Editing Interstate 77 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway from South Carolina to Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox road
| country = USA
| route = 77
| type = I
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|from=Interstate 77.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-77 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 610.10
| length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920000348/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=SC|I|26}} in [[Cayce, South Carolina|Cayce, SC]]
| junction = 
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|20}} in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|85}} in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|40}} in [[Statesville, North Carolina|Statesville, NC]]
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|74}} near [[Mount Airy, North Carolina|Mt. Airy, NC]]
* {{Jct|state=VA|I|81}} between [[Fort Chiswell, Virginia|Fort Chiswell]] and [[Wytheville, Virginia|Wytheville]], VA
* {{Jct|state=WV|I|64}} between [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]] and [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], WV
* {{Jct|state=WV|I|79}} near [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston, WV]]
* {{Jct|state=OH|I|70}} in [[Cambridge, Ohio|Cambridge, OH]]
* {{Jct|state=OH|I|76|SR|8}} in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron, OH]]
* {{Jct|state=OH|I|80|OHTP}} in [[Richfield, Ohio|Richfield, OH]]
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=OH|I|90}} in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]]
| states = [[South Carolina]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], [[Ohio]]
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;77''' ('''I-77''') is a north–south [[Interstate Highway]] in the [[Eastern United States]]. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of [[West Virginia]] to the rolling farmlands of [[North Carolina]] and [[Ohio]]. It largely supplants the old [[U.S. Route&nbsp;21]] (US&nbsp;21) between [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and [[Columbia, South Carolina]], as an important north–south corridor through the middle [[Appalachian Mountains]]. The southern terminus of I-77 is in [[Cayce, South Carolina]], in [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington County]] at the junction with [[Interstate 26|I-26]].<ref>{{Cite map|title=Cayce, SC|publisher=City of Cayce|url=https://caycesc.gov/files/Cayce%20City%20Limits%20Map.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707202629/https://caycesc.gov/files/Cayce%20City%20Limits%20Map.pdf|archive-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=January 28, 2024}}</ref> The northern terminus is in Cleveland at the junction with [[Interstate 90|I-90]]. Other major cities that I-77 connects to include Columbia, South Carolina; [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]; [[Charleston, West Virginia]]; and [[Akron, Ohio]]. The [[East River Mountain Tunnel]], connecting [[Virginia]] and West Virginia, is one of only two instances in the U.S. where a mountain road tunnel crosses a state line. The other is the [[Cumberland Gap Tunnel]], connecting [[Tennessee]] and [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=AppalachianMagazine |date=December 18, 2015 |title=Virginia & West Virginia's Shared Tunnel |url=http://appalachianmagazine.com/2015/12/18/virginia-west-virginias-shared-tunnel/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713233054/http://appalachianmagazine.com/2015/12/18/virginia-west-virginias-shared-tunnel/ |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018 |magazine=Appalachian Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> I-77 is a [[Snowbird (person)|snowbird]] route to the [[Southern U.S.]] for those traveling from the [[Great Lakes region]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wighton |first1=Doug |date=December 29, 2014 |title=Road trip: the alternate route to Florida |url=https://www.thestar.com/autos/2014/12/29/road_trip_the_alternate_route_to_florida.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320105606/https://www.thestar.com/autos/2014/12/29/road_trip_the_alternate_route_to_florida.html |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=March 20, 2018 |website=[[Toronto Star]] |language=en |issn=0319-0781 |oclc=137342540}}</ref>