Pennsylvania Route 230
State highway in Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania Route 230 (PA 230) is a 28.4-mile (45.7 km) long state route in central Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Harrisburg. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with PA 283 near Salunga. The route passes northwest-southeast through Dauphin and Lancaster counties and serves as a surface road parallel to the PA 283 freeway that connects the cities of Harrisburg and Lancaster. Along the way, PA 230 passes through Middletown, Elizabethtown, and Mount Joy. The route intersects the Airport Connector near the Harrisburg International Airport, PA 441 and PA 341 in the Middletown area, PA 241 and PA 743 in Elizabethtown, and PA 772 in Mount Joy.
The road between Middletown and Lancaster was originally a private turnpike dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Legislative Route 129 was designated between Harrisburg and Lancaster in 1911. With the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926, a spur of US 30 called U.S. Route 230 (US 230) was designated from US 22/PA 3/PA 13 at Cameron and Mulberry streets in Harrisburg southeast to US 1 in Conowingo, Maryland. The route ran concurrent with PA 41 between Harrisburg and Lancaster and PA 72 between Lancaster and the Maryland state line.
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