U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania

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U.S. Route 22
Length:	319 mi[1] (513 km)
Formed:	1926
West end:	US 22 in Hanover Township
Major junctions:	US 30 near Pittsburgh I-79 near Pittsburgh US 19 in Pittsburgh US 30 in Wilkinsburg I-76/PA Tpk. in Monroeville I-99/US 220 in Duncansville US 11/US 15 near Duncannon I-81/US 322 in Harrisburg I-78 in Fredericksburg and Kuhnsville I-476/PA Turnpike in South Whitehall Township
East end:	US 22 in Easton
Pennsylvania State Routes < PA 21 PA 23 > Legislative

U.S. Route 22 is an east-west route stretching from Cincinnati, Ohio in the west to Newark, New Jersey in the east. In Pennsylvania, the route runs for 319 miles between the West Virginia state line at Hanover Township and the New Jersey state line at Easton.

[edit] Route description

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US 22 carries multiple names as it progresses eastward across the state, including the William Penn Highway and the Lehigh Valley Thruway. Several sections of the road are highway, including the Lehigh Valley Thruway. US 22 runs concurrently with Interstate 78 for a 40 mile stretch before splitting off on to the William Penn Highway, which turns into Allentown Boulevard. Allentown Boulevard turns into Jonestown Road approximately 15 miles from Harrisburg. Jonestown Road turns into Walnut Street several miles further, and turns onto Herr Street, in Penbrook. US 22 then turns onto Arsenal Boulevard, entering Harrisburg. Approximately 2 miles further, at the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 230, US 22 turns north, passing the Farm Show Arena and Harrisburg Area Community College. It turns into a highway and has an interchange with Interstate 81 (exit 67 on I-81). At this exit, U.S. Route 322 runs concurrently to the north with US 22, up north to Lewistown, where US 322 splits to the north to State College, and US 22 runs concurrently with U.S. Route 522, to the southwest. US 22 splits northwest of US 522 near Mount Union. US 22 keeps zig-zagging through the mountains until it reaches Holidaysburg and Altoona, when it becomes a expressway called the William Penn Highway. The expressway ends near Ebensburg, continuing as the Admiral Peary Highway, and then the William Penn Highway.

Near Churchill, approximately 15 miles from Pittsburgh, US 22 runs concurrently with Interstate 376 and U.S. Route 30 on what is called the Parkway West. After passing through Pittsburgh, US 22 and US 30 run concurrently with Interstate 279, to near the Pittsburgh International Airport. Continuing as an expressway, US 30 splits north near Imperial. US 22 runs as an expressway to the Ohio border.

[edit] Lehigh Valley Thruway

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The Lehigh Valley Thruway is a 24 mile long freeway portion of US 22 from the eastern end of the Interstate 78/US 22 duplex in Kuhnsville, west of Allentown, to the state line in Easton. The highway travels to the north of Allentown and Bethlehem and passes through Easton. Originally, I-78 would have continued with the U.S. 22 concurrency on the Lehigh Valley Thruway into New Jersey, with I-278 running south as a bypass, and I-178 and I-378 serving Allentown and Bethlehem respectively. Due to opposition in Phillipsburg, New Jersey on the building of a I-78/U.S. 22 highway through the town (the same opposition that later killed the Somerset Freeway for I-95 in 1982), PennDOT and NJDOT decided to reroute the I-78 highway onto the proposed I-278 bypass and allow U.S. 22 to remain on the limited-access highway, which become an at-grade divided highway in Phillipsburg.

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[edit] Penn Lincoln Parkway/ Parkway West

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
West Virginia State Line. US 22 continues into West Virginia.
Washington	Hanover Township			PA 18 - Florence, Burgettstown
	Smith Township			Bavington
	Robinson Township			PA 576 west (Southern Beltway) -Airport	Toll Road. Opened on October 2006 and is partially completed.
Allegheny	North Fayette Township			PA 980 south - McDonald, Midway
				Noblestown	Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
		Western terminus of US 22/ US 30 duplex.
				US 30 east PA 978 south - Imperial
				Hankey Farms
				Oakdale
				Montour Church Road	Westbound only.
				Old Steubenville Pike, Bayer Road
	Robinson Township			PA 60 north (Airport Pkwy) -Airport
				PA 60 south - Crafton
				Ridge Road
				Campbells Run Road	Westbound only.
	Pennsbury Village			I-79 south - Washington, PA	to I-79 south only.
	Pittsburgh	Multiplexed with I-279/ US 30 for 6 miles.
		Multiplexed with I-376 for 15 miles. Multiplexed with US 30 for 8 miles.

