ORIGINAL HIGHWAY ROAD CAR TRUCK ROUTE 1002 ARROW SIGN Pennsylvania Turnpike

Description: So here is an original metal Route 1002 south arrow sign . Sign is in aged used rough dinged as is condition see pics measuring about 24 by 48 State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) Main Street; Tilghman Street; Union Boulevard Route informationMaintained by PennDOTLength13.794 mi[1] (22.199 km)Existed1987[2]–presentMajor junctionsWest endSR 3014 (Church Street) in Fogelsville[3] PA 100 in Fogelsville US 22 near Kuhnsville I-476 / Penna Turnpike NE Extension in South Whitehall Township PA 309 in South Whitehall Township PA 145 in AllentownEast end PA 378 in Bethlehem[3]LocationCountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountiesLehighHighway systemPennsylvania State Route SystemInterstate US State Scenic Byways LegislativeState Route 1002 (SR 1002), locally known as Tilghman Street and Union Boulevard, is a major 13.8 mi (22.2 km) long east–west road in the Lehigh Valley area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The majority of the roadway is the former alignment of U.S. Route 22, maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as a Quadrant Route, and is not signed except on small white segment markers.[2] Tilghman Street begins at Pennsylvania Route 100 in Fogelsville, though SR 1002 continues west on Main Street (also old US 22) to the intersection of Church Street (SR 3014). It becomes Union Boulevard just east of the bridge over the Lehigh River in Allentown; SR 1002 ends at the interchange with Pennsylvania Route 378 in Bethlehem. Union Boulevard continues over Monocacy Creek, which forms the border between Lehigh and Northampton Counties, and ends in downtown Bethlehem. The highway attracts more than the average traffic for roads in the Lehigh Valley. An average of 21,018 vehicles use it in South Whitehall Township and 21,706 in Allentown each day.[4] History[edit]When the state began taking over state highways through the Sproul Road Bill, signed May 31, 1911,[5] this system did not include the direct Allentown-Harrisburg route that Interstate 78 and the parallel Tilghman Street now form part of. The main route to Harrisburg, which would soon become the William Penn Highway, left Allentown further south, on Hamilton Boulevard, now Pennsylvania Route 222, and U.S. Route 222); the portion near Allentown was Legislative Route 157 (LR 157). Another route west from Allentown (LR 163, later U.S. Route 309) ran northwest from Allentown via Walbert Avenue to Schnecksville. Travelers could continue via New Tripoli to Lenhartsville, and then along a route approximating the present I-78 to Harrisburg. From Allentown east to downtown Bethlehem, LR 159 used Hanover Avenue and Broad Street. No state highways existed within the city limits of Allentown.[6][7] The William Penn Highway was organized as an alternative to the Lincoln Highway being parallel to the Pennsylvania Railroad west of Harrisburg. The route's New York Extension, adopted in 1916, passed through Allentown. The state assigned the Pennsylvania Route 3 designation to this road in 1924, and in 1926 it became part of U.S. Route 22.[8] The road west from Allentown, now College Heights Boulevard, Broadway, Tilghman Street, and Main Street, was designated LR 443 in 1925,[9] and soon the entire shortcut between Allentown and Harrisburg was designated Pennsylvania Route 43.[10] The New York Times was recommending use of this cutoff by early 1931[10] and the American Association of State Highway Officials officially moved US 22 to PA 43 on June 8, 1931. The Pennsylvania Department of Highways moved the William Penn Highway name to match.[8] Tilghman Street and Union Boulevard (then Union Street) were once local streets in Allentown and Bethlehem, with no bridge over the Lehigh River connecting them;[11][12] Allentown built that bridge in 1929.[13] Built in 1929, the viaduct is the oldest bridge on SR 1002.Prior to 1931, there were no state highways in Allentown or a number of other major cities in the state. However, the state did define paths through these cities for the public; in Allentown, US 22 used Hamilton Street, and PA 43 entered on Liberty Street and turned south on 17th Street to reach Hamilton Street.[14] The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed, on June 22, 1931, a law defining state highways through these cities and changing routes in other cities. LR 443 was defined to use College Heights Boulevard and Tilghman Street to 15th Street, where LR 157 continued along Tilghman Street and Union Boulevard to the Allentown-Bethlehem line. LR 159 was redefined to begin at the same point, continuing on Union Boulevard to Main Street in downtown Bethlehem and beyond to Easton.[15][16] The newest part of Tilghman Street includes the bridge over Little Lehigh Creek in Trexler Park west of Cedar Crest Boulevard, which dates to 1936,[13] and bypasses the older route via Broadway and College Heights Boulevard. Tilghman Street and Union Boulevard became a major long-distance traffic route, and as of 1999 had eight diners as a reminder of this past importance.[17]

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Location: Elma, New York

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