174-647: U.S. Route 30 ( US 30 ) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs east–west across the southern part of Pennsylvania , passing through Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on its way from the West Virginia state line east to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River into New Jersey . In Pennsylvania, US 30 runs along or near the transcontinental Lincoln Highway , an auto trail which ran from San Francisco to New York City before
348-430: A Union Railroad line, Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line, Turtle Creek , and Norfolk Southern Railway's Port Perry Branch. After passing over Turtle Creek, US 30 leaves East Pittsburgh, turning into a divided highway and passing over East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard. The route comes to an interchange with Greensburg Pike and becomes undivided before it enters East McKeesport as Greensburg Avenue. Here,
522-473: A hairpin turn to the southeast and winds east, coming to an eastbound truck brake check station as it continues to descend. The route heads east-northeast and enters Schellsburg , where US 30 becomes Pitt Street and crosses PA 96 . Upon leaving Schellsburg, the road becomes the Lincoln Highway again and passes north of Shawnee State Park , curving southeast and then east. The route passes under
696-413: A traffic circle . At this point, US 30 heads east concurrent with PA 116 on York Street, with PA 116 splitting to the east and US 30 continuing northeast along York Street. The route leaves Gettysburg upon crossing Rock Creek and becomes York Road, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane, with CSX Transportation's Hanover Subdivision parallel to the northwest. The road turns into
870-533: A SEPTA trolley track follows the westbound lanes past the 54th Street junction. At the intersection with 52nd Street/Lansdowne Avenue, US 30 heads further south from the Amtrak tracks and SEPTA's Route 10 trolley line begins following the road. The route splits from Lancaster Avenue by turning east onto Girard Avenue , which carries two lanes of traffic and SEPTA's Route 15 trolley line. The road runs east and crosses over Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad line at
1044-425: A banner such as alternate or bypass —are also managed by AASHTO. These are sometimes designated with lettered suffixes, like A for alternate or B for business. The official route log, last published by AASHTO in 1989, has been named United States Numbered Highways since its initial publication in 1926. Within the route log, "U.S. Route" is used in the table of contents, while "United States Highway" appears as
1218-499: A bridge over the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 's Radebaugh Subdivision line. US 30 becomes a freeway that bypasses Greensburg to the south and curves southeast, reaching an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with West Pittsburgh Street. The road enters Greensburg and comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 136 . The route runs along the southwest border of Southwest Greensburg and reaches
1392-539: A center left-turn lane before the road comes to an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, where I-70 splits from US 30 and heads west along with I-76 on the turnpike. From here, US 30 narrows to a two-lane undivided road and crosses the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike before it heads northeast into rural areas and climbs Rays Hill , gaining a second eastbound lane and passing over
1566-444: A center left-turn lane, crossing Back Creek . Farther east, the road has a junction with the northern terminus of PA 995 before it enters Chambersburg . At this point, the route runs through developed areas and splits into the one-way pair of West Loudon Street eastbound and Lincoln Way West westbound, with West Loudon Street a two-way two-lane road and Lincoln Way West carrying two lanes of one-way traffic . US 30 crosses
1740-794: A center left-turn lane, passing through Greenland. The route heads into the Pennsylvania Dutch Country of eastern Lancaster County and is lined with many Amish tourist attractions. The road crosses Mill Creek and heads north of the Tanger Outlets Lancaster outlet mall and south of the Dutch Wonderland amusement park. US 30 passes south of the Willow Hill Covered Bridge and American Music Theatre and runs between two shopping centers before it reaches an intersection with PA 896 . Past this intersection,
1914-506: A center left-turn lane. US 30 enters Adams County and becomes Chambersburg Road, continuing east through Cashtown Gap in South Mountain. The road becomes three lanes with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane before it turns back to a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. The route intersects the western terminus of PA 234 . US 30 continues east with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes before narrowing to
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#17330945623782088-485: A diamond interchange with PA 74 in a business area north of West York , with the West Manchester Town Center shopping center located northwest of the interchange. US 30 widens to six lanes before the freeway section ends, with US 30 becoming a six-lane divided highway with at-grade intersections called Loucks Road that passes development. The road enters York and curves east. The route leaves
2262-841: A diamond interchange with PA 741 . The freeway widens to six lanes before it curves northeast and crosses the Little Conestoga Creek . The route comes to an interchange with Harrisburg Pike, at which point it enters Lancaster and narrows to four lanes with an auxiliary lane in each direction, passing southeast of the Park City Center shopping mall that is served by the Harrisburg Pike interchange. US 30 leaves Lancaster as it passes over Amtrak 's Keystone Corridor and Norfolk Southern Railway's Lititz Secondary railroad lines, reaching an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with PA 72 . The route comes to an interchange with
2436-563: A diamond interchange with US 522 that serves McConnellsburg, where it becomes a four-lane divided expressway. Past this interchange, the expressway becomes a three-lane undivided road with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane, turning to the south-southeast. US 30 becomes a divided highway and intersects Lincoln Way again, where the expressway section ends. The route becomes a three-lane undivided road with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane as it ascends Tuscarora Mountain . The road narrows to two lanes as it continues to climb
2610-514: A distinctively-shaped white shield with large black numerals in the center. Often, the shield is displayed against a black square or rectangular background. Each state manufactures their own signage, and as such subtle variations exist all across the United States. Individual states may use cut-out or rectangular designs, some have black outlines, and California prints the letters "US" above the numerals. One- and two-digit shields generally feature
2784-429: A five-lane divided highway with two eastbound lanes and three westbound lanes, and enters Forest Hills , running through suburban development as it curves to the south. The road narrows to two westbound lanes before it curves to the southeast. The route turns to the south-southeast and passes through the center of Forest Hills. US 30 gains a third eastbound lane before it skirts the border between North Braddock to
2958-508: A five-lane road with a center left-turn lane, and turns into a four-lane divided highway as it comes to a junction with the northern terminus of PA 616 . Past this intersection, US 30 splits from West Market Street at a trumpet interchange by heading north onto a four-lane freeway, with PA 462 continuing east along West Market Street towards York . The freeway passes over a York Railway line and curves northeast, passing under PA 234. The route continues northeast and comes to
3132-492: A fountain in the middle of the intersection. Upon crossing southbound US 11, US 30 becomes East Queen Street eastbound and Lincoln Way East westbound, crossing under Norfolk Southern Railway's Lurgan Branch railroad line before both directions of US 30 rejoin on Lincoln Way East, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. The road runs east and passes south of WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital before it widens to five lanes as it comes to an interchange with I-81 on
3306-547: A four-lane divided highway as it comes to an interchange with the US ;15 freeway. US 30 continues east-northeast as a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane through a mix of rural areas and development, passing through Guldens . The route curves east and briefly gains a second westbound lane before heading through Brush Run. The road narrows to two lanes and crosses the South Branch Conewago Creek , where
3480-485: A four-lane divided highway as it comes to an interchange with the US 219 freeway. Past this interchange, the route becomes a two-lane undivided road again and winds southeast. The road runs along the southwest border of Stoystown and passes under Somerset Street before it reaches an interchange with the northern terminus of PA 281 . Past Stoystown, US 30 crosses the Stonycreek River and intersects
3654-550: A four-lane divided highway as it comes to the Irwin interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-76 ). Past this interchange, the median turns into a center left-turn lane. US 30 runs along the southern border of Adamsburg and becomes a divided highway as it reaches an interchange with Edna Road serving Adamsburg. The road becomes five lanes with a center left-turn lane and passes through Lincoln Heights and running along
