Editing Interstate 80 (section)

==Route description==
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|[[Interstate 80 in California|CA]]
|{{convert|199.24|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Nevada|NV]]
|{{convert|410.67|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Utah|UT]]
|{{convert|197.51|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Wyoming|WY]]
|{{convert|402.76|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Nebraska|NE]]
|{{convert|455.32|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Iowa|IA]]
|{{convert|303.23|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Illinois|IL]]
|{{convert|163.52|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Indiana|IN]]
|{{convert|151.56|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Ohio|OH]]
|{{convert|237.48|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|PA]]
|{{convert|311.12|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|[[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|NJ]]
|{{convert|68.35|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|Total
|{{convert|2900.76|mi|km|disp=table}}
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| image1            = 2022-03-27 15 13 23 View north along U.S. Route 101 (Bayshore Freeway) approaching Exit 433B (Interstate 80-Bay Bridge) in San Francisco, California.jpg
| caption1          = Western terminus of I-80 at US&nbsp;101 in San Francisco
| image2            = I-80 Eastshore Fwy.jpg
| caption2          = I-80 is a major urban freeway in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].
| image3            = RenoI80.JPG
| alt3              = Dusk view of a freeway descending into a neon lit cityscape
| caption3          = I-80 descending into [[Reno, Nevada]], from the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]
| image4            = 02162008 Interstate80NWUtah.JPG
| caption4          = Mountains of the [[Great Salt Lake]] as seen approaching [[Salt Lake City]] from the west
| image5            = 2015-05-09 14 45 12 View east along Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30 in Green River, Wyoming approaching the Green River Tunnel.jpg
| caption5          = [[Green River Tunnel]] in [[Green River, Wyoming]], one of three sets of tunnels along I-80
| image6            = GPRRAMKearney.jpg
| caption6          = The [[Great Platte River Road Archway Monument]] in [[Kearney, Nebraska]], which spans I-80
| image7            = I-80 in western Iowa.jpg
| alt7              = A highway underneath a clear sky surrounded by harvested cropland and green pastures
| caption7          = I-80 near [[Walnut, Iowa]]
| image8            = WB I-80 before the I-94-IL 394 interchange in Lansing, IL.jpg
| caption8          = Westbound Kingery Expressway in [[Lansing, Illinois]]
| image9            = Eastbound Borman Expressway, Hammond, Indiana.jpg
| caption9          = The Borman Expressway in [[Hammond, Indiana]], approaching exit&nbsp;3
| image10           = Cuyahoga Valley overlooking I-80 Ohio Turnpike.jpg
| caption10         = I-80 Ohio Turnpike at the Cuyahoga River
| image11           = 2022-06-06 18 39 21 Sign reading "Highest Point on Interstate 80 East of the Mississippi River" along eastbound Interstate 80 (Keystone Shortway) just east of Exit 111 in Pine Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.jpg
| caption11         = Sign noting the highest point on I-80 east of the [[Mississippi River]] located in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]]
| image12           = 2014-05-07 16 21 42 View of the eastern end of Interstate 80 from an airplane heading for Newark Airport-cropped.JPG
| caption12         = The eastern end of I-80 in [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Visible at the top of the photo are the [[George Washington Bridge]] and [[New York City]].
| image13           = 2020-07-12 08 06 44 View south along the local lanes of Interstate 95 (Bergen-Passaic Expressway) at Exit 69 (Interstate 80 WEST, To Garden State Parkway, Paterson) in Teaneck Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg
| caption13         = The east end of I-80 at I-95 in [[Teaneck, New Jersey]]
}}

===California===
{{main|Interstate 80 in California}}
{{see also|San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge|Carquinez Bridge|Yolo Causeway}}
I-80 begins at an interchange with [[U.S. Route 101|US Route&nbsp;101]] (US&nbsp;101) in [[San Francisco]] and then crosses the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] into [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]. It then heads northeast through [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], and the [[Sierra Nevada]] before crossing into [[Nevada]].

A portion of the route through [[Pinole, California|Pinole]] involved the experimental transplantation of the rare species [[Santa Cruz tarplant]] in the [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]].

