U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania

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U.S. Route 30

US 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT, DRPA
Length333 mi[1] (536 km)
Existed1926–present
HistoryDesignated 1924–1928 as PA 1; designated in 1913 as the Lincoln Highway
Tourist
routes
Exton Bypass Scenic Byway
NHS
Major junctions
West end US 30 at West Virginia border near Chester, WV
Major intersections
East end I-676 / US 30 at New Jersey border on Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia (concurrency starting at I-76)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesBeaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York, Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
Highway system
PA 29 PA 31
US 1PA 1 PA 2

U.S. Route 30 (US 30) 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 the U.S. Highways were designated. However, the Lincoln Highway turned northeast at Philadelphia, using present US 1 and its former alignments to cross the Delaware River into Trenton, New Jersey.

Points of interest along the route 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 Independence National Historical Park.

Route description

West Virginia to Pittsburgh

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 the borough 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 a junction with the western terminus of PA 151. The road heads southeast and crosses PA 18 in the community of 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.[3][4]

US 30 enters Allegheny County and continues east along the Lincoln Highway, reaching the community of Clinton. Here, the route turns to 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 the community of 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 the US 22 freeway, where US 30 heads east for a concurrency with US 22 and PA 978 continues southeast. US 22/US 30 runs 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 the borough of Oakdale to the south. From here, US 22/US 30 turns east-northeast and reach 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.[3][4]

I-376/US 22/US 30 heads southeast as 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 heads into the borough of Rosslyn Farms, turning southeast and coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Rosslyn Road that serves Rosslyn Farms. The freeway crosses into the borough of Carnegie and reaches a bus-only eastbound exit and westbound entrance connecting to the 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 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 the borough of Green Tree. The freeway reaches the PA 121 interchange, where it gains a third westbound lane, and heads east, entering the city of Pittsburgh and coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with Parkway Center Drive. The highway turns north and reaches 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 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.[3][4]

US 30 westbound concurrent with I-376 and US 22 on the Penn-Lincoln Parkway in Pittsburgh

After emerging from the Fort Pitt Tunnel, the freeway passes over Norfolk Southern's Mon Line and PA 837, coming to 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'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 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 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 passes under the Panhandle Bridge carrying PRT's Pittsburgh Light Rail line and then the Liberty Bridge before 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.[3][4]

Past this section, 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 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 heads 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 the southern portion of Squirrel Hill in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. Past the tunnel, I-376/US 22/US 30 heads through wooded areas and passes over Ninemile Run in Frick Park. The highway leaves Pittsburgh as it comes to an interchange with Braddock Avenue that serves the boroughs of Edgewood and Swissvale. The freeway continues east through suburban areas in Edgewood, passing under Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line and the PRT's Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway. I-376/US 22/US 30 turns to the northeast and heads through a corner of the borough of Braddock Hills before entering the borough of 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.[3][4]

Pittsburgh to Breezewood

US 30 eastbound in North Huntingdon Township

US 30 follows Ardmore Boulevard, a five-lane divided highway with two eastbound lanes and three westbound lanes, and enters the borough of 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 the borough of North Braddock to the west and the borough of 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 the borough of East Pittsburgh. The road crosses over Bessemer Avenue on a bridge before it curves southeast and heads onto the George Westinghouse Bridge, where it passes over Braddock Avenue, a Union Railroad line, Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line, Turtle Creek, and Norfolk Southern'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 the borough of East McKeesport as Greensburg Avenue. Here, 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.[3][4]

US 30 enters Westmoreland County in the Laurel Highlands region and continues south along the four-lane undivided Lincoln Highway, curving southeast and passing through the community of 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 the community of Fairmont before it enters the borough of Irwin. US 30 gains a center left-turn lane before it leaves Irwin and becomes 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 the borough 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 the community of Lincoln Heights and running along the southern border of the city 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 a bridge over the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad's Radebaugh Subdivision line. US 30 becomes a freeway that bypasses the city of 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 the borough of Southwest Greensburg and reaches 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 the borough of South Greensburg before it comes to a right-in/right-out interchange with Cedar Street. At this point, 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.[3][4]

US 30 heads east as the six-lane divided Lincoln Highway and reaches an interchange serving Westmoreland Mall to 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 the borough of Latrobe. US 30 narrows to four lanes before it reaches a cloverleaf interchange with PA 982 that provides access to Latrobe to the north and the borough of Youngstown to the south. The median of the road widens and the westbound lanes cross Loyalhanna Creek, at which point 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 Loyalhanna Creek. At this point, the road heads east as a four-lane divided highway with 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 the community of 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 the borough of Ligonier as 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 community of Laughlintown and runs along the southern border of the borough of Laurel Mountain. Past the borough of Laurel Mountain, the road ascends Laurel Hill and comes to a westbound runaway truck ramp. Further up 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.[3][4]

US 30 westbound in West Providence Township in Bedford County

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 the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. After descending the hill, the road runs east-southeast. The route enters the borough of 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 the community of Jenners Crossroads before it has a junction with PA 601 in the community of Ferrellton. US 30 briefly becomes 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 the borough 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 the southern terminus of PA 403 before it comes to a bridge over CSX'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 the community of Buckstown and passes north of the borough of Indian Lake before it reaches an intersection with PA 160 in the community of Reels Corner. US 30 continues east-southeast and passes to 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.[3][4]

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 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 the borough of 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 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 the community of Wolfsburg. The route runs south and comes to an intersection with the western terminus of US 30 Bus., at which point US 30 becomes a four-lane freeway that bypasses the borough of 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 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.[3][4]

View east along the non-freeway portion of I-70 and west along US 30 in Breezewood

US 30, the Raystown Branch Juniata River, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike pass southeast through Bedford Narrows, a gap in Evitts Mountain. Here, US 30 intersects the northern terminus of PA 326 and curves northeast, crossing over 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 the western terminus of US 30 Bus., where it becomes a freeway that bypasses the borough of 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 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 the community of 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 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 the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76).[3][4]

