List of highways numbered 76

Route 76 or Highway 76 may refer to:

International

European route E76

Afghanistan

China

G76 Expressway

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 76

United States

Interstate 76

U.S. Route 76

Alabama State Route 76

Arizona State Route 76 (former)

California State Route 76

Florida State Road 76

Georgia State Route 76

Hawaii Route 76

Illinois Route 76

Iowa Highway 76

K-76 (Kansas highway)

Kentucky Route 76

Louisiana Highway 76

Maryland Route 76

M-76 (Michigan highway) (former)

Minnesota State Highway 76

Mississippi Highway 76

Missouri Route 76

Nevada State Route 76 (former)

New Jersey Route 76 (former)

New York State Route 76

Oklahoma State Highway 76

Pennsylvania Route 76 (former)

Tennessee State Route 76

Texas State Highway 76 (former)

• Texas State Highway Loop 76
• Farm to Market Road 76 (Texas)
• Urban Road 76 (signed as Farm to Market Road 76)
• Texas Park Road 76

Texas State Highway Loop 76

Appalachian Development Highway System

The Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the United States. See: current map of the ADHS.

History

In 1964, the President’s Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) reported to Congress that economic growth in Appalachia would not be possible until the region’s isolation had been overcome. Because the cost of building highways through Appalachia’s mountainous terrain was high, the region's local residents had never been served by adequate roads. The existing network of narrow, winding, two-lane roads, snaking through narrow stream valleys or over mountaintops, was slow to drive, unsafe, and in many places worn out. The nation's Interstate Highway System, though extensive through the region, was designed to serve cross-country traffic rather than local residents.

The PARC report and the Appalachian governors placed top priority on a modern highway system as the key to economic development. As a result, Congress authorized the construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) in the Appalachian Development Act of 1965. The ADHS was designed to generate economic development in previously isolated areas, supplement the interstate system, and provide access to areas within the region as well as to markets in the rest of the nation. The system has served its intended purpose to varying degrees of success.

Wisconsin Highway 76

State Trunk Highway 76 (often called Highway 76, STH 76 or WIS 76) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in east central Wisconsin from US Highway 45 near Bear Creek to a junction with US Highway 45 in downtown Oshkosh.

The southern section of the present WIS 76 highway between the current WIS 15 (formerly US Highway 45) at Greenville and Oshkosh was previously part of US Highway 45, but was changed to Wisconsin State Highway 76 in the 1990s as an effect of the rerouting of US Highway 45 to a more westerly trunkline via Winchester, Wisconsin.

The northern section of WIS 76 between Greenville and Bear Creek via Shiocton is remarkably unchanged since the 1920s and passes through rural areas. The trunkline between Greenville and Shiocton via Stephensville is particularly scenic with views over a gently undulating and unspoiled countryside.

See also

References

External links

Media related to Wisconsin Highway 76 at Wikimedia Commons