===Nevada===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Nevada}}
In [[Nevada]], I-80 traverses the northern portion of the state. The freeway serves the [[Reno metropolitan area, Nevada|Reno metropolitan area]], and it also goes through the towns of [[Fernley, Nevada|Fernley]], [[Lovelock, Nevada|Lovelock]], [[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]], [[Battle Mountain, Nevada|Battle Mountain]], [[Elko, Nevada|Elko]], [[Wells, Nevada|Wells]], and [[West Wendover, Nevada|West Wendover]] on its way through the state.

The Nevada portion of I-80 follows the paths of the [[Truckee River|Truckee]] and [[Humboldt River|Humboldt]] rivers, which have been used as a transportation corridor since the [[California Gold Rush]] of the 1840s. The Interstate also follows the historical routes of the [[California Trail]], [[first transcontinental railroad]], and [[Feather River Route]] throughout portions of the state. I-80 in Nevada closely follows, and at many points directly overlaps, the original route of the [[Victory Highway]], [[Nevada State Route 1|State Route&nbsp;1]] (SR&nbsp;1), and [[U.S. Route 40|US&nbsp;40]].

===Utah===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Utah}}
After crossing [[Utah]]'s western border in [[Wendover, Utah|Wendover]], I-80 crosses the desolate [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] west of the [[Great Salt Lake]]. The longest stretch between exits on an Interstate Highway is located between Wendover and [[Knolls, Utah|Knolls]], with {{convert|37.4|mi|km}} between those exits.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carey|first1=Anne|title=Top 16 longest gaps between Interstate exits|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/08/longest-distances-between-exits-on-US-freeways-415029/1|access-date=January 17, 2017|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630190754/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/08/longest-distances-between-exits-on-US-freeways-415029/1|url-status=live}}</ref> This portion of I-80, crossing the [[Great Salt Lake Desert]], is extremely flat and straight, dotted with large warning signs about [[driver fatigue]] and drowsiness.

East of the salt flats, I-80 passes the southern edge of Great Salt Lake and continues on through [[Salt Lake City]], where it merges with [[Interstate 15|I-15]] for {{convert|3|mi|km|0|spell=in}} before entering the [[Wasatch Range]] east of the city. It ascends [[Parleys Canyon]] and passes within a few miles of [[Park City, Utah|Park City]] as it follows a route through the mountains toward the junction with the eastern terminus of the western section of [[Interstate 84 (Oregon–Utah)|I-84]]. From the junction it continues up Echo Canyon and on toward the border with [[Wyoming]], near [[Evanston, Wyoming|Evanston]].

The route of the Utah section of I-80 is defined in Utah Code Annotated §&nbsp;72-4-113(10).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://le.utah.gov/code/TITLE72/htm/72_04_011300.htm |author=Utah State Legislature |title=§&nbsp;72-4-113(10) |work=Utah Code Annotated |access-date=January 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227042610/http://le.utah.gov/code/TITLE72/htm/72_04_011300.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref>

===Wyoming===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Wyoming}}
In [[Wyoming]], I-80 reaches its maximum elevation of {{convert|8640|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]<ref name=map>{{cite map |author = Wyoming Department of Transportation |author-link = Wyoming Department of Transportation |year = 2010 |title = Official State Highway Map of Wyoming |scale = c. 1:1,140,480 |location = Cheyenne |publisher = Wyoming Department of Transportation |sections = G1–H10 }}</ref> at [[Sherman Summit]], near [[Buford, Wyoming|Buford]], which, at {{Convert|8000|ft|m}}, is the highest community on I-80. Farther west in Wyoming, the Interstate passes through the dry [[Red Desert (Wyoming)|Red Desert]] and over the [[Continental Divide]]. In a way, the highway crosses the Divide twice, since two ridges of the [[Rocky Mountains]] split in Wyoming, forming the [[endorheic basin|endorheic]] [[Great Divide Basin]], from which surface water cannot drain but can only evaporate.

===Nebraska===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Nebraska}}
I-80 enters [[Nebraska]] west of [[Bushnell, Nebraska|Bushnell]]. The western portion of I-80 in Nebraska runs very close to the state of [[Colorado]], without entering the state. The intersection of [[Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)|I-76]] and I-80 is visible from the Colorado–Nebraska state line. From its intersection with I-76 to [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]], I-80 lies in the valley of the [[South Platte River]] and the [[Platte River]].

