&nbsp;31 where I-376 has its first interchange with [[Pennsylvania Route 51]] (PA&nbsp;51), is [[Toll road|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 [[Interstate 376 Business|business loop]].