U.S. Route 30
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{{Infobox U.S. Route
|article_route=30
|map=US 30 map.png
|length_mi=3,073<ref name="droz">Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)]. URL accessed 02:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC).</ref>
|length_km=4,945.5
|yrcom=1926<ref name="droz"/>
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|from=[[Image:US 101.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 101|US 101]] in [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria, OR]]
|junction=[[Image:I-5.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 5|I-5]] at [[Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR]]<br>[[Image:I-15.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 15 in Idaho|I-15]] at [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello, ID]]<br>[[Image:I-80.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 80|I-80]] at [[Laramie, Wyoming|Laramie, WY]]<br>[[Image:I-25.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 25|I-25]] at [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne, WY]]<br>[[Image:I-35.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 35|I-35]] at [[Ames, Iowa|Ames, IA]]<br>[[Image:I-55.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 55|I-55]] at [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet, IL]]<br>[[Image:I-65.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 65|I-65]] at [[Merrillville, Indiana|Merrillville, IN]]<br>[[Image:I-69.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69|I-69]] at [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, IN]]<br>[[Image:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75|I-75]] at [[Beaverdam, Ohio|Beaverdam, OH]]<br>[[Image:I-71.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 71|I-71]] near [[Mansfield, Ohio|Mansfield, OH]]<br>[[Image:I-77.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 77|I-77]] at [[Canton, Ohio|Canton, OH]]<br>[[Image:I-79.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 79|I-79]] at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]<br>[[Image:I-376.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 376|I-376]] at [[Wilkinsburg, PA]] <br> [[Image:I-95.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]] at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]
|to=Virginia Avenue in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City, NJ]]
|commons=category
}}
'''U.S. Route 30''' is an east-west main route of the system of [[United States Numbered Highways]], with the highway traveling across the [[Northern United States|northern]] tier of the country. The western end of the highway is at [[Astoria, Oregon]]; the eastern end is in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]. Despite long stretches of parallel and [[concurrent (road)|concurrent]] [[Interstate Highway]]s, it has managed to avoid the decommissioning that has happened to other long haul routes such as [[U.S. Route 66]] and [[U.S. Route 80]].
Much of the historic '''[[Lincoln Highway]]''', the first road across [[United States|America]] (from [[New York City]] to [[San Francisco]]), became part of U.S. 30; it is still known by that name in many areas.
==Route description==
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|[[U.S. Route 30 in Oregon|OR]]
|477.47<ref>[[Oregon Department of Transportation]], [https://keiko.odot.state.or.us/ TransGIS] and [http://www.odot.state.or.us/transview/highwayreports/equations_milepoint_parms.cfm Equations and Milepoint Range Information], accessed [[January 30]], [[2006]]</ref>
|768.41
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Idaho|ID]]
|415.55<ref>[[Idaho Transportation Department]], [http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/GIS/MP_Log.html May 4, 2004 Milepost Log - State Highway System]</ref>
|668.77
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Wyoming|WY]]
|454.37<ref>[[Wyoming Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.state.wy.us/FileDownload.jsp?sCode=hompo&sDID=1415660637 November 2004 Reference Marker Book]</ref>
|731.24
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|[[U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska|NE]]
|451<ref>[http://www.nebraskaroads.com/roads/usroutes/6-38.html#30 Nebraska Roads: US 30]</ref>
|726
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Iowa|IA]]
|330.43<ref>[[Iowa Department of Transportation]], [http://www.gis.dot.state.ia.us/downloads/default.asp 2004 Geographic Information Systems Statewide and County Data]</ref>
|531.77
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Illinois|IL]]
|151.32<ref>[[Illinois Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html 2004 GIS Data]</ref>
|243.53
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Indiana|IN]]
|151.8<ref>[http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=2030§ion=1 Indiana Highway Ends - US 30]</ref>
|244.3
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Ohio|OH]]
|245.39<ref>[[Ohio Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Techservsite/availpro/Road_%20Infor/SLD/ January 1, 2005 Straight Line Diagrams]</ref>
|394.92
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in West Virginia|WV]]
|4<ref>Approximated from [[Mapquest]]</ref>
|6
