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38-528: Most of the route runs along Hamilton Boulevard. In Center City Allentown , the route is aligned along West Hamilton , West Linden, and West Walnut Streets. The southern terminus of the route is at Interstate 78 (I-78) and PA 309 in Dorneyville , where the roadway changes designation from PA 222 to U.S. Route 222 (US 222). The northern terminus is PA 145 in Allentown. Since the city's founding in

76-402: A central business district . If not carefully treated with other traffic calming features, the benefit in vehicular capacity is offset by a potential for increased road user deaths, in particular people walking and biking. A one-way pair can be created by converting segments of two-way streets into one-way streets, which allows lanes to be added without widening. It also allows easier creation of

114-438: A green wave by adjusting traffic lights on the through route, because strict left turn phases are no longer required at each intersection. On occasion, "couplet" has been applied specifically to the point where the one-way streets and the two-way street meet, rather than the paired one-way streets themselves. Flows on a one-way pair may follow the traffic handedness convention of the locale, or may be switched. Following

152-617: A 2007 estimate was 53,548. Center City is defined as 6.271 sq. mi., making the population density 8539/square miles. Center City's tallest building is the PPL Building at 322 ft (98 m). The Allentown Art Museum , Miller Symphony Hall , the former site of Hess's Department Stores' original and flagship store, Baum School of Art , Lehigh County Historical Society and Heritage Museum are Center City landmarks. An 8,500-capacity indoor arena, PPL Center , opened in August 2014, and

190-424: A four-lane undivided road and passes through residential areas. At the intersection with Ott Street, PA 222 curves east onto Hamilton Street and runs along the southern edge of Cedar Creek Park, where it intersects 24th Street. The road continues east through residential and commercial areas, narrowing to three lanes with two northbound lanes and one southbound lane at the 20th Street intersection. The route passes to

228-661: A one-way pair. The streets carry traffic to and from the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge through the Mayfair and Wissinoming neighborhoods. Between Frankford Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard , the streets carry US 13 in their respective direction. In Orlando , Florida , Princeton Street carries 4 miles of SR-438 near Interstate 4 . Over a portion of that, Smith Street carries the westbound traffic. At Lake Lawsona, Mills Avenue splits into Jackson Street northbound and Thornton Avenue southbound. In Virginia Beach, Virginia,

266-474: A southbound jughandle ; Lincoln Avenue provides access to the main entrance of the Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom amusement park. PA 222 passes between Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom to the north and businesses to the south. The southbound direction comes to a right-in/right-out with the exit from Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom along with the bus entrance to the amusement park. After passing

304-662: Is a one-way pair in downtown Vancouver on Seymour and Howe Streets between the Granville Street Bridge and Georgia Street . British Columbia Highway 97 is a one-way pair through the community of Westbank in West Kelowna , following Main Street and Dobbin Road. Saskatchewan Highway 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway ) splits into a functional one-way pair for 15 km (9 mi) between Uren and Ernfold , with

342-451: Is located north of Linden Street between 7th and 6th streets. From the establishment of Allentown in the 18th century to the modern age, Hamilton Street has been the main arterial of the municipality. Similar to many other Allentown-area streets at the time; Hamilton, Linden, and Walnut Streets were used for trolley car and horse transportation. Following an economic depression in the late 19th century, Allentown rebounded briefly in

380-683: Is part of the Allentown School District , one of the largest public school districts in Pennsylvania that manages the district's two large public high schools, four middle schools, 17 elementary schools, and one charter school. One-way pair A one-way pair , one-way couple , or couplet refers to that portion of a bi-directional traffic facility – such as a road , bus , streetcar , or light rail line – where its opposing flows exist as two independent and roughly parallel facilities. In

418-745: Is the home arena for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms , the primary development team of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Center City Allentown includes four residential neighborhoods : Seventh Street, Downtown, Old Allentown, Old Fairgrounds District, and North of Tilghman Street (NOTI). Center City is home to the corporate headquarters of PPL Corporation , a New York Stock Exchange -traded company with over 6,500 employees and $ 7.9 billion in annual revenue as of 2022. Center City Allentown

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456-778: Is two lanes and two-way until 10th Street, where it becomes one-way with two northbound lanes heading east, while Linden Street is one way southbound with two lanes heading west. The one-way paring continues east past homes and businesses in the downtown area. Southbound PA 222 passes to the north of the PPL Center sports arena, where the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League play, between 8th and 7th streets. PA 222 intersects 7th Street, which carries southbound PA 145 , before it reaches its northern terminus at 6th Street, which carries northbound PA 145. The Allentown Transportation Center serving LANta buses

494-658: The American Association of State Highway Officials came to a resolution to the traffic problem, by replacing the PA 43 corridor with US 22 and the William Penn Highway name to match. The state truncated PA 43 to Susquehanna Street from Allentown to Bethlehem. US 222 replaced the former US 22 alignment from Reading to Allentown. Hamilton Street was numbered as US 222, west of Center City Allentown, where it turned north onto 15th Street. This portion of US 222

