{"id":9930299,"date":"2026-09-20T00:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930299"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:28:33","slug":"pennsylvania-route-272-us-30-us-222-pa-283-pa-501-to-pa-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930299","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Route 272, US-30\/US-222\/PA-501 to PA-72"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Last Driven July 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/1.jpg\">December 2021<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Lititz Pk and Oregon Pk, Lancaster Cty<br \/>\nReassurance shield as PA 501 ends and 222\/272 south merge together. 272 won&#8217;t really be signed through Lancaster, however.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(Historic Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/2old.jpg\">December 2021<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Lititz Pk and Toll Gate Ln, Lancaster Cty<br \/>\nReassurance shield as we head into Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Duke St and Marshall Ave, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield as we enter Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Duke St and McGovern Ave, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As we cross over the railroad tracks, US 222\/unsigned PA 272 will turn right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Duke St and McGovern Ave, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn right on 222\/272 south to jog a couple blocks west to connect into the downtown Lancaster street grid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: McGovern Ave and Duke St, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield after the turn. 222 north does not follow McGovern &#8211; it stayed straight northbound on Liberty directly onto Duke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: McGovern Ave and Queen St, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At Queen Street, traffic from PA 72 north briefly joins 222\/272 south. There is no legal turn onto 72 south from here, however. 72 follows Queen Street through downtown sandwiched between the two 222 directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: McGovern Ave and Prince St, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A block later, turn right for 72 out of town and left for 222\/272 south.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: McGovern Ave and Prince St, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow 222\/272 south into downtown Lancaster. 72 north follows Manheim Pike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/pa\/222\/501to72\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Location<\/strong>: McGovern Ave and Prince St, Lancaster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn right for 72 north to Manheim and Lebanon. Turn left for 222 (and 272) south into downtown Lancaster. In following the Amarillo precedent, for purposes of this site we&#8217;ll list 72 below as if it is concurrent with 222\/272 even though it is sandwiched between the two directions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/penna272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930300\">S to PA-23\/PA-462<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930298\">N to US-222<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/us222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930343\">S to PA-23\/PA-462<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930341\">N to US-30<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/penna72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/> S to PA-23\/PA-462, N to US-30<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/70px-US_30.svg.png\" alt=\"\" \/> E to US-222, W to PA-283<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/us222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930342\">S to PA-72<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9930341\">N to US-30<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/penna501.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/> N to PA-722<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Driven July 2026 (Historic Photo: December 2021) Location: Lititz Pk and Oregon Pk, Lancaster Cty Reassurance shield as PA 501 ends and 222\/272 south merge together. 272 won&#8217;t really be signed through Lancaster, however. (Historic Photo: December 2021) Location: Lititz Pk and Toll Gate Ln, Lancaster Cty Reassurance shield as we head into Lancaster. 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