Editing Interstate 676 (section)

{{Short description|Highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania}}
{{about|the auxiliary route of Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|the parent route|Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox road
|country=USA
|route=676
|type=I
|map={{maplink-road|from=Interstate 676.map |frame-height=290}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-676 highlighted in red, PennDOT's definition of I-676 to I-95 in blue
|map_alt=A map showing major roads in the Philadelphia-Camden area. I-676 runs east across Philadelphia before entering Camden, where it turns south.
|maint=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]], [[Delaware River Port Authority|DRPA]], and [[New Jersey Department of Transportation|NJDOT]]
|length_mi=6.90
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="FHWA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/?redirect|title=Route Log and Finder List, Table 2|publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]|date= 2002-10-31|access-date=2007-06-06}}</ref>
|established=1964<ref name="Rambler" />
|history=Completed in 1991<ref name="opening">{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Bittan|title=Expressway Through Your City's Heart Opens Vine Highway Connects Schuylkill to I-95|url=http://wikipedia-usrd.pastebin.ca/545904|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|date=1991-01-11|access-date=2007-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629164332/http://wikipedia-usrd.pastebin.ca/545904|archive-date=2007-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=76 (Ohio–New Jersey)
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|country=USA|I|76|US|30|dab1=Philadelphia|dab2=Pennsylvania}} in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
|junction={{Plainlist|
*{{jct|state=PA|PA|611}} in Philadelphia, PA
*{{jct|state=PA|I|95}} in Philadelphia, PA
*{{jct|state=NJ|US|30}} in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden, NJ]]
*{{jct|state=NJ|CR|537|county1=Camden}} in Camden, NJ
}}
|direction_b=South
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NJ|I|76|county3=Camden|road|[[Route 76C (New Jersey)|Route 76C]]|CR|630}} at the Camden&ndash;[[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester City, NJ]] line
|states=[[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]]
|counties='''PA:''' [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]<br />'''NJ:''' [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden]]
|system1={{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=PA}}
|system2={{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=NJ}}
|browse={{pa browse|previous_type=PA 1926|previous_route=672|route=PA|next_type=PA 1960|next_route=680}}{{nj browse|previous_type=NJ|previous_route=495|route=NJ|next_type=I|next_route=695}}
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;676''' ('''I-676''') is an [[Interstate Highway]] that serves as a major thoroughfare through [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City Philadelphia]], where it is known as the '''Vine Street Expressway''', and [[Camden, New Jersey]], where it is known as the northern segment of the [[North–South Freeway (New Jersey)|North–South Freeway]], as well as the '''Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway''' in honor of civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] Its western terminus is at [[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|I-76]] in Philadelphia near the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] and [[Fairmount Park]]. From there, it heads east through Center City Philadelphia and is then routed on surface streets near [[Franklin Square (Philadelphia)|Franklin Square]] and [[Independence National Historical Park]], home of the [[Liberty Bell]], before crossing the [[Delaware River]] on the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]]. On the [[New Jersey]] side of the bridge, the highway heads south through Camden to its southern terminus at I-76 in [[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester City]] near the [[Walt Whitman Bridge]]. Between the western terminus and downtown Camden, I-676 is [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with [[U.S. Route&nbsp;30]] (US&nbsp;30).

After [[World War II]], freeway approaches were planned for both sides of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which was completed in 1926 and serves as a part of US&nbsp;30. In [[Pennsylvania]], the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the northern edge of Center City to the [[Schuylkill River]], while, in New Jersey, the North–South Freeway was to head south along the [[New Jersey Route 42|Route&nbsp;42]] corridor. When the [[Interstate Highway System]] was created in the 1950s, this stretch of highway was a part of I-80S, with '''Interstate&nbsp;680''' ('''I-680''') continuing on the Schuylkill Expressway to the [[Walt Whitman Bridge]]. 

In 1964, the designations became I-76 and I-676, respectively, and, in 1972, the two routes were switched onto their current alignments. I-676 in New Jersey was completed between I-76 and Morgan Street by 1960 and north of there to downtown Camden by the 1980s. The Vine Street Expressway was opened from the Schuylkill Expressway to 18th Street by 1960 and east of there to I-95 on January 10, 1991, despite opposition from the adjacent community and other obstacles to construction. There are grade-level intersections with traffic signals in the connections between the Vine Street Expressway and the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]]. This intersection does not follow typical rules and regulations of the Interstate Highway System, and is also notorious for having high crash rates and pedestrian fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Dangerous Highways in Philadelphia |url=https://www.zavodnicklaw.com/philadelphia-car-accident-lawyer/most-dangerous-highways/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Zavodnick & Lasky Personal Injury Lawyers |language=en-US}}</ref>