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===Pennsylvania=== {{main|Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania}} In [[Pennsylvania]], I-80 is the main east–west freeway through the central part of the state. It runs from the Ohio state line near Sharon to the [[Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge]] over the [[Delaware River]] and is called the "Z.H. Confair Memorial Highway". It traverses the extreme northern section of [[Greater Pittsburgh]]. I-80 serves as the western terminus for [[Interstate 376|I-376]] which connects it to [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] and on to [[Downtown Pittsburgh]] and suburban Pittsburgh. I-80 intersects [[Interstate 79|I-79]], which connects with [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]] (about {{convert|75|mi|km}} to the north) and Pittsburgh (about {{convert|55|mi|km}} to the south). Further east, [[Interstate 99|I-99]] connects with [[State College, Pennsylvania|State College]] and [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]]. A spur from I-80 ([[Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)|I-180]]) runs to [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]]. Upon entering the [[Pocono Mountains]] region, I-80 meets [[Interstate 81|I-81]], connecting [[Syracuse, New York]], and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], and [[Interstate 476|I-476]] which connects with [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]], [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]], [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], and [[Philadelphia]]. Another spur ([[Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania)|I-380]]) runs to Scranton. In [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], I-80 reaches its highest elevation east of the Mississippi River, {{convert|2250|ft|m}}, although other Interstate Highways east of the Mississippi, including [[Interstate 26|I-26]] in North Carolina and Tennessee, reach higher elevations. In 2007, the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]] (PTC), combined with state legislature Act No. 44, initiated plans to enact a tolling system on the entire span of I-80 throughout the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On October 15, 2007, the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and the PTC signed a 50-year lease agreement, which would allow the PTC to maintain and, eventually, toll I-80.<ref name=Inquirer>{{cite web |last = Nussbaum |first = Paul |title = I-80 toll plans moving forward |work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date = October 17, 2007 |url = http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/10595797.html }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> However, the application for a toll was rejected by the [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA).<ref>{{cite press release |author = Federal Highway Administration Public Affairs |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pressroom/fhwa1006.cfm |title = Federal Highway Administration Declines Pennsylvania Request to Toll I-80 |date = April 6, 2010 |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = October 4, 2014 |archive-date = October 6, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006141511/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pressroom/fhwa1006.cfm |url-status = live }}</ref>
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