The longest straight stretch of Interstate anywhere in the Interstate Highway System is the approximately {{convert|72|mi|km}} of I-80 occurring between exit&nbsp;318 in the Grand Island area and milemarker&nbsp;390 near [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. Along this length, the road does not vary from an ideally straight line by more than a few yards. After Lincoln, I-80 turns northeast toward [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]. It then crosses the [[Missouri River]] in Omaha to enter the state of [[Iowa]]. Part of I-80 in Nebraska is marked as a [[Blue Star Memorial Highway]].

===Iowa===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Iowa}}
I-80 is the longest Interstate Highway in [[Iowa]]. It extends from west to east across the central portion of the state through the population centers of [[Council Bluffs, Iowa|Council Bluffs]], Des Moines, and the [[Quad Cities]].<ref name=GoogleIA>{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-80+E&daddr=I-80+E&hl=en&ll=41.722131,-93.284912&spn=5.091524,7.459717&sll=41.577572,-90.369587&sspn=0.083853,0.136471&geocode=Fd4kdQId4IRI-g%3BFfxzegIdyCSd-g&t=h&gl=us&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=13&z=7 |title= Interstate 80 in Iowa |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref> It enters the state at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs and heads east through the [[southern Iowa drift plain]]. In the [[Des Moines metropolitan area]], I-80 meets up with [[Interstate 35|I-35]] and the two routes bypass [[Downtown Des Moines]] together while [[Interstate 235 (Iowa)|I-235]] proceeds straight through the metro and rejoins both on the far side. In [[Ankeny, Iowa|Ankeny]], the Interstates split and I-80 continues east. On the west edge of the [[Iowa City metropolitan area]], it intersects [[Interstate 380 (Iowa)|I-380]], a segment of the [[Avenue of the Saints]]. Northwest of the Quad Cities in Walcott is [[Iowa&nbsp;80]], the world's largest truckstop. I-80 passes along the northern edge of [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]] and [[Bettendorf, Iowa|Bettendorf]] and leaves Iowa via the [[Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] into Illinois. The majority of the highway runs through farmland,<ref name="GoogleIA" /> yet roughly a third of Iowa's population live along the I-80 corridor.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=9965 |title = Population grows in I-80, U.S. 30 corridors |last = Staff |date = March 29, 2010 |work = Daily Times Herald |access-date = August 12, 2012 |location = Carroll, IA |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120915164308/http://carrollspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=1 |archive-date = September 15, 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Illinois===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Illinois}}
{{see also|Tri-State Tollway|Kingery Expressway}}
In [[Illinois]], I-80 runs from the Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge across the Mississippi River south to an intersection with [[Interstate 74|I-74]]. It then runs east across north-central Illinois just north of the [[Illinois River]] to [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]]. I-80 continues east through the [[Chicago Southland|southern suburbs]] of [[Chicago]] and joins [[Interstate 94|I-94]] just before entering Indiana.

===Indiana===
{{main|Borman Expressway|Indiana Toll Road}}
In [[Indiana]], I-80 runs concurrently with another Interstate Highway for its entire length. It runs with I-94 on the [[Borman Expressway]] from the Illinois state line to [[Lake Station, Indiana]], then with [[Interstate 90|I-90]] on the [[Indiana Toll Road]] from Lake Station to the Ohio state line.

Between [[La Porte, Indiana|La Porte]] and the [[Toledo metropolitan area]], I-80/I-90 is located within {{convert|10|mi|km}} of the [[Michigan]] state line but does not enter that state. From the [[Indiana State Road 9|State Road&nbsp;9]] (SR&nbsp;9) and I-80/I-90 interchange, the sign marking the Indiana–Michigan state line is visible. I-80/I-90 passes through the [[South Bend–Mishawaka metropolitan area]], passing the [[University of Notre Dame]] and the [[University Park Mall]], intersecting with the [[St. Joseph Valley Parkway]]. At another point in northern Indiana, I-80/I-90 comes within about {{Convert|200|yd|m}} of the Michigan border.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917161113/http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?S=12&T=2&X=810&Y=5780&Z=16&W=2|url-status=dead|title=Microsoft Research – Emerging Technology, Computer, and Software Research|archive-date=September 17, 2012|website=Microsoft Research|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>