Breezewood to Lancaster

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 the Buchanan State Forest, with PA 915 splitting to 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 community of Saluvia. US 30 curves east-southeast and comes to an intersection with PA 655 in the community of Harrisonville. The road turns southeast in the community of Breezy Point and ascends Scrub Ridge. The route comes to a westbound truck brake check station before it reaches the community of 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 the borough of 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 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 the mountain and follow a winding alignment.[3][4]

US 30 eastbound past PA 416 in St. Thomas Township

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 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 the community of Fort Loudon. The route continues east-northeast through rural areas in the valley, intersecting the northern terminus of PA 416 and passing through the community of St. Thomas. US 30 gains 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 the borough of 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 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 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'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 the eastern border of Chambersburg. Past this interchange, the route heads through the community of 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 the community of Fayetteville before it forms a short concurrency with PA 997 upon intersecting that route in the community of Greenwood. The road leaves 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 a center left-turn lane.[3][4]

US 30 eastbound past PA 94 in Cross Keys

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 a two-lane road. The route curves southeast in the community of Hilltown and gains a center left-turn lane. The road passes through the community of McKnightstown, where it narrows to two lanes. US 30 crosses CSX's Hanover Subdivision railroad line at-grade in the community of Seven Stars. The route heads to the north of Gettysburg Regional Airport and passes through the community of Stremmels before it runs through a section of the Gettysburg National Military Park. US 30 enters the borough of 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, 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's Hanover Subdivision parallel to the northwest. The road turns into 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 the community of Guldens. The route curves east and briefly gains a second westbound lane before heading through the community of Brush Run. The road narrows to two lanes and crosses South Branch Conewago Creek, where the name changes to Lincoln Way West. US 30 enters the borough of New Oxford, crossing CSX'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 the community of Cross Keys and gains a second westbound lane further east before it reaches the borough of 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.[3][4]

Upon crossing Beaver Creek, US 30 leaves Abbottstown and heads into York County. The route follows the Lincoln Highway, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. The road curves to the northeast and passes through the community of Farmers, where it bends to the east-northeast. US 30 heads to the north of York Airport before it reaches the community of 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, 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 the city of York. The freeway passes over a York Railway line and curves northeast, passing under PA 234. The route continues northeast and comes to a diamond interchange with PA 74 in a business area north of the borough 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 the city of York and curves east. The route leaves the city of York and crosses the 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 the borough 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 York County Heritage Rail Trail and then Norfolk Southern'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 the community of East York. The freeway reaches 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 the borough of Hallam to the south. The freeway reaches a diamond interchange at Cool Springs Road, which heads south to connect to PA 462 and the borough of Wrightsville.[3][4]

US 30 eastbound at the Harrisburg Pike interchange in Lancaster

US 30 crosses the Susquehanna River on the Wright's Ferry Bridge into Lancaster County, where it heads into the borough of Columbia and passes over Norfolk Southern'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 the southeast. The route leaves Columbia and turns east, coming to a diamond interchange with Prospect Road. US 30 passes through the borough of 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 a diamond interchange with PA 741. The freeway widens to six lanes before it curves northeast and crosses Little Conestoga Creek. The route comes to an interchange with Harrisburg Pike, at which point it enters the city of 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 the city limits as it passes over Amtrak's Keystone Corridor and Norfolk Southern's Lititz Secondary railroad lines, reaching an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with PA 72. The route comes to an interchange with 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 Fruitville Pike, PA 501, and US 222/PA 272 to the north of Lancaster. Past the US 222/PA 272 interchange, 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 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 the city 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's New Holland Secondary and Amtrak's Keystone Corridor railroad lines before coming to 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.[3][4]

Lancaster to New Jersey

US 30 westbound in East Lampeter Township to the east of Lancaster

Past the interchange with the eastern terminus of PA 462, US 30 heads east-southeast along the Lincoln Highway, a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane, passing through the community of Greenland.[3][4] The route heads into the Pennsylvania Dutch Country of eastern Lancaster County and is lined with many Amish tourist attractions.[5][6] 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, the route narrows to a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane and heads through agricultural areas with some development, passing through the community of Soudersburg. US 30 crosses the Pequea Creek and runs through the community of 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 the railroad tracks as it heads through the community of 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 the community of 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 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.[3][4]

US 30 freeway westbound on the Exton Bypass past US 202 and US 30 Bus. in Frazer

US 30 enters Chester County and continues east along the Lincoln Highway, passing through the community of Black Horse. The route turns into a four-lane undivided road and comes to an intersection with PA 10 north of the borough 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 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 section, the route runs east-northeast through a mix of rural areas and suburban development. US 30 heads into the city of Coatesville and crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek before it comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with PA 82 that provides access to Coatesville. Past this interchange, the freeway leaves the city limits of 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 the community of Thorndale. US 30 heads east-northeast and reaches a partial cloverleaf interchange with US 322 that serves the borough of Downingtown. Farther east, the freeway passes over PA 282 and the East Branch Brandywine Creek before it comes to a bridge over 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 the borough limits of Downingtown and narrows back to four lanes. US 30 curves southeast and reaches an interchange with US 30 Bus. Past this interchange, 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 the community of Exton to the north. Following this section, the freeway continues east-northeast parallel to the Amtrak line. US 30 comes to an interchange with the US 202 freeway and the eastern terminus of US 30 Bus., at which point the freeway section ends.[3][4] The Exton Bypass portion of US 30 is designated the Exton Bypass Scenic Byway, a Pennsylvania Scenic Byway.[7]

US 30 westbound past PA 252 in Paoli

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 the community of Glenloch. The route soon becomes Lancaster Avenue, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. In the community of 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, the road crosses under Norfolk Southern's Dale Secondary railroad line and continues east as it runs north of the borough 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 the community of Green Tree. At this point, the route enters an area of suburbs called the Philadelphia Main Line as it heads into the community of 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 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 the parallel Amtrak line, passing south of Daylesford station in the community of Daylesford. The road loses the center turn lane and runs further south but still parallel to the railroad tracks, turning northeast. US 30 reaches the community of 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 the community of Devon, where it drops 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.[3][4]

