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Interstate 83 north - Maryland line to Camp Hill
Interstate 83 (Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway) has made its way 34 miles from a few blocks north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor through northern Baltimore County, and now leaves Maryland, transitioning into Pennsylvania. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
I-83 enters Pennsylvania in York County's Shrewsbury Township. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The first northbound I-83 shield is at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate passes under Stewartstown Road while a variable message sign at right displays travel times to U.S. Route 30 and I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike). Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The speed limit is currently 65 miles per hour, and the median is nothing more than a concrete barrier, a change from Maryland's variable-width grassy medians with occasional barbed-wire fencing. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
A Pennsylvania welcome center is one and a half miles away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The median barrier is now lined with guardrails. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
This portion of I-83 is dedicated to veterans of foreign wars (VFW) of the United States. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The next conventional Interstate rest area northbound is in Grantville, East Hanover Township in Dauphin County on Interstate 81, just prior to exit 80, 57 miles from this sign. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
An AM radio frequency for travel information is displayed at right, with accompanying flashers. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Prior to the rest area, Windy Hill Road crosses the Interstate. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The welcome center is ahead on the right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The welcome center gore sign. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Blue service signs then start appearing in advance of the first exit (4). Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 4, previously exit 1 sequentially, intersects Pennsylvania Route 851 (Forrest Avenue) and serves Shrewsbury borough, and is one mile away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Lodging and attractions for exit 4 are shown at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The highway crosses Tolna Road prior to the exit. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 4 lies just ahead. PA 851 runs east-west 32 miles across five of the seven townships making up York County's southern tier: Codorus, Shrewsbury, Hopewell, Fawn and Peach Bottom. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The exit 4 gore. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Previously a traditional diamond interchange, exit 4 became a diverging diamond (DDI) in 2021. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
I-83 receives traffic from PA 851 at right. Around this point, Deer Creek, a Susquehanna River tributary, passes under the highway just southeast of its source at a spring off Northbrook Drive. I-83 also nicks the northwest corner of Hopewell Township here. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
There is I-83 reassurance, then the highway crosses Mount Airy Road (SR 2097). Photo taken 06-23-2024.
I-83 re-enters Shrewsbury Township at state mile marker 4. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Glen Rock (the exit, not the borough), York, and Harrisburg are 3, 12 and 38 miles away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Plank Road (SR 2074) crosses over I-83 next, having its west end not far away at Susquehanna Trail. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The highway curves slightly to the right with moderate tree cover. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate straightens out, and then a two-mile advance sign appears for exit 8 (old exit 2), Pennsylvania Route 216 toward Glen Rock. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Meanwhile, the land opens up once again, and a large farm field is seen at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate's next crossing is Hain Road beside the Markets at Shrewsbury. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 8 is now a mile away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 8 is presently devoid of any lodging. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Before the exit, I-83 crosses from Shrewsbury into Springfield Township. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 8 lies just ahead. PA 216 winds its way 26 miles between PA 116 just east of Hanover and PA 24 in Winterstown. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The exit 8 gore sign, seen at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate crosses PA 216 (Seaks Run Road) here. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The tight entrance ramp to northbound I-83 from PA 216 is at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
As I-83 climbs uphill, York and Harrisburg are 9 and 34 miles away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 10 (old exit 3), indirectly intersecting Pennsylvania Route 214 and serving Loganville borough, is two miles away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Meanwhile, at the top of the hill, the Interstate passes under Ridge View Road. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
A Rutter's station is located off exit 10 along with a motel. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
At the one-mile advance sign for exit 10, there are billboards for the aforementioned Rutter's as well as the McDonald's at exit 16 further north. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Then, the Interstate crosses over PA 214 itself (Dunkard Valley Road). The route acts as a connection between Seven Valleys to the west and Dallastown to the east. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Just prior to a leftward curve ahead, the speed limit drops to 55 miles per hour. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The highway then begins an uphill climb, during which time it reaches mile marker 10. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 10's arrival is announced by this overhead sign. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
North Street, intersected at this interchange, is designated as state quadrant route 3100. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The hill crests just before the onramp from North Street enters at right. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
After the exit, at mile marker 10.7, the highway starts back downhill. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
I-83 reassurance soon follows. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
York and Harrisburg now lie a respective 7 and 32 miles ahead. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate goes back uphill at mile marker 11. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The next three exits, listed at right and situated within a span of 1¾ miles, form the southern York cluster of interchanges. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
A Rutter's and Sheetz are revealed to be at the next exit (14). There also used to be a Holiday Inn there. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The highway here crosses Lake Redman, which is situated within the south branch of Codorus Creek and has its own adjacent park and trail. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
A sign at the end of the bridge warns of "fallen rocks". Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 14 (the original exit 4 under the old sequential system, before Shrewsbury became the mileage-based