Interstate 676 North / U.S. 30 West

The first shield for Interstate 676 appears immediately after the separation from I-76 west.

06/19/00

12/28/08

Ramps from Interstate 76C join I-676 north ahead of the loop ramp (Exit 1) for Collings Avenue.

12/28/08

Collings Avenue (CR 630) curves west across Newton Creek to Essex Street in Gloucester City. East from Exit 1A, Collings Avenue widens into a tree lined boulevard through the Fairview neighborhood of Camden to Route 168 (Mt. Ephraim Boulevard). CR 630 extends east from there to the borough of Collingswood.

12/28/08

A six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 3) joins I-676 with Morgan Boulevard east of the Broadway Terminal along the Delaware River.

12/28/08

Interstate 676 crosses the North Branch of Newton Creek ahead of this shield assembly.

12/28/08

Morgan Boulevard links I-676 with parallel County Route 551 (Broadway) to the west. East through the Morgan Village neighborhood, Morgan Boulevard curves southward over Newton Creek to Fairview.
These button copy signs at Exit 3 were replaced by 2012.

12/28/08

Continuing northward toward Downtown Camden, I-676 meets Atlantic and Kaighn Avenues at a parclo interchange (Exit 4) in two thirds of a mile. The forthcoming exchange is the first of three exits serving the Camden Waterfront.

12/28/08

Exit 4 leaves Interstate 676 north for Atlantic Avenue, 8th Street and Kaighn Avenue. Kaighn Avenue (CR 607) stems east from Front Street to become Route 38 at Pennsauken. Atlantic Avenue west to Ferry Avenue / 2nd Street north provides an alternate route to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater.

12/28/08

Interstate 676 shield posted after the loop ramp from Atlantic Avenue east. The freeway curves eastward along a viaduct above 8th and 9th Streets.

12/28/08

A second Interstate 676 shield appears after the entrance ramp from Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street links parallel Mt. Ephraim Avenue (CR 605) with the freeway.

12/28/08

The succeeding exit joins I-676 north with 11th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. There is no direct access to U.S. 30 (Admiral Wilson Boulevard) eastbound from I-676 north. Instead traffic is directed via trailblazers along 10th Street south and Newton Avenue north to U.S. 30.

12/29/08

Sign replacements made at Exit 5A by 2008 reflect the renaming of Mickle Boulevard to MLK Boulevard, a change made in the 1990s.

09/19/04

Exit 5A loops onto Martin Luther King Boulevard west at 11th Street south to Campbell Place, the World Headquarters of the Campbell Soup Company. MLK Boulevard leads west from 11th Street to Cooper University Hospital and the Camden Waterfront.

12/29/08

Interstate 676 north converges with U.S. 30 (Admiral Wilson Boulevard) west at a wye interchange ahead of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge toll plaza. Exit 5B departs within the exchange to N 8th Street and Linden Street for Downtown Camden and the Rutgers University Camden Campus.

12/29/08

Tolls are collected for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge westbound across the Delaware River. A large toll plaza lies just beyond the merge with U.S. 30 and the entrance ramp from Linden Street.

12/28/08

N 6th Street intersects I-676/U.S. 30 at the toll plaza from the adjacent street grid. A turn off follows the plaza for Fulton Place.

12/28/08

Spanning the Delaware River across the Ben Franklin Bridge west. Hidden from view are the PATCO transit lines underneath the seven-lane deck. Like other DRPA maintained spans, speeds limits are variable dependent upon traffic volumes and weather conditions.

12/28/08

Spanning the Delaware River across the Ben Franklin Bridge west. Hidden from view are the PATCO transit lines underneath the seven-lane deck. Like other DRPA maintained spans, speeds limits are variable dependent upon traffic volumes and weather conditions.

12/28/08

Interstate 676/U.S. 30 enter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania midway between the Ben Franklin Bridge towers. Lane control signals and a movable barrier allow the DRBA to adjust the number of lanes flowing east and west.

12/28/08

Passing under the second tower of the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philadelphia. Interstate 676/U.S. 30 lower into the city of Brotherly Love just north of Penns Landing.

12/28/08

Ramps at the bridge west end join Interstate 676/U.S. 30 west with 5th Street at New Street and Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway).

12/28/08

Expanding to five lanes ahead of 7th and Vine Streets, I-676/U.S. 30 west make an S-curve to circumvent Franklin Square ahead.

12/28/08

01/01/19

Pedestrian walkways lower from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge as I-676/U.S. 30 pass over Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway). Comcast Center, a 57-story skyscraper completed in 2008, anchors the Philadelphia skyline in the distance.

12/28/08

A final steel arch with lane control signals spans the bridge end as I-676/U.S. 30 curve north to the 5th Street turn-off. N 5th Street travels through a tunnel between Race and Wood Streets below.

12/28/08

Five lanes pass over 6th Street ahead of the ramp to Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway) and signalized intersection with Franklin Street. I-676/U.S. 30 travel at-grade for one block between Franklin and 8th Streets before joining the Vine Street Expressway below adjacent Vine Street.