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 the community of Wayne. The route passes through the community of St. Davids and turns southeast. East of here, 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 the community of Villanova. Following this intersection, the road runs through 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 the community of Rosemont. Upon intersecting County Line Road, the route enters Montgomery County and heads into the community of Bryn Mawr, passing through the downtown area. The road continues southeast and briefly reenters Delaware County before heading back into Montgomery County. US 30 passes through the community of Haverford, where it heads north of the Haverford School. The route continues into the community of Ardmore and runs through the community's downtown area, passing south of Ardmore station serving Amtrak's Keystone Corridor and SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Past Ardmore, the road heads through the community of Wynnewood. The route runs southeast before it crosses the East Branch Indian Creek and passes between 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).[3][4]

I-676/US 30 (Vine Street Expressway) eastbound crossing the Schuylkill River and entering Center City, Philadelphia

Upon crossing US 1, US 30 enters the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County and continues southeast along two-lane undivided Lancaster Avenue through 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, 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 the Belmont Avenue intersection before widening to four lanes. Farther east, US 30 passes over CSX'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 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 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. The freeway continues south, heading east of Amtrak's Penn Coach Yard, and comes to an interchange with the western terminus of I-676.[3][4]

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's Philadelphia Subdivision railroad line on the river's east bank on the Vine Street Expressway Bridge before coming to an interchange with 23rd Street and 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that has access to the Philadelphia Museum of Art 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, 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 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, Columbus Boulevard, and then the Delaware River into New Jersey on the seven-lane Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which also carries pedestrians and the PATCO Speedline.[3][4] This bridge and its approaches are maintained by the Delaware River Port Authority.[8]

US 30 in Pennsylvania is part of the National Highway System between the west end of the US 22 concurrency at PA 978 in North Fayette Township and US 220 in Bedford Township and east of the west end of the I-70 concurrency in Breezewood.[2]

History

Lincoln Highway

LocationGreene TownshipMorrisville
Existed1913–1928

Pennsylvania Route 1

LocationGreene TownshipMorrisville
Existed1924–1928

The path of the Lincoln Highway was first laid out in September 1913; it was defined to run through Canton, Ohio; Beaver, Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Ligonier, Bedford, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, York, Lancaster, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Camden, New Jersey.[9] This bypassed Harrisburg to the south and thus did not use the older main route across the state between Chambersburg and Lancaster. From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, this incorporated a number of old turnpikes, some of which still collected tolls:[10]

US 30 westbound in Wynnewood
  • Part of the Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike, chartered in 1806, broken up in 1814 into separate turnpike companies,[11] of which the following were included:
    • Greensburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike, Pittsburgh to Greensburg
    • Somerset and Greensburg Turnpike (renamed the Stoystown and Greensburg Turnpike 1815), Greensburg to Stoystown
    • Bedford and Somerset Turnpike (renamed the Bedford and Stoystown Turnpike 1815), Stoystown to Bedford
    • Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike, Bedford to Chambersburg
  • Chambersburg Turnpike, Chambersburg to Cashtown
  • Part of the Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike, from Cashtown to Gettysburg
  • York and Gettysburg Turnpike, Gettysburg to York
  • Wrightsville Turnpike, York to Wrightsville
  • Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge, Wrightsville to Columbia
  • Lancaster and Susquehanna Turnpike, Columbia to Lancaster
  • Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, Lancaster to Philadelphia

This original 1913 path of the Lincoln Highway continued east from Philadelphia, crossing the Delaware River to Camden, New Jersey, on the Market Street Ferry. The city of Philadelphia marked the route from the ferry landing west on Market Street through downtown and onto Lancaster Avenue to the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike in early 1914.[12] By 1915, Camden was dropped from the route, allowing the highway to cross the Delaware River on a bridge at Trenton, New Jersey (initially the Calhoun Street Bridge, later the Lower Trenton Bridge).

In 1924, the entire Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania was designated Pennsylvania Route 1 (PA 1).[13] In late 1926, the route from West Virginia to Philadelphia (using the new route west of Pittsburgh) was assigned US 30, while the rest of the Lincoln Highway and PA 1 became part of US 1. The PA 1 designation was gone by 1929,[14] but several branches from east to west—PA 101, PA 201, PA 301, PA 401, PA 501, and PA 601—had been assigned by then. PA 701 was assigned later as a branch of PA 101.

Ohio to Downtown Pittsburgh

As defined in 1913, the Lincoln Highway ran east-northeast from Canton to Alliance, Ohio, and east via Salem, crossing into Pennsylvania just east of East Palestine. From there, it continued southeasterly to Beaver, crossing the Beaver River there and heading south along its left bank to Rochester and the Ohio River's right bank to Pittsburgh.[10]:304–305

By 1915, the highway had been realigned to the route it would follow until the end of 1927. It ran east from Canton to Lisbon, Ohio, and then southeast to East Liverpool on the Ohio River. After crossing into Pennsylvania, it turned north away from the river at Smiths Ferry, taking an inland route to Beaver, where it rejoined the Ohio River. It crossed the Beaver River into Rochester, joining the 1913 alignment, and turned south with the Ohio to Pittsburgh.[10]:304–305

1915 route

This route entered Pennsylvania along PA 68. After crossing Little Beaver Creek, it turned south on Main Street, passing under the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) into Glasgow. After passing through that community on Liberty Street, the highway turned north and passed under the railroad again at Smiths Ferry, merging with Smiths Ferry Road.[10]:315–318 This alignment through Glasgow carried the Lincoln Highway until c. 1926, when the present PA 68 was built on the north side of the railroad.[15]

The Lincoln Highway left the banks of the Ohio River on Smiths Ferry Road, which includes an old stone bridge over Upper Dry Run. It turned east on Tuscarawas Road through Ohioville, entering Beaver on Fourth Street and turning south on Buffalo Street to reach Third Street (PA 68).[10]:315–318 By 1929, this inland Glasgow–Beaver route was numbered PA 168, while the route along the river, never followed by the Lincoln Highway, was PA 68.[14]

