U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania

"Pennsylvania Route 11" redirects here. For the former highway, see Pennsylvania Route 11 (1920s).

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 11.

U.S. Route 11
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	248.4 mi (399.8 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 11 at Maryland border in Antrim Township
	I-81 south of Greencastle US 30 in Chambersburg I-81 / I-76 / Penna. Tpk. in Carlisle US 15 in Camp Hill I-81 in East Pennsboro Township US 22 / US 322 near Duncannon US 15 in Shamokin Dam I-80 near Berwick I-81 in Moosic I-81 / I-476 / Penna. Tpk. NE Ext. in Clarks Summit
North end:	US 11 at New York border in Great Bend Township
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Roads in Pennsylvania Interstate US State Legislative ← PA 10 PA 11 →

U.S. Route 11 roughly parallels Interstate 81 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It serves Harrisburg and Scranton. Between those two cities, US 11 follows the Susquehanna River, while I-81 follows a shorter route over the mountains.

Route description

US 11 enters Pennsylvania parallel to Interstate 81 south of Greencastle in Antrim Township, Franklin County. The two routes head to the northeast, running parallel to each other as they pass through Chambersburg, where they intersect U.S. Route 30, Shippensburg, and Carlisle. Northeast of Carlisle in Middlesex, US 11 interchanges with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76), and then I-81 roughly 1 mile later. The stretch of US 11 between I-76 and I-81 is known as the "Miracle Mile" since it contains plenty of traveler services including restaurants, gas stations, lodging, truck stops, shops, etc. There is no direct interchange between the two interstates, so travelers must use this stretch, or travel through downtown Carlisle, to get from one interstate to the other.

US 11, now to the south of I-81, continues eastward into the western suburbs of Harrisburg as the Carlisle Pike. This road serves a major arterial route in eastern Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Rumored to have originally been a Native American trail, it is now a significant center of urban sprawl serving much of Harrisburg's western suburbs. The road passes through Middlesex township, the small unincorporated village of New Kingstown, Silver Spring and Hampden township. Upon reaching Pennsylvania Route 581, US 11 splits from Carlisle Pike and runs concurrent with PA 581.

In Camp Hill, a close suburb of Harrisburg, US 11 stops paralleling I-81 and joins U.S. Route 15 northward through the western suburbs of Harrisburg, crossing I-81 in this area. As the road exits the Harrisburg area, US 11 and US 15 begin to parallel the Susquehanna River as both head northward. They intersect U.S. Route 22/U.S. Route 322 near Duncannon and U.S. Route 522 in Selinsgrove. The two routes remain overlapped to an intersection in Shamokin Dam, where US 15 branches off to the northwest, following the path of the Susquehanna's West Branch northward. US 11, in contrast, continues to parallel the main Susquehanna River, passing through municipalities such as Danville, Bloomsburg, and Berwick (where it crosses Interstate 80) prior to reaching Wilkes-Barre.

North of Wilkes-Barre in Pittston, US 11 breaks from the Susquehanna and begins to run parallel to I-81 once more. From Wilkes-Barre, the highway goes through nearby Scranton, becoming the North Scranton Expressway north of downtown. The North Scranton Expressway (officially the Congressman Joseph M. McDade Expressway) is a freeway north of downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, carries U.S. Route 11 and Pennsylvania Route 307 north from the Mulberry Street Bridge over the Lackawanna River near downtown north to Interstate 81, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 6 Business. It carried unsigned State Route 3027 until State Routes 0011 and 0307 were moved off their former routes to match the signed US 11 and PA 307 alignments (forming State Route 6011 and State Route 6307). SR 3027 still runs along Mulberry Street from Jefferson Avenue, where US 11 and PA 307 turn southwest, southeast to Harrison Avenue (SR 6011).

In Clarks Summit, just north of Scranton, US 11 intersects U.S. Route 6. US 6 joins US 11 westward to Factoryville, where US 11 separates from US 6 and resumes its northerly trek through Susquehanna County to the New York-Pennsylvania border in Great Bend Township.

