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Since Pennsylvania first introduced numbered traffic routes in 1924, a keystone symbol shape has been used, in reference to Pennsylvania being the "Keystone State". The signs originally said "Penna" (a common abbreviation for Pennsylvania at the time), followed by the route number in block-style numbering in a keystone cutout.
PA Routes are also called Pennsylvania Traffic Routes, and formerly State Highway Routes. [ 2 ] There are 41,643 mi (67,018 km) of roadway maintained by state agencies, with 39,737 mi (63,951 km) maintained by PennDOT, 554 mi (892 km) maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission , and 1,352 mi (2,176 km) maintained by other state agencies.
Original route of US 209 through the Stroudsburg area, designated when main route was moved onto expressways and a new two-lane segment east of the city US 219 Bus. 4: 6.4 US 219 in Summit Township: US 219 in Summit Township 1999: current Original route of US 219 through Meyersdale that was replaced by an expressway US 219 Alt. 23: 37
Renumbered to I-76 to conform to AASHTO policy against suffixed routes I-81: 232.63: 374.38 I-81 at Maryland border near Greencastle: I-81 at New York border near Hallstead: 1956: current Called the American Legion Memorial Highway while in Pennsylvania [3] I-83: 50.8: 81.8 I-83 at Maryland border near Shrewsbury: I-81/US 322 in Harrisburg ...
Upon reaching Pennsylvania Route 581 (PA 581), US 11 splits from Carlisle Pike and runs concurrent with PA 581. US 11/US 15 northbound in Wormleysburg In Camp Hill , a close suburb of Harrisburg, US 11 stops paralleling I-81 and joins US 15 northward through the western suburbs of Harrisburg, crossing I-81 in this area.
The route between US 30 in Breezewood and US 522 in Warfordsburg was originally known as Pennsylvania Route 126 (PA 126). In 1957, preliminary numbers were assigned; the longer route via Pittsburgh (now I-79 and I-376 ) became the main line of I-70, while the southern bypass (now I-70) became Interstate 70S ( I-70S ). [ 5 ]
On January 19, 2012, the section of US 1 in Bucks County between Philadelphia and the Delaware River was designated the Detective Christopher Jones Memorial Highway after a Middletown Township police officer who was killed while conducting a traffic stop along the highway when two cars collided and hit his police car, which struck him. [15]
Pennsylvania Route 8 Truck is a 1 ⁄ 2-mile-long (0.80 km) truck route in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In 1980, the designation was established to remove trucks from the complicated intersection with Pennsylvania Route 27 and to provide direct access for local trucks past the borough's small industrial area along St. John Street.