Pennsylvania Route 283

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PA Route 283 marker

PA Route 283

Route information

Maintained by PennDOT

Length:

29 mi^[1] (47 km)

Existed:

1967 – present

Major junctions

West end:

South Eisenhower Blvd. in Highspire

I-76 / Penna. Tpk. in Lower Swatara Township

I-283 in Lower Swatara Township
SR 3032 near Harrisburg

PA 230 near Mount Joy

East end:

US 30 in Lancaster

Location

Counties:

Dauphin, Lancaster

Highway system

Roads in Pennsylvania

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I-283

PA 284

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Pennsylvania Route 283 (PA Route 283 or PA 283, officially State Route 300 or SR 300 due to the presence of Interstate 283) is a 29-mile-long (47 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It connects Harrisburg to Lancaster as a freeway, paralleling the old U.S. Route 230 (now partly Pennsylvania Route 230). The number was assigned based on the proximity of Interstate 283, but Interstate 283 and PA 283 are not the same roadway; the two intersect at a cloverleaf interchange. Because the road is built to Interstate Standards, it is one of the few non-interstate designated highways in Pennsylvania with a posted speed limit of 65 mph (105 km/h) for a considerable distance.

Route description

Dauphin County

PA 283 reassurance shield.

PA 283 begins at an intersection with Eisenhower Boulevard (Quadrant Route 3001) near Highspire that connects to Pennsylvania Route 230. PA 283 is one of few Pennsylvania Highways to end at a Quadrant Route. From there, PA 283 intersects Interstate 283 at exit 1 and Interstate 76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) at exit 247 (Harrisburg East exit) at a cloverleaf interchange. East of I-283 and I-76, PA 283 is a 29-mile-long (47 km) freeway. In Lower Swatara Township, PA 283 has an exit to a freeway road (Quadrant Route 3032) that connects to Harrisburg International Airport and Pennsylvania Route 441. This exit has access to Penn State Harrisburg. East of PA 441, PA 283 has an exit to Union Street and Fulling Mill Road which are detours to PA 441. After crossing the Swatara Creek and entering Londonderry Township, PA 283 has an exit to Hummelstown on Vine Street. In Middletown, PA 283 passes over I-76/PA Turnpike and Pennsylvania Route 341. The next exit is an exit that leads to both PA 341 and PA 230.

Lancaster County

PA 283 begins and splits from U.S. Route 30.

The first exit in Lancaster County is an exit to Pennsylvania Route 743. Just east of PA 743, PA 283 passes under Pennsylvania Route 241. In Mount Joy, PA 283 has an exit to Rheems and Elizabethtown. In Rapho Township, PA 283 interchanges with Pennsylvania Route 772. The next exit is split up into two interchanges that lead to the eastern terminus of PA 230 on the Harrisburg Pike. (East of here, PA 283 has a narrow median strip as it is using old Route 230.) In East Hempfield Township, PA 283 interchanges with Spooky Nook Road to Salunga. The next exit is a diamond interchange with the western terminus of Pennsylvania Route 722. In Manheim Township, PA 283 interchanges with Pennsylvania Route 741 and Pennsylvania Route 72. PA 283 terminates (ends) at an interchange with U.S. Route 30 in Lancaster. The first exit is to US 30 west, then the second exit is to Fruitville Pike, and the final exit is to US 30 east.^[2]^[3]

Exit list

County	Location	Mile^[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Dauphin	Lower Swatara Township	0.0	0.0	To PA 230 (Eisenhower Boulevard)	At-grade intersection, westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		0.1	0.2	I-76 / Penna. Tpk. – Philadelphia, Pittsburgh	Harrisburg East exit of PA Turnpike
		0.3	0.5	I-283 north – Harrisburg
		1.8	2.9	PA 441 south / SR 3032 – Harrisburg International Airport	Penn State Harrisburg
		2.9	4.7	To PA 441 (North Union Street / Fulling Mill Road)
	Londonderry Township	3.9	6.3	Middletown, Hummelstown
	Londonderry Township	6.8	10.9	To PA 230 (Toll House Road) / PA 341
Lancaster	Mount Joy Township	11.6	18.7	PA 743 – Hershey, Elizabethtown
	Mount Joy Township	15.0	24.1	Rheems, Elizabethtown
	Rapho Township	20.0	32.2	PA 772 – Manheim, Mount Joy
		21.2	34.1	Esbenshade Road	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		21.8	35.1	PA 230 – Mount Joy	Eastern terminus of PA 230, westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	East Hempfield Township	22.5	36.2	Spooky Nook Road - Salunga
		25.4	40.9	PA 722 – Landisville	Western terminus of PA 722, continues westbound as State Road
		27.0	43.5	PA 741 – Millersville, East Petersburg
	Manheim Township	27.8	44.7	PA 72 (Manheim Pike)
	Lancaster	28.4	45.7	US 30 west – York	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		28.7	46.2	Fruitville Pike	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		29.0	46.7	US 30 east – Philadelphia	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Google / Bing

KML file (edit)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pennsylvania Route 283.

↑ Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 283
↑ Pennsylvania Tourism and Transportation Map
↑ Rand Mcnally 2007 Atlas
↑ DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007

v t e Roads in the Susquehanna Valley

Beltway	Capital Beltway

Interstate Highways	Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) I-78 I-81 I-83 I-283

U.S. Routes	US 11 US 15 US 22 US 30 US 209 US 222 US 322 US 422

Limited-access Pennsylvania Routes	PA 283 PA 581 SR 3032

Other Pennsylvania Routes	PA 17 PA 23 PA 25 PA 34 PA 39 PA 72 PA 74 PA 94 PA 114 PA 117 PA 147 PA 174 PA 225 PA 230 PA 233 PA 235 PA 241 PA 274 PA 325 PA 340 PA 341 PA 343 PA 419 PA 441 PA 443 PA 462 PA 465 PA 501 PA 533 PA 641 PA 645 PA 696 PA 722 PA 743 PA 772 PA 849 PA 850 PA 897 PA 934 PA 944 PA 997 PA 999

Quadrant Routes	SR 3015 SR 3020

Other notable roads	Chocolate Avenue Derry Street Paxton Street

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