Old Alignment in Scranton and Dunmore

Prior to 1989, US 11 followed an older alignment bypassing Downtown Scranton. From Pittston Avenue, US 11 turned right onto Moosic Street and climbed the hill. At Crown Avenue, it turned left, joining PA 307 which was coming from the opposite direction on Moosic Street. Together they crossed the Harrison Avenue bridge and continued about a mile to Myrtle Street. PA 307 and US 11 turned right on Myrtle for one block then left on Wheeler Avenue. After entering the Borough of Dunmore and crossing the old Erie Railroad tracks, the pair turned left on Cherry Street then beared right onto South Blakely Street, entering Downtown Dunmore. They turned left onto Green Ridge Street, re-entering Scranton in the Green Ridge section of the city. At the end of Green Ridge Street at North Scranton Junior High School, they turned right onto Main Avenue entering the Providence section of the city. After a half mile, they turned left onto West Market Street. PA 307 left US 11 by turning left onto Keyser Avenue. US 11 continued on West Market Street to Saltry Place, where it turned left for one block then right onto the North Scranton Expressway. From it, it joined its current alignment heading towards Clarks Summit. At one time, this final intersection with the expressway was a 4-way traffic circle servicing Oak Street, Market Street, the Scranton Carbondale Highway (US 6), and Northern Boulevard (today's US 11).

