U.S. Route 222
Highway in Maryland and Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.S. Route 222 (US 222) is a U.S. Highway that is a spur of US 22 in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. It runs for 95 miles (153 km) from US 1 in Conowingo, Maryland, north to the junction of Interstate 78 (I-78) and Pennsylvania Route 309 (PA 309) in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania. US 222 is almost entirely in Pennsylvania, and serves as the state's principal artery between the Lancaster and Reading areas in the west and the Lehigh Valley in the east.
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Auxiliary route of US 22 | |||||||
Maintained by MDSHA and PennDOT | |||||||
Length | 94.96 mi[1][2] (152.82 km) | ||||||
Existed | 1926–present | ||||||
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South end | US 1 in Conowingo, MD | ||||||
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North end | I-78 / PA 222 / PA 309 in Dorneyville, PA | ||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||
States | Maryland, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Counties | MD: Cecil PA: Lancaster, Berks, Lehigh | ||||||
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US 222 heads north from US 1 in Conowingo and soon crosses from Maryland into Pennsylvania, continuing north through rural areas and passing through Quarryville and Willow Street before reaching Lancaster. The route passes through Lancaster on a one-way pair of city streets before becoming a freeway at US 30 north of the city. The US 222 freeway heads northeast, crossing US 322 in Ephrata and coming to an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76).
US 222 bypasses Reading to the west, where it forms a concurrency with US 422. The freeway section ends past Reading and the route continues northeast through rural areas, with a freeway bypass of Kutztown. US 222 bypasses Trexlertown on a multilane divided expressway before coming to its northern terminus at I-78/PA 309 in Dorneyville, where the road continues into Allentown as PA 222.