NY 17/PA 17 signage

[hbelkins]

Can confirm that there is NO reference to NY 17 being xxx miles away at the intersection of US 11/15 and PA 17 between Harrisburg and Selinsgrove. There is no reference to NY 17 whatsoever there. Any signage that may have existed there has been removed.

[briantroutman]

Was driving up 11/15 having flown into BWI and noticed the "NY 17" sign had been replaced. I'm pretty sure the one I remembered from the past used the standard FHWA alphabets, so this sign in Clearview would be a replacement.

So as I mentioned in another thread, I think someone confusing this rural two-laner for a freeway with the same number over 130 miles away is pretty far-fetched.

[agentsteel53]

to confirm my understanding of what is going on here: that PA-17 gantry is located over 130 miles away from the NY-17 which is referenced on the green guide sign?

dang.

that is one long trailblazer.

[hbelkins]

Reading that sign gives the indication that "New York Route" is 17 miles straight ahead.

That's new from my trip in that area earlier this year.

[NE2]

So as I mentioned in another thread, I think someone confusing this rural two-laner for a freeway with the same number over 130 miles away is pretty far-fetched.

It's not necessarily clear that it's a rural two-laner (rather than a short connecting ramp or some such) until you make the turn. Better to make it clear, unless you own the business on the corner.

And note that until I-86 came along, the part near Erie was a second PA 17.