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#17330945623783828-552: A four-lane divided highway. The route crosses PA 711 and passes to the south of Fort Ligonier . US 30 leaves Ligonier and narrows to a two-lane undivided road, intersecting the northern terminus of PA 381 . The route passes through the Laughlintown and runs along the southern border of Laurel Mountain . Past the Laurel Mountain, the road ascends Laurel Hill and comes to a westbound runaway truck ramp. Further up
4002-470: A junction with the western terminus of PA 151 . The road heads southeast and crosses PA 18 in Harshaville . The route passes through Raccoon Creek State Park , where it turns south and crosses Raccoon Creek . The road leaves the state park and curves to the southeast. US 30 enters Allegheny County and continues east along the Lincoln Highway, reaching Clinton . Here, the route turns to
4176-604: A main route. Odd numbers generally increase from east to west; U.S. Route 1 (US 1) follows the Atlantic Coast and US 101 follows the Pacific Coast. (US 101 is one of the many exceptions to the standard numbering grid; its first "digit" is "10", and it is a main route on its own and not a spur of US 1.) Even numbers tend to increase from north to south; US 2 closely follows the Canadian border, and US 98 hugs
4350-592: A part of popular culture. US 101 continues east and then south to end at Olympia, Washington . The western terminus of US 2 is now at Everett, Washington . Interstate 79 Interstate 79 ( I-79 ) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States , designated from I-77 in Charleston, West Virginia , north to Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) and PA 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania . It
4524-698: A part of the U.S. Numbered System." U.S. Route 3 (US 3) meets this obligation; in New Hampshire , it does not follow tolled portions of the Everett Turnpike . However, US Routes in the system do use parts of five toll roads: U.S. Routes in the contiguous United States follow a grid pattern, in which odd-numbered routes run generally north to south and even-numbered routes run generally east to west, though three-digit spur routes can be either-or. Usually, one- and two-digit routes are major routes, and three-digit routes are numbered as shorter spur routes from
4698-585: A partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 24 south of the York Galleria shopping mall. US 30 continues east-northeast and passes north of the Haines Shoe House as it heads into rural areas, coming to a diamond interchange with Kreutz Creek Road that provides access to PA 462 and Hallam to the south. The freeway reaches a diamond interchange at Cool Springs Road, which heads south to connect to PA 462 and Wrightsville . US 30 crosses
4872-430: A partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 82 that provides access to Coatesville. Past this interchange, the freeway leaves Coatesville and passes under PA 340 before reaching an interchange with Reeceville Road. The route curves east-southeast and crosses under PA 340 again before running east and coming to a diamond interchange with PA 340 north of Thorndale . US 30 heads east-northeast and reaches
5046-535: A partial cloverleaf interchange with US 119 / PA 66 Business (PA 66 Bus.)/ PA 819 . Past this interchange, US 30 passes over the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad's Greensburg Industrial Track line and the Five Star Trail , at which point it heads through a section of South Greensburg before it comes to a right-in/right-out interchange with Cedar Street. At this point,
5220-802: A partial cloverleaf interchange with US 322 that serves Downingtown . Farther east, the freeway passes over PA 282 and the East Branch Brandywine Creek before it comes to a bridge over the Struble Trail and enters a section of Downingtown, reaching a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Norwood Road that provides access to PA 282. The route widens to six lanes and heads near suburban development before it comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with PA 113 , at which point it leaves Downingtown and narrows back to four lanes. US 30 curves southeast and reaches an interchange with US 30 Bus. Past this interchange,
5394-404: A partial interchange with PA 340 that has no westbound exit. US 30 continues as a four-lane freeway with an eastbound auxiliary lane before the freeway section ends at an interchange with the eastern terminus of PA 462 to the east of Lancaster. Past the interchange with the eastern terminus of PA 462, US 30 heads east-southeast along Lincoln Highway, a five-lane road with
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5568-591: A rough grid. Major routes from the earlier map were assigned numbers ending in 0, 1 or 5 (5 was soon relegated to less-major status), and short connections received three-digit numbers based on the main highway from which they spurred. The five-man committee met September 25, and submitted the final report to the Joint Board secretary on October 26. The board sent the report to the Secretary of Agriculture on October 30, and he approved it November 18, 1925. The new system
5742-503: A second westbound lane further east before it reaches Abbottstown . Upon entering Abbottstown, US 30 becomes two-lane West King Street, meeting PA 194 at the Abbottstown Square traffic circle, before it continues along East King Street. Upon crossing Beaver Creek, US 30 leaves Abbottstown and heads into York County . The route follows Lincoln Highway, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. The road curves to
5916-416: A three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. In Frazer , the road comes to an intersection with the northern terminus of PA 352 . Farther east, US 30 widens to five lanes with a center turn lane before it reaches a junction with the eastern terminus of PA 401 . The route turns into a four-lane divided highway prior to intersecting the southern terminus of PA 29 . Past this intersection,
6090-785: A three-way directional Y interchange with I-77 along the northwest bank of the Elk River just northeast of Charleston . For its first 67 miles (108 km) to a point just south of Flatwoods , I-79 is located in the watershed of the Elk River, which drains into the Kanawha River . It crosses the Elk River at Frametown and again at Sutton and never strays more than about 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) from it. I-79 enters Pennsylvania from Morgantown, West Virginia . South of Washington , it traverses mostly rural Greene County . Between milemarkers 34 and 38, I-79 overlaps I-70 in
6264-814: A two-lane road. The route curves southeast in Hilltown and gains a center left-turn lane. The road passes through McKnightstown , where it narrows to two lanes. US 30 crosses CSX Transportation's Hanover Subdivision railroad line at-grade in Seven Stars. The route heads to the north of Gettysburg Regional Airport and passes through Stremmels before it runs through a section of Gettysburg National Military Park . US 30 enters Gettysburg and becomes Buford Avenue, passing north of United Lutheran Seminary as it heads into developed areas and turns east onto Chambersburg Street. The route continues into downtown Gettysburg and meets US 15 Bus. / PA 116 at Lincoln Square,
6438-519: A westbound exit and eastbound entrance that connects to northbound PA 837. The Penn-Lincoln Parkway heads onto the Fort Pitt Bridge , a double-decker bridge carrying four lanes in each direction, and passes over CSX Transportation 's Pittsburgh Subdivision railroad line and the Monongahela River as it heads into Downtown Pittsburgh at Point State Park and comes to an interchange with
6612-513: A westbound exit and eastbound entrance with US 19 , where US 19 joins I-376/US 22/US 30 on the Penn-Lincoln Parkway. Within this interchange, the road has an eastbound runaway truck ramp and passes under a ramp carrying both directions of US 19 Truck . The freeway widens to six lanes and passes under a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line before reaching an interchange with PA 51 , where US 19 Truck joins
6786-447: A westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Rosslyn Road that serves Rosslyn Farms. The freeway crosses into Carnegie and reaches a bus-only eastbound exit and westbound entrance connecting to Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT)'s West Busway before passing over a Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad line. The highway passes over Chartiers Creek and another Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad line as it leaves Carnegie and comes to
6960-555: A westbound exit and eastbound entrance with the eastern terminus of US 30 Bus., where the freeway section ends and US 30 becomes the four-lane divided Lincoln Highway. US 30, the Raystown Branch Juniata River, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike pass southeast through The Narrows , a gap in Evitts Mountain . Here, US 30 intersects the northern terminus of PA 326 and curves northeast, crossing over
7134-409: A westbound truck brake check station before it reaches Summit, where it heads south to descend Scrub Ridge. US 30 continues south and briefly becomes a divided highway as it intersects Lincoln Way, where it turns into a two-lane expressway that bypasses McConnellsburg to the north. The road makes a hairpin turn to the northeast and gains a second westbound lane. The route curves east and comes to
