Pennsylvania Route 215 (PA 215) is a
state highway
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located in western
Erie County,
Pennsylvania
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. The southern terminus is at
U.S. Route 6N
U.S. Route 6N (US 6N) is a auxiliary route of U.S. Route 6, US 6 located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 20 in Pennsylvania, US 20 in Springfield Township, Erie ...
(US 6N) near
Albion
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. The northern terminus is at
PA 5 in
Springfield Township.
Route description
PA 215 begins at an intersection with
US 6N in
Conneaut Township,
Erie County, heading north on two-lane undivided Kidders Corner Road. The road runs through agricultural areas with some homes, turning northeast and crossing the wooded
Conneaut Creek
Conneaut Creek is a tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atl ...
into
Springfield Township. In this area, the route becomes Summerville Road and runs north through a mix of farmland and woodland with occasional residences, crossing the
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...
's
Bessemer Subdivision
The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.
The railroad's main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio, to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Penns ...
railroad line at-grade. Farther north, PA 215 comes to a
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
with
I-90
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. After this, the route heads through more rural areas as an unnamed road and reaches the residential community of
East Springfield. In this area, the road comes to an intersection with
US 20
U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
. PA 215 heads north through more farmland with some homes, becoming Academy Street. The route makes a turn to the west-northwest onto an unnamed road and crosses
Norfolk Southern
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's Lake Erie District railroad line at-grade. The road runs through a mix of farm fields and woods with a few residences, turning to the north. PA 215 comes to its northern terminus at an intersection with
PA 5.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Pennsylvania Highways: PA 215
215
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Transportation in Erie County, Pennsylvania