13 Facts About I-80

I-80 is the Interstate Highway that most closely approximates the route of the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States.

From near Chicago east to near Youngstown, Ohio, I-80 is a toll road, containing most of both the Indiana Toll Road and the Ohio Turnpike.

In Pennsylvania, I-80 is known as the Keystone Shortway, a non-tolled freeway that crosses rural north-central portions of the state on the way to New Jersey and New York City.

Nevada portion of I-80 follows the paths of the Truckee and Humboldt rivers, which have been used as a transportation corridor since the California Gold Rush of the 1840s.

I-80 passes along the northern edge of Davenport and Bettendorf and leaves Iowa via the Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River into Illinois.

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I-80 continues east and joins I-94 just before entering Indiana.

In Elyria Township, just west of Cleveland, I-90 splits from I-80, leaving the turnpike and running northeast as a freeway.

In Pennsylvania, I-80 is the main east–west freeway through the central part of the state.

I-80 serves as the western terminus for I-376 which connects it to Pittsburgh International Airport and on to Downtown Pittsburgh and suburban Pittsburgh.

Therefore, the fact that exit numbers on I-95 beyond the end of I-80 appear to be a continuation of I-80 exit numbers is a coincidence.

One section of I-80 running from Netcong to Denville was constructed in 1958.

I-80 was included in the original plan for the Interstate Highway System as approved in 1956.

The highway was built in segments, with the final piece of I-80 completed in 1986 on the western edge of Salt Lake City.