Editing Interstate 676

{{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}}
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|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>
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|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
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|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]]
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'''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>

==Route description==
===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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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" />

===New Jersey===
[[File:2018-10-03 12 37 53 View north along Interstate 676 (North-South Freeway) just north of Interstate 76 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View north along I-676 just north of I-76 in Camden, New Jersey]]
After crossing the bridge, the freeway enters the downtown area of the city of [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] in [[Camden County, New Jersey]], and passes to the north of the former site of [[Campbell's Field]], a former baseball stadium.<ref name="NJDOT" /><ref name=gm/> Upon entering New Jersey, I-676 becomes signed as a north–south road.<ref name="NJDOT" /> There is a southbound ramp to 6th Street in Camden, which is near the [[toll plaza]] for northbound traffic. After the toll plaza, [[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;30]] splits from I-676 at an interchange, at which point I-676 turns south as a six-lane freeway called the Martin Luther King Memorial Highway or the North–South Freeway. Immediately after the US&nbsp;30 split, there is an interchange with [[County Route 537 (New Jersey)|County Route&nbsp;537]] (CR&nbsp;537; Market Street/Federal Street) and Martin Luther King Boulevard that provides access to downtown Camden. Within this interchange, the highway passes over [[NJ Transit]]'s [[River Line (NJ Transit)|River Line]].<ref name="NJDOT" /><ref name=gm/> From this point, I-676 continues south through urban areas of the city, passing over several streets and running immediately to the west of [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]] (CSAO)'s [[Vineland Secondary]] railroad line and the PATCO Speedline.<ref name=gm/> The road heads southwest on a viaduct over neighborhoods before the interchange with CR&nbsp;607 (Kaighns Avenue) and Atlantic Avenue.<ref name="NJDOT" /><ref name=gm/>  I-676 turns south at this junction, crossing over the Vineland Secondary. The highway continues south and passes over CSAO's Beesleys Point Secondary railroad line before it comes to the exit for Morgan Boulevard. Past Morgan Boulevard, the freeway crosses the north branch of Newton Creek.<ref name="NJDOT" /> Here, I-676 ends at an interchange east of the [[Walt Whitman Bridge]] with I-76, CR&nbsp;630 (Collings Avenue), and unsigned [[New Jersey Route 76C|Route&nbsp;76C]], the latter being an access road to [[U.S. Route 130|US&nbsp;130]] and [[New Jersey Route 168|Route&nbsp;168]]. The North–South Freeway becomes a part of I-76 past this interchange and continues into the city of [[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester City]].<ref name="NJDOT" /><ref name=gm/>

==History==
[[File:Benjamin Franklin Bridge EB leaving Philadelphia 2.jpeg|thumb|left|I-676/US&nbsp;30 eastbound on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge leaving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge was opened on July 1, 1926, and was designated to carry US&nbsp;30 across the Delaware River.<ref name=whyy>{{cite web|url=http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|title=Ben Franklin Bridge|publisher=[[WHYY-TV]]|access-date=2010-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402130137/http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|archive-date=2017-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ttmap>{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |title=Map of New Jersey |year=1927 |publisher=Tydol Trails |access-date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514153745/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> A [[parkway]] called the Camden–Atlantic City Parkway was planned in 1932 to connect the Benjamin Franklin Bridge southeast to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]; this was never built.<ref name="1932plan">{{cite book|title=Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District|publisher=Regional Planning Federation |year=1932}}</ref> After [[World War II]], freeway connections were planned on both sides of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. In Philadelphia, the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the Vine Street corridor to the present-day Schuylkill Expressway in 1945.<ref name=pcpc>{{cite book|title=Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1945}}</ref> The North–South Freeway was proposed in New Jersey as a connection from the bridge south along the [[New Jersey Route 42|Route&nbsp;42]] corridor.<ref name="1957news">{{cite news|title=Philadelphia's New Shore Route|last=Weart|first=William J.|date=April 21, 1957|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1950, the city of Philadelphia began planning the construction of the Vine Street Expressway, which would run along a depressed alignment through the city.<ref name=pcpc2>{{cite book|title=Schuylkill Expressway, Roosevelt Boulevard Expressway and Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1950}}</ref> In the 1960s, the North—South Freeway began construction through Camden. 1,289 families were displaced due the construction of the freeway, 85% of which were nonwhite families.<ref>Weingroff, Richard F. [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate2.cfm "The Greatest Decade 1956-1966: Part 2 The Battle of Its Life"], [[Federal Highway Administration]]. Accessed November 6, 2023. "In Camden, New Jersey, I-95 bisected low-income neighborhoods, displacing 1,093 minority families (out of a total of 1,289 families), while only about 100 low-incoming housing units were built at the same time 'with the usual consequences.'""</ref>