[edit] Central Pennsylvania

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Westmoreland	Salem Township			PA 66 north/ Turnpike 66 toll - Delmont, Jeannette	Cloverleaf interchange.
At-Grade Intersections next 29 miles.
Indiana County	East Wheatfield			PA 56 - Armagh, Brush Valley	Trucks Over 13' - 6" use PA 403 to Johnstown.
				PA 403 - Dilltown, Johnstown
At-Grade Intersections next 9 miles.
Cambria	Jackson Township			PA 271 - Nanty Glo, Johnstown
	At-Grade Intersections next 5 miles.
	Cambria Township			US 219 - Johnstown, DuBois	Cloverleaf interchange. to US 422 use US 219 north.
	At-Grade Intersections next 5 miles.
	Ebensburg			Ebensburg, Loretto	St. Francis University.
	Munster Township			PA 164 - Portage, Munster
	Cresson Township			PA 53 - Cresson
				Summit
Blair	Allegheny Township			Gallitzin
				PA 764 north - Altoona
				I-99/ US 220 - Altoona, Bedford	to I-80 follow I-99 north. to Pa Tpk follow I-99 south.
At-Grade Intersections next 62 miles.
Mifflin	Mount Union	Southern terminus of US 22/ US 522 duplex.
	Lewistown			Industrial Drive
		Western terminus of US 22/ US 322/ US 522 triplex.
				US 322 west - State College
				Ort Valley Road
				Electric Avenue
		Eastern terminus of US 22/ US 322/ US 522 trilex.
				US 522 north (Walnut Street)
				US 22 BUS - Mount Union, Lewistown
Juniata	Fermanagh Township			Arch Rock Road	Eastbound only.
				PA 35 - Mifflintown, McAlisterville	Mifflintown Airport.
	Walker Township			PA 75 south - Port Royal
	Delaware Township			PA 333 - East Salem, Thompsontown
				Pfoutz Valley Road
Perry	Greenwood Township			PA 17 - Millerstown
	Howe Township			PA 34 - Newport, New Bloomfield
	Buffalo Township			Midway	Westbound only.
	Watts Township			Watts
				Amity Hall
				US 11/ US 15 - Camp Hill, Selinsgrove
		At-Grade Intersections next 2 miles.
				PA 849 - Duncannon
Dauphin	Reed Township			PA 147 north - Halifax.
				PA 325 east - Mountain Road
	Dauphin			PA 225 north - Halifax, Dauphin
	Middle Paxton Township			Dauphin Boro, Stony Creek	Westbound only.
				PA 443 - Fishing Creek, Rockville
	Susquehanna Township			Linglestown
				I-81 south - Carlisle
		Eastern terminus of US 22/ US 322/ douplex.
				I-81 north/ US 322 east - Hazleton, Hershey
	At-Grade Intersections next 5 miles.
	Colonial Park			I-83/ US 322 - Lewistown, Hershey, York
At-Grade Intersections next 18 miles.
Lebanon	Lebanon			PA 72 - Lickdale, Lebanon	Cloverleaf interchange.
				Local Traffic
US 22 merges with I-78 for 43 miles.

[edit] Lehigh Valley Thruway

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County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Lehigh	Kuhnsville			I-78 east - New Jersey	Eastbound only.
				Cetronia, Kuhnsville via Tilghman Street	Former routing of US 22 through Allentown.
	South Whitehall Twp.			I-476/Pennsylvania Turnpike - Scranton, Philadelphia
				PA 309 - Tamaqua, Quakertown	I-78 east - use PA 309 south.
				Cedar Crest Boulevard
	Allentown			15th Street
	Whitehall			PA 145 (MacArthur Road/7th Street)	Allentown Center City - use PA 145 south.
				Fullerton Avenue
	Allentown			PA 987 north (Airport Road)/LVI Airport	LVI Airport - use PA 987 north. Southern terminus of PA 987.
	Bethlehem			PA 378 south - Bethlehem	Formerly I-378.
Northampton				Schoenersville Road
	Hanover Twp.			PA 512 (Center Street)
	Bethlehem			PA 191 (Nazareth Pike)
				PA 33/to I-78 - Bethlehem, Stroudsburg	I-78 - use PA 33 south.
	Wilson			PA 248 (25th Street) - Wilson
	Easton			13th Street
				PA 248/PA 611 - 4th Street	Eastbound only.
				3rd Street	Westbound only.
				PA 611 - Easton	Westbound only.
US 22 enters New Jersey via the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge over the Delaware River.

[edit] References

1. ^ Pennsylvania Highways - U.S. Route 22

[edit] External links

• US 22 In Pennsylvania Exits