Where PA 68 crosses the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad from Beaver into Bridgewater along Third Street and then the Beaver River on the c. 1963[15] Rochester–Bridgewater Bridge, the Lincoln Highway instead ran along Bridge Street, just to the north, and crossed the Old Rochester–Bridgewater Bridge into Rochester.[10]:315–318

Continuing through Rochester to Pittsburgh, the Lincoln Highway left the Old Rochester–Bridgewater Bridge on Madison Street, turning onto Brighton Avenue, and then crossing the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (Pennsylvania Railroad) on New York Avenue. After running alongside the Ohio River on Railroad Avenue, the highway crossed the railroad again in Freedom (about a block north of Third Street[16]), running through Freedom on Third Avenue.[10]:307–315

South of downtown Freedom, Third Avenue merges into the Ohio River Boulevard, also known as PA 65, which runs along the old Lincoln Highway into Conway. There, the old highway went onto First Avenue and State Street, rejoining PA 65 in Baden. Further into Baden, the old highway left PA 65 again, onto State Street, becoming Duss Avenue in Harmony Township. At the Ambridge borough limits, this becomes PA 989, but the old highway turned west at 14th Street and then south on Merchant Street.[10]:307–315

Crossing Big Sewickley Creek from Ambridge, Beaver County, into Leetsdale, Allegheny County, Merchant Street becomes Beaver Street, a brick road. Beaver Road and Beaver Street continues through Edgeworth, Sewickley, and Osborne, merging back into PA 65 at the border with Haysville. Sewickley officially changed the name of its piece to the Lincoln Highway by an ordinance in January 1916, and Osborne, Edgeworth, and Leetsdale soon followed suit, but that name is no longer used.[10]:307–315

In Glenfield, the highway crossed the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway twice, once near the present overpass and again west of Toms Run Road.[17] The old road next to the Ohio River, Beaver Street, is still a yellow brick road but now used only by local traffic.[10]:307–315

The old road left PA 65 again in Emsworth as Beaver Road, becoming Brighton Road in Ben Avon before remerging with PA 65. It splits yet again, also in Ben Avon, onto Brighton Road, another yellow brick road. In Avalon, it is California Avenue, and, in Bellevue, it is Lincoln Avenue, coincidentally named after Abraham Lincoln soon after the U.S. Civil War.

The highway crosses into Pittsburgh on a high concrete arch bridge over Jack's Run, built in 1924 to replace an earlier bridge built for a streetcar line, and returns to the California Avenue name. It crosses Woods Run on a similar 1928 bridge next to a newer bridge built for the Ohio River Boulevard (PA 65). Where California Avenue curves away from PA 65, the Lincoln Highway continued next to it on Chateau Street, turning east on Western Avenue and then south on Galveston Avenue onto the 1915 Manchester Bridge to Point State Park.[10]:307–315

During the time that the Lincoln Highway ran through Rochester, the Rochester–Pittsburgh segment was locally maintained. It was often foggy, and a July 1926 Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) road report states that it was "paved city streets, mostly poor", in stark contrast to the good paving east of Pittsburgh. By 1924, reports recommended following an alternate on the other side of the river between Rochester and Pittsburgh.[10]:305–307 The route west of Rochester had similar problems; it was a dirt road, despite being a state highway.[18] By 1922 an official detour was recommended via East Palestine, Ohio and Beaver, largely identical to the initial 1913 plan.

1927 route

Work began in the mid-1920s on a new route to the south of the existing route, passing through West Virginia and bypassing the problematic sections on both sides of Rochester; the Lincoln Highway was moved to it December 2, 1927.[10]:305–307 This new route had already been numbered US 30 in late 1926.[19]

The new Lincoln Highway bypassed the community of Imperial on a bypass built for it.[15] Just southeast of Imperial, the highway turned east on PA 60 (Steubenville Pike), joining what was US 22 before the present US 22/US 30 freeway was built c. 1964.[15] PA 60 runs along the north side of the freeway, crossing to the south side and then merging with it just west of the I-376 interchange. From the late 1940s to 1982, the appropriately-named Penn-Lincoln Drive-In Theater operated on a stretch of the original Lincoln Highway in North Fayette, just east of Imperial. It reopened for a few months in 1985 as the Super 30 West Drive-In. The site is now occupied by Penn-Lincoln Shopping Center.

US 22 and US 30 now join I-376 and turn southeast, but the Lincoln Highway (and US 22/US 30 before the nearby part of what is now I-376 opened in 1953) continued east with PA 60 through Robinson Township. In 1950, the Twin Hi-Way Drive-In Theater opened along the Robinson Township stretch, its name derived from the road's former designation of dual US 22/US 30. Through Crafton, the highway used Steuben Street, Noble Avenue, Dinsmore Avenue, and Crafton Boulevard, now northbound PA 60. In Pittsburgh, the highway ran along Crafton Boulevard, Noblestown Road, and South Main Street, as PA 60 still does. It turned onto Carson Street (now PA 837) at the West End Circle, crossing the 1927 Point Bridge into Point State Park.[10]:318–319

Downtown Pittsburgh to North Huntingdon

Marker for the Lincoln Highway along US 30 westbound at PA 655 in Licking Creek Township

From 1915 to late 1927, the Lincoln Highway crossed the Allegheny River on the Manchester Bridge to Point State Park, touching down at the foot of Penn Avenue after meeting the Point Bridge.[20] It made its way through downtown to Bigelow Boulevard (now PA 380), using Water Street, Liberty Avenue, and Oliver Avenue.[21] It continued to follow present PA 380 onto Craig Street and Baum Boulevard to East Liberty. The highway left East Liberty and Pittsburgh on Penn Avenue, the old Pittsburgh and Greensburg Turnpike, also now part of PA 380, and further east part of PA 8. (PA 380 however bypasses the center of East Liberty.)[10]:298–300

The Boulevard of the Allies opened east from downtown Pittsburgh in 1923, and, in 1924, it was designated as an alternate route.[22] By 1930, this bypass ran along the Boulevard of the Allies, Forbes Avenue, Beeler Street, Wilkins Avenue, and Dallas Avenue, rejoining the Lincoln Highway at Penn Avenue, west of Wilkinsburg.[23]

Leaving the Pittsburgh area, the Lincoln Highway turned onto Ardmore Boulevard (now signed as PA 8 north of I-376, and US 30 south of I-376). It then branched away from Ardmore Boulevard along Electric Avenue and turned northeast on Braddock Avenue then east on Penn Avenue. The Lincoln Highway originally continued onto Airbrake Avenue and then turned south at 11th Street to cross Turtle Creek and the Pennsylvania Railroad main line over a bridge; a 1925 replacement bridge starts at the intersection of Airbrake Avenue, Penn Avenue, Monroeville Avenue, and Greensburg Pike. The Lincoln Highway then followed Greensburg Pike up to current US 30.