532-603: The Brisbane central business district , Ann Street is paired with Turbot Street and George Street with North Quay, the latter by the Brisbane River . In Southbank , Merivale Street is paired with Cordelia Street from Montague Road to Vulture Street. In East Brisbane , Vulture Street is paired with Stanley Street . In the Hobart central business district a couplet of Davey Street and Macquarie Street traverse

570-553: The Harbour Bridge and Town Hall , and King and Market Streets between Sussex and Elizabeth Streets. In Redfern , Elizabeth Street is paired with Chalmers Street between Redfern Street and Eddy Avenue . Prior to the opening of the Eastern Distributor in 1999, Bourke and Crown Streets were paired between Woolloomooloo and Waterloo after which they were converted back to two-way streets. In

608-712: The PA 3 numbering in 1924 and when the United States Highway System was formed, US 22 became part of it. The William Penn Highway served New York City ; the road became problematic for motorists in Lebanon along the current US 422 ; Reading via current US 422 and US 222; and Allentown on Hamilton Street. PA 43 was aligned as a bypass, north of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country , between Allentown and Harrisburg . On June 8, 1931,

646-713: The Portland Transit Mall , which is a public transportation (bus and rail) corridor, has the opposite flow, with the westernmost component (6th Avenue) running north, with the eastern component (5th Avenue) running south. There are a number of one-way pairs in Downtown Los Angeles , California . These include 3rd and 4th Streets , 5th and 6th Streets, 8th and 9th Streets , 11th and 12th Streets , and Main and Spring Streets . Levick Street and Robbins Street in Philadelphia are considered

684-557: The U.S. state of Pennsylvania . It has a dense population and is currently undergoing an urban revitalization process. Allentown's Center City is generally defined as the area centered around Hamilton and 7th Streets, bordered by the Jordan Creek to the east, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the south, the city line with Whitehall Township to the north, and 15th Street to the west. Center City's population based on

722-562: The 18th century, Hamilton Street was among the first streets constructed in the city and served as the main street in Center City Allentown. Hamilton Street and Hamilton Boulevard became part of the William Penn Highway in 1916, PA 3 in 1924, and US 22 in 1926. In 1931, US 22 was routed to a new alignment to the north, and Hamilton Boulevard and Hamilton Street west of 15th Street became a part of US 222. In

760-506: The 1950s, US 222 was rerouted to bypass Allentown, leaving Hamilton Boulevard and Hamilton Street through the city unnumbered. In 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) proposed extending US 222 from I-78/PA 309 to Center City Allentown, where it would end at PA 145. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) rejected extending US 222 into Allentown, and PA 222

798-473: The amusement park, the route splits into two carriageways, with PA 222 north remaining on Hamilton Boulevard and PA 222 south following the newer Hamilton Boulevard Bypass to the north; at the split, there is a pair of median U-turn ramps. To the east, the road intersects Cedar Crest Boulevard , a major north–south arterial in the Lehigh Valley area. The Da Vinci Science Center is located at

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836-535: The city limits. The mostly two-way Boulevard of the Allies parallels Forbes and Fifth for most of the time the two streets are a one-way pair. The east side of Portland, Oregon , features a number of one-way pairs, both north–south and east–west, with the east–west pairs being associated with bridges; these all follow the usual flow convention – see Transportation in Portland, Oregon , for more details. By contrast,

874-664: The city of Pittsburgh serve as a one-way pair; Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue . Both streets begin in Downtown near Point State Park before becoming a one-way pair just east of Market Square , with Forbes serving outbound traffic and Fifth serving inbound traffic, going through Uptown and Oakland before both streets end up with two-way traffic and diverge, with Fifth Avenue eventually terminating in Highland Park , while Forbes terminates in Wilkinsburg just outside

912-414: The context of roads, a one-way pair consists of two one-way streets whose flows combine on one or both ends into a single two-way street . The one-way streets may be separated by just a single block, such as in a grid network , or may be spaced further apart with intermediate parallel roads. One use of a one-way pair is to increase the vehicular capacity of a major route through a developed area such as

950-757: The convention allows a one-way pair to be more easily integrated into an existing network of two-way streets, as a single two-way street is effectively split into the two sides of the pair, as in the diagram below: The Sydney central business district features a number of one way pairs. One example is Pitt Street with Castlereagh Street . Pitt street carries only northbound traffic from Goulburn Street to Market Street . Castlreagh Street only carries southbound traffic on its entire length from Hunter Street to Hay Street . Trams once ran from Central station to Circular Quay along Pitt Street and back to Central station along Castlereigh, Bligh, Bent and Loftus Streets. Other examples are York and Clarence Streets between

988-509: The early 20th century, establishing many shopping stores along Hamilton Street , the commercial center of the city, which hosted the annual Workhorse Parade, was a popular attraction in the 1910s. When the Sproul Road Bill's adoption on May 31, 1911, the state began maintenance over state highways. One of those highways was Legislative Route 157, the modern Hamilton Boulevard section of PA 222, west of Allentown. Another state highway

