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===Pennsylvania=== [[File:2022-10-09 13 50 07 View east along Interstate 676 and U.S. Route 30 (Vine Street Expressway) from the overpass for Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|I-676/US 30 (Vine Street Expressway) eastbound crossing the Schuylkill River and entering Center City Philadelphia]] I-676 begins at an interchange with the Schuylkill Expressway ([[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|I-76]] and [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|US 30]]) in the city of [[Philadelphia]] in [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]], heading to the east on the six-lane Vine Street Expressway [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with US 30. It immediately crosses the [[Schuylkill River]] and then the [[Schuylkill River Trail]] and [[CSX Transportation]]'s [[Philadelphia Subdivision]] railroad line on the river's east bank on the [[Vine Street Expressway Bridge]], before coming to an interchange with 23rd Street and 22nd Street and the [[Benjamin Franklin Parkway]] that has access to the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] and the [[Franklin Institute]] science museum.<ref name=adc>{{cite map|publisher=[[ADC Map]]|title=Metro Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|year=2006|edition=19th|scale= 1"=2000'|pages=62–63|isbn=0-87530-777-9}}</ref><ref name=gm>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=schuylkill+expressway+and+vine+st+expressway+philadelphia,+pa&daddr=39.9,+-75.111667&geocode=FZTLYQIdesiE-ylFVOpjs8fGiTGQRDXguCSuwg%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.907366,-75.094728&sspn=0.027455,0.0842&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12|title=overview of I-676 |access-date=2010-01-11}}</ref> From this point, the Vine Street Expressway enters a [[Cut (earthworks)|depressed road cut]] and passes under several streets and two [[freeway lid]]s, running along the northern edge of [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]].<ref name=gm/> [[Vine Street (Philadelphia)|Vine Street]] serves as a street-level [[frontage road]] to the freeway.<ref name=adc/><ref name=gm/> Within this alignment, there is an exit for [[Pennsylvania Route 611]] (PA 611; [[Broad Street (Philadelphia)|Broad Street]]).<ref name=adc/> After passing under 10th Street in [[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]], the last street the depressed alignment passes under, the highway rises up and reaches a split between the Vine Street Expressway, which continues to [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]], and I-676/US 30.<ref name=adc/><ref name=gm/> At this split, there is also an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for 8th Street.<ref name=adc/> After exiting the Vine Street Expressway, eastbound I-676/US 30 has a brief at-grade portion along southbound 6th Street east of [[Franklin Square (Philadelphia)|Franklin Square]] to the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] approach, where westbound and eastbound traffic actually have a traffic light intersecting Franklin Street and 6th Street respectively, an example of a [[List of gaps in Interstate Highways|non–limited access section]] of Interstate Highway.<ref name=adc/><ref name=gm/> Westbound I-676/US 30 has a ramp from the bridge to the Vine Street Expressway that intersects 7th Street and 8th Street at-grade.<ref name=adc/> From this point, I-676/US 30 crosses over I-95, [[Columbus Boulevard (Philadelphia)|Christopher Columbus Boulevard]], and then the [[Delaware River]] on the seven-lane Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which also carries pedestrians and the [[PATCO Speedline]].<ref name=adc/><ref name=gm/> This bridge and its approaches are maintained by the [[Delaware River Port Authority]] (DRPA).<ref name="NJDOT" />
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