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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.
Created when US 13 was rerouted to improve truck traffic US 15 Bus. 14: 23 Maryland state line in Freedom Township: US 15/PA 394 in Straban Township: 1964: current Original route of US 15 that was replaced by an expressway US 15 Bus. 4: 6.4 US 15/PA 660 in Richmond Township: US 15 in Richmond Township: 2005: current
The contractor is expected to begin work along I-81 from about 2.5 miles south of Exit 77 (Route 39/Manada Hill/Hershey) in Dauphin County to Exit 90 (Route 72/Lebanon) in Lebanon County.
On Route 46, construction will close the right lane in both directions near Main Street in Rockaway, noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 2; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 3, Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.
In Harmar Township, the route intersects with the Pennsylvania Turnpike. As the route leaves Allegheny for Butler County, Pittsburgh's suburban regions transition toward rural hills, and the freeway connection continues to Kittanning. US 30: The famous Lincoln Highway enters Allegheny County from a sparsely portion of southern Beaver County ...
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]
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.