1026-612: The end of the New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension and the Holland Tunnel , which leads into New York City , New York . There are hundreds of one-way pairs among the streets and avenues of New York City. One example is Fifth Avenue with Madison Avenue . Others include First Avenue with Second Avenue ; Third Avenue with Lexington Avenue ; and Seventh Avenue with either Sixth Avenue or Eighth Avenue . Two major streets in

1064-579: The entire village of Ernfold being located between the eastbound and westbound lanes. Japan National Route 340 travels through the central part of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture as a one-way pair between its northern terminus at an intersection with Japan National Route 45 and Aomori Prefecture Route 251. Interstate 78 travels along a one-way pair of surface streets, 12th Street and 14th Street , in Jersey City, New Jersey , between

1102-625: The length of the city centre. The Tasman Highway joins the pair at the northeastern end at an interchange with the Brooker Highway . This current alignment was implemented in 1987 to coincide with the completion of the Sheraton Hotel . It was originally intended that the couplet system would serve as a stop gap measure prior to the construction of a freeway in Hobart's Transportation study of 1965 . Prior to this, all traffic in Hobart

1140-434: The north of St. Luke's Hospital–Allentown Campus between 18th and 17th streets and comes to an intersection with 15th Street. PA 222 heads into Center City Allentown , where it splits into a one-way pair at 12th Street. Northbound PA 222 turns south onto 12th Street and east onto Walnut Street while southbound PA 222 runs west along Linden Street to 12th Street, following 12th Street south to Hamilton Street. Walnut Street

1178-427: The northeast corner of PA 222 southbound and Cedar Crest Boulevard on the campus of Cedar Crest College . Northeast of Cedar Crest Boulevard, the two carriageways merge onto Hamilton Boulevard, with a U-turn ramp from the northbound direction to the southbound direction at the merge, as it passes to the south of Cedar Crest College. At this point, PA 222 leaves South Whitehall Township for Allentown . The route becomes

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1216-495: The plan was introduced, he said that motorists might be aided if US 222 is extended along Hamilton Boulevard to connect with the proposed PA 145 corridor. PennDOT originally planned the road as US 222 but AASHTO denied the extension, stating that the route "is not the shortest or best available route between major control points on the system, and therefore, does not adhere to the policies established under AASHTO's 'Purpose and Policy Statement for U.S. Numbered Highways'". In addition,

1254-564: The route did not meet the criteria for a business route . In 1991, it was commissioned as PA 222. PA 145 was extended south of the US 22 freeway to the I-78/PA 309 overlap near Lanark . The entire route is in Lehigh County . Center City Allentown Center City Allentown is the downtown and central business district of Allentown, Pennsylvania , the third-largest city in

1292-465: Was Legislative Route 159, aligned east of Allentown to downtown Bethlehem along Hanover Avenue and Broad Street. No routes had a designation within Allentown. In 1916, the William Penn Highway was organized as an alternative to the Lincoln Highway . The roadway traversed Center City Allentown via Hamilton Street and Hamilton Boulevard. The Pennsylvania Department of Highways gave the road

1330-530: Was instead designated to run between I-78/PA 309 and US 222 and PA 145 in 1991. PA 222 begins at an interchange with I-78 / PA 309 in Dorneyville in South Whitehall Township in Lehigh County , which is in the Lehigh Valley , where the road continues southwest as US 222 towards Reading . From this interchange, PA 222 heads northeast on four-lane divided Hamilton Boulevard. The route comes to an intersection with Lincoln Avenue that has

1368-597: Was seven-blocks long which ended at Tilghman Street (then US 22). Signs were changed to reflect the new designations on May 31, 1932, with the new route designations officially in place on June 1, 1932. In the late 1950s, US 222 was realigned to a newly constructed bypass carrying US 309 and PA 29 , west of Allentown. From the south, US 222 left Hamilton Boulevard and turned north onto the freeway. US 222 terminated at an interchange with US 22, US 309, and PA 29 in South Whitehall Township. By 1970, what

1406-432: Was the US 309/PA 29/US 222 freeway had the PA 29 designation removed, US 309 downgraded to PA 309 and US 222 was truncated to end at its current northern terminus. By the 1980s, I-78 became part of the freeway that occupied PA 309. In 1984, PennDOT was planning to extend PA 145 and US 222. Traffic engineer Samuel D. Darrohh said that Allentown is one of few Pennsylvania cities without a traffic route going through it. After

1444-471: Was two-way. Alberta Highway 2 is a one-way pair in southern Edmonton on Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard between 31 Avenue NW and Whitemud Drive . Alberta Highway 2 is also one-way pair through the towns of Fort Macleod (23 and 25 Streets; cosigned with Alberta Highway 3 ) and Nanton (20 and 21 Avenues). Alberta Highway 16 ( Yellowhead Highway ) is a one-way pair through the town of Edson (2nd & 4th Avenues). British Columbia Highway 99

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