U.S. Route 22
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{{infobox U.S. Route
|article_route=22
|map=US 22 map.png
|length_mi=647.45
|length_ref=
<ref name=delorme>[[DeLorme]] Street Atlas USA 2007 software, Driving Directions</ref><ref name=SLD>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000022__-.pdf|title=US 22 [[Straight Line Diagram]]|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-07-20}}</ref>
|length_round=2
|yrcom=1926
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|from=[[Image:US 27.svg|20px]][[Image:US 42.svg|20px]][[Image:US 52.svg|20px]][[Image:US 127.svg|25px]][[Image:OH-3.svg|20px]][[Image:OH-264.svg|25px]] [[US 27 (OH)|US 27]]/[[US 42 (OH)|US 42]]/[[US 52 (OH)|US 52]]/[[US 127 (OH)|US 127]]/[[State Route 3 (Ohio)|OH 3]]/[[OH 264]] in [[Cincinnati (OH)|Cincinnati]]
|junction=[[Image:I-79.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 79|I-79]] near [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, PA]]<br>[[Image:I-99.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 99|I-99]] near [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona, PA]]<br>[[Image:I-81.svg|20px]]/[[Image:I-83.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 81|I-81]]-[[Interstate 83|I-83]] near [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg, PA]]<br>[[Image:I-476.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 476|I-476]] near [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown, PA]]<br>[[Image:I-287.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 287|I-287]] in [[Bridgewater, NJ]]
|to=[[Image:I-78.svg|20px]][[Image:US 1-9.svg|25px]][[Image:Circle sign 21.svg|20px]] [[I-78]]/[[U.S. Route 1/9|US 1/9]]/[[New Jersey Route 21|NJ 21]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]
}}
'''U.S. Route 22''' ('''US 22''') is a west-east route and is one of the original [[United States highway]]s of 1926. It originally stretched from [[Cambridge, Ohio]], to [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]], however, today it runs from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], at [[U.S. Route 27|US 27]], [[U.S. Route 42|US 42]], [[U.S. Route 127|US 127]], and [[U.S. Route 52|US 52]] to [[Newark, New Jersey]], at [[U.S. Route 1/9]] near the [[Newark Liberty International Airport]].<ref name="termini">Mapguy. "Endpoints of US highways." 12 Oct. 2006. 21 Oct. 2006 [http://www.geocities.com/mapguy_annex/HwyEnds/End022/end022.htm].</ref>
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US 22 also carries the names of the ''[[William Penn]] Highway'' throughout most of [[Pennsylvania]]. In southwest [[Ohio]], it overlaps with [[Ohio State Route 3|OH 3]] and is familiarly known as the [[3C Highway]], "22 and 3", and [[Montgomery, Ohio|Montgomery]] Road.
A section of US 22 between [[New Alexandria, Pennsylvania|New Alexandria]] at [[U.S. Route 119]] and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] at [[Interstate 81]] has been designated a part of [[Corridor M]] of the [[Appalachian Development Highway System]].
== Route description ==
=== Ohio ===
{{lengths table|length_ref=<ref name=delorme/>}}
|-
|[[U.S. Route 22 (Ohio)|OH]]
|243.35
|391.63
|-
|[[U.S. Route 22 (West Virginia)|WV]]
|5.97
|9.60
|-
|[[U.S. Route 22 (Pennsylvania)|PA]]
|337.60
|543.31
|-
|[[U.S. Route 22 (New Jersey)|NJ]]<ref name=SLD/>
|60.53
|97.41
|-
|Total
|647.45
|1041.97
|}
{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Major cities</big>
|-
|
* [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
* [[Norwood, Ohio]]
* [[Montgomery, Ohio]]
* [[Wilmington, Ohio]]
* [[Washington Court House, Ohio]]
* [[Circleville, Ohio]]
* [[Lancaster, Ohio]]
* [[Zanesville, Ohio]]
* [[Cambridge, Ohio]]
* [[Steubenville, Ohio]]
* [[Weirton, West Virginia]]
* [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Blairsville, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Lewistown, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Easton, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Newark, New Jersey]]
* [[Somerville, New Jersey]]
|}
In [[Ohio]], US 22 between [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]] and [[Lancaster, Ohio|Lancaster]] roughly follows the route of [[Zane's Trace]], an early pioneer road blazed by [[Ebenezer Zane|Colonel Ebenezer Zane]] beginning in [[1796]]. Ohio Christian University sits on US 22 outside [[Circleville, Ohio]]. From Cincinnati to Washington Court House, US 22 roughly follows the historic 3C Highway which connected Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. This section is also contiguous with Ohio State Route 3. Both Route 22 and Route 3 end in the middle of the block on West 9th St in downtown Cincinnati. There is a sign (as of 7/2004) that says end Route 3 and 22. Why it is in the middle of the block and not at the end of the block or street is anyone's guess.
