Interstate 70
Traveling nearly 168 miles in Pennsylvania, Interstate 70 runs south from the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Breezewood to Hancock, Maryland and west from the toll road at New Stanton to Washington and Wheeling, West Virginia. I-70 overlaps with Interstate 76 for 86 miles.
A trumpet interchange directly links the two routes at the west end of the PA Turnpike overlap, but the east end ties into a commercialized stretch along U.S. 30 through Breezewood. The freeway south from U.S. 30 was completed in 1964. West from New Stanton, Interstate 70 opened in stages between 1954 and 1968.1 The age of these stretches of freeway shows with substandard ramps and narrow bridges.
Interstate 70 Pennsylvania Guides
East
I-70/76 - Pennsylvania Turnpike East - 13 photos
Breezewood to Maryland - 28 photos
West
Maryland to Breezewood - 35 photos
I-70/76 - Pennsylvania Turnpike West - 24 photos
Westmoreland County - 30 photos
Washington County - 50 photos
Historically I-70 was envisioned to run in tandem with Interstate 80S northwest from New Stanton to Monroeville and on the Penn-Lincoln Parkway west into Downtown Pittsburgh. I-70 was proposed southward from Pittsburgh along what is now Interstate 79 to Washington. The freeway between Washington and New Stanton was given the designation of I-70S during these early years of the Interstate system.
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Meadow Drive connects I-70 at Exit 32 with PA 917 (Pittsburgh Road). PA 917 (Pittsburgh Road) joins I-70 with Bentleyville and Ginger Hill.
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PA 917 (Pittsburgh Road) south at the eastbound entrance ramp to Interstate 70 at Exit 32A. Pittsburgh Road travels south 4.9 miles from PA 136 (Dry Run Road) to meet I-70 near Bentleyville.
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Pittsburgh Road descends from Interstate 70, 0.7 miles into Bentleyville. PA 917 intersects Ames Road ahead before joining Main Street in town. PA 917 and Wilson Road to the east serve Bentleyville. However trucks are restricted to the Exit 32B off-ramps onto Wilson Road.
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Southbound on PA 917 at the turn onto Main Street from Pittsburgh Road. Main Street passes through Bentleyville en route to Ellsworth. Northward, Main Street curves eastward from Wilson Road to Grange Road. An I-70 trailblazer directs travelers to the freeway via Wilson Road north.
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Wilson Road north enters a folded diamond interchange with Interstate 70 at Exit 32A. Wilson Road links Main Street with Bentleyville Road at Gibson. I-70 passes between the two communities midway between Washington and Belle Vernon.
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A state named shield that was posted at the eastbound on-ramp to the freeway from Wilson Road north. Interstate 70 heads east to Lover at Exit 35.
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A pair of state-named shields remained in use at the Wilson Road on-ramp to Interstate 70 westbound. I-70 advances 11 miles west to merge with I-79 north outside of Washington. Wilson Road is officially State Route 2040.
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U.S. 522 south joins Interstate 70 east from Great Cove Road at Warfordsburg for a 3.7 mile overlap to Hancock, Maryland. PA 484 begins ahead and turns west onto Buck Valley Road.
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Page Updated Wednesday January 13, 2021.