U.S. Route 15

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U.S. Route 15

Length:

794 mi^[1] (1277.5 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

US 17 ALT in Walterboro, SC

Major
junctions:

US 378 at Sumter, SC

US 74 at Laurinburg, NC

I-40 near Durham, NC

I-64 near Charlottesville, VA

I-66 near Manassas, VA

I-70 at Frederick, MD

US 30 near Gettysburg, PA

I-76/PA Tpk near Harrisburg, PA

I-180/US 220 in Williamsport, PA

North end:

I-86/NY 15/NY 17 in Painted Post, NY

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 15 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 794 miles from central New York to southern South Carolina. As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Painted Post, New York at Interstate 86, New York State Route 15 and New York State Route 17. From here, US 15 used to continue north to Rochester but has since been decommissioned and is now NY 15 and, between Wayland and Corning, New York State Route 415. Its southern terminus is in Walterboro, South Carolina at U.S. Route 17 Alternate.

1 States traversed
2 Notes
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] South Carolina

In South Carolina, US 15 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 401 from the state line until taking another one with U.S. Route 52 in Society Hill South of there, U.S. Route 52/401, will break away. Besides a short concurrency with U.S. Route 521 in Sumter, it's also concurrent with U.S. Route 301 then Interstate 95 between Exits 102 and 93. Runs along the east side of I-95 until its terminus at ALT US 17 in Walterboro.

[edit] North Carolina

Main article: U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina

From Oxford, North Carolina, to approximately one mile north of the Granville-Durham county line, U.S. 15 runs parallel with Interstate 85, merging at Exit 186 near the Falls of the Neuse reservoir into Durham County. At Exit 177, U.S. 15 Business joins U.S. 501 Business towards downtown Durham, while U.S. 15 Bypass continues along Interstate 85, becoming concurrent with U.S. Route 501 at Exit 176. U.S. 15-501 separates from I-85 at Exit 174 (Jefferson Davis Highway), and merges with U.S. 15-501 Business in southwest Durham. The concurrency runs all the way to Laurinburg. South of Laurinburg, U.S. 15 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 401 instead.

[edit] Virginia

Main article: U.S. Route 15 in Virginia

Concurrencies of US 15 in Virginia include U.S. Route 29 from Gainseville to Culpeper, U.S. Route 17 from Warrenton to Opal, U.S. Route 33 in the vicinity of Gordonsville, U.S. Route 460 around Farmville, U.S. Route 360 from Keysville to Wylliesburg, and U.S. Route 58 around Clarksville.

[edit] Maryland

Major cities
Sumter, South Carolina Durham, North Carolina Frederick, Maryland Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Williamsport, Pennsylvania Corning, New York

Main article: U.S. Route 15 in Maryland

Concurrencies of US 15 in Maryland include U.S. Route 40 in Frederick, then U.S. Route 340 from Frederick to north of Jefferson.

[edit] Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, US 15 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 11 from Shamokin Dam to Camp Hill. Bypasses historic Gettysburg, which is accessible via Business Route 15, and Harrisburg.

[edit] New York

Authentic US 15 shield at the former northern terminus in Rochester.

The 12.59 mile segment of US 15 in New York runs parallel to the Tioga River from the state line to its current northern terminus of at I-86/NY 15/NY 17 exit 44 at the junction of the Tioga and Cohocton Rivers in Painted Post, west of downtown Corning. The junction at I-86/NY 15/NY 17 is currently being converted from a diamond interchange to a freeway to freeway interchange. This change is being made in anticipation of U.S. 15 being converted to Interstate 99.

Until 1974, US 15 continued north of NY 17 and entered Painted Post on North Hamilton Street. At what is now the junction of Steuben County Route 41 and NY 415 in downtown Painted Post, US 15 turned north onto NY 415. At the northern terminus of NY 415, located at NY 15 and New York State Route 21 south of Wayland, US 15 followed the current routing of NY 15 into downtown Rochester, where it terminated at New York State Route 31.

US 15 is slated to become part of Interstate 99 once segments south of the Lindley hamlet of Presho are upgraded to Interstate standards.^[2]

[edit] Notes

The segment between Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and the New York state line near Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, will be redesignated as Interstate 99. The section of U.S. Route 15 between the state line and Presho, New York, will also be upgraded to interstate standards and will presumably link I-99 with I-86 near Painted Post, New York. The interchange of U.S. 15 and I-86 is currently being upgraded to meet interstate standards. This is an effort to complete the U.S. 220 bypass starting in Bedford, Pennsylvania, at the turnpike to connect with Interstates 80 and 180. U.S. 11 and 15 overlap between near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Around the Frederick, Maryland, area, it is concurrent with U.S. 340.

[edit] See also

List of U.S. Routes

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b US Highways From US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
^ New York Routes - U.S. Route 15

[edit] External links

Photographs of U.S. Route 15 in North Central Pennsylvania - John Walter

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