Interstate 676

==History==

==History==

[[File:Benjamin Franklin Bridge EB leaving Philadelphia 2.jpeg|thumb|left|I-676/US 30 eastbound on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge leaving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]

[[File:I-676-US 30 EB on Benjamin Franklin Bridge leaving Philadelphia.jpeg|thumb|left|I-676/US 30 eastbound on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge leaving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge was opened on July 1, 1926, and was designated to carry US 30 across the Delaware River.{{cite web|url=http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|title=Ben Franklin Bridge|publisher=[[WHYY-TV]]|access-date=2010-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402130137/http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|archive-date=2017-04-02|url-status=dead}}{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |title=Map of New Jersey |year=1927 |publisher=Tydol Trails |access-date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514153745/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }} A [[parkway]] called the Camden–Atlantic City Parkway was planned in 1932 to connect the Benjamin Franklin Bridge southeast to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]; this was never built.{{cite book|title=Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District|publisher=Regional Planning Federation |year=1932}} After [[World War II]], freeway connections were planned on both sides of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. In Philadelphia, the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the Vine Street corridor to the present-day Schuylkill Expressway in 1945.{{cite book|title=Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1945}} The North–South Freeway was proposed in New Jersey as a connection from the bridge south along the [[New Jersey Route 42|Route 42]] corridor.{{cite news|title=Philadelphia's New Shore Route|last=Weart|first=William J.|date=April 21, 1957|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}} In 1950, the city of Philadelphia began planning the construction of the Vine Street Expressway, which would run along a depressed alignment through the city.{{cite book|title=Schuylkill Expressway, Roosevelt Boulevard Expressway and Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1950}} In the 1960s, the North—South Freeway began construction through Camden. 1,289 families were displaced due the construction of the freeway, 85% of which were nonwhite families.Weingroff, Richard F. [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate2.cfm "The Greatest Decade 1956-1966: Part 2 The Battle of Its Life"], [[Federal Highway Administration]]. Accessed November 6, 2023. "In Camden, New Jersey, I-95 bisected low-income neighborhoods, displacing 1,093 minority families (out of a total of 1,289 families), while only about 100 low-incoming housing units were built at the same time 'with the usual consequences.'""{{Verify source|date=October 2025}}

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge was opened on July 1, 1926, and was designated to carry US 30 across the Delaware River.{{cite web|url=http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|title=Ben Franklin Bridge|publisher=[[WHYY-TV]]|access-date=2010-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402130137/http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html|archive-date=2017-04-02|url-status=dead}}{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |title=Map of New Jersey |year=1927 |publisher=Tydol Trails |access-date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514153745/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }} A [[parkway]] called the Camden–Atlantic City Parkway was planned in 1932 to connect the Benjamin Franklin Bridge southeast to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]; this was never built.{{cite book|title=Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District|publisher=Regional Planning Federation |year=1932}} After [[World War II]], freeway connections were planned on both sides of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. In Philadelphia, the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the Vine Street corridor to the present-day Schuylkill Expressway in 1945.{{cite book|title=Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1945}} The North–South Freeway was proposed in New Jersey as a connection from the bridge south along the [[New Jersey Route 42|Route 42]] corridor.{{cite news|title=Philadelphia's New Shore Route|last=Weart|first=William J.|date=April 21, 1957|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}} In 1950, the city of Philadelphia began planning the construction of the Vine Street Expressway, which would run along a depressed alignment through the city.{{cite book|title=Schuylkill Expressway, Roosevelt Boulevard Expressway and Vine Street Expressway|publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission|year=1950}} In the 1960s, the North—South Freeway began construction through Camden. 1,289 families were displaced due the construction of the freeway, 85% of which were nonwhite families.Weingroff, Richard F. [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate2.cfm "The Greatest Decade 1956-1966: Part 2 The Battle of Its Life"], [[Federal Highway Administration]]. Accessed November 6, 2023. "In Camden, New Jersey, I-95 bisected low-income neighborhoods, displacing 1,093 minority families (out of a total of 1,289 families), while only about 100 low-incoming housing units were built at the same time 'with the usual consequences.'""{{Verify source|date=October 2025}}