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	km	Destinations	Notes
Franklin	Maryland state line	0.0	0.0	US 11 (Pennsylvania Avenue)	Continues into Maryland
		0.0	0.0	PA 163 (Mason Dixon Road)	Eastern terminus of PA 163
	Greencastle	2.2	3.5	I-81	Interchange
		5.0	8.0	PA 16 (Baltimore Street)
	Marion	10.5	16.9	PA 914 (Swamp Fox Road)	Western terminus of PA 914
	Chambersburg	15.4	24.8	PA 316 (Wayne Street)	Northern terminus of PA 316
		16.0	25.7	US 30 (Lincoln Way)
	Letterkenny Army Depot	19.7	31.7	PA 433 (Sunset Pike)	Southern terminus of PA 433
	Green Village	21.0	33.8	PA 997 (Cumberland Highway)
Cumberland	Shippensburg	26.7	43.0	PA 533 west (Morris Street)	South end of PA 533 concurrency
		26.9	43.3	PA 696 north (Earl Street)	South end of PA 696 concurrency
		27.1	43.6	PA 696 south (Penn Street)	North end of PA 696 concurrency
		28.0	45.1	PA 174 (Walnut Bottom Road)	Western terminus of PA 174
		29.3	47.2	PA 533 east	North end of PA 533 concurrency
	Dickinson	37.4	60.2	PA 233 (Centerville Road)
	Carlisle	44.9	72.3	PA 465 (Allen Road)
		46.8	75.3	PA 641 west (Orange Street)	South end of PA 641 concurrency
		47.4	76.3	PA 74 north (College Street)	South end of PA 74 concurrency
		47.8	76.9	PA 34 south (Hanover Street)	South end of PA 34 concurrency
		47.8	76.9	PA 74 south / PA 641 east (High Street)	North end of PA 74/641 concurrencies
		48.2	77.6	PA 34 north (Spring Road)	North end of PA 34 concurrency
	Middlesex	50.7	81.6	I-76 / Penna. Tpk. – Philadelphia, Pittsburgh	Interchange
		51.8	83.4	I-81 – Chambersburg, Harrisburg	Interchange
	Hogestown	57.4	92.4	PA 114 (New Willow Mill Road)
	Mechanicsburg			South end of freeway
		60.2	96.9	PA 581 west (Capital Beltway) – Carlisle	South end of PA 581 concurrency
	Camp Hill	61.7	99.3	PA 641 (Trindle Road) – Mechanicsburg
		62.7	100.9	US 15 south / PA 581 east – Gettysburg, Harrisburg	South end of US 15 concurrency north end of PA 581 concurrency
				North end of freeway
	West Fairview	67.5	108.6	PA 944 (State Street)	Eastern terminus of PA 944
	Enola	70.1	112.8	I-81 (Capital Beltway)	Interchange
Perry	Marysville	72.7	117.0	PA 850 (Valley Street)	Eastern terminus of PA 850
	Duncannon			South end of freeway
		80.2	129.1	PA 274 west – Duncannon
		83.0	133.6	US 22 / US 322 – Harrisburg, Lewistown
				North end of freeway
	Liverpool	93.8	151.0	PA 34 (Hunters Valley Road)	Northern terminus of PA 34
		95.6	153.9	PA 17	Eastern terminus of PA 17
		99.9	160.8	PA 104	Southern terminus of PA 104
Snyder	Selinsgrove			South end of freeway
		113.0	181.9	PA 35 south – Selinsgrove	Northern terminus of PA 35
		115.6	186.0	US 522 south – Selinsgrove	Northern terminus of US 522
				North end of freeway
	Shamokin Dam	118.6	190.9	PA 61 south – Sunbury	Interchange, northern terminus of PA 61
		119.1	191.7	US 15 north	Northern end of US 15 concurrency
Northumberland	Northumberland	121.5	195.5	PA 147 north (Duke Street)	South end of PA 147 concurrency
		121.7	195.9	PA 147 south (King Street)	North end of PA 147 concurrency
Montour	Danville	132.8	213.7	PA 54 (Continental Boulevard)
Columbia	Bloomsburg	140.5	226.1	PA 42 south (Rupert Drive) – Catawissa	Interchange, South end of PA 42 concurrency
		140.8	226.6	PA 42 north to I-80 – Millville, Buckhorn	Interchange, North end of PA 42 concurrency
		142.4	229.2	PA 487 north (Lightstreet Road)	South end of PA 487 concurrency
		142.8	229.8	PA 487 south (Poplar Street)	North end of PA 487 concurrency
	Lime Ridge	148.5	239.0	I-80	Interchange
	Berwick	153.9	247.7	PA 93 north (Orange Street)	South end of PA 93 concurrency
		154.6	248.8	PA 93 south (Market Street)	North end of PA 93 concurrency
Luzerne	Shickshinny	164.6	264.9	PA 239 south	South end of PA 239 concurrency
		165.2	265.9	PA 239 north (Union Street)	North end of PA 239 concurrency
	West Nanticoke	173.9	279.9	PA 29 north (Mill Street)	South end of PA 29 concurrency
		175.3	282.1	PA 29 south (Cross Valley Expressway)	Interchange, North end of PA 29 concurrency
	Wilkes-Barre	182.4	293.5	PA 309	Interchange
	West Pittston	188.6	303.5	PA 92 (Tunkhannock Avenue)	Southern terminus of PA 92
	Pittston	191.7	308.5	Suscon Road - Hughestown	Interchange
Lackawanna	Moosic	194.1	312.4	I-81	Interchange
	Scranton	199.1	320.4	PA 307 south (Moosic Street)	South end of PA 307 concurrency
				South end of freeway
		200.0	321.9	7th Avenue, Providence Road
		200.7	323.0	Main Avenue
		202.1	325.2	PA 307 north (Keyser Avenue)	North end of PA 307 concurrency
		203.0	326.7	To US 6 / I-81 – Dickson City
				North end of freeway
		205.2	330.2	US 6 east	Interchange, South end of US 6 concurrency
	Clarks Summit	205.2	330.2	I-476 / Penna. Tpk. NE Ext.	Interchange, Northern terminus of I-476
		206.5	332.3	PA 407 (Grove Street)	Southern terminus of PA 407
	Dalton	210.4	338.6	PA 632	Western terminus of PA 632
	La Plume	212.2	341.5	PA 438	Western terminus of PA 438
	Factoryville	214.2	344.7	PA 107	Western terminus of PA 107
		214.8	345.7	US 6 west (Grand Army of the Republic Highway)	North end of US 6 concurrency
Wyoming	Nicholson	219.6	353.4	PA 92 (State Street)
Susquehanna	Hop Bottom	225.6	363.1	PA 167 (Main Street)	Southern terminus of PA 167
	Kingsley	229.6	369.5	PA 106	Western terminus of PA 106
		229.9	370.0	PA 547	Western terminus of PA 547
	New Milford	238.3	383.5	PA 706 (Wyalusing Street)	Eastern terminus of PA 706
		239.4	385.3	PA 492 (Jackson Street) / PA 848 (Harford Road)	Western terminus of PA 492, Northern terminus of PA 848
	Great Bend	246.1	396.1	To PA 171 (State Street)	To Northern terminus of PA 171
	New York state line	248.4	399.8	US 11	Continues into New York
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Pennsylvania portal

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