PTC 242.1 - York County, PA
Posted by: Ernmark
N 40° 12.748 W 076° 52.320
18T E 340698 N 4453019
PA Turnpike commission disk located N of the westbound exit ramp from the Turnpike at the Harrisburg West Interchange (Exit 242) before the ramp turns S to cross over the Turnpike on the way to the toll booths.
Waymark Code: WMWK5
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2006
Views: 10
Station description by PA Turnpike Commission when monumented in 2005 is as follows:
THE STATION IS LOCATED AT MILEPOST 242.1 ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AT THE HARRISBURG WEST INTERCHANGE.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE HARRISBURG EAST INTERCHANGE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AND INTERSTATE 283, TRAVEL WEST ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FOR 4.9 MI (7.89 KM) TO THE HARRISBURG WEST
INTERCHANGE AND EXIT NO. 242 RAMP TO INTERSTATE 83 AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.
THE STATION IS LOCATED NORTHEASTERLY OF THE EXIT RAMP. THE STATION IS 7.0 FT (2.1 M) SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE NORTH R-O-W FENCE AND APPROXIMATELY 127 FT (39 M) NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE GUARDRAIL ALONG THE EXIT RAMP.
The mark is S of the westernmost of 2 steel buildings belonging to Harrisburg Moving & Storage and is marked by an orange witness post.