In 1932, a bypass of the grades into and out of Turtle Creek, including the George Westinghouse Bridge, was opened. It runs along current US 30 from the interchange with Electric Avenue in Chalfant to the intersection with Greensburg Pike in North Versailles Township.

The borough of White Oak had named their main street Lincoln Way in an attempt to convince the LHA to use it, but, instead, the highway continued along Greensburg Pike through North Versailles Township.

Later history

US 30 westbound passing through the Villanova University campus in Villanova

The Penn-Lincoln Parkway was built from 1953 to 1962 as a freeway bypass across the Pittsburgh area for both the Lincoln (US 30) and William Penn (US 22) highways.

On April 24, 1954, the Greater Philadelphia–Delaware–South Jersey Council released a proposal for a freeway system in the Philadelphia area that included a US 30 freeway that was to run from a proposed US 202 freeway in Chester County east past Malvern and Berwyn to the Schuylkill Expressway near King of Prussia.[24]

In 1953, the portion of present-day US 30 between PA 283 in Lancaster and PA 462 east of Lancaster was built as a freeway alignment of US 230.[25][26][27] In 1967, US 30 was shifted to a freeway bypass between Prospect Road east of Columbia and east of Lancaster; the route replaced the US 230 designation between the present-day PA 283 and PA 462 interchanges. PA 462 was designated onto the former alignment of US 30 between those two points.[28] In 1972, US 30 was shifted to a bypass between west of York and Columbia, with PA 462 extended west along the former alignment of US 30.[29][30]

On June 21, 1963, the Coatesville–Downingtown Bypass carrying US 30 between east of PA 10 and east of Downingtown opened to traffic. The bypass cost $10.6 million (equivalent to $80.9 million in 2023[31]) to build. A ceremony was held at the eastern end of the bypass on July 10, 1963, with a ribbon cutting and a motorcade.[32] Following the realignment of US 30 onto the bypass, US 30 Bus. was designated onto the former alignment of US 30.[28]

US 30 freeway westbound at the PA 113 interchange near Downingtown

A bypass was long proposed to carry US 30 around Exton. The Exton Bypass was able to receive funding made available from the cancellation of the I-895 project north of Philadelphia.[33] In March 1987, the proposed Exton Bypass lost $24.8 million in funding that was dropped from a federal highway bill. The extra federal funding was intended to expedite the construction phases of the bypass.[34] On April 29, 1993, construction began on the Exton Bypass. A groundbreaking ceremony was held, with state and local officials in attendance.[35] On December 22, 1995, the Exton Bypass for US 30 opened to traffic, extending the US 30 freeway east to an interchange with the US 202 freeway. The bypass, which had been planned for 30 years, cost $125 million (equivalent to $16.7 billion in 2023[31]) and was built to alleviate congestion through Exton. An opening ceremony was held, with Lieutenant Governor Mark Schweiker, PennDOT secretary Brad Mallory, and state and local officials in attendance.[36] As a result of US 30 being rerouted onto the Exton Bypass, US 30 Bus. was extended east through Exton along the former alignment of US 30 to its current eastern terminus.[37][38]

From 1996 to 2002, significant construction was completed to the US 30 bypass around Lancaster between the PA 741 and PA 462 interchanges. The first construction phase took place along the central portion of the bypass between PA 283 and US 222, which was widened to six lanes and added frontage roads.[39] Construction along this section was underway in January 1997.[40] The construction along the central section of the bypass was originally supposed to be finished in December 1999 but the contractor fell a year behind schedule and faced over $7 million in fines from PennDOT over construction delays.[41] Construction along the central section was finished in November 2000.[42] On March 20, 2000, work along the western section between PA 741 and PA 72 started.[43] Construction along the western section was finished on December 6, 2001, six months ahead of schedule.[44] Construction along the eastern section of the bypass between US 222 and PA 462 started on September 5, 2000.[45] On October 6, 2002, construction along the eastern segment was finished ahead of schedule with the removal of construction barrels between the PA 340 and PA 462 interchanges.[46]

In May 2002, a roundabout was proposed at the intersection with PA 194 in Abbottstown in order to improve safety and reduce congestion along PA 194 for traffic having to stop at the intersection with US 30.[47] The intersection at PA 194 in the center of Abbottstown was converted to a roundabout in December 2002.[48]

US 30 eastbound in Paoli

A bypass of the section of US 30 in Gap, in Lancaster County, was first proposed in February 2012. In 2015, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation project began to build a bypass to the north of Gap for westbound US 30 between the PA 772 and PA 41 intersections to improve traffic flow and safety at the congested intersection of US 30 and PA 41. The bypass, which cost $10 million (equivalent to $12.4 million in 2023[31]), was opened on August 4, 2016.[49]

On April 7, 2018, a section of US 30 in East Pittsburgh sank 40 feet (12 m) down a hill after a landslide. One apartment building was destroyed and another threatened and ultimately demolished.[50] The damaged road section reopened in late June 2018.[51]

There are plans for improvements to be made to the US 30 freeway bypassing Coatesville and Downingtown in Chester County. The project is split into a western section between PA 10 near Parkesburg and PA 82 in Coatesville and an eastern section between Reeceville Road near Coatesville and US 30 Bus. east of Downingtown. The western section will remain four lanes wide, with construction planned to begin in 2026. The eastern section is planned to be widened to six lanes, with construction beginning as early as 2028. In addition to improvements made to the freeway, interchanges will also be improved. Construction of the western section is projected to cost $355 million while the eastern section is projected to cost $460 million.[52]

