Interstate 77

Interstate 77 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. Its southern terminus is in Columbia, South Carolina at an intersection with Interstate 26; its northern terminus is in Cleveland, Ohio at an intersection with Interstate 90.

Contents

1 Length 2 Major Cities Along the Route 3 Intersections with other Interstates 4 Spur Routes 5 Notes

Length

Miles	km	state
90	145	South Carolina
105	169	North Carolina
67	108	Virginia
187	301	West Virginia
162	261	Ohio
611	984	Total

Major Cities Along the Route

• Columbia, South Carolina
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Wytheville, Virginia
• Princeton, West Virginia
• Charleston, West Virginia
• Parkersburg, West Virginia
• Canton, Ohio
• Akron, Ohio
• Cleveland, Ohio

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 20 in Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 85 in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Interstate 40 in Statesville, North Carolina
• Interstate 74 for 4 miles (6.4 km) near Mount Airy, North Carolina
• Interstate 81 for 9 miles (14.5 km) around Wytheville, Virginia
• Interstate 64 in Beckley, West Virginia. They stay joined until Charleston, West Virginia.
• Interstate 79 in Charleston, West Virginia
• Interstate 70 in Cambridge, Ohio
• Interstate 76 in Akron, Ohio (I-76 runs concurrently with I-77 for a few miles in downtown Akron)
• Interstate 277 in Akron, Ohio (a connector route to Interstate 76 on the south side of Akron)
• Interstate 80 in Richfield/Brecksville, Ohio
• Interstate 271 in Richfield, Ohio
• Interstate 480 in Independence, Ohio
• Interstate 490 in Cleveland, Ohio
• Interstate 90 in Cleveland, Ohio

Spur Routes

• I-277 - Charlotte, North Carolina
• I-277 - Akron, Ohio

Notes

• The West Virginia Turnpike is also signed as I-77 for its entire length. This 88 mile (142 km) section, between Charleston and Princeton is a toll road.

• I-77 in Charlotte, North Carolina is also known as the "Bill Lee Freeway". A small portion south of the city is called the "General Younts Expressway".

• The junction between I-77 and I-85 in Charlotte is a rather odd configuration. When I-77 crosses over I-85, the northbound lanes are to the west of the southbound lanes. The lanes return to their proper positions north and south of this interchange.

• When I-77 and I-81 merge in Virginia, you are going both north and south on a wrong-way multiplex.

• I-77 passes through the "Virginia High-Tech Corrdior", which could strike some as ironic, since I-77 passes through one of the most rural sections of Virginia.

• There were originally plans to extend I-77 as far north as Detroit (and possibly into Canada!), along the Ohio Turnpike, I-75 and I-94. Had this extension taken place, the spur into Cleveland would have been renamed I-177.

• I-77 is also the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway", although it is never referred to as this and signage is sparse (possibly only in Ohio does the freeway carry this designation).

• In Rock Hill, South Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina, I-77 has been widened to eight lanes between Exit 75 and the North Carolina state line.