[[File:2020-07-07 12 36 41 View north along Interstate 676 (North-South Freeway) at Exit 4 (Atlantic Avenue, Kaighns Avenue, Port Terminals Balzano) in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|I-676 northbound at the Atlantic Avenue/Kaighns Avenue interchange in Camden, New Jersey]]
When the [[Interstate Highway System]] was created in the 1950s, the Vine Street Expressway, Benjamin Franklin Bridge, and part of the North–South Freeway were to become a part of it.<ref name="yellowbook">{{cite map|  publisher=[[Bureau of Public Roads]] |title=General Location of National System of Interstate Highways in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg|year=1955 |access-date=2010-01-11}}</ref> In New Jersey, this Interstate was initially designated as FAI Corridor&nbsp;109.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=Wright|first=George Cable|title=New Roads with New Numbers Will Parallel Old U.S. Routes |newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 19, 1958}}</ref> In 1958, this freeway was initially planned as I-895 and I-380 before the [[American Association of State Highway Officials]] designated it as a part of I-80S.<ref name=nyt/><ref name="PennDOT 1960">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Pennsylvania State Transportation|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960bk.pdf|year=1960|section=2|access-date=2007-06-06|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311083104/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960bk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Meanwhile, I-680 was designated along the present-day Schuylkill Expressway between the Vine Street Expressway and the Walt Whitman Bridge. By 1960, the Vine Street Expressway had been completed between the Schuylkill Expressway and 18th Street. The portion of I-80S in New Jersey on the North–South Freeway had opened south of Morgan Boulevard by this time.<ref name="PennDOT 1960"/> On April 16, 1963, Pennsylvania wanted to renumber its Interstate numbers. Part of this was the renumbering from I-80S into I-76 and all of its [[List of auxiliary Interstate Highways|auxiliary routes]] into I-X76. The [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) approved the request on February 26, 1964. As a result, I-80S became I-76 and I-680 became I-676.<ref name="Rambler">{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/i76.cfm|title=Was I-76 Numbered to Honor Philadelphia for Independence Day, 1776?|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|date= 2005-01-18|work=Ask the Rambler|access-date=2007-06-06}}</ref> In 1972, the I-76 and the I-676 designations were switched onto their current routes.<ref name="AASHTO">{{AASHTO minutes |year=1972S |page=425 |access-date=October 16, 2014 }}</ref> The remainder of the New Jersey portion of I-676 between Morgan Boulevard and US&nbsp;30 was completed by the 1980s.<ref name="statefarm">{{cite map|publisher=[[State Farm Insurance]]|title= State Farm Road Atlas |year=1983|cartography=[[Rand McNally]]}}</ref>