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7308-617: Is a north–south route, unlike its parent US 22 , which is east–west. As originally assigned, the first digit of the spurs increased from north to south and east to west along the parent; for example, US 60 had spurs, running from east to west, designated as US 160 in Missouri , US 260 in Oklahoma , US 360 in Texas , and US 460 and US 560 in New Mexico . As with
7482-657: Is a primary thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and makes up part of an important corridor to Buffalo, New York , and the Canada–United States border . Major metropolitan areas connected by I-79 include Charleston and Morgantown in West Virginia and Greater Pittsburgh and Erie in Pennsylvania. In West Virginia, I-79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway , named for
7656-436: Is a spur off US 64 . Some divided routes , such as US 19E and US 19W , exist to provide two alignments for one route. Special routes, which can be labeled as alternate, bypass or business, depending on the intended use, provide a parallel routing to the mainline U.S. Highway. Before the U.S. Routes were designated, auto trails designated by auto trail associations were the main means of marking roads through
7830-745: Is in the process of eliminating all intrastate U.S. Highways less than 300 miles (480 km) in length "as rapidly as the State Highway Department and the Standing Committee on Highways of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials can reach agreement with reference thereto". New additions to the system must serve more than one state and "substantially meet the current AASHTO design standards ". A version of this policy has been in place since 1937. The original major transcontinental routes in 1925, along with
8004-579: The Benjamin Franklin Bridge approach, an example of a non-limited-access section of Interstate Highway. Westbound I-676/US 30 has a ramp from the bridge to the Vine Street Expressway that intersects 7th Street and 8th Street at-grade. From this point, I-676/US 30 crosses over I-95, Christopher Columbus Boulevard , and then the Delaware River into New Jersey on the seven-lane Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which also carries pedestrians and
8178-737: The Birmingham Bridge , at which point the trail leaves the median of the freeway and the river heads further south from the freeway. I-376/US 22/US 30 head southeast, with the Three Rivers Heritage Trail parallel to the south, and reaches a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with PA 885. The highway turns east away from the trail and passes over the Allegheny Valley Railroad 's P&W Subdivision line. The freeway comes to an interchange with Beechwood Boulevard before it narrows to four lanes and passes under
8352-583: The Conococheague Creek and the Chambersburg Rail-Trail, with the eastbound direction shifting to West Queen Street, which carries two lanes of one-way traffic. The route heads into downtown Chambersburg and intersects US 11 , which is routed on the one-way pair of Main Street southbound and 2nd Street northbound. Westbound US 30 meets southbound US 11 at Memorial Square, which features
8526-762: The Girard Avenue Bridge over the Schuylkill River while US 30 becomes concurrent with I-76 on the six-lane Schuylkill Expressway at this point and the road heads south, with the Philadelphia Zoo to the west and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Schuylkill River Trail , and the Schuylkill River parallel to the east. The freeway turns southeast and runs between Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to
8700-656: The Gulf Freeway carried US 75 , the Pasadena Freeway carried US 66 , and the Pulaski Skyway carries US 1 and US 9 . The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 appropriated funding for the Interstate Highway System, to construct a vast network of freeways across the country. By 1957, AASHO had decided to assign a new grid to the new routes, to be numbered in the opposite directions as
8874-594: The Independence National Historical Park . US 30 enters Pennsylvania from West Virginia in Beaver County , heading east along the two-lane undivided Lincoln Highway . The road passes through rural areas and comes to an intersection with Pennsylvania Route 168 (PA 168) south of Hookstown , where it briefly becomes a divided highway . US 30 continues as an undivided road, turning northeast and then southeast before it comes to
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#17330945623789048-603: The New England states got together to establish the six-state New England Interstate Routes . Behind the scenes, the federal aid program had begun with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 , providing 50% monetary support from the federal government for improvement of major roads. The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 limited the routes to 7% of each state's roads, while 3 in every 7 roads had to be "interstate in character". Identification of these main roads
9222-639: The Ohio River —opened on September 3, 1976. In 1984, the route was extended about one mile (1.6 km) further to the north, with the opening of a new segment between US 20 and PA 5 in Erie. In late 2008, the missing ramps of the I-79/I-376 interchange (PA 60 was designated as the route for southbound traffic seeking to go to Pittsburgh International Airport and for airport traffic seeking to go northbound on I-79) were completed. In June 2009, I-376
9396-489: The Overbrook neighborhood. At the intersection with 62nd Street/Malvern Avenue, the route passes north of 63rd Street and Malvern Avenue station that serves as the terminus of SEPTA's Route 10 trolley line and heads into urban areas of West Philadelphia a short distance to the south of Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad line, running north of Overbrook High School after the 59th Street intersection. Farther southeast,
9570-471: The PA ;50 interchange. I-376/US 22/US 30 narrows to four lanes, passing under a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line and curving northeast into Green Tree . The freeway reaches the PA 121 interchange, where it gains a third westbound lane, and heads east, entering Pittsburgh and coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Parkway Center Drive. The highway turns north and reaches
9744-565: The PATCO Speedline . This bridge and its approaches are maintained by the Delaware River Port Authority . United States Numbered Highway The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways ) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States . As the designation and numbering of these highways were coordinated among
9918-528: The Pacific coast . Many local disputes arose related to the committee's choices between designation of two roughly equal parallel routes, which were often competing auto trails. At their January meeting, AASHO approved the first two of many split routes (specifically US 40 between Manhattan, Kansas and Limon, Colorado and US 50 between Baldwin City, Kansas and Garden City, Kansas ). In effect, each of
10092-527: The Philadelphia Main Line as it heads into Paoli , becoming a four-lane undivided road. In the center of Paoli, the road has a junction with Paoli Pike before it passes south of the Paoli station serving Amtrak's Keystone Corridor and SEPTA 's Paoli/Thorndale Line . US 30 gains a center left-turn lane and reaches an intersection with PA 252 . Following this intersection, the route runs south of
10266-679: The Susquehanna River on the Wright's Ferry Bridge into Lancaster County , where it heads into Columbia and passes over Norfolk Southern Railway's Port Road Branch railroad line and the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail before coming to an interchange with PA 441 that serves Columbia; the Turkey Hill Experience is located south of this interchange. From here, the freeway heads northeast and curves to
10440-418: The US 22 freeway, where US 30 heads east for a concurrency with US 22 and PA 978 continues southeast. US 22/US 30 run east as a four-lane freeway through suburban areas, coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with Oakdale Road that serves Hankey Farms. Farther east, the freeway has a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with McKee Road that provides access to Oakdale to
10614-430: The Villanova University campus, passing south of St. Thomas of Villanova Church , and curves southeast prior to the Ithan Avenue intersection, where it heads to the south of Villanova Stadium and the Finneran Pavilion arena. After passing through the university campus, US 30 runs through Rosemont . Upon intersecting County Line Road, the route enters Montgomery County and heads into Bryn Mawr , passing through
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#173309456237810788-415: The auto trails which they roughly replaced, were as follows: US 10, US 60, and US 90 only ran about two thirds of the way across the country, while US 11 and US 60 ran significantly diagonally. US 60's violation of two of the conventions would prove to be one of the major sticking points; US 60 eventually was designated as US 66 in 1926, and later it became
10962-409: The 1940s and 1950s to adopt the same number as the U.S. Route they connected to – mostly in the western provinces. Examples include British Columbia 's highways 93 , 95 , 97 , and 99 ; Manitoba 's highways 59 , 75 , and 83 ; or Ontario King's Highway 71 . The reverse happened with U.S. Route 57 , originally a Texas state highway numbered to match Mexican Federal Highway 57 . In the 1950s,
