(abbreviated '''I-79''') is an
Interstate Highway in the eastern
United States . It runs from
Charleston, West Virginia at
Interstate 77 to
Erie, Pennsylvania at
Pennsylvania State Highway 5 .
Bolded cities are officially-designated
Control Cities for signs.
Shunpiking the
Interstate 70 portion of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike via
Interstate 68 and Interstate 79 is actually shorter than using the
Turnpike . From
Hancock, Maryland to
Washington, Pennsylvania using the Turnpike the route is 155 miles, while the
Shunpiking route from Hancock, Maryland to Washington, Pennsylvania via
Morgantown, West Virginia is 151.8 miles. The speed limit is also higher on the
Shunpiking route as
West Virginia has a speed limit of 70 mph.
This interstate primarily acts as a thoroughfare through western
Pennsylvania and
West Virginia . It is a major route for
Canadians using the
Buffalo, New York crossing traveling to and from
Florida .
I-579, which consists mostly of the Veterans Bridge in downtown
Pittsburgh , is a short Interstate, but not the shortest. (Its length is officially 1.57 miles (2.53 km);
I-375 in Michigan is shorter and signed.
I-878 , at 0.72 miles (1.16 km), is the shortest unsigned interstate, as of 2002.)
