The Middle Atlantic map includes the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, as well as the southern New England states, southern New York, and eastern Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This historic region, where the first colonists settled, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and many of the Revolutionary War battles were fought, is the birthplace of America. For detailed maps of individual Middle Atlantic states, see New Jersey maps, Pennsylvania maps, New York maps, Virginia maps, West Virginia maps, and North Carolina maps, respectively.
The state capitals shown on this sectional United States map include Trenton, Harrisburg, Dover, Annapolis, Hartford, Providence, Boston, Albany, Richmond, Charleston, Raleigh, and Columbia. Other populous cities on this map include Washington DC, the nation's capital, as well as New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
The northernmost cross-country thoroughfare, Interstate 90, runs from west to east through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts. Interstate 80, a major cross-country travel artery, runs from west to east through Ohio, northern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Further south, Interstate 70 runs from west to east through Ohio, southern Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Still further south, Interstate 40 runs from west to east through North Carolina.
The primary East Coast thoroughfare, Interstate 95, runs from north to south through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, southern Connecticut, southern New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Further west, Interstate 81 runs from north to southwest through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Still further west, Interstate 77 runs from north to south through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
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