SR 76 begins at an arbitrary point just east of an intersection with Brandermill Parkway, the main street through the
Brandermill planned community. The road continues west as SR 652 (Old Hundred Road) toward
Roseland. SR 76 heads east as a
divided highway with three lanes northbound and two lanes southbound. The state highway becomes a
freeway at its intersection with SR 754 (Charter Colony Parkway). East of SR 754, the highway carries two lanes in each direction. SR 76 has a
cloverleaf interchange with the
SR 288 freeway, east of which the highway becomes a toll road and crosses
Falling Creek. The state highway has its first toll plaza just west of its
diamond interchange with SR 653 (Courthouse Road). The northbound exit ramp and southbound entrance ramp for SR 653 diverge from the highway just west of the toll plaza and pass through the barrier separately before intersecting the crossing highway. The southbound exit ramp and northbound entrance ramp each have a ramp toll plaza before rejoining SR 76. SR 76 veers northeast and meets US 60 (Midlothian Turnpike) at a cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes. The southbound entrance ramp has a
right-in/right-out interchange with SR 953 (Arboretum Parkway), which serves a business park. The collector-distributor lanes each have a ramp toll plaza at their northern ends, where the toll freeway begins to follow
Powhite Creek and passes by its impoundment, Rock Creek Park Lake. SR 76 has
partial cloverleaf interchanges with SR 686 (Jahnke Road) and SR 150 (Chippenham Parkway) next to
Powhite Park. The interchange with SR 150, which is on the boundary between Chesterfield County and the
independent city of Richmond, includes a flyover ramp from southbound SR 76 to southbound SR 150 and does not have ramps from northbound SR 76 to southbound SR 150 and from northbound SR 150 to southbound SR 76. The missing movements are provided via SR 686. North of SR 150 are staggered toll plazas for each direction, each with three Express E-ZPass lanes in addition to standard toll plaza lanes. East of the toll plazas SR 76 passes under
Norfolk Southern Railway's
Richmond District and has a partial interchange with Forest Hill Avenue; this interchange has ramp toll plazas and provides access to and from the north. SR 76 heads north from Forest Hill Avenue as a ten-lane road that crosses the
James River and
CSX's
Rivanna Subdivision on the
Powhite Parkway Bridge just south of the mouth of Powhite Creek. Two lanes from each direction split northeast onto
SR 146, which serves as extended ramps from northbound SR 76 to and to southbound SR 76 from SR 195 (Downtown Expressway), an east–west toll road that connects SR 76 and
I-95 in Downtown Richmond. Within that partial interchange, the northbound roadway passes under CSX's
North End Subdivision tracks, which begin to run in the median of the freeway. North of SR 146, SR 76 has a partial cloverleaf interchange with Douglasdale Road and McCloy Street that lacks a ramp to southbound SR 76 and provides access to
City Stadium; the ramps to and from the north have ramp toll plazas. A pair of ramps to and from the south that lead to
SR 147 (Cary Street) and
SR 6 (Patterson Avenue) split from the freeway just south of its northern terminus at I-195 (Beltline Expressway). The interchange with I-195 is a partial interchange, providing access between SR 76 and I-195 to the north toward I-95 and
I-64. ==Tolls==