11136-521: The Belmont Avenue intersection before widening to four lanes. Farther east, US 30 passes over CSX Transportation's Harrisburg Subdivision railroad line before it comes to an interchange with I-76 ( Schuylkill Expressway ) and US 13 to the north of the Philadelphia Zoo , crossing under Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line at this interchange. At this interchange, US 13 heads south along 34th Street and continues east (north) along
11310-438: The Canadian border. Around milemarker 100 on the northbound side are two ghost ramps that were specifically built for the Boy Scouts of America in order to have access to Moraine State Park without having to travel on US 422 for the 1973 and 1977 National Scout Jamborees, which were held at Moraine. The ramps were permanently closed after the 1977 event but remain visible under encroaching vegetation. I-79
11484-412: The Cumberland Valley as it heads into Michaux State Forest , where it crosses South Mountain . The route passes south of Caledonia State Park and becomes a three-lane road with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane, crossing the Appalachian Trail . US 30 briefly becomes four lanes before it loses the second lane eastbound and intersects PA 233 , where it turns into a three-lane road with
11658-425: The Gulf Coast. The longest routes connecting major cities are generally numbered to end in a 1 or a 0; however, extensions and truncations have made this distinction largely meaningless. These guidelines are very rough, and exceptions to all of the basic numbering rules exist. The numbering system also extended beyond the borders of the United States in an unofficial manner. Many Canadian highways were renumbered in
11832-416: The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. After descending the hill, the road runs east-southeast. The route enters Jennerstown and becomes West Pitt Street. US 30 intersects PA 985 and becomes East Pitt Street. The road leaves Jennerstown and becomes the Lincoln Highway again. The route heads through Jenners Crossroads before it has a junction with PA 601 in Ferrellton. US 30 briefly becomes
12006-416: The Lincoln Highway, passing through Black Horse . The route turns into a four-lane undivided road and comes to an intersection with PA 10 north of Parkesburg , where it becomes a divided highway. US 30 splits from the Lincoln Highway at an eastbound exit and westbound entrance by heading onto a four-lane freeway called the Coatesville Downingtown Bypass, with US 30 Bus. continuing east along
12180-403: The Lincoln Highway. The freeway heads east, crossing Buck Run and coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Airport Road that provides access to Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport . Following this, the route runs east-northeast through a mix of rural areas and suburban development. US 30 heads into Coatesville and crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek before it comes to
12354-544: The Northeast, New York held out for fewer routes designated as US highways. The Pennsylvania representative, who had not attended the local meetings, convinced AASHO to add a dense network of routes, which had the effect of giving six routes termini along the state line. (Only US 220 still ends near the state line, and now it ends at an intersection with future I-86 .) Because US 20 seemed indirect, passing through Yellowstone National Park , Idaho and Oregon requested that US 30 be swapped with US 20 to
12528-491: The PA ;41 junction, the route is a four-lane divided highway that soon turns into a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane, intersecting the southern terminus of PA 897 . The road leaves Gap and turns into a three-lane road two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane as it ascends a hill. Farther east, the route becomes three lanes with a center left-turn lane. US 30 enters Chester County and continues east along
12702-597: The PMA and the Franklin Institute science museum. From this point, the Vine Street Expressway enters a depressed road cut and passes under several streets and two freeway lids , running along the northern edge of Center City, Philadelphia . Vine Street serves as a street-level frontage road to the freeway. Within this alignment, there is an exit for PA 611 ( Broad Street ). After passing under 10th Street in Chinatown ,
12876-483: The PRT's Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway . I-376/US 22/US 30 turn to the northeast and head through a corner of Braddock Hills before entering Wilkinsburg . In Wilkinsburg, the freeway comes to an interchange with the southern terminus of PA 8 , where US 30 splits from I-376/US 22 on the Penn-Lincoln Parkway by heading southeast at-grade on Ardmore Boulevard. US 30 follows Ardmore Boulevard,
13050-539: The Penn-Lincoln Parkway from PA 51 and US 19 splits from the Penn-Lincoln Parkway by heading north along with PA 51. Past this interchange, I-376/US 19 Truck/US 22/US 30 narrows to four lanes and passes under Mount Washington in the Fort Pitt Tunnel . After emerging from the Fort Pitt Tunnel, the freeway passes over Norfolk Southern Railway 's Mon Line and PA 837 , coming to
13224-522: The Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-70 /I-76) before intersecting the eastern terminus of PA 31 . US 30 heads east-northeast a short distance to the south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and reaches a junction with the eastern terminus of PA 56 before it curves southeast and crosses the Raystown Branch Juniata River in Wolfsburg. The route runs south and comes to an intersection with
13398-457: The Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76). At the summit of Rays Hill, US 30 enters Fulton County and descends the hill as the two-lane undivided Lincoln Highway, with the Pennsylvania Turnpike parallel to the north. The route turns east away from the turnpike and comes to an intersection with PA 915 , at which point PA 915 heads east for a concurrency with US 30. The road heads into Buchanan State Forest , with PA 915 splitting to
13572-425: The U.S. Highway System remains in place to this day and new routes are occasionally added to the system. In general, U.S. Routes do not have a minimum design standard, unlike the later Interstate Highways , and are not usually built to freeway standards. Some stretches of U.S. Routes do meet those standards. Many are designated using the main streets of the cities and towns through which they run. New additions to
13746-739: The U.S. Highway grid. Though the Interstate numbers were to supplement—rather than replace—the U.S. Route numbers, in many cases (especially in the West ) the US highways were rerouted along the new Interstates. Major decommissioning of former routes began with California 's highway renumbering in 1964 . The 1985 removal of US 66 is often seen as the end of an era of US highways. A few major connections not served by Interstate Highways include US 6 from Hartford, Connecticut, to Providence, Rhode Island and US 93 from Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada, though
13920-635: The U.S. Numbered Highways were designated. The Lincoln Highway turned northeast at Philadelphia, however, using present US 1 and its former alignments to cross the Delaware River into Trenton, New Jersey . Points of interest along US 30 include the Gettysburg Battlefield , Dutch Wonderland , the Flight 93 National Memorial , Fort Ligonier , Westmoreland Mall , Jennerstown Speedway Complex , Idlewild and Soak Zone , and Independence Mall at
14094-529: The US Highway system, three-digit numbers are assigned to spurs of one or two-digit routes. US 201 , for example, splits from US 1 at Brunswick, Maine , and runs north to Canada. Not all spurs travel in the same direction as their "parents"; some are connected to their parents only by other spurs, or not at all, instead only traveling near their parents, Also, a spur may travel in different cardinal directions than its parent, such as US 522 , which
14268-477: The US highway, which did not end in zero, but was still seen as a satisfyingly round number. Route 66 came to have a prominent place in popular culture, being featured in song and films. With 32 states already marking their routes, the plan was approved by AASHO on November 11, 1926. This plan included a number of directionally split routes, several discontinuous routes (including US 6 , US 19 and US 50 ), and some termini at state lines. By
14442-474: The Uffington Bridge over the Monongahela River southwest of Morgantown, was opened on August 30, 1973, leading north to exit 155 ( Star City ). This completed I-79 from north of Bridgeport to north of Morgantown. To the south of Bridgeport, the first two sections were both opened on December 22, 1971. One of these ran 10 miles (16 km) from exit 51 ( Frametown ) to exit 62 (Sutton), and
14616-630: The United States. These were private organizations, and the system of road marking at the time was haphazard and not uniform. In 1925, the Joint Board on Interstate Highways , recommended by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), worked to form a national numbering system to rationalize the roads. After several meetings, a final report was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in November 1925. After getting feedback from
14790-759: The Washington area before heading north toward Pittsburgh . I-79 is carried over the Ohio River by the Neville Island Bridge , approximately eight miles (13 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. The freeway into Pittsburgh requires drivers to use I-376 while I-79 completely bypasses the city. Beyond the Pittsburgh area, I-79 traverses more rural areas in Butler , Lawrence , Mercer , Crawford , and Erie counties before arriving at its termination point in Erie . In Erie, I-90 connects from I-79 to Buffalo, New York , and
