Lakes-to-Sea Highway

Infobox road
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direction_a=West
starting_terminus=Erie, Pennsylvania
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=Atlantic City, New Jersey
highway_name=Lakes-to-Sea Highway
alternate_name=Pennsylvania Route 5, New Jersey Route 3
established=1924
decommissioned=1936
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The Lakes-to-Sea Highway was an auto trail in the Northeast U.S., running from Erie, Pennsylvania (on Lake Erie) southeast via Harrisburg and Philadelphia to Atlantic City, New Jersey (on the Atlantic Ocean - the "sea"). It was originally designated Pennsylvania Route 5 in 1924 [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us22.htm U.S. 22 - The William Penn Highway] ] and Route 3 in New Jersey in 1916.

The highway roughly followed the following present routes:
*U.S. Route 19, Erie to Meadville
*U.S. Route 322, Meadville to West Chester
*Pennsylvania Route 3, West Chester to Philadelphia
*U.S. Route 30, Philadelphia to Atlantic City

It ran along the William Penn Highway between Water Street and Hershey. [ [http://www.mapsofpa.com/art5pics/251b.jpg1926 Gulf Oil map of western PA] ] [ [http://www.mapsofpa.com/art5pics/252b.jpg1925 map of western PA] ]

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