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US 209:
This 3-mile long expressway connects the PA-33 expressway to I-80 in Stroudsburg. It is used by westbound I-80 traffic to reach PA-33 South and by I-33 northbound traffic to reach I-80 East.
Junction Log - Northbound:
| Junction |
Type of Access |
|
Beaver Valley Rd |
At-grade |
|
Schafers Schoolhouse Road |
Signal |
|
Business US 209 |
bridge, no access |
Pictures: (click here)
US 222:
A Trexlertown Bypass is currently under construction as a 4-lane at-grade expressway with traffic lights and one grade-separated interchange with PA 100.
The segment between PA 100 and Hamilton Blvd opened on September 27, 2005. The
section from Hamilton Blvd to I-78 will open in late 2006 or early 2007.
Click here for the official website of the project.
US 322:
US 322 has some of each type of expressway along its route through Pennsylvania.
Summary:
| Segment |
Type of Highway |
| From I-95 to PA 452. |
US 322 is a Jersey Freeway. This means that there are no at-grade intersections or median breaks, but there are driveways for businesses along the route. US 322 has two
interchanges of its own along this stretch. |
| West Chester Bypass |
Super-2 expressway |
| Long Mountain Pass |
4-lane divided expressway. There are no driveways, but there are some at-grade entrances at forest roads. This expressway is very steep, with a 10% grade. |
| For a few miles west of Port Matilda |
4-lane divided expressway |
| Between Clearfield and the western end of the PA 153
multiplex. |
This final expressway segment of US 322 is a 4-lane divided expressway
which continues northwest as PA 153 to connect with I-80. |
PA 332 / PA 413 - Newtown Bypass:
The Newtown Bypass, which runs from the junction of PA 413 and PA 532 northwest of Newtown to I-95 east of Newtown, is a 4-lane divided expressway.
US 422 - Western Segment:
US 422 is an expressway from I-79 east to Pleasant Valley Rd. East of that, it becomes a freeway until the town of Prospect.
US 422 - Eastern Segment:
After disappearing for several hundred miles in Central Pennsylvania, PA 422 reappears in Hershey, the town east of Harrisburg famous for chocolate. The first few miles of the eastern US 422 segment are expressway-grade. This lasts from the PA 39 / US 322 interchange west of town to Hockersville Rd in downtown. The speed limit is 50 mph.
PA 663
Summary:
| Segment |
Type of Highway |
Speed Limit |
View Pictures |
| Through Pottstown |
City Street |
|
|
| Pottstown to Pennsburg |
2-lane Highway |
|
|
| Through Pennsburg |
City Street |
35 |
|
| Pennsburg to I-476 |
2-lane Expressway (with short 4-lane stretches at each
end) |
55 |
View Pictures |
| I-476 to PA 309 |
2-lane Highway |
55 |
View Pictures |
History:
The expressway opened in 1974.
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PA 885 - Boulevard of the Allies:
PA 885 is a short Jersey Freeway in Pittsburgh. It starts in downtown just west of I-579, includes an interchange connection with I-376, and ends at an interchange with Forbes Ave. Eastbound PA 885 has no at-grades, while westbound has at-grades (with no median openings) at the side streets, as well as a sidewalk with business merely feet away from the highway.
Sources:
Jeff Kitsko,
Adam Froehlig,
Raymond C. Martin, PennDOT, Richard Cuff
Last Updated: 11/16/05
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