U.S. Route 22

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U.S. Route 22

Length:

651 mi^[1] (1041.6 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

West end:

US 27/US 42/US 52/US 127/SR 264 in Cincinnati

Major
junctions:

I-79 near Pittsburgh, PA

I-476 near Allentown, PA

I-287 in Bridgewater, NJ

East end:

US 1/9/NJ 21 in Newark, NJ

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

U.S. Route 22, abbreviated commonly as US 22, is a west-east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally stretched from Cambridge, Ohio to Elizabeth, New Jersey, however, today it runs from Cincinnati, Ohio at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey at U.S. Route 1/9 near the Newark Liberty International Airport ^[2]. US 22 also carries the names of the William Penn Highway throughout most of Pennsylvania. In southwest Ohio, it overlaps with OH 3 and is familiarly known as the 3C Highway, "22 and 3", and Montgomery Road.

A section of US 22 between New Alexandria at U.S. Route 119 and Harrisburg at Interstate 81 has been designated a part of Corridor M of the Appalachian Development Highway System.

1 States traversed
2 Related U.S. routes
3 References

[edit] States traversed

[edit] Ohio

Major cities
Cincinnati, Ohio Norwood, Ohio Montgomery, Ohio Wilmington, Ohio Washington Court House, Ohio Circleville, Ohio Lancaster, Ohio Zanesville, Ohio Cambridge, Ohio Steubenville, Ohio Weirton, West Virginia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Blairsville, Pennsylvania Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Lewistown, Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Allentown, Pennsylvania Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Easton, Pennsylvania Newark, New Jersey

In Ohio, US 22 between Zanesville and Lancaster roughly follows the route of Zane's Trace, an early pioneer road blazed by Colonel Ebenezer Zane beginning in 1796. Ohio Christian University sits on US 22 outside Circleville, Ohio. From Cincinnati to Washington Court House, US 22 roughly follows the historic 3C Highway which connected Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. This section is also contiguous with Ohio State Route 3.

[edit] West Virginia

Known as the Robert C. Byrd Expressway, the expressway passes for no more than five miles within the state of West Virginia, bordering Weirton for its entire length.

[edit] Pennsylvania

Main article: U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania

US 22 in western Pennsylvania serves as a major corridor between Weirton, West Virginia, Steubenville, Ohio and Pittsburgh. It is an expressway from the Ohio border east to Pittsburgh International Airport and downtown Pittsburgh. It joins Interstate 279 west of Pittsburgh, and then with Interstate 376 east of the city. It is also a major thoroughfare between Pittsburgh and Johnstown.

US 22 between six miles east of Interstate 81 to Allentown is concurrent with Interstate 78. Former highway alignments of US 22 that parallel this section are collectively known as the "Hex Highway", so called because of the Berks County-based Pennsylvania Dutch families that hang hex signs on their barns.

US 22 in eastern Pennsylvania is a four lane limited-access expressway between Easton and Interstate 78 to the west; it is dually designated with the Lehigh Valley Thruway in Allentown. The original designation for this expressway was to be Interstate 78, but local opposition to a freeway in Phillipsburg, along with substandard conditions at Easton, forced federal highway officials to relocate Interstate 78 south of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton the crosses the Delaware River on the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge.

[edit] New Jersey

Parts of U.S. 22 are still 2 lanes, such at this one just west of Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania.

Signs for U-turn ramps on US 22 in Union County, New Jersey.

After crossing the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge over the Delaware River, US 22 in New Jersey runs through moderate to dense population centers that is four lanes. It is characterized by frequent congestion, numerous traffic signals, and suburban development for most of its length; this is heightened with storefronts that line the median in a few areas.

The eastern terminus near the Newark Liberty International Airport is a freeway that parallels Interstate 78.

[edit] Related U.S. routes

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
^ Mapguy. "Endpoints of US highways." 12 Oct. 2006. 21 Oct. 2006 [1].

U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

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