14964-580: The West Virginia representative and senator . In the three most northern counties , it is signed as part of the High Tech Corridor. For most of its Pennsylvania stretch, it is known as the Raymond P. Shafer Highway , named for the 39th Pennsylvania governor . Except at its northern end, I-79 is located on the Allegheny Plateau . Despite the somewhat rugged terrain, the road is relatively flat. Most of
15138-732: The York and crosses Susquehanna Trail /11th Avenue, where the name changes to Arsenal Road, before it reaches an intersection with I-83 Bus. and the southern terminus of PA 181 north of North York . US 30 comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with I-83 , where it narrows to four lanes, before it passes over Codorus Creek and the York County Heritage Rail Trail and then Norfolk Southern Railway's York Secondary railroad line. The route continues east, turning into an unnamed four-lane freeway and reaching an interchange with Memory Lane that serves East York . The freeway reaches
15312-471: The approval of the states along the former US 60. But Missouri and Oklahoma did object—Missouri had already printed maps, and Oklahoma had prepared signs. A compromise was proposed, in which US 60 would split at Springfield, Missouri , into US 60E and US 60N, but both sides objected. The final solution resulted in the assignment of US 66 to the Chicago-Los Angeles portion of
15486-405: The auto trail associations were not able to formally address the meetings. However, as a compromise, they talked with the Joint Board members. The associations finally settled on a general agreement with the numbering plans, as named trails would still be included. The tentative system added up to 81,000 miles (130,000 km), 2.8% of the public road mileage at the time. The second full meeting
15660-528: The center turn lane and runs south of Devon station before passing to the north of the Devon Horse Show grounds. Past Devon, the road bends to the east-southeast. Upon intersecting Old Eagle School Road/Sugartown Road, US 30 enters Delaware County and continues east-southeast along four-lane undivided Lancaster Avenue, curving east and running through the downtown area of Wayne . The route passes through St. Davids and turns southeast. East of here,
15834-515: The downtown area. The road continues southeast and briefly reenters Delaware County before heading back into Montgomery County. US 30 passes through Haverford , where it heads north of the Haverford School . The route continues into Ardmore and runs through the downtown area, passing south of the Ardmore station serving Amtrak's Keystone Corridor and SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Past Ardmore,
16008-486: The eastern border of Chambersburg. Past this interchange, the route heads through Stoufferstown as a four-lane divided highway, soon becoming a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane. US 30 narrows to three lanes as it continues through a mix of rural areas and development, passing south of Fayetteville before it forms a short concurrency with PA 997 upon intersecting that route in Greenwood . The road leaves
16182-515: The eastern terminus of US 30 Bus., at which point the freeway section ends. The Exton Bypass portion of US 30 is designated the Exton Bypass Scenic Byway, a Pennsylvania Scenic Byway . Past the interchange with US 202 and US 30 Bus., US 30 heads east-northeast along the four-lane divided Lincoln Highway and passes south of a park-and-ride lot, running through Glenloch . The route soon becomes Lancaster Avenue ,
16356-481: The eastern terminus of the PA 283 freeway. At this point, the US ;30 freeway widens to six lanes and turns east as it becomes paralleled by a pair of frontage roads called Chester Road eastbound and York Road westbound. The frontage roads serve the interchanges at PA 672 (Fruitville Pike), PA 501 , and US 222 / PA 272 to the north of Lancaster. Past the US 222/PA 272 interchange,
16530-464: The first documented person to drive an automobile from San Francisco to New York using only a connection of dirt roads, cow paths, and railroad beds. His journey, covered by the press, became a national sensation and called for a system of long-distance roads. In the early 1910s, auto trail organizations—most prominently the Lincoln Highway —began to spring up, marking and promoting routes for
16704-454: The first section of I-79 in West Virginia, between exits 125 (Saltwell Road) and 132 (South Fairmont), opened to traffic. This five-mile (8.0 km) section bypassed part of West Virginia Route 73 (WV 73) between Bridgeport and Fairmont . Another five miles (8.0 km) opened in July 1968, extending the highway on a bypass of downtown Fairmont to exit 137 (East Park Avenue). It
16878-404: The four-lane Penn-Lincoln Parkway, reaching an interchange with Ridge Road. The freeway comes to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Campbells Run Road, where it widens to six lanes. The highway curves to the east and meets I-79 at an interchange. Past this interchange, I-376/US 22/US 30 narrows to two lanes eastbound and head into Rosslyn Farms , turning southeast and coming to
17052-453: The four-lane divided Lincoln Highway. The road curves southeast as it runs north of the Raystown Branch Juniata River. The route crosses the river and winds east, heading into Breezewood , where it passes several businesses and comes to an at-grade intersection with I-70. At this point, I-70 joins US 30 in a wrong-way concurrency on a non-limited-access section of Interstate Highway that has two eastbound lanes, three westbound lanes, and
17226-482: The four-lane undivided Lincoln Highway, curving southeast and passing through Stewartsville. The road briefly becomes a divided highway at intersections with Leger Road/Carpenter Lane and Center Highway/Robbins Station Road. The route turns to the east and comes to an eastbound exit and entrance with Main Street in Fairmont before entering Irwin . US 30 gains a center left-turn lane before it leaves Irwin and becomes
17400-616: The freeway crossing the Conestoga River before PA 23 splits to the southwest at a partial cloverleaf interchange. US 30 runs through a section of Lancaster before it meets Greenfield Road at a partial cloverleaf interchange; Greenfield Road provides access to the Discover Lancaster Visitors Center. The freeway curves to the south-southeast, passing over Norfolk Southern Railway's New Holland Secondary and Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad lines before coming to
17574-476: The freeway curves northeast, reaching a diamond interchange with Mt. Pleasant Road. The road passes through a section of Greensburg and comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with PA 130 . A short distance later, the freeway section ends at westbound exit and eastbound entrance with East Pittsburgh Street to the east of Greensburg. US 30 heads east as the six-lane, divided Lincoln Highway and reaches an interchange serving Westmoreland Mall to
17748-418: The frontage roads end and US 222 heads east concurrent with US 30 on the freeway before US 222 splits northeast on a freeway at a trumpet interchange. From here, US 30 continues southeast as a four-lane freeway with an auxiliary lane in each direction, coming to a diamond interchange with PA 23 at New Holland Pike. At this point, PA 23 joins US 30 in a wrong-way concurrency, with
17922-509: The heading for each route. All reports of the Special Committee on Route Numbering since 1989 use "U.S. Route", and federal laws relating to highways use "United States Route" or "U.S. Route" more often than the "Highway" variants. The use of U.S. Route or U.S. Highway on a local level depends on the state, with some states such as Delaware using "route" and others such as Colorado using "highway". In 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson became
18096-414: The highway is at an elevation of about 1,000 to 1,200 feet (300 to 370 m) above sea level , with some lower areas near both ends and higher areas near Sutton, West Virginia . In the hillier areas, this flatness is achieved by curving around hills, along ridges, and in or partway up river valleys. From Sutton north, I-79 generally parallels the path of U.S. Route 19 (US 19). I-79 begins at
18270-406: The hill, the route reaches a westbound truck brake check station and briefly becomes a divided highway through a sharp turn before it comes to another westbound truck brake check station. At the summit of Laurel Hill, US 30 enters Somerset County and begins to descend the hill along the two-lane undivided Lincoln Highway, passing through a section of Laurel Ridge State Park where it crosses
18444-672: The lanes split as it reaches a westbound ramp to Second Avenue north of the South Tenth Street Bridge and south of the Duquesne University campus. Past this point, the highway continues east between urban areas to the north and the Monongahela River to the south, with the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in the median. The freeway comes to an interchange connecting to PA 885 and Forbes Avenue north of
18618-469: The last street the depressed alignment passes under, the highway rises up and reaches a split between the Vine Street Expressway, which continues to I-95 , and I-676/US 30. At this split, there is also an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for 8th Street. After exiting the Vine Street Expressway, eastbound I-676/US 30 has a brief at-grade portion along southbound 6th Street east of Franklin Square to