12/28/08

The Vine Street Expressway east provides a direct connection to Interstate 95 at a two wye interchange just north of the Ben Franklin Bridge. I-95 leads south to PHL Airport and Wilmington, Delaware and north to Bucks County and New York.

12/28/08

Franklin Street flows north across I-676/U.S. 30 (Vine Street) at the first of two traffic lights. A loop ramp joins Franklin Street north with 6th Street south to Independence Mall. The five lanes of Vine Street west partition into the Vine Street Expressway beyond 8th Street south to Chinatown.

12/28/08

Ramps for Interstate 95 pass over Vine Street west ahead of 8th Street and the I-676/U.S. 30 westbound entrance ramp onto the Vine Street Expressway.

12/28/08

Interstate 676/U.S. 30 separate from Vine Street, which becomes a frontage street west from 8th Street to the Pennsylvania Convention Center and PA 611 (Broad Street).

12/28/08

The Vine Street Expressway begins westbound from flyovers connecting Interstate 95 with I-676. The ramps from I-95 include exits for Callowhill Street west to provide access to the Ben Franklin Bridge into Camden, New Jersey.

01/01/19

Opened in July 1991, the elevated section of the Vine Street Expressway from 2nd Street to 6th Street was the last to be completed for I-676.

06/03/12

The flyovers from I-95 combine along the Vine Street Expressway one mile ahead of Broad Street (PA 611) and 1.5 miles from Ben Franklin Parkway.

01/01/19

The Vine Street Expressway shifts southward at 6th Street to combine with traffic from the Ben Franklin Bridge at 8th Street. Vine Street lines both sides of the freeway to Logan Square.

01/01/19

The Vine Street Expressway shifts southward at 6th Street to combine with traffic from the Ben Franklin Bridge at 8th Street. Vine Street lines both sides of the freeway to Logan Square.

01/01/19

Interstate 676/U.S. 30 (Vine Street Expressway) drop below grade from 10th Street west to the Schuylkill River. The third westbound lane defaults onto a loop ramp for PA 611 (Broad Street) in five blocks.

01/01/19

15th Street south and parallel PA 611 (Broad Street) join Interstate 676/U.S. 30 with Central Philadelphia. PA 611 intersects PA 3 at Philadelphia City Hall, four blocks to the south.

01/01/19

Westbound I-676/U.S. 30 progress with two lanes beyond the 15th Street and the PA 611 (Broad Street) exit toward Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Fairmount Park, and Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway).

01/01/19

Westbound I-676/U.S. 30 progress with two lanes beyond the 15th Street and the PA 611 (Broad Street) exit toward Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Fairmount Park, and Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway).

01/01/19

The 15th Street loop ramp leaves I-676/U.S. 30 west. PA 611, signed as U.S. 611 north from PA 3 to Scranton until 1972, is a 110 mile route from I-380 in Coolbaugh Township to Interstate 95 in South Philadelphia.

01/01/19

An interchange sequence at the 17th Street overpass lists the final two exits from I-676/U.S. 30 west. I-676 along the Vine Street Expressway and I-579 in Pittsburgh are the only Interstates in Pennsylvania with unnumbered exits.

01/01/19

The upcoming ramp for Benjamin Franklin Parkway serves the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rodin Museum among others.

01/01/19

A trio of cut and cover tunnels take Interstate 676/U.S. 30 west below the Logan Square and the Ben Franklin Parkway green space areas between 18th and 21st Streets.

06/03/12

Interstate 676/U.S. 30 westbound emerge from the tunnel at the 21st Street overpass and Ben Franklin Parkway off-ramp. Benjamin Franklin Parkway angles northwest from Arch Street to Logan Circle and Spring Garden Street at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

01/01/19

N 22nd Street flows north across I-676 to Benjamin Franklin Parkway nearby. 24th Street provides return access to I-676 east.

01/01/19

I-676/U.S. 30 rise from the 22nd Street overpass to cross the Schuylkill River ahead of a trumpet interchange with Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway).

12/21/16

The Interstate 676 mainline defaults onto the Schuylkill Expressway north to Fairmount Park, Roxborough, and Manyunk in Northwest Philadelphia. U.S. 30 combines with I-76 west for a 1.5 mile overlap to Girard Avenue.

12/21/16

Looking north from I-676 at the Spring Garden Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive bridges across the Schuylkill. The Schuylkill River flows 135 miles south from near Pottsville in Schuylkill County to the Delaware River between Mud and League Islands.

06/03/12

Often congested, the Schuylkill Expressway straddles the west banks of the river northward from University City to West Conshohocken. I-76 winds northwest from Philadelphia to Valley Forge, where it joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike west to Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.

12/21/16

A single lane ramp for I-76 west loops under neath the Schuylkill Expressway ahead of Exit 345 to Arch Street for 30th Street and Market Street (PA 3).

06/03/12

Exit 345 from the I-76 eastbound mainline combines with the ramp from I-676 west ahead of 30th Street Station.

06/03/12

Traffic partitions into single lane ramps for Interstate 76 east to South Philadelphia, with connections to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) via PA 291 (George Platt Bridge) south, and 30th Street Station (Exit 354).

06/03/12