===Ohio===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Ohio|Ohio Turnpike}}
In [[Ohio]], I-80/I-90 enters from the Indiana Toll Road and immediately becomes the Ohio Turnpike. The two Interstates cross rural northwest Ohio and run just south of the [[Toledo metropolitan area]]. In [[Rossford, Ohio|Rossford]], the turnpike intersects [[Interstate 75|I-75]] in an area known as the Crossroads of America. This intersection is one of the largest intersections of three Interstate Highways in the United States.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

In [[Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio|Elyria Township]], just west of [[Cleveland]], I-90 splits from I-80, leaving the turnpike and running northeast as a freeway. I-80 runs east-southeast through the southern suburbs of Cleveland. Just northwest of [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]], the Ohio Turnpike continues southeast as [[Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)|I-76]], while I-80 exits the turnpike and runs east to the north of Youngstown, entering Pennsylvania south of [[Sharon, Pennsylvania]].

===Pennsylvania===
{{main|Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania}}
In [[Pennsylvania]], I-80 is the main east–west freeway through the central part of the state. It runs from the Ohio state line near Sharon to the [[Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge]] over the [[Delaware River]] and is called the "Z.H. Confair Memorial Highway".

It traverses the extreme northern section of [[Greater Pittsburgh]]. I-80 serves as the western terminus for [[Interstate 376|I-376]] which connects it to [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] and on to [[Downtown Pittsburgh]] and suburban Pittsburgh. I-80 intersects [[Interstate 79|I-79]], which connects with [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]] (about {{convert|75|mi|km}} to the north) and Pittsburgh (about {{convert|55|mi|km}} to the south). Further east, [[Interstate 99|I-99]] connects with [[State College, Pennsylvania|State College]] and [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]]. A spur from I-80 ([[Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)|I-180]]) runs to [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]]. Upon entering the [[Pocono Mountains]] region, I-80 meets [[Interstate 81|I-81]], connecting [[Syracuse, New York]], and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], and [[Interstate 476|I-476]] which connects with [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]], [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]], [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], and [[Philadelphia]]. Another spur ([[Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania)|I-380]]) runs to Scranton.

In [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], I-80 reaches its highest elevation east of the Mississippi River, {{convert|2250|ft|m}}, although other Interstate Highways east of the Mississippi, including [[Interstate 26|I-26]] in North Carolina and Tennessee, reach higher elevations.

In 2007, the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]] (PTC), combined with state legislature Act No. 44, initiated plans to enact a tolling system on the entire span of I-80 throughout the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On October 15, 2007, the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and the PTC signed a 50-year lease agreement, which would allow the PTC to maintain and, eventually, toll I-80.<ref name=Inquirer>{{cite web |last = Nussbaum |first = Paul |title = I-80 toll plans moving forward |work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date = October 17, 2007 |url = http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/10595797.html }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> However, the application for a toll was rejected by the [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA).<ref>{{cite press release |author = Federal Highway Administration Public Affairs |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pressroom/fhwa1006.cfm |title = Federal Highway Administration Declines Pennsylvania Request to Toll I-80 |date = April 6, 2010 |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = October 4, 2014 |archive-date = October 6, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006141511/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pressroom/fhwa1006.cfm |url-status = live }}</ref>

===New Jersey===
{{main|Interstate 80 in New Jersey}}

I-80 does not enter [[New York City]]. Once the [[Interstate 95|I-95]]/[[New Jersey Turnpike]] was extended in 1971 from its former terminus at [[U.S. Route 46|US&nbsp;46]] in [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]] to I-80 in [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]], the section from Teaneck to Fort Lee was resigned as I-95, and it is the latter roadway that enters New York City via the [[George Washington Bridge]]. I-80's designated end (as per signage and [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] (NJDOT) documents) is {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}}<ref name="measurement">Measured in Google Earth from I-80 end sign (visible in Street View) to the beginning of the George Washington Bridge</ref> short of New York City in Teaneck, before the Degraw Avenue overpass. There, signs designate the end of I-80 and the beginning of I-95/New Jersey Turnpike northbound.

One section of I-80 running from [[Netcong, New Jersey|Netcong]] to [[Denville, New Jersey|Denville]] was constructed in 1958.