Interstate 77

## Interstate

**Interstate 77** is a north-south highway connecting Cleveland, Ohio to Columbia, South Carolina. It also serves the communities of Akron, Cambridge, and Marietta in Ohio, Charleston and Beckley in West Virginia, Wytheville and Fort Chiswell in Virginia, Mount Airy, Statesville, and Charlotte in North Carolina, and Columbia in South Carolina, and also connects I-90, I-80, I-76, I-70, US 50, I-79, I-64, I-81, I-40, I-85, I-20, and I-26.

## Route Description

### Ohio

I-77 starts at a junction with I-90 and US 422/OH 8 then goes south passing I-490/OH 8/OH 10 in Cleveland, I-480 in Independence, and I-80 and I-271 in Richfield. It then turns east and follows I-76 through Akron, passing the Inner Belt, then turns south and breaks off with I-76. I-76 goes east towards Youngstown, and I-77 goes south. I-77 also follows a concurrency with OH 8 starting here. It then meets I-277 and US 224. In Canton it meets US 62 and has a concurrency for a little while, then splits off at the junction with US 30. It then goes south, passing US 250 in Strasburg and New Philadelphia, US 36 in Newcomerstown, and US 22 and US 40 in Cambridge. It then meets I-70 in Cambridge and keeps going south through rural Ohio, then meets OH 7 in Marietta and enters West Virginia.

### West Virginia

After passing the Ohio River it enters West Virginia and goes south. It meets US 50 in Parkersburg, follows US 33 from Silverton to Ripley. It meets the southern terminus of I-79 near Charleston, and meets US 119 in Charleston, then begins a I-64 concurrency in Charleston, which runs all the way to Beckley. At Exit 96 (US 60) the West Virginia turnpike begins. It continues south, and meets US 19 north of Beckley, and meets WV 3 and WV 16 in Beckley. It then splits with I-64 in Beckley. It then continues south and meets US 460 in Princeton where the WV Turnpike ends, and then it meets US 52 near Bluefield, and enters Virginia after going under the East River Mountain.

### Virginia

I-77 leaves the East River Mountain Tunnel and meets US 52 in Rocky Gap. It then starts a concurrency with I-81, US 52, and US 11 in Wytheville, beginning the famous reverse concurrency, where I-77 and US 52 are going south, and I-81 and US 11 are going north. It then splits with US 52, US 11, and I-81 in Fort Chiswell, and I-77 continues south into North Carolina, after passing US 50 in Hillsville.

### North Carolina

I-77 enters North Carolina after leaving Virginia. It meets I-74 in Mount Airy, US 21 in Elkin, US 421 in Hamptonville, I-40, US 64, and US 70 in Statesville, then meets I-485 in Huntersville, and enters Charlotte. I-77 has express lanes throughout Charlotte, and on the way meets NC 24, US 21, I-85, NC 16, I-277, US 74, NC 160, NC 49, The Billy Graham Parkway, then meets I-485 near Pineville, leaving Charlotte, then enters South Carolina

### South Carolina

I-77 enters South Carolina, passing US 21 and Carowinds Blvd in Fort Mill, SC 160 in Fort Mill, SC 9 in Richburg, SC 34 near Ridgeway, US 21 near Blythewood, SC 555 and SC 277 north of Columbia, and then meets US 1 (Two Notch Road) and I-20 near Columbia. It then forms a bypass around Columbia. It meets SC 12 in Woodfield, US 378 and US 76 in Capitol View, and meets US 321, US 176, and US 21 before ending at I-26.