This is a stretch of original concrete along an original Pennsylvania freeway, US 202 east of US 30 and west of US 422/I-76/I-276.


The signs are brand-new in the 422/76/276 area, as are just about all of the roadways, but while the interchange is much, much more beautiful and functional than it was, these signs are ugly and dysfunctional.


Another example, SB at Gulph Rd. (PA 363), courtesy Scott Colbert. It looks like half the shields worked and half didn't, including one I-76 shield but not the other.


More failed SB signs that I photographed. Even when they get the US shield right, they don't put the number in the right place.


Major connecting roads to the Turnpike have trailblazers that begin as far as 10 miles away. Most start at 5 miles, and I have yet to get all five in a row. Note that there is neither an I-76 or I-276 trailblazer to go with any of these.


Forget those other shields. This is ORIGINAL, folks, one of the first shields for the Turnpike to ever appear, and I think it's sadly gone now.


Germantown Pike EB in Norristown, courtesy Scott Colbert. I rather prefer the old US shields to the new, incorrect PA shields. It also helps that there are two old PennDOT logos on the shields and arrows from back when they were the PA Dept. of Highways.

A Norristown street sign; US 202 is Markley St.

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The next set of photos are on the freeway bypass of Doylestown that opened in 1976. The signage is original on both 202 and the short wrong-way multiplex with PA 611. The US 202 freeway would have continued around the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, connecting to the current US 202 freeway at US 422, I-76, and I-276. It also would have continued eastward to connect with NJ's freeway portion at the toll bridge. But like a lot of Pennsylvania SR and US bypasses, this freeway stops short, instead routing US 202 onto the PA 611 bypass of Doylestown, up another 3/4 mile to its old alignment.


Looking at the NB lanes' stub at the western end of the freeway.


Perspectives of the SB lanes and the whole stub.


The would-be PA 611 NB loop ramp to US 202 SB comes in from the right, but there's barely any freeway to merge into. The other end of this ramp is blocked by debris, so it's paved for nothing.


As I loop from US 202 SB to PA 611 SB, here is the would-be PA 611 SB ramp to US 202 SB.


The SB signage. Clearly, the 202 tab wasn't tacked on (nor advance sign placed) until it became clear the stub end of the freeway would remain for the foreseeable future, as it both is lighter green and has a shield.


The only NB button copy on the freeway.


Staring down the SB lanes of the eastern stub.


The NB offramp that now carries US 202.


Looking westward, i.e. at the SB merge with what is now US 202 SB.


One last Bypass photo from the eastern stub, as I leave the roadway NB.

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US 202 NB on the short freeway entering NJ that would have connected west to the Doylestown Bypass. There is no stub to speak of on this freeway.

PA 611 and 202/611 multiplex
PA 309 and 202/309 multiplex
US 322 and 202/322 multiplex
Old US 202, PA 179

North on US 202 into New Jersey
South on US 202 into Delaware
Onto PA 3
Onto I-76
Onto I-276
Onto US 422
To PA 32
Continue south on US 202 at Steve Anderson's phillyroads.com
US 202 on Jeff Kitsko's pahighways.com
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