User:Colgza/Draft:Pennsylvania highways

This is a draft of content to use on the Pennsylvania page as replacement for the minimal road tagging guidance. It is based on discussions on Talk-us: US Trunk road tagging and the OSMUS Slack. Feel free to discuss or help edit this content prior to any inclusion on Pennsylvania.

List of Population Centers

Cities in or around Pennsylvania

City	County	Region/Bearing	Interstates	Other important/relevant radial highways
Allentown, PA	Lehigh	East	I-78, I-476	US-22, US-222, PA-100
Bethlehem, PA	Lehigh	East	I-78	US-22, PA-378
Easton, PA	Northampton	East	I-78	US-22, PA-33, PA-248, PA-611
Altoona, PA	Blair	Central	I-99	US-22, US-220
Erie, PA	Erie	Northwest	I-79, I-86, I-90	US-6
Gettysburg, PA	Adams	South Central	n/a	US-15, US-30
Greensburg, PA	Westmoreland	Southwest	n/a	US-30, PA-66
Harrisburg, PA	Dauphin	South Central	I-76, I-81, I-83, I-283	US-15, US-22, US-322, US-422, PA-283
Hazleton, PA	Luzerne	Northeast	I-80, I-81	PA-93, PA-309, PA-924
Lancaster, PA	Lancaster	South Central	n/a	US-222, US-30, PA-72, PA-272, PA-283
Lebanon, PA	Lebanon	South Central	n/a	US-422, PA-72
New Castle, PA	Lawrence	West	I-376	US-224, US-422
Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia	Southeast	I-76, I-676, I-95	US-1, US-11, US-13, US-30, PA-73, PA-309, PA-611
Pittsburgh, PA	Allegheny	Southwest	I-279, I-376	US-19, US-22, US-30, PA-8, PA-48 PA-51, PA-65
Reading, PA	Berks	Southeast/South Central	I-176 (Terminus)	US-222, US-422, PA-61
Scranton	Lackawana	Northeast	I-81, I-84, I-476, I-380	US-6, US-11
Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Northeast	I-81, I-476	US-11, PA-309
State College, PA	Centre	Central	I-99	US-220, US-224, US-322
Washington, PA	Washington	Southwest	I-70, I-79	US-19, US-40
Williamsport, PA	Lycoming	Northeast	I-180 (Terminus)	US-220, US-15
York, PA	York	South Central	I-83	US-30
Trenton, NJ	Mercer	Southeast	I-295 NJ	US-1
Elmira, NY	Chemung	Northeast	I-86	NY/PA-328
Youngstown, OH	Mahoning	West	I-680	US-62, US-422, US-224
Steubenville, OH	Jefferson	Southwest	n/a	US-22
Morgantown, WV	Monongalia	Southwest	I-68, I-79	US-19, US-119
Cumberland, MD	Allegany	Southwest	I-68	US-220
Hagerstown, MD	Washington	South Central	I-70, I-81	US-11, US-40
Wilmingtown, DE	New Castle	Southeast	I-95	US-202

Road Tagging

Trunk Roads

This should include routes that appear in the above table twice

Potential Trunk Routes

Trunk Route	From (North/West)	To (South/East)	Cities	Redundancies and Concurrencies	Comment
US-1	I-276	MD-273	Trenton, NJ Philadelphia Baltimore, MD	Corridor largely served by I-95
US-202
US-6	I-90	I-81	Erie Wilkes-Barre	Redundant between Erie and Wilkes-Barre by I-86, except for traversing Northern Tier or Erie Metro Area	Scarcely to be followed from one end to the other, except by some devoted eccentric
US-11	I-86	I-81	Harrisburg Wilkes-Barre	Redundant by I-80 or concurrent with US-15 from Wilkes-Barre to Harrisburg Redundant by I-81 from Harrisburg to Hagerstown, MD
US-15	I-70	I-86	Corning, NY Williamsport Harrisburg Gettysburg Frederick, MD York (via US-15 if northbound from Frederick)	Redundant by US-322 between US-322 and I-81	Principle North-South Connection
US-19	I-79	I-70	Pittsburgh Washington	Redundant by I-79 between Erie and Cranberry Redundant by I-79 south of Washington	Truck route preferred
US-219					Principle north-south connection
US-220					North-south connection
US-22	I-376	I-99	Pittsburgh Altoona	Redundant by I-99 or I-76 for travel between Altoona and Harrisburg or State College Concurrent with I-376
US-222	US-30	I-78	Lancaster Reading Allentown
US-322	I-80	I-81 or I-76 or US-30	State College Harrisburg
US-422	I-376	US-219	New Castle Pittsburgh (via PA-28) Edensburg Altoona (via US-22)		Pittsburgh belt road
US-422?	PA-39	US-202	Harrisburg Lebanon Reading Philadelphia (via I-76)	Redundant by I-76 for traffic bypassing Reading between Harrisburg and Philadelphia
US-224
US-30	I-376/PA-8	US-202?	Pittsburgh Greensburg Gettysburg York Lancaster Philadelphia	Parallel with I-76 between Bedford and Everett, but it's difficult to enter and exit the I-76 for this duration. Redundant by US-202/I-76 between Downingtown and Philadelphia Redundant by I-76 for direct travel between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg or Philadelphia
US-40	I-79	I-68	Washington		Principle road running Southeast out of Washington.
PA-100
PA-283
PA-309
PA-378
PA-611
PA-72

Primary Roads

All US routes should be primary or higher.

All state routes that provide a direct connection between instances of place=town should be primary. All other state routes should be secondary.