[[File:2022-10-15 13 26 27 View west along Interstate 676 and U.S. Route 30 (Vine Street Expressway) from the overpass for North 12th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|I-676/US 30 (Vine Street Expressway) westbound in Center City Philadelphia]]
There were several challenges in building the Vine Street Expressway between 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The road was to run through developed areas of Philadelphia, intersecting several streets and railroad lines. The Chinatown community organized in opposition to the highway construction through their neighborhood.<ref name=inquirer>{{cite news| title=How Chinatown rallied when development threatened to divide the neighborhood Philly History|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=February 22, 2018|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/commentary/chinatown-church-holy-redeemer-vine-street-expressway-urban-renewal-philly-history-20180222.html|access-date=January 10, 2021}}</ref> In addition, the route was to run through Franklin Square, a historically sensitive site, to connect to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. As a result, the routing was modified in 1966 to avoid many of these obstacles. The route was to avoid running through Franklin Square, leading to the eastbound direction using surface streets to access the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, and a planned connector to [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]] was removed.<ref name=pcpc3>{{cite book|title=Regional Expressway System|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1966}}</ref> In the 1970s, the proposed freeway's [[environmental impact statement]] (EIS) had to be evaluated again per new guidelines; when the new EIS was issued in 1977, it was found that more improvements were needed for mass transit in the area of the planned freeway.<ref>{{cite book|title=Interstate 676, Vine Street Expressway: Administrative Action Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement|publisher=Federal Highway Administration and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |year=1977}}</ref> To comply with this, provisions were made concerning the proposed underground [[Center City Commuter Connection]] for [[SEPTA Regional Rail]], in which the railroad tracks would pass under I-676 and residences would be built over the railroad tunnel in Chinatown.<ref name=inquirer1>{{cite news| title=Vine Street Expressway: What the Impact Will Be|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=July 10, 1981}}</ref> Construction was approved in 1986 on the Vine Street Expressway from 18th Street to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, with no provisions for elevated connections between the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Vine Street Expressway to avoid disturbing Franklin Square.<ref name=inquirer2>{{cite news| title=Vine Street Facelift in Sight, but First a Lot of Pain |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 14, 1986}}</ref><ref name=inquirer3>{{cite news| title=On Vine, Piecing Together a Puzzle|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 15, 1987}}</ref>  This portion of the Vine Street Expressway opened to traffic on January 10, 1991, completing I-676.<ref name="opening" />

[[File:I-676-US 30 EB from 22nd Street overpass.jpeg|thumb|right|I-676/US&nbsp;30 (Vine Street Expressway) eastbound in Center City Philadelphia]]
On April 14, 2015, the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) began work to rebuild seven existing overpasses on the Vine Street Expressway portion of I-676. The project, which cost $64.8&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|64800000|2019}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}), was to be completed in late 2019. Since 2021, the new overpasses started to have traffic.<ref>{{cite news|last=Babay|first=Emily|title=Construction on Vine Street Expressway bridges has begun|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 13, 2015|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20150407_Construction_on_Vine_Street_Expressway_bridges_starts_next_week.html|access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> After the remnants of [[Hurricane Ida]] passed through the area on September 1, 2021, intense rain and floodwaters from the swollen Schuylkill River flooded the expressway after drainage pumps failed. I-676 through Philadelphia remained closed for three days.<ref name=Ida>{{cite news |url=https://6abc.com/philadelphia-flooding-vine-street-expressway-hurricane-ida-schuylkill-river/10994172/ |title=Vine Street Expressway fully reopens both directions after historic Philadelphia flooding |date=September 4, 2021 |publisher=[[WPVI-TV]] |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, the city of Philadelphia applied for federal funds to initiate a study to cap the freeway and reconnect the affected neighborhoods to Center City.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://whyy.org/articles/philly-vine-street-expressway-chinatown-federal-funds-to-cap/ |title=City to apply for funds to cap portion of Vine Street Expressway through Chinatown |date=June 6, 2022 |publisher=WHYY |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> Capping the Vine Street Expressway is part of the 2017 Chinatown Neighborhood Plan.<ref>{{cite web | last=Blumgart | first=Jake | title=A new plan for Chinatown | publisher=WHYY | date=November 9, 2017 | url=https://whyy.org/articles/a-new-plan-for-chinatown/ | access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://chinatown-pcdc.org/about/chinatown-neighborhood-plan-2017/ |title=PCDC Sets Vision of Health and Equity for Next 10 Years of Chinatown |publisher=[[Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation]] |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref> The city government selected a design in December 2023; at the time, the project was estimated to cost $160 million and be completed in the early 2030s.<ref>{{cite web | last=Perez-Castells | first=Ariana | title=A look at the design chosen to reconnect Chinatown over the Vine Street Expressway | website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date=December 19, 2023 | url=https://www.inquirer.com/business/chinatown-stitch-vine-street-expressway-20231219.html | access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Tanenbaum | first=Michael | title=Design chosen for Chinatown Stitch project would construct two caps above Vine Street Expressway | website=PhillyVoice | date=December 20, 2023 | url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/chinatown-stitch-cap-vine-street-expressway-676-philadelphia/ | access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref> A $158.9 million federal grant was approved for the project in March 2024.<ref>{{cite web | last=MacDonald | first=Tom | title=Philadelphia secures $158 million for Chinatown Stitch project | publisher=WHYY | date=March 11, 2024 | url=https://whyy.org/articles/chinatown-stitch-676-cap-federal-funding/ | access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stamm|first=Dan|title=Plan to ‘Stitch' Philly's Chinatown together gets $159M federal grant|publisher=WCAU-TV|location=Philadelphia, PA|date=March 11, 2024|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transportation-and-transit/chinatown-stitch-i-676/3799643/|access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