Major intersections

CountyLocation[53]mi[54]kmExitDestinationsNotes
BeaverGreene Township0.0000.000
US 30 west (Lincoln Highway) – East Liverpool
Continuation into West Virginia
2.3283.747 PA 168 – Hookstown, Washington
4.8837.858
PA 151 east (Bocktown Road)
Western terminus of PA 151
Hanover Township7.73312.445 PA 18 (Frankfort Road) – Frankfort Springs, Monaca
AlleghenyFindlay Township17.530–
17.643
28.212–
28.394

PA Turnpike 576 (Southern Beltway) – Pittsburgh International Airport
Exit 2 on PA 576; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
North Fayette Township20.98133.766Western end of freeway

US 22 west (William Penn Highway) – Weirton

PA 978 south (Bateman Road) – Imperial
Western end of US 22 concurrency; northern terminus of PA 978
22.48636.188Hankey FarmsAccess via Oakdale Road
23.47537.779 Orange Belt – OakdaleWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of Orange Belt concurrency; access via McKee Road
24.49139.414Old Steubenville Pike/Bayer Road/Montour Church Road
Robinson Township24.93740.132
I-376 west (Airport Parkway) / Orange Belt – Pittsburgh International Airport
Eastern end of Orange Belt concurrency; western end of I-376 concurrency; exit 60A on I-376
60B
PA 60 south / Yellow Belt – Crafton
25.83141.57161Ridge Road
RobinsonCollier
township line
26.96643.39862 Yellow Belt (Campbells Run Road)Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Robinson Township28.235–
29.144
45.440–
46.903
64A I-79 – Washington, ErieExit 59 on I-79
Rosslyn Farms29.44847.39264BRosslyn FarmsWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Rosslyn Road
Carnegie29.88248.090Buses only (West Busway)Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
30.29048.74765 PA 50 – Carnegie, Heidelberg
Green Tree32.19251.80867 PA 121 / Blue Belt – Green Tree, Mount Lebanon, Crafton
Pittsburgh32.66652.57168Parkway Center DriveWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
33.33953.65469A
US 19 south (Banksville Road) – Mt. Lebanon, Uniontown
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of US 19 concurrency
33.77554.35669B


US 19 Truck south / PA 51 south – Uniontown
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western end of US 19 Truck concurrency
33.85054.47669C

US 19 north / PA 51 north – West End
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of US 19 concurrency
33.920–
34.611
54.589–
55.701
Fort Pitt Tunnel under Mount Washington
34.67555.80469C

PA 837 north to PA 51 – West End
Westbound exit and eastbound left entrance
34.611–
34.840
55.701–
56.070
Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River
34.840–
34.996
56.070–
56.321
70ABoulevard of the Allies/Liberty Avenue – PPG ArenaEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
70BFort Duquesne Boulevard – Convention Center, Strip DistrictEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
70C
I-279 north / US 19 Truck north – Fort Duquesne Bridge, North Shore
Left exit eastbound; eastern end of concurency with US 19 Truck, southern terminus of I-279
35.07556.44870DStanwix StreetNo eastbound exit; left exit and entrance westbound; left entrance eastbound
35.47557.09171AGrant StreetLeft exit and entrance
36.00357.94171BSecond AvenueWestbound exit only
36.92959.43172AForbes Avenue – OaklandEastbound exit and westbound entrance
37.05559.63472B
To I-579 (Crosstown Blvd) / PA 885 north (Boulevard of the Allies) / Liberty Bridge
Westbound exit and eastbound left entrance
37.70960.68773 PA 885 (Bates Street) – Glenwood, OaklandWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as Exits 73A (south) and 73B (north)
39.33863.30874 Blue Belt – Squirrel Hill, Homestead
39.585–
40.589
63.706–
65.322
Squirrel Hill Tunnel under Squirrel Hill
PittsburghSwissvale
Edgewood tripoint
41.52166.82277Edgewood, SwissvaleAccess via Braddock Avenue
Wilkinsburg42.88769.020

I-376 east / US 22 east – Monroeville
Eastern end of I-376/US 22 concurrency; exit 78A on I-376