18792-468: The latter is planned to be upgraded to Interstate 11 . Three state capitals in the contiguous U.S. are served only by U.S. Routes: Dover, Delaware ; Jefferson City, Missouri ; and Pierre, South Dakota . In 1995, the National Highway System was defined to include both the Interstate Highway System and other roads designated as important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility. AASHTO
18966-514: The lowest numbers in the east and the highest in the west, while east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the north, and the highest in the south, though the grid guidelines are not rigidly followed, and many exceptions exist. Major north–south routes generally have numbers ending in "1", while major east–west routes usually have numbers ending in "0". Three-digit numbered highways are generally spur routes of parent highways; for example, U.S. Route 264 (US 264)
19140-475: The more colorful names and historic value of the auto trail systems. The New York Times wrote, "The traveler may shed tears as he drives the Lincoln Highway or dream dreams as he speeds over the Jefferson Highway , but how can he get a 'kick' out of 46, 55 or 33 or 21?" (A popular song later promised, " Get your kicks on Route 66! ") The writer Ernest McGaffey was quoted as saying, "Logarithms will take
19314-453: The mountain and follow a winding alignment. At the summit of Tuscarora Mountain, US 30 enters Franklin County and curves northeast to descend the mountain. The road comes to an eastbound truck brake check station as it winds northeast and reaches an eastbound runaway truck ramp and gains a westbound truck lane. The route curves to the east-southeast and narrows to two lanes. At the bottom of
19488-488: The mountain, US 30 enters the Cumberland Valley and becomes Lincoln Way West, briefly turning into a divided highway as it reaches an intersection with PA 75 . The road becomes undivided again and heads to the south of Fort Loudon . The route continues east-northeast through rural areas in the valley, intersecting the northern terminus of PA 416 and passing through St. Thomas Township . US 30 gains
19662-522: The name changes to Lincoln Way West. US 30 enters New Oxford , crossing CSX Transportation's Hanover Subdivision at-grade and meeting Carlisle Street/Hanover Street at the New Oxford Town Square, a traffic circle. The route becomes Lincoln Way East before it leaves New Oxford, where it turns into York Road and gains a center left-turn lane. The road crosses PA 94 in Cross Keys and gains
19836-420: The name of the freeway changes to Exton Bypass. The route turns northeast and runs parallel to Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad line to the south of the road. US 30 comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 100 that serves Exton to the north. Following this, the freeway continues east-northeast parallel to the Amtrak line. US 30 comes to an interchange with the US 202 freeway and
20010-513: The new recreation of long-distance automobile travel. The Yellowstone Trail was another of the earliest examples. While many of these organizations worked with towns and states along the route to improve the roadways, others simply chose a route based on towns that were willing to pay dues, put up signs, and did little else. Wisconsin was the first state in the U.S. to number its highways , erecting signs in May 1918. Other states soon followed. In 1922,
20184-606: The north and Youngstown to the south. The median of the road widens and the westbound lanes cross the Loyalhanna Creek , at which point the Loyalhanna Creek runs in the median of US 30. The route comes to an intersection with the southern terminus of PA 217 . Past this intersection, US 30 winds southeast through a gap in Chestnut Ridge , with the eastbound lanes crossing the Loyalhanna Creek. At this point,
20358-579: The north and the Monongahela River to the south, reaching a partial interchange with Stanwix Street with no eastbound exit. The highway heads under the Smithfield Street Bridge and comes to an interchange with Grant Street, where it widens to six lanes. I-376/US 22/US 30 pass under the Panhandle Bridge carrying PRT's Pittsburgh Light Rail line and then the Liberty Bridge before
20532-541: The north of the Stony Creek Wind Farm before it begins to ascend Allegheny Mountain , winding to the east. Approaching the summit of the mountain, the road comes to an eastbound truck brake check station. US 30 leaves the Laurel Highlands region as it crosses into Bedford County and reaches the summit of Allegheny Mountain, where it turns north-northeast and begins to descend the mountain. The road makes
20706-755: The north. US 30 ascends Sideling Hill and reaches the summit, where it comes to an eastbound truck brake check station. At this point, the road begins to descend Sideling Hill, winding east. Along the descent, the roadway comes to two truck brake check stations and two runaway truck ramps in the eastbound direction. The route leaves the state forest and heads southeast, passing through the Saluvia. US 30 curves east-southeast and comes to an intersection with PA 655 in Harrisonville . The road turns southeast in Breezy Point and ascends Scrub Ridge. The route comes to
20880-487: The northeast and passes through Farmers, where it bends to the east-northeast. US 30 heads to the north of York Airport before it reaches Thomasville , where it narrows to two lanes and crosses a York Railway line at-grade. The route gains a center left-turn lane and passes through more developed areas. The road widens to a four-lane divided highway and reaches an intersection with the eastern terminus of PA 116. US 30 heads east-northeast as West Market Street,
21054-458: The numbering grid for the new Interstate Highway System was established as intentionally opposite from the US grid insofar as the direction the route numbers increase. Interstate Highway numbers increase from west-to-east and south-to-north, to keep identically numbered routes geographically apart in order to keep them from being confused with one another, and it omits 50 and 60 which would potentially conflict with US 50 and US 60 . In
21228-487: The optional routes into another route. In 1934, AASHO tried to eliminate many of the split routes by removing them from the log, and designating one of each pair as a three-digit or alternate route, or in one case US 37 . AASHO described its renumbering concept in the October 1934 issue of American Highways : "Wherever an alternate route is not suitable for its own unique two-digit designation, standard procedure assigns
21402-475: The other from exit 105 ( Jane Lew ) to exit 115 ( Nutter Fort ). On September 19, 1973, another 7.5-mile (12.1 km) stretch was opened, from exit 105 (Jane Lew) south to exit 99 ( Weston ). In 1973, significant portions of the Interstate were completed. I-79 opened from exit 62 to exit 99. Another 23.9 miles (38.5 km), from exit 67 ( Flatwoods ) north to exit 91 ( Roanoke ), opened on November 28, 1973, along with
21576-453: The other states. Many states agreed in general with the scope of the system, but believed the Midwest to have added too many routes to the system. The group adopted the shield, with few modifications from the original sketch, at that meeting, as well as the decision to number rather than name the routes. A preliminary numbering system, with eight major east–west and ten major north–south routes,
21750-462: The parallel Amtrak line, passing south of Daylesford station in Daylesford . The road loses the center turn lane and runs further south but still parallel to the railroad tracks, turning northeast. US 30 reaches Berwyn , where it passes south of Berwyn station and curves east and then southeast, gaining a center left-turn lane. The route turns to the northeast and reaches Devon , where it drops
21924-412: The place of legends, and 'hokum' for history." When the U.S. numbered system was started in 1925, a few optional routings were established which were designated with a suffixed letter after the number indicating "north", "south", "east", or "west". While a few roads in the system are still numbered in this manner, AASHO believes that they should be eliminated wherever possible, by the absorption of one of
22098-406: The railroad tracks as it heads through Kinzers . The Amtrak line diverges to the south east of here. The route splits into a one-way pair, with two lanes in each direction, as it reaches Gap and comes to an intersection with the eastern terminus of PA 772 . US 30 continues along the one-way pair, with both directions rejoining at a junction with the northern terminus of PA 41 . Past
22272-479: The river and under the turnpike. The route becomes a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane, curving east. The road turns into a four-lane divided highway and has interchanges with Pennknoll Road, where it passes south of UPMC Bedford hospital, and Lutzville Road. US 30 continues east and southeast and passes east through a gap in Tussey Mountain . The route has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with
22446-468: The road becomes a divided highway before turning undivided again. US 30 briefly becomes a divided highway again as it curves east and reaches an interchange with I-476 . Past this interchange, the route turns back into an undivided road and crosses under SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line before coming to an intersection with PA 320 in Villanova . Following this intersection, the road runs through
22620-431: The road crosses under Norfolk Southern Railway's Dale Secondary railroad line and continues east as it runs north of Malvern , becoming undivided. US 30 briefly gains a center left-turn lane before it becomes a divided highway again as it passes south of Paoli Hospital prior to crossing under Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad line to the north of Green Tree. At this point, the route enters an area of suburbs called
