page_title: Interstate 79
section_title: West Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 79 / Route description / West Virginia
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Interstate 79 (Jennings Randolph Highway) just north of Exit 67 (U.S. Route 19, West Virginia State Route 15, Flatwoods) in Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
context_page_description: Interstate 79 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States, designated from I-77 in Charleston, West Virginia to Pennsylvania Route 5 and PA 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a primary thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and makes up part of an important corridor to Buffalo, New York, and the border with Canada. Major metropolitan areas connected by I-79 include Charleston and Morgantown in West Virginia, and Pittsburgh, and Erie in Pennsylvania.
  In West Virginia, I-79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway, named for Jennings Randolph. In the three most northern counties it is signed as part of the High Tech Corridor. For most of its Pennsylvania stretch, it is known as the Raymond P. Shafer Highway, named for Raymond P. Shafer.
context_section_description: I-79 begins at a three-way directional Y interchange with Interstate 77 along the northwest bank of the Elk River just northeast of Charleston. For its first 67 miles (108 km), to a point just south of Flatwoods, I-79 is located in the watershed of the Elk River, which drains into the Kanawha River. It crosses the Elk River twice — at Frametown and Sutton - and never strays more than about 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) from it.
caption: View north along I-79 north of US 19/WV 15 in Flatwoods, West Virginia
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