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A temporary solution to reopen the closed stretch of Route 611 south of Delaware Water Gap has been reached, officials announced Friday. The road has been closed from Cherry Valley Road/Oak Street ...
Route 611 in the Delaware Water Gap area has been closed for over a year. Local officials want to move the reopening process along. Cartwright, Brown seek answers after Route 611 closure passes ...
Commuters in Horsham and surrounding areas will have to deal with several detours and road closures Thursday morning, due to a water main break which closed portions of Route 611.
In April 2022, heavy rains washed out a slope and retaining wall along a portion of PA 611 in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, resulting in the route being closed indefinitely between Portland and Delaware Water Gap until repairs could be completed. [44] This section of road reopened to traffic in May 2022. [45]
Pennsylvania Route 611 was known as US 611, but was downgraded to a state route as it was entirely in Pennsylvania. This old US 611 sign, along the ramp from Cheltenham Avenue to PA 611 on the border of Philadelphia and Cheltenham, was still present in 2014, but has been removed as of 2022. Decommissioned highways are common in the United States.
The purpose of these routes is to provide a detour in the event that the parent route is impassable, due to either a traffic jams, traffic collision, or road closure (for a variety of reasons). Sometimes these routes are signed as a prefixed or suffixed numbered road , making them a type of special route .
Route 611 south of Delaware Water Gap will reopen as a single-lane road in early November, barring any weather-related delays.
The longest route overall in Delaware is US 13 at 103.33 miles (166.29 km), with DE 1 being the longest state route at 103.02 miles (165.79 km). At a length of 23.43 miles (37.71 km), I-95 is the longest of Delaware's three Interstate Highways. [21] The shortest route is DE 491 at 0.36 miles (0.58 km). [19]