22794-535: The road heads east as a four-lane divided highway with the Loyalhanna Creek parallel to the south, passing to the north of the Idlewild and Soak Zone amusement park. The median widens again and the route intersects the southern terminus of PA 259 in Millbank. US 30 curves south and turns to the east. The road curves southeast and the median narrows, at which point it heads along the southwest border of Ligonier as
22968-587: The road heads through Wynnewood . The route runs southeast before it crosses the East Branch Indian Creek and passes between the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to the northeast and Lankenau Medical Center to the southwest as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane prior to reaching an intersection with US 1 (City Avenue). Upon crossing US 1, US 30 enters Philadelphia and continues southeast along two-lane undivided Lancaster Avenue through
23142-472: The road turns northeast, curving east and intersecting the northern terminus of PA 148 . US 30 runs east-southeast as it leaves East McKeesport and continues along the Lincoln Highway. Along this stretch, the route briefly becomes a divided highway at intersections with Luehm Avenue and PA 48 . US 30 enters Westmoreland County in the Laurel Highlands region and continues south along
23316-589: The route and the nominal direction of travel. Second, they are displayed at intersections with other major roads, so that intersecting traffic can follow their chosen course. Third, they can be displayed on large green guide signs that indicate upcoming interchanges on freeways and expressways. Since 1926, some divided routes were designated to serve related areas, and designate roughly-equivalent splits of routes. For instance, US 11 splits into US 11E (east) and US 11W (west) in Bristol, Virginia , and
23490-476: The route narrows to a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane and heads through agricultural areas with some development, passing through Soudersburg . US 30 crosses the Pequea Creek and runs through Paradise before it comes to a bridge over Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad line. From here, the route continues east-southeast a short distance to the north of the Amtrak line. The road closely parallels
23664-580: The routes rejoin in Knoxville, Tennessee . Occasionally only one of the two routes is suffixed; US 6N in Pennsylvania does not rejoin US 6 at its west end. AASHTO has been trying to eliminate these since 1934; its current policy is to deny approval of new split routes and to eliminate existing ones "as rapidly as the State Highway Department and the Standing Committee on Highways can reach agreement with reference thereto". Special routes —those with
23838-500: The same large, bold numerals on a square-dimension shield, while 3-digit routes may either use the same shield with a narrower font, or a wider rectangular-dimension shield. Special routes may be indicated with a banner above the route number, or with a letter suffixed to the route number. Signs are generally displayed in several different locations. First, they are shown along the side of the route at regular intervals or after major intersections (called reassurance markers ), which shows
24012-490: The section from exit 115 north to exit 117 ( Anmoore ), completing the route between Frametown and Morgantown except in the Bridgeport area. A 5.5-mile (8.9 km) extension from exit 51 south to exit 46 ( Servia ) opened on February 1, 1974, and County Route 11 to WV 4 near Duck was widened to handle the increased load. On the same day, two lanes opened from exit 155 ( Osage ) north to
24186-447: The south of the road. The road narrows to four lanes and continues east-southeast. Farther east, the route runs through rural areas with some development, passing to the north of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport as it widens to six lanes and comes to an intersection with PA 981 to the south of Latrobe . US 30 narrows to four lanes before it reaches a cloverleaf interchange with PA 982 that provides access to Latrobe to
24360-441: The south. From here, US 22/US 30 turns east-northeast and reaches an interchange that connects to Old Steubenville Pike, Bayer Road, and Montour Church Road. The freeway comes to an interchange with Interstate 376 (I-376), where US 22/US 30 heads southeast concurrent with I-376 and PA 60 continues east (south) at-grade along a four-lane divided highway. I-376/US 22/US 30 heads southeast as
24534-454: The southeast and comes to an interchange with the PA 576 toll road to the southwest of Pittsburgh International Airport , where the route briefly becomes a divided highway. The road continues southeast and reaches Imperial , where it passes under the Montour Trail . US 30 heads into developed areas, crossing Steubenville Pike, and comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with
24708-458: The southeast. The route leaves Columbia and turns east, coming to a diamond interchange with Prospect Road. US 30 passes through Mountville before it reaches a diamond interchange with Stony Battery Road that serves Mountville. The freeway runs east-northeast through suburban development, coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with Centerville Road. The route turns northeast and crosses under PA 23 . US 30 curves east as it reaches
24882-498: The southern border of Jeannette . Past Jeannette, US 30 curves southeast and turns into a four-lane divided highway, coming to an interchange with the PA 66 toll road. After this interchange, the route briefly widens to six lanes before curving east and becoming a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane, turning into a four-lane divided highway as it passes south of the Greengate Centre shopping center and comes to
25056-597: The southern portion of Squirrel Hill in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel . Past the tunnel, I-376/US 22/US 30 head through wooded areas and pass over Ninemile Run in Frick Park . The highway leaves Pittsburgh as it comes to an interchange with Braddock Avenue that serves Edgewood and Swissvale . The freeway continues east through suburban areas in Edgewood, passing under Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line and
25230-468: The southern terminus of I-279 , where US 19 Truck heads north along I-279 and I-376/US 22/US 30 continues east along the Penn-Lincoln Parkway. The I-279 interchange also includes eastbound exits and westbound entrances with Boulevard of the Allies / Liberty Avenue and Fort Duquesne Boulevard that serve Downtown Pittsburgh. The four-lane freeway heads east-southeast between Downtown Pittsburgh to
25404-459: The southern terminus of PA 403 before it comes to a bridge over CSX Transportation's S&C Subdivision railroad line. The route comes to the entrance road to the Flight 93 National Memorial to the south. The road runs through Buckstown and passes north of Indian Lake before it reaches an intersection with PA 160 in Reels Corner. US 30 continues east-southeast and passes to
25578-485: The southwest and the river drive, trail, and river to the northeast, with Boathouse Row on the opposite bank of the river. The Schuylkill Expressway comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Spring Garden Street, which heads east across the Schuylkill River toward the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). The freeway continues south, heading east of Amtrak's Penn Coach Yard, and comes to an interchange with
25752-439: The southwest to Oklahoma City , from where it ran west to Los Angeles . Kentucky strongly objected to this designated route, as it had been left off any of the major east–west routes, instead receiving the US 62 designation. In January 1926, the committee designated this, along with the part of US 52 east of Ashland, Kentucky , as US 60 . They assigned US 62 to the Chicago-Los Angeles route, contingent on
25926-459: The splits in US 11 , US 19 , US 25 , US 31 , US 45 , US 49 , US 73 , and US 99 . For the most part, the U.S. Routes were the primary means of inter-city vehicle travel; the main exceptions were toll roads such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike and parkway routes such as the Merritt Parkway . Many of the first high-speed roads were U.S. Highways:
26100-479: The state line. On October 16, 1974, two pieces of I-79 were opened: the other two lanes of the 6.6 miles (10.6 km) from exit 155 to the state line and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) between exits 117 (Anmoore) and 125 (north of Bridgeport). On the same day, the eastern end of Corridor D and the western end of Corridor E, both connecting to I-79 (at exits 119 and 148), were opened. This completed I-79 in West Virginia north of exit 46 (Servia); it
26274-620: The states, they are sometimes called Federal Highways , but the roadways were built and have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926. The route numbers and locations are coordinated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The only federal involvement in AASHTO is a nonvoting seat for the United States Department of Transportation . Generally, most north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with
26448-548: The states, they made several modifications; the U.S. Highway System was approved on November 11, 1926. Expansion of the U.S. Highway System continued until 1956, when the Interstate Highway System was laid out and began construction under the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower . After the national implementation of the Interstate Highway System, many U.S. Routes that had been bypassed or overlaid with Interstate Highways were decommissioned and removed from