=== West Virginia ===
Known as the [[Robert C. Byrd|Robert C. Byrd Expressway]], the expressway passes for approximately five miles within the state of [[West Virginia]], through or bordering the city of [[Weirton, West Virginia|Weirton]] for its entire length, from the Pennsylvania state line on the east to the [[Ohio River]] and Steubenville, Ohio on the west.
Old Route 22, also known as Business Route 22, is still a major route through major business districts of Weirton. It includes Pennsylvania Avenue from the Pennsylvania state line west to its intersection with Main Street. Main Street, which is also part of West Virginia Route 2, carries old Route 22 south and west of that intersection to the [[Ohio River]], where motorists have the option of crossing the Veterans Memorial Bridge (also known as the Weirton-Steubenville Bridge, part of the Route 22 expressway) or turning right onto Freedom Way to the old Fort Steuben Bridge to connect to Ohio Route 7 north of Steubenville. The .Fort Stuben bridge has been scheduled for closure & demoltion by Ohio DOT
=== Pennsylvania ===
{{main|U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania}}
US 22 in western [[Pennsylvania]] serves as a major corridor between [[Weirton, West Virginia]], [[Steubenville, Ohio]] and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. It is an expressway from the [[Ohio]] border east to [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] and downtown Pittsburgh. It joins [[Interstate 279]] west of Pittsburgh, and then with [[Interstate 376]] east of the city. It is also a major thoroughfare between Pittsburgh and [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]].
US 22 between eight miles (13 km) east of [[Interstate 81]] to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] is concurrent with [[Interstate 78]]. Former highway alignments of US 22 that parallel this section are collectively known as the "Hex Highway", so called because of the [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Berks County]]-based [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] families that hang [[hex signs]] on their barns.
US 22 in eastern Pennsylvania is a four lane limited-access expressway between [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] and Interstate 78 to the west; it is dually designated with the [[Lehigh Valley Thruway]] in Allentown. The original designation for this expressway was to be Interstate 78, but local opposition to a freeway in [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]], along with substandard conditions at Easton, forced federal highway officials to relocate Interstate 78 south of Allentown, [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], Easton, and [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]]. It then crosses the [[Delaware River]] on the [[Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge]].
=== New Jersey ===
{{main|U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey}}
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[[Image:Us22 01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Parts of U.S. 22 are still 2 lanes, such at this one just west of [[Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania]].]]}}
U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey predates, and was largely replaced by, [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] as it was built between 1956 and 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/I-78_NJ/|title=Interstate 78 (New Jersey)|publisher=nycroads.com}}</ref>, and shares designation with [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|I-78]] from exit 3 to exit 18. US 22 was an expressway in some segments, including the area around [[Perryville, New Jersey|Perryville]] and [[Clinton, New Jersey|Clinton]]. It connects [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] with Newark in New Jersey.
US 22 has one major interchange besides [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|I-78]], that being [[Interstate 287 in New Jersey|Interstate 287]], although it is not a full interchange, with missing movements on US 22 eastbound and I-287 southbound (US 22 eastbound to I-287 northbound and I-287 southbound to US 22 westbound).
==See also==
===Related U.S. Routes===
*[[U.S. Route 122]]
*[[U.S. Route 222]]
*[[U.S. Route 322]]
*[[U.S. Route 422]]
*[[U.S. Route 522]]
*[[U.S. Route 622]]
== References ==
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==External links==
[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt22.shtm Speed Limits for Route 22]
*[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt22alt.shtm Speed Limits for Route 22 Alt]
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