Pennsylvania Route 283
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 Pennsylvania Route 283 | ||
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| SR 300 | ||
 PA 283 highlighted in red | ||
| Route information | ||
| Maintained by PennDOT | ||
| Length | 29.112 mi[1] (46.851 km) | |
| Existed | 1971–present | |
| Major junctions | ||
| West end | South Eisenhower Boulevard in Lower Swatara Township | |
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| East end |  US 30 in Lancaster | |
| Location | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Counties | Dauphin, Lancaster | |
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Pennsylvania Route 283 (PA 283), officially State Route 0300 or SR 0300 due to the presence of
Because it is a distinct route from I-283, it is one of only several state routes in Pennsylvania to use a different Location Referencing System designation from its signed number.
Route description
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PA 283 begins at an at-grade intersection with Eisenhower Boulevard north of the borough of
PA 283 crosses the Conewago Creek into Mount Joy Township in Lancaster County and continues southeast through farmland, passing over the Conewago Recreation Trail before coming to a diamond interchange with PA 743 that serves the borough of Elizabethtown to the south. PA 341 Truck splits from PA 283 at this interchange by heading north on PA 743. Past this interchange, the freeway crosses under PA 241 with no connection and passes to the northeast of Elizabethtown, heading between farmland to the northeast and residential development in Elizabethtown to the southwest and crossing Conoy Creek. The route heads through farm fields with some homes and commercial development, coming to a diamond interchange with Cloverleaf Road that serves the community of Rheems to the south. PA 283 continues through agricultural areas with some development and curves east, crossing Little Chiques Creek into Rapho Township. Here, the freeway curves southeast and comes to a diamond interchange with PA 772 that serves the borough of Mount Joy to the southwest. Following this interchange, the route runs between farmland to the northeast and industrial areas to the southwest, coming to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Esbenshade Road before it reaches a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with the eastern terminus of PA 230 on Harrisburg Pike.[2][4]
After the PA 230 interchange, the median of the freeway narrows to a
History
Berks County
PA 283 was first designated in 1928 on an approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) road connecting PA 83 (today PA 724) to US 422 across the Schuylkill River in Berks County. The route was decommissioned in 1946.
Eisenhower Boulevard
In 1961, the designation was revived in the Harrisburg suburbs. It was designated on a section of Eisenhower Boulevard between then-
Harrisburg to Lancaster
In 1949, the section of what is now PA 283 between the current Mount Joy (PA 230) and Manheim Pike (PA 72) opened to traffic as part of US 230. Construction began in 1951, concluding the following year, to extend the expressway past the current eastern terminus of PA 283 at US 30 to US 222 (Oregon Pike). With the decommissioning of US 230 in 1967, this section became PA 230.
Also in 1967 was the beginning of construction between Elizabethtown and Mount Joy at the end of the then-US 230 expressway. The remaining section between Eisenhower Boulevard and Elizabethtown started construction in 1969, the same year the PA 283 designation was removed from Eisenhower Boulevard. The following year, the short section of road between Eisenhower Boulevard and I-283 opened as a connector between the two roads. With the opening of the section between Elizabethtown and Mount Joy in 1971, the PA 283 designation was revived along this section, extending eastward along the former PA 230 expressway to end at US 30, truncating PA 230 to its current eastern terminus. Finally, the section between I-283 and Elizabethtown opened in 1972, completing the route.
In 1987, when the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law reorganizing the Commonwealth's legislative routes into the Location Referencing System (LRS), Interstate 283 gained the LRS designation SR 0283. However, because two distinct traffic routes in the Commonwealth cannot share the same LRS designation, Pennsylvania Route 283 was given the LRS designation SR 0300.
The aging section of the route between Chiques Creek and PA 741 was reconstructed starting in 1994 and concluding in 1995.[6] The section between PA 741 and US 30 was reconstructed as part of a US 30 reconstruction project, concluding in 2000.
In 2010, the Pennsylvania General Assembly designated the entirety of PA 283 as the 283rd Field Artillery Battalion Highway, honoring the soldiers of the United States Army's 283rd Field Artillery Battalion, which served in World War II.[7]
A project took place that reconstructed 6 miles (9.7 km) of PA 283 between Eisenhower Boulevard and PA 341.[8] As part of the project, the ramp from westbound PA 283 to northbound I-283 was re-aligned, and the loop ramp from westbound PA 283 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike was removed and replaced with a left turn and a traffic signal. This eliminated the problem of traffic weaving between the aforementioned loop ramp and the heavily traveled loop ramp from southbound I-283 to eastbound PA 283. The project was projected to be completed in late 2020.[8]
Exit list
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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at-grade intersection ; access via South Eisenhower Boulevard | |||||
| 0.178 | 0.286 |         Pittsburgh, Harrisburg | Exits 1A-B on I-283; I-81/I-83 not signed eastbound | ||
| 1.896 | 3.051 |     To PA 230 / PA 441 / Airport Road – Harrisburg International Airport | Access via Airport Connector; PA 441 not signed westbound | ||
| 2.940 | 4.731 | North Union Street / Fulling Mill Road to PA 441 | Franklin D. Linn Interchange; PA 441 not signed eastbound | ||
| Londonderry Township | 3.927 | 6.320 | Vine Street | Access to Hummelstown | |
| 6.857 | 11.035 |  Toll House Road to PA 230 / PA 341 | Western end of PA 341 Truck concurrency eastbound | ||
PA 341 Truck east) – Hershey, Elizabethtown | Eastern end of PA 341 Truck concurrency eastbound | ||||
| 15.086 | 24.279 | Rheems, Elizabethtown | Access via Cloverleaf Road | ||
| Rapho Township | 20.148 | 32.425 |  PA 772 – Manheim, Mount Joy | ||
| 21.339 | 34.342 | Esbenshade Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 21.996 | 35.399 |  PA 230 west – Mount Joy | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of PA 230 | ||
| East Hempfield Township | 22.654 | 36.458 | Salunga | Access via Spooky Nook Road | |
| 25.506 | 41.048 |   PA 722 east – Landisville | Western terminus of PA 722 | ||
| 27.171 | 43.727 |  PA 741 – East Petersburg, Millersville | |||
| Manheim Township | 27.984 | 45.036 |  PA 72 (Manheim Pike) | ||
| Lancaster | 28.610 | 46.043 | US 30 west – York | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
Fruitville Pike | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
| 29.112 | 46.851 |     Philadelphia | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
U.S. Roads portal
Pennsylvania portal
References
- ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2016). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2016 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- Dauphin County (PDF)
- Lancaster County (PDF)
- ^ a b c "overview of Pennsylvania Route 283" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pennsylvania 283 - AARoads - Pennsylvania". AARoads. June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ "Designation - 283rd field artillery battalion highway" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Knapp, Tom (May 5, 2017). "Work begins on 6 miles of Route 283, part of $1B project to improve Capital Beltway". Lancaster Online. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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