U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania
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U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is a U.S. Highway that 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.
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Maintained by PennDOT, DRPA | ||||
Length | 333 mi[1] (536 km) | |||
Existed | 1926 (1924 as PA 1; 1913 as Lincoln Highway)–present | |||
Tourist routes | Exton Bypass Scenic Byway | |||
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West end | US 30 at West Virginia border near Chester, WV | |||
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East end | I-676 / US 30 at New Jersey border in Philadelphia | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York, Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | |||
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In Pennsylvania, US 30 runs along or near the transcontinental Lincoln Highway, an auto trail which ran from San Francisco, California, to New York City before the U.S. Routes were designated. Lincoln Highway turned northeast at Philadelphia, however, using present US 1 and its former alignments to cross the Delaware River into Trenton, New Jersey.
Points of interest along US 30 include the Gettysburg Battlefield, Dutch Wonderland, the Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Ligonier, Westmoreland Mall, Jennerstown Speedway, Idlewild and Soak Zone, and Independence Mall at the Independence National Historical Park.