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Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States.Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island, New York at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 137 and ultimately to Highway 401, the main Ontario freeway ...
I-81 roughly follows the corridors of U.S. Routes 11E and 11W in Tennessee, but unlike many stretches of Interstate Highways, does not closely parallel any U.S. Numbered Highway until it reaches Bristol. The first parts of I-81 in the state were constructed in the early 1960s, with additional progress made on the Interstate throughout that decade.
Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south Interstate Highway, stretching from Dandridge, Tennessee, northeast to Fisher's Landing, New York, at the Canada–United States border. In Pennsylvania , I-81 runs for 232.76 miles (374.59 km) from the Maryland state line northeast to the New York state line near Hallstead and is called the American ...
Interstate 81 (I-81) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from I-40 at Dandridge, Tennessee, to the Thousand Islands Bridge at Wellesley Island in New York, beyond which the short 2.7-mile (4.3 km) Ontario Highway 137 (Highway 137) links it to Highway 401.
Interstate 81 (I-81) is an 855.02-mile-long (1,376.02 km) Interstate Highway. In the US state of Virginia, I-81 runs for 324.92 miles (522.91 km), making the portion in Virginia longer than any other state's portion of the route. It is also the longest Interstate Highway within the borders of Virginia.
The state of Illinois uses exit numbers on three freeways, on Illinois Route 6 (IL 6) between in Peoria, IL 390 in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, and IL 255 in the suburbs of St. Louis. The state of Indiana uses exit numbers on two highways with freeway segments, on US 31 between Indianapolis and South Bend and SR 912 in northwest Indiana.
I-81 northbound at I-70 interchange in Halfway. I-81 crosses the Potomac River from West Virginia and enters Maryland as a six-lane freeway. The Interstate curves to the northeast around Williamsport, where the highway meets Maryland Route 68 (MD 68) and MD 63 (Lappans Road) at a diamond interchange (exit 1) to the south of the town and US 11 (Virginia Avenue) at a five-ramp partial cloverleaf ...
Bids for construction of I-81 by WVDOT were published in 1959, with a budget of about $10.6 million (equivalent to $84.8 million in 2023 [12]) to complete the highway. [13] Completion of I-81 in Virginia up to the West Virginia state line was completed by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in November 1965. [14]