page_title: Interstate 83
section_title: Pennsylvania
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 83 / Route description / Pennsylvania
caption_attribution_description: English: Pennsylvania Welcomes You sign along northbound Interstate 83 entering Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania from Maryland Line, Baltimore County, Maryland
context_page_description: Interstate 83 is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its southern terminus is in Baltimore, Maryland at a signalized intersection with Fayette Street; its northern terminus is near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at I-81.
  Most of the route south of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania is a direct replacement of U.S. Route 111, a former spur of US 11.
context_section_description: Throughout Pennsylvania, I-83 is named the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Memorial Highway.
  I-83 enters Pennsylvania crossing the Mason–Dixon line and passing to the east of Shrewsbury, and runs due north
  towards York. The route bypasses the boroughs of Loganville and Jacobus before entering the city of York.
  I-83 has a business route through downtown York, known as Interstate 83 Business. The business route follows the former path of US 111, while I-83 turns northeast and then north again to bypass the urban area. Near Pennsylvania Route 462 (PA 462), the Lincoln Highway, the interstate turns west for a short distance, then north again to interchange with US 30. Beyond US 30, I-83 resumes its straight path, running due north out of York and passing to the west of Emigsville.
  North of Pennsylvania Route 297, I-83 is known as the Susquehanna Expressway. It maintains this name as it passes to the south and west of Valley Green, continuing north towards Harrisburg. South of Harrisburg, I-83 interchanges with I-76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. North of I-76, I-83 continues due north, passing through New Cumberland, before an interchange with PA 581 in Lemoyne.
  After the interchange with PA 581, I-83 is known as the Capital Beltway. The highway turns due east and crosses the Susquehanna River over the John Harris Bridge, south of Harrisburg's central business district, passing through Paxtang before encountering I-283 and US 322 at the Eisenhower Interchange. Within the interchange, I-83 exits from itself, with each direction of traffic following a one-lane ramp; facing east, I-83's former lanes become US 322, while, facing north, I-283's lanes become I-83. The interchanges includes ramps to local city streets as well. From this point northbound to exit 51 traffic is often congested during daylight hours. I-83 and westbound US 322 continue north toward US 22 and I-81, I-283 goes due south toward the turnpike and PA 283's western terminus, and eastbound US 322 goes due east toward Hershey.
  Beyond this interchange, I-83 runs due north again through eastern Harrisburg, interchanging with US 22 northeast of the central business district, before terminating at a three-way semi-directional interchange with I-81.
caption: View north along I-83 entering Pennsylvania
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