Pennsylvania Highways Blog

This past weekend I stopped at the welcome center on I-70 at the Maryland state line in Warfordsburg and picked up a copy of the latest official state highway map. Here are the changes since 2007's edition:

Berks County/Chester County
PA 82 removed between Elverson and Birdsboro

Blair County/Centre County/State College Inset
I-99 completed from Bald Eagle to State College and indicated from there to I-80

Fayette County
PA Turnpike 43 completed between Exit 15 and Exit 22 and shown under construction between Exit 22 and PA 88

Lehigh County/Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Inset
US 222/Trexlertown Bypass completed from PA 100 to I-78

Tioga County
US 15 finished from PA 287 to New York and PA 287 extended along old US 15 to Lawrenceville

New Castle Inset
US 224 extended eastward on State Street and Falls Street

It has the same dimensions as the the previous years and this year's cover is of an Amish buggy driving on one of the newly designated Civil War Trails. You can see the cover on the Official State Highway Maps page and view the map at PennDOT's GIS page.

If the Departments of Transportation and Tourism would have waited, they could have given a shout out to our three professional sports teams that won championships in the past year much like NCDOT did on their 2007 cover for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Last month I received a copy of the latest official state highway map from the Map Sales office just before the state shut down over not being able to pass a budget. Here are the changes since 2006's edition:

Allegheny County/Washington County/Pittsburgh Inset
PA Turnpike 576 completed between US 22 and PA 60

Berks County
US 222 shown as completed now with the red expressway stripe between PA 272 and Shillington

Fayette County
PA Turnpike 43 indicated under construction north of US 40 from US 119 to Brier Hill

Tioga County
US 15 indicated as under construction from PA 287 to the New York state line

Altoona Inset
Osgood Drive completed on the eastern side of I-99/US 220 between Exit 32 and Exit 33

New Castle Inset
PA 65 removed between PA 108/PA 168 and Business US 422

It has the same dimensions as the the previous years and this year's cover is from America's Most Livable City, with a man creating a mural in chalk on the West End overlook. You can see the cover on the Official State Highway Maps page and view the map at PennDOT's GIS page.

I received in the mail a copy of the newest official state highway map. Here are the changes since the 2005 edition:

Erie County/Erie Inset
PA 290 now shown on the Bayfront Connector and East 12th Street

Jefferson County
PA 949 extended south from Corsica to Summerville

Lehigh County/Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Inset
PA 100 now signed on the Trexlertown Bypass

Mifflin County
Northern Lewistown Bypass completed and Business US 22 signed through the borough

Tioga County
US 15 under construction from PA 287 to the New York state line

Seems that practically every state agency has some advertisement on the back of the map now. I am surprised our new Gaming Commission doesn't have an ad to get you ready to drop some money at our casinos...whenever we get them. I guess it will come in a future edition. A picture of the cover is now on the Official State Highway Maps page.