Transitions on US 322

Potters Mills and Boalsburg

Transitions are another safety concern. On the existing US 322 corridor, there are two transition points where US 322 changes from a 4-lane divided highway to a 2-lane highway corridor: one at the newly built Potter Mill transition (Figure 5.10) and one at the existing Boalsburg transition (Figure 5.11). These transitions could and should be redesigned to improve their safety. While this will most likely happen according to PennDOT’s future plans for the route, these areas are both currently segments of frequent accidents and should be addressed more immediately.

Using publicly available data from PennDOT’s website and help assistance from the Larson Transportation Institute the high number of recent accidents occurring at each of these transitional segments.

US 322/22

I-80 I-99 PA Turnpike I-81

Potters Mills - 8 accidents within the last year (2021) Boalsburg - 16 accidents in the past 5 years (2016-2021)