PA 8 north – Wilkinsburg
Exit 78B on I-376; southern terminus of PA 8
Eastern end of freeway
North BraddockChalfant line45.26572.847East Pittsburgh, Turtle CreekInterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access via Electric Avenue
North Versailles Township47.71376.787Greensburg PikeInterchange
East McKeesport48.05377.334
PA 148 south / Yellow Belt (5th Avenue)
Northern terminus of PA 148
North Versailles Township49.98780.446 PA 48 / Orange Belt (Mosside Boulevard/Jacks Run Road) – Monroeville, McKeesport, White Oak
WestmorelandNorth Huntingdon Township54.94788.429Main StreetEastbound exit and entrance
56.85091.491
I-76 Toll / Penna Turnpike – Pittsburgh, Harrisburg
Exit 67 (Irwin) on I-76/Penna Turnpike; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
Hempfield TownshipAdamsburg line58.15793.595Adamsburg, Penn, AronaInterchange; access via Edna Road
Hempfield Township61.43298.865
PA Turnpike 66 – New Stanton, Delmont
Exit 6 on PA 66; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
62.975101.348Western end of freeway
63.230101.759Pittsburgh StreetEastbound exit and westbound entrance
GreensburgHempfield Township line63.994102.988
PA 136 west – West Newton
Eastern terminus of PA 136
Southwest Greensburg64.904104.453
US 119 (PA 66 Bus. north / PA 819) to I-70 – Connellsville, Blairsville
Southern terminus of PA 66 Bus.
Hempfield Township65.337105.150Cedar StreetNo access across US 30
65.991106.202Greensburg, Mount PleasantAccess via Mt. Pleasant Road
66.778107.469 PA 130 (Pittsburgh Street) – Pleasant UnityEastbound exit and westbound entrance
67.328108.354Greensburg Business DistrictWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Eastern end of freeway
Westmoreland MallInterchange
Unity Township74.051119.174 PA 981 (Clearview Drive) – Pleasant Unity, Latrobe
75.319121.214 PA 982 – Youngstown, Baggaley, Bradenville, New DerryInterchange
UnityDerry
township line
76.880123.726
PA 217 north – Derry
Southern terminus of PA 217
Ligonier Township81.623131.359
PA 259 north – Bolivar
Southern terminus of PA 259
Ligonier83.875134.984 PA 711 (Market Street) – Stahlstown, Oak Grove, Johnstown
Ligonier Township85.825138.122
PA 381 south – Rector, Linn Run State Park
Northern terminus of PA 381
SomersetJennerstown95.113153.070 PA 985 (Somerset Pike) – Somerset, Johnstown
Jenner Township96.713155.644 PA 601 (Front Street/Penn Avenue) – Somerset, Boswell
98.360–
98.449
158.295–
158.438
US 219 – Somerset, JohnstownInterchange
Quemahoning Township103.100165.923
PA 281 south (Pine Avenue) – Friedens
Interchange; northern terminus of PA 281
103.518166.596
PA 403 north (Triple S Road) – Kanter, Hooversville
Southern terminus of PA 403
StonycreekShade
township line
110.444177.742 PA 160 (Huckleberry Highway/Rock Cut Road) – Berlin, Windber
BedfordSchellsburg121.637195.756 PA 96 (Market Street) – Manns Choice, Pleasantville
Napier Township126.386203.399
PA 31 west (Allegheny Road) – Manns Choice, Cumberland, Somerset
Eastern terminus of PA 31
Bedford Township126.972204.342
PA 56 west (Pensyl Hollow Road) – Altoona, Johnstown
Eastern terminus of PA 56
128.890207.428

US 30 Bus. east (Pitt Street) – Bedford
Western terminus of US 30 Bus.
Western end of freeway
129.798208.890
US 220 south – Cumberland



US 220 north to I-99 north – Altoona
131.979212.400

US 30 Bus. west – Bedford Business District
Westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; eastern terminus of US 30 Bus.
Eastern end of freeway
Snake Spring Township132.226212.797
PA 326 south (Egolf Road) – Rainsburg
Northern terminus of PA 326
134.493216.446Pennknoll Road/Upper Snake Spring Road – PennwoodInterchange; no westbound exit
135.173217.540Lutzville Road/Upper Snake Spring Road – PennwoodInterchange; no westbound entrance
Everett137.482221.256Western end of freeway




US 30 Bus. east to PA 26 south – Everett
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of US 30 Bus.
West Providence Township139.338224.243

To PA 26 north – Huntingdon, Raystown Lake
Raystown Lake only appears on eastbound signage
Eastern end of freeway
140.319225.822



US 30 Bus. west (Main Street) to PA 26 south – Everett
Eastern terminus of US 30 Bus.
East Providence Township147.243236.965
I-70 east – Washington, D.C., Baltimore
Western end of I-70 concurrency
147.537237.438




I-70 Toll west to I-76 Toll / Penna Turnpike – Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, New Stanton
Eastern end of I-70 concurrency; exit 161 (Breezewood) on I-76/Penna Turnpike; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate
FultonBrush Creek Township150.652242.451
PA 915 west (Crystal Springs Road) – Crystal Springs
Western end of PA 915 concurrency
152.036244.678
PA 915 east (North Valley Road) – Hopewell
Eastern end of PA 915 concurrency
Licking Creek Township158.300254.759 PA 655 (Pleasant Ridge Road) – Saltillo, Hancock
Todd Township164.745265.131
US 522 to PA 16 – McConnellsburg, Mount Union
Interchange
FranklinPeters Township172.541277.678 PA 75 (Fort Loudon Road/Path Valley Road) – Mercersburg, Fannettsburg, Willow Hill
St. Thomas Township177.517285.686
PA 416 south (Mercersburg Road) – Lemasters, Mercersburg
Northern terminus of PA 416
Hamilton Township184.462296.863
PA 995 south (Warm Spring Road) – Williamson
Northern terminus of PA 995
Chambersburg186.273299.777
US 11 south (Main Street)
186.384299.956
US 11 north (2nd Street)
ChambersburgGuilford Township line187.766–
187.786
302.180–
302.212
I-81 – Carlisle, HagerstownExit 16 on I-81
Greene Township194.100312.374
PA 997 south (Anthony Highway) – Mont Alto, Waynesboro
Western end of PA 997 concurrency
194.215312.559
PA 997 north (Black Gap Road) – Scotland
Eastern end of PA 997 concurrency
196.384316.049 PA 233 (Pine Grove Road/Rocky Mountain Road) – Mont Alto, Newville
AdamsFranklin Township199.247320.657
PA 234 east (Buchanan Valley Road) – Arendtsville, Biglerville
Western terminus of PA 234
Gettysburg211.075339.692



US 15 Bus. / PA 116 west (Carlisle Street/Baltimore Street) to PA 97 / PA 34
Traffic circle; western end of PA 116 concurrency
211.314340.077
PA 116 east (Hanover Street) – Hanover
Eastern end of PA 116 concurrency
Straban Township213.288343.254 US 15 – Harrisburg, FrederickInterchange
OxfordHamilton
Berwick township tripoint
222.530358.127 PA 94 (Carlisle Pike) – Harrisburg, Hanover
Abbottstown225.074362.221 PA 194 (Queen Street)Traffic circle
YorkWest Manchester Township234.387377.209
PA 116 west (Hanover Road)
Eastern terminus of PA 116
235.247378.593
PA 616 south (Trinity Road) – New Salem
Northern terminus of PA 616
235.859379.578Western end of freeway

PA 462 east – York
Western terminus of PA 462
238.494383.819 PA 74 (Carlisle Avenue) – Dover, West York
Eastern end of freeway
Manchester Township241.023387.889