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|PA]]
|324<ref>[http://www.pahighways.com/us/US30.html Pennsylvania Highways: US 30]</ref>
|521
|-
|[[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|NJ]]
|58.26<ref name=NJDOT>[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], [http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000030__-.pdf 2005 Straight Line Diagrams - US 30] ([[PDF]])</ref>
|93.76
|-
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|3064
|4930
|}
{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Major cities</big>
|-
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*[[Astoria, Oregon]]
*[[Portland, Oregon]]
*[[Boise, Idaho]]
*[[Twin Falls, Idaho]]
*[[Pocatello, Idaho]]
*[[Laramie, Wyoming]]
*[[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]
*[[North Platte, Nebraska]]
*[[Kearney, Nebraska]]
*[[Grand Island, Nebraska]]
*[[Columbus, Nebraska]]
*[[Fremont, Nebraska]]
*[[Denison, Iowa]]
*[[Carroll, Iowa]]
*[[Boone, Iowa]]
*[[Ames, Iowa]]
*[[Marshalltown, Iowa]]
*[[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
*[[Clinton, Iowa]]
*[[Rock Falls, Illinois]]
*[[Aurora, Illinois]]
*[[Joliet, Illinois]]
*[[Valparaiso, Indiana]]
*[[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
*[[Mansfield, Ohio]]
*[[Canton, Ohio]]
*[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
*[[York, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Camden, New Jersey]]
*[[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]
|}
===Oregon===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Oregon}}
The west end of US 30 is at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 101]] at the south end of the [[Astoria-Megler Bridge]] in downtown [[Astoria, Oregon]], approximately 5 miles (8 km) from the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It heads east to [[Portland (OR)|Portland]], where it uses a short section of [[freeway]] built for the cancelled [[Interstate 505 (Oregon)|Interstate 505]]. From there it heads around the north side of downtown on [[Interstate 405 (Oregon)|Interstate 405]] and [[Interstate 5 (Oregon)|Interstate 5]] to reach [[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]]. Most of the rest of the route is [[concurrent (road)|concurrent]] with I-84, with only about 70 miles (110 km), under 1/5 of its remaining length, off the freeway, mainly on old alignments.
===Idaho===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Idaho}}
[[Image:Us30WBndSodaSprngsId.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Westbound US30 at Soda Springs, ID.]]
Upon entering [[Idaho]], US 30 runs along its old surface route through [[Fruitland (ID)|Fruitland]] and [[New Plymouth (ID)|New Plymouth]] before joining I-84. It leaves at [[Bliss (ID)|Bliss]] and soon crosses the [[Snake River]], running south of it through [[Twin Falls (ID)|Twin Falls]] and [[Burley (ID)|Burley]] before crossing it again and rejoining I-84. At the split with [[Interstate 86 (west)|Interstate 86]], US 30 continues east with I-86 almost to its end at [[Pocatello (ID)|Pocatello]]. US 30 cuts southeast through downtown Pocatello to [[Interstate 15 in Idaho|Interstate 15]], where it heads south to [[McCammon (ID)|McCammon]]. There it exits and heads east and southeast, not parallel to an Interstate for the first time since Portland, into Wyoming.
===Wyoming===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Wyoming}}
In [[Wyoming]], US 30 heads southeast through [[Kemmerer (WY)|Kemmerer]] to [[Granger (WY)|Granger]], where it joins [[Interstate 80]] across southern Wyoming. It is also here that it joins the historic [[Lincoln Highway]]. As in the previous two states, US 30 remains with the Interstate for most of its path, only leaving for the old route in the following places:
*97 miles (156 km) from [[Walcott, Wyoming|Walcott]] to [[Laramie (WY)|Laramie]]
*12 miles (19 km) through [[Cheyenne (WY)|Cheyenne]]
*2 miles (3 km) through [[Pine Bluffs (WY)|Pine Bluffs]] to the Nebraska state line
===Nebraska===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska}}
Unlike the three states to the west, [[Nebraska]] keeps US 30 completely separate from its parallel Interstates ([[Interstate 80 in Nebraska|Interstate 80]] in this case). From the state line to [[Grand Island (NE)|Grand Island]], US 30 closely parallels I-80. East of Grand Island, US 30 diverges from I-80 and runs northeast towards [[Columbus, Nebraska|Columbus]] on a highway parallel to the [[Platte River]]. At Columbus, it turns east towards [[Schuyler, Nebraska|Schuyler]] and [[Fremont, Nebraska|Fremont]] and crosses the [[Missouri River]] into Iowa east of [[Blair, Nebraska|Blair]].
===Iowa===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Iowa}}
US 30 crosses Iowa from west to east approximately 20 miles north of Interstate 80. Between [[Missouri Valley, Iowa|Missouri Valley]] and [[Denison, Iowa|Denison]], the highway runs in a southwest-to-northeast direction. Several [[freeway]] bypasses have been built around the major cities on US 30 - [[Ames (IA)|Ames]], [[Marshalltown (IA)|Marshalltown]], [[Cedar Rapids (IA)|Cedar Rapids]] and [[DeWitt (IA)|DeWitt]]. It crosses the [[Mississippi River]] into Illinois on the [[Gateway Bridge (Clinton)|Gateway Bridge]] at [[Clinton (IA)|Clinton]].