==Major intersections==
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|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|30|dir1=east|to2=to|NJTP2||dir2=north|US|130|NJ|38|NJ|70|dir4=east|dir5=east|city1=Cherry Hill|city2=Trenton}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern end of US 30 concurrency
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=3.37
|exit=5B
|type=incomplete
|road={{jctname|state=NJ|CR|537|noshield1=yes|name1=Market Street|city1=Downtown Camden|location2=[[Adventure Aquarium]]}}
|notes=Southbound exit only
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=3.28
|exit=5A
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=NJ|to1=to|dir1=east|US|30|road|MLK Boulevard / Campbell Place|location2=[[Waterfront (Camden)|Waterfront]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=No northbound entrance; access via Federal Street; US 30 not signed southbound; to [[Cooper University Hospital]] and [[Adventure Aquarium]]
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=2.27
|exit=4
|road={{jctname|state=NJ|CR|607|county1=Camden|noshield1=yes|name1=Kaighns Avenue|road|Atlantic Avenue}}
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=1.14
|exit=3
|road={{jctname|state=NJ|road|Holtec Boulevard|CR|551|noshield=yes|dir2=south|name2=Broadway|location1=[[Port of Camden|Port Terminals]]|city2=Gloucester City}}
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=0.36
|mile2=0.22
|mspan=3
|exit=2
|type=toll
|road={{jct|state=NJ|I-Toll|76|dir1=west|name1=[[Walt Whitman Bridge]]|location1=[[Philadelphia]]}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 354 on I-76
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=1
|road={{jctname|state=NJ|CR|630|county1=Camden|noshield1=yes|name1=Collings Road|location1=[[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester]]|city2=Collingswood}}
|notes=Signed as exits 1C (west) and 1B (east) southbound; signed as Collings Avenue
}}
{{NJint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=1A
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=NJ|to1=yes|US|130|dir1=north|NJ|168|dir2=south|city1=Camden|city2=Trenton}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via [[New Jersey Route 76C|Route 76C]]
}}
{{NJint|exit
|location=Gloucester City
|mile=0.00
|exit=
|road={{jct|state=NJ|I|76|dir1=east|to2=to|I|295|NJ|42|dir3=south|city1=Atlantic City|location2=[[Delaware Memorial Bridge]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus; exit 2 on I-76
}}
{{jctbtm|col=8|keys=concur,incomplete,toll}}

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
* {{Portal-inline|New Jersey}}
* {{Portal-inline|Pennsylvania}}
* {{Portal-inline|Philadelphia}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
* [https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-676-philadelphia/ Interstate Guide - I-676]
* [http://www.pahighways.com/interstates/I676.html I-676 on Pennsylvania Highways]
* [https://www.aaroads.com/guides/i-676-philadelphia/ I-676 on AARoads.com]
* [http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-676_panj.html I-676 on Interstate-Guide.com]
* [https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/i-676/ Pennsylvania Roads - I-676 and US 30]
* [https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/i-676/ New Jersey Roads - I-676]
* [http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/vine/ The Roads of Metro Philadelphia: Vine Street Expressway (I-676/US 30)]
* [http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/I-676_NJ/ The Roads of Metro Philadelphia: Interstate 676 - New Jersey]
* [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix76.html#676pa Interstate 676&nbsp;– Kurumi.com]
* [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/i680.html#680pa Interstate 680&nbsp;– Kurumi.com]

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[[Category:Streets in Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Camden County, New Jersey]]
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