I-83 BL / PA 181 north (North George Street) to I-83 north – Harrisburg, Emigsville, York
Southern terminus of PA 181
241.277388.298 I-83 – Baltimore, HarrisburgNo eastbound exit to I-83 north; no westbound entrance from I-83 south; exit 21 on I-83
Springettsbury Township243.169391.343Western end of freeway
243.749392.276Memory Lane – East YorkNo westbound exit; no westbound entrance from southbound Memory Lane
244.663393.747 PA 24 (Mt. Zion Road)
Hellam Township247.700398.635
To PA 462 – Hallam
251.473404.707
To PA 462 – Wrightsville
Susquehanna River252.677406.644Wright's Ferry Bridge
LancasterColumbia253.903408.617 PA 441 – Columbia, Marietta
West Hempfield Township256.997413.597Prospect Road
258.812416.518MountvilleAccess via Stony Battery Road
East Hempfield Township260.276418.874Centerville Road
262.393422.281 PA 741 – Millersville, RohrerstownAccess to Millersville University
Manheim TownshipLancaster line263.486424.040Harrisburg PikeAccess to Franklin & Marshall College
Manheim Township264.100425.028 PA 72 (Manheim Pike)Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
264.423425.548
PA 283 west – Harrisburg, Downtown Lancaster
Eastbound access to Downtown Lancaster and Fruitville Pike; eastern terminus of PA 283
265.034–
265.757
426.531–
427.694

PA 501 (Lititz Pike) / PA 272 (Oregon Pike) / US 222 south
Eastbound signage

PA 501 / US 222 south (Lititz Pike) / Fruitville Pike
Westbound signage; western end of US 222 concurrency

PA 272 north (Oregon Pike)
Westbound signage
266.416428.755

US 222 north to I-76 – Ephrata, Reading
I-76 only appears on eastbound signage; Ephrata only appears on westbound signage; eastern end of US 222 concurrency
267.161429.954
PA 23 east (New Holland Avenue/Pike)
Western end of PA 23 concurrency
LancasterEast Lampeter Township line267.771430.936
PA 23 west (Walnut Street)
Eastern end of PA 23 concurrency
268.497432.104Greenfield Road
East Lampeter Township269.387433.536 PA 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike)No westbound exit
270.150434.764
PA 462 west (Lincoln Highway) – Downtown Lancaster
Eastern terminus of PA 462
Eastern end of freeway
272.705438.876 PA 896 (Eastbrook Road/Hartman Bridge Road) – Strasburg
Salisbury Township281.639453.254
PA 772 west (Newport Road)
Eastern terminus of PA 772
282.034453.890
PA 41 south (Gap Newport Pike) – Wilmington, DE
Northern terminus of PA 41
282.313454.339
PA 897 north (White Horse Road)
Southern terminus of PA 897
ChesterWest SadsburySadsbury
township line
286.823461.597 PA 10 (Octorara Trail) – Honey Brook, Parkesburg
Sadsbury Township287.555462.775Western end of freeway


US 30 Bus. east (Lincoln Highway)
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of US 30 Bus.
Valley Township290.087466.850Chester County AirportWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Airport Road
CoatesvilleValley Township line292.916471.403 PA 82 – Coatesville
Caln Township294.673474.230Reeceville Road
297.056478.065 PA 340 – Thorndale
298.173479.863 US 322 (Manor Avenue)
Downingtown299.393481.826 PA 282 (Wallace Avenue)Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Norwood Road
East Caln Township299.933482.695
PA 113 (Uwchlan Avenue) to PA 100 – Downingtown, Lionville
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
300.913484.273
US 30 Bus. (Lancaster Avenue)
West Whiteland Township303.841488.985

PA 100 to US 202 south – Exton, West Chester
US 202 only appears on eastbound signage
West WhitelandEast Whiteland
township line
306.055492.548 US 202 – King of Prussia, West Chester


US 30 Bus. west (Lancaster Avenue) – Exton
Eastern terminus of US 30 Bus.
Eastern end of freeway
East Whiteland Township307.519494.904
PA 352 south (Sproul Road) – Chester, Immaculata University
Northern terminus of PA 352
309.186497.587
PA 401 west (Conestoga Road) – Elverson
Southern terminus of PA 401
309.486498.069

PA 29 north (Morehall Road) to US 202
Southern terminus of PA 29
Tredyffrin Township312.020502.148 PA 252 (Bear Hill Road/Leopard Road) – Valley Forge, Newtown Square
DelawareRadnor Township318.773–
318.902
513.015–
513.223
I-476 (Mid-County Expressway) – Chester, Plymouth MeetingExit 13 on I-476
319.158513.635 PA 320 (North Spring Mill Road/Sproul Road)
MontgomeryNo major intersections
DelawareNo major intersections
MontgomeryPhiladelphia
county line
Lower Merion TownshipPhiladelphia line325.258523.452 US 1 (City Avenue) – Bala Cynwyd, Upper Darby
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia328.691528.977Western end of freeway
342
I-76 west (Schuylkill Expressway) – Valley Forge
US 13 (34th Street/Girard Avenue)
Western end of I-76 concurrency
343Spring Garden Street/Haverford AvenueEastbound exit and westbound entrance
329.8530.8344
I-76 east (Schuylkill Expressway) – International Airport

I-676 begins
Eastern end of I-76 concurrency; western terminus of I-676
Vine Street Expressway Bridge over the Schuylkill River
330.2531.4Ben Franklin Parkway/23rd Street
330.8532.4 PA 611 (Broad Street) – Central Philadelphia
331.2533.08th Street south – Chinatown, Market EastAt-grade intersection westbound
331.3533.2 I-95 – Chester, Philadelphia International Airport, New YorkExit 22 on I-95; to Penn's Landing

To PA 611 / Vine Street – Pennsylvania Convention Center
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
331.7533.86th Street south – Independence Hall, Penn's LandingAt-grade intersection eastbound
5th StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Delaware River332.0534.3Benjamin Franklin Bridge
(Westbound toll in New Jersey; cash or E-ZPass)
334.6538.5

I-676 south / US 30 east – Camden, Cherry Hill
Continuation into New Jersey
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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