'''U.S. Route 30S''' and '''U.S. Route 30A''' are two previous alternate alignments of U.S. Route 30 in Iowa. They followed the original alignment of US 30 in Iowa. They both began in Nebraska, entered Iowa in [[Council Bluffs, Iowa|Council Bluffs]], and extended north to [[Missouri Valley, Iowa|Missouri Valley]] via [[Crescent, Iowa|Crescent]] to meet the current highway.
===Illinois===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Illinois}}
US 30 heads east in [[Illinois]] to [[Rock Falls, Illinois|Rock Falls]], where it begins to parallel [[Interstate 88 (west)|Interstate 88]]. At [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] it turns southeast to [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]], where it is a major thoroughfare in the city of Joliet (Plainfield Road), and then back east through [[Chicago Heights, Illinois|Chicago Heights]] to the Indiana state line, bypassing [[Chicago]] to the south. The original 1926 routing of US 30 ran directly through downtown Chicago, however.
===Indiana===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Indiana}}
US 30 in [[Indiana]] is a major rural [[divided highway]]. Except at [[Fort Wayne (IN)|Fort Wayne]], where it runs around the north side on [[Interstate 69]] and [[Interstate 469]], it is not a [[freeway]]. Between I-65 (at Merrillville) and I-69 (Fort Wayne), there are over 40 traffic signals on this divided highway, hindering smooth traffic flow.
===Ohio===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Ohio}}
US 30 heads east across northern [[Ohio]] via [[Mansfield (OH)|Mansfield]] and [[Canton (OH)|Canton]] with several [[freeway]] sections and other long [[divided highway]] sections. It crosses the [[Ohio River]] into West Virginia at [[East Liverpool (OH)|East Liverpool]], [[concurrent (road)|concurrent]] with the [[State Route 11 (Ohio)|State Route 11]] freeway.
There is no direct interchange between US 30 and [[Interstate 75]] where the roads cross in [[Beaverdam, Ohio|Beaverdam]].
===West Virginia===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in West Virginia}}
US 30 spends only about four miles (6 km) in [[West Virginia]]. It crosses the [[Ohio River]] over the Jennings Randolph Bridge, and cuts through the town of [[Chester, West Virginia|Chester]] and across the northernmost piece of the [[Northern Panhandle of West Virginia|Northern Panhandle]] on a two-lane road.
===Pennsylvania===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania}}
US 30 heads southeast into [[Pennsylvania]], joining [[U.S. Route 22]] and the [[Penn-Lincoln Parkway West]] west of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. It heads through downtown Pittsburgh on [[Interstate 279 (Pennsylvania)|Interstate 279]] and [[Interstate 376]], leaving at [[Wilkinsburg (PA)|Wilkinsburg]] for its own alignment. From there it roughly parallels the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 76 (east)|Interstate 76]]) to the [[Philadelphia (PA)|Philadelphia]] area, though in many areas, particularly from [[York (PA)|York]] past [[Lancaster (PA)|Lancaster]] to near Coatesville and [[Downingtown (PA)|Downingtown]], it is far enough for its own [[freeway]]. As it approaches Philadelphia, US 30 constitutes the main road of the [[Pennsylvania Main Line|"Main Line"]], a famous string of affluent suburbs west of the city; often called Lancaster Ave. and Lancaster Pike through this stretch. US 30 then joins I-76 near downtown Philadelphia, splitting onto [[Interstate 676]] to cross the [[Delaware River]] on the [[Ben Franklin Bridge]].
===New Jersey===
{{main|U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey}}
US 30 splits from I-676 just east of the Ben Franklin Bridge toll plaza in [[Camden (NJ)|Camden]] and heads southeast to [[Atlantic City (NJ)|Atlantic City]], generally parallel to the [[Atlantic City Expressway]]. For most of its New Jersey run, it is known as the White Horse Pike. It ends in Atlantic City at the intersection of Absecon Boulevard (US 30) and Virginia Avenue, about one mile (1.5 km) from the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name=NJDOT/>
==History==
In the original ([[October 30]], [[1925]]) plan for the system, US 30 ran from [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].<ref>Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925</ref> West of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], this was designated largely along the [[Lincoln Highway]], as part of a promise to the Lincoln Highway Association to assign a single number to their road as much as possible. West of Salt Lake City, [[U.S. Route 40]] continued to [[San Francisco, California]], though it ran further north than the Lincoln Highway east of [[Wadsworth, Nevada]] and west of [[Sacramento, California]].<ref name="fhwa">Richard F. Weingroff, [http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.htm From Names to Numbers; The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System]</ref>
Around 1931, a split in Ohio was designated, from [[Delphos (OH)|Delphos]] east to [[Mansfield (OH)|Mansfield]]. The original US 30 was assigned [[U.S. Route 30S (Ohio)|U.S. Route 30S]], and a straighter route became [[U.S. Route 30N (Ohio)|U.S. Route 30N]]. US 30S was eliminated ca. 1975, putting US 30 on former US 30N.
