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After [[World War II]], freeway approaches were planned for both sides of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which was completed in 1926 and serves as a part of US 30. In [[Pennsylvania]], the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the northern edge of Center City to the [[Schuylkill River]], while, in New Jersey, the North–South Freeway was to head south along the [[New Jersey Route 42|Route 42]] corridor. When the [[Interstate Highway System]] was created in the 1950s, this stretch of highway was a part of I-80S, with '''Interstate 680''' ('''I-680''') continuing on the Schuylkill Expressway to the [[Walt Whitman Bridge]].
In 1964, the designations became I-76 and I-676, respectively, and, in 1972, the two routes were switched onto their current alignments. I-676 in New Jersey was completed between I-76 and Morgan Boulevard by 1960 and north of there to downtown Camden by the 1980s. The Vine Street Expressway was opened from the Schuylkill Expressway to 18th Street by 1960 and east of there to I-95 on January 10, 1991, despite opposition from the adjacent community and other obstacles to construction. There are grade-level intersections with traffic signals in the connections between the Vine Street Expressway and the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]]. This intersection does not follow typical rules and regulations of the Interstate Highway System, and is also notorious for having high crash rates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Dangerous Highways in Philadelphia |url=https://www.zavodnicklaw.com/philadelphia-car-accident-lawyer/most-dangerous-highways/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Zavodnick & Lasky Personal Injury Lawyers |language=en-US}}</ref>
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