26622-532: The system, however, must "substantially meet the current AASHTO design standards ". As of 1989, the United States Numbered Highways system had a total length of 157,724 miles (253,832 km). Except for toll bridges and tunnels , very few U.S. Routes are toll roads . AASHTO policy says that a toll road may only be included as a special route , and that "a toll-free routing between the same termini shall continue to be retained and marked as
26796-491: The system. In some places, the U.S. Routes remain alongside the Interstates and serve as a means for interstate travelers to access local services and as secondary feeder roads or as important major arteries in their own right. In other places, where there are no nearby Interstate Highways, the U.S. Routes often remain as the most well-developed roads for long-distance travel. While the system's growth has slowed in recent decades,
26970-485: The time the first route log was published in April 1927, major numbering changes had been made in Pennsylvania in order to align the routes to the existing auto trails. In addition, U.S. Route 15 had been extended across Virginia . Much of the early criticism of the U.S. Highway System focused on the choice of numbers to designate the highways, rather than names. Some thought a numbered highway system to be cold compared to
27144-543: The two routes received the same number, with a directional suffix indicating its relation to the other. These splits were initially shown in the log as—for instance—US 40 North and US 40 South, but were always posted as simply US 40N and US 40S. The most heated argument, however, was the issue of US 60. The Joint Board had assigned that number to the Chicago-Los Angeles route, which ran more north–south than west–east in Illinois, and then angled sharply to
27318-468: The two-digit routes, three-digit routes have been added, removed, extended and shortened; the "parent-child" relationship is not always present. AASHTO guidelines specifically prohibit Interstate Highways and U.S. Routes from sharing a number within the same state. As with other guidelines, exceptions exist across the U.S. Some two-digit numbers have never been applied to any U.S. Route, including 37, 39, 47, 86, and 88. Route numbers are displayed on
27492-471: The unqualified number to the older or shorter route, while the other route uses the same number marked by a standard strip above its shield carrying the word 'Alternate'." Most states adhere to this approach. However, some maintain legacy routes that violate the rules in various ways. Examples can be found in California , Mississippi , Nebraska , Oregon , and Tennessee . In 1952, AASHO permanently recognized
27666-404: The west and Chalfant to the east as it comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Electric Avenue. Past this interchange, the route becomes the four-lane undivided Lincoln Highway and heads south, crossing into East Pittsburgh . The road crosses over Bessemer Avenue on a bridge before it curves southeast and heads onto George Westinghouse Bridge , where it passes over Braddock Avenue,
27840-648: The western terminus of I-676 . At this point, US 30 heads east concurrent with I-676 on the six-lane Vine Street Expressway. It immediately crosses the Schuylkill River and then the Schuylkill River Trail and CSX Transportation's Philadelphia Subdivision railroad line on the river's east bank on the Vine Street Expressway Bridge before coming to an interchange with 23rd and 22nd streets and Benjamin Franklin Parkway that has access to
28014-426: The western terminus of US 30 Bus. , at which point US 30 becomes a four-lane freeway that bypasses Bedford to the north. US 30 heads southeast and reaches a cloverleaf interchange with the US 220 freeway. The freeway crosses the Raystown Branch Juniata River and runs to the north of the river, passing over US 220 Bus. The route leaves Bedford and crosses the river again before it comes to
28188-461: The western terminus of US 30 Bus. , where it becomes a freeway that bypasses Everett to the north. The freeway turns north between the mountain the west and Everett to the east before it turns east and passes over PA 26 prior to an interchange with the Bud Shuster Bypass that connects to PA 26. The freeway section of US 30 ends at an intersection with the eastern terminus of US 30 Bus. east of Everett, where US 30 becomes
28362-421: Was also chosen, based on the shield found on the Great Seal of the United States . The auto trail associations rejected the elimination of the highway names. Six regional meetings were held to hammer out the details—May 15 for the West , May 27 for the Mississippi Valley , June 3 for the Great Lakes , June 8 for the South , June 15 for the North Atlantic , and June 15 for New England . Representatives of
28536-435: Was assigned in 1958, and an extension south along I-70 to Washington and beyond to Charleston was approved on October 18, 1961. This extension also paralleled US 19 to near Sutton , where it turned westerly to reach Charleston. (The part of US 19 from Sutton south to I-77 at Beckley, West Virginia , has since been four-laned as Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System .) On December 21, 1967,
28710-430: Was both praised and criticized by local newspapers, often depending on whether that city was connected to a major route. While the Lincoln Highway Association understood and supported the plan, partly because they were assured of getting the US 30 designation as much as possible, most other trail associations lamented their obsolescence. At their January 14–15, 1926 meeting, AASHO was flooded with complaints. In
28884-468: Was completed in 1923. The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), formed in 1914 to help establish roadway standards, began to plan a system of marked and numbered "interstate highways" at its 1924 meeting. AASHO recommended that the Secretary of Agriculture work with the states to designate these routes. Secretary Howard M. Gore appointed the Joint Board on Interstate Highways , as recommended by AASHO, on March 2, 1925. The Board
29058-467: Was completely rebuilt in Greater Pittsburgh in the early 1990s. The Pennsylvania General Assembly authorized the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to build two extensions in the 1950s. The Northwestern Extension, authorized in 1953, was to stretch from the main Pennsylvania Turnpike north to Erie and would have included a lateral connection between Ohio and New York , what was later built as I-90 . The Southwestern Extension, authorized in 1955,
29232-418: Was composed of 21 state highway officials and three federal Bureau of Public Roads officials. At the first meeting, on April 20 and 21, the group chose the name "U.S. Highway" as the designation for the routes. They decided that the system would not be limited to the federal-aid network; if the best route did not receive federal funds, it would still be included. The tentative design for the U.S. Route shield
29406-408: Was deferred to a numbering committee "without instructions". After working with states to get their approval, the committee expanded the highway system to 75,800 miles (122,000 km), or 2.6% of total mileage, over 50% more than the plan approved August 4. The skeleton of the numbering plan was suggested on August 27 by Edwin Warley James of the BPR, who matched parity to direction, and laid out
29580-432: Was extended south to exit 25 ( Amma ) in late November and to US 119 north of Clendenin (exit 19) on November 13, 1975. It was opened from exit 19 to exit 9 ( Elkview ) on November 18, 1977, and finally completed to I-77 in 1979. On July 25, 1975, I-79 was opened between exits 1 and 14 in Pennsylvania. The last piece of I-79 between West Virginia and Erie—the Neville Island Bridge over
29754-439: Was further extended 9.5 miles (15.3 km) toward Morgantown on October 15, 1970, bypassing more of WV 73 to exit 146 (Goshen Road) south of that city. On June 29, 1970, the swap of I-79 and I-279 was approved. At the same time, I-76 was extended west from Downtown Pittsburgh over former I-79 to the new location of I-79 west of Pittsburgh, so I-279 only ran north from Downtown Pittsburgh. On December 3, 1971, I-76
29928-424: Was held August 3 and 4, 1925. At that meeting, discussion was held over the appropriate density of routes. William F. Williams of Massachusetts and Frederick S. Greene of New York favored a system of only major transcontinental highways, while many states recommended a large number of roads of only regional importance. Greene in particular intended New York's system to have four major through routes as an example to
30102-420: Was rerouted to bypass Pittsburgh , and I-279 was extended to I-79 utilizing the former section of I-76. The changes took effect on October 2, 1972. On June 29, 1973, I-79 was extended from West Virginia exit 146 to exit 148 ( I-68 ), where, at one point, traffic was forced onto the newly opened west end of Corridor E (now I-68) to exit 1. A further extension of six miles (9.7 km), including
30276-455: Was to run south from the main line near Pittsburgh to West Virginia , where it connects with an extension of the West Virginia Turnpike . Except for the section between Washington and Greater Pittsburgh , which was included as part of I-70 , the first portion of I-79 to be added to the plans was north from Pittsburgh to Erie, along the US 19 corridor. In September 1955, two short urban portions were designated: The number 79
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