US 30 was rerouted ca. 1931 to bypass [[Omaha, Nebraska]] and [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]] to the north. The former route, from [[Fremont, Nebraska]] to [[Missouri Valley, Iowa]], was designated [[U.S. Route 30S (Nebraska-Iowa)|U.S. Route 30S]]. Ca. 1934 it was truncated to Omaha<!--which end?!?--> and ca. 1939 it was removed.<ref>[http://www.us-highways.com/usdiv.htm US Highways: Divided (Split) Routes]</ref>
There is a signed US 30 "Bypass" in metropolitan Portland, beginning at the St. John's bridge, following (roughly) Lombard Street in North Portland, continuing along Sandy Blvd., and rejoining the I-84/US-30 route in the center of the town of Wood Village. Junctions with I-5, US-30 at the St. John's bridge and I-205 are all signed with "US-30 BYPASS" markers.<ref>[http://www.us-highways.com/bypus.htm US Highways: Bypass routes]</ref> There is also a US 30 Business running from I-205 and US 30 Bypass along Sandy Blvd, rejoining mainline 30 in the hollywood district, though the connection at 33rd Avenue is not clearly marked.
Wyoming had requested ending US 30 in Salt Lake City, but Idaho and Oregon objected. What is now US 30 through those states (west of [[Burley, Idaho]]) had been designated as part of [[U.S. Route 20]], another transcontinental route, but it took a detour to the north through [[Yellowstone National Park]], making it inaccessible during the winter season. The states agreed to take US 30 along that route, splitting from the route to Salt Lake City at [[Granger, Wyoming]] and running along what had been designated as [[U.S. Route 530]]. (That number was then reused for the spur towards Salt Lake City.) The planned US 530 had ended at [[U.S. Route 91]] at [[McCammon, Idaho]], where the new US 30 turned north to [[Pocatello (ID)|Pocatello]], meeting the planned US 20. (US 20 was truncated to Yellowstone but later extended along its own route to the [[Pacific Ocean]].) What had been designated as [[U.S. Route 630]], from US 30 at [[Echo, Utah]] to [[Ogden (UT)|Ogden]], was to be extended east on former US 30 to US 30 at Granger and northwest on US 91 and what had been designated [[U.S. Route 191]] to US 30 at Burley.<ref name="fhwa"/>
Utah objected to that plan, though, as it removed US 30 from that state, giving them only US 630, a branch. A compromise was reached, where the US 630 route would become the main line of US 30 once improved to higher standards, but that still wasn't quite perfect. So, in the final system, a split was approved between [[Burley, Idaho]] and [[Granger, Wyoming]], with [[U.S. Route 30N (Idaho-Wyoming)|U.S. Route 30N]] running along what was to be US 30, and [[U.S. Route 30S (Idaho-Utah-Wyoming)|U.S. Route 30S]] taking the route through Utah (planned as US 630). In the final plan ([[November 11]], [[1926]]), the route towards Salt Lake City became [[U.S. Route 530]], ending at [[U.S. Route 40]] at [[Kimball Junction, Utah]].<ref name="fhwa"/><ref>[[American Association of State Highway Officials]], United States Numbered Highways, 1927</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm]]
*[[Lincoln Highway]]
===Bannered routes===
*[[U.S. Route 30 Business (Fremont, Nebraska)|U.S. Route 30 Business]] - [[Fremont, Nebraska]]
*[[U.S. Route 30 Business (Marshalltown, Iowa)|U.S. Route 30 Business]] - [[Marshalltown, Iowa]]
===Related routes===
*[[U.S. Route 130]]
*[[U.S. Route 230]] (former)
*[[U.S. Route 330]] (former)
*[[U.S. Route 430]] (former)
*[[U.S. Route 530]] (former)
*[[U.S. Route 630]] (former)
*[[U.S. Route 730]]
*[[U.S. Route 830]] (former)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/usend3039/End030/end030.htm Termini of U.S. Route 30]
*[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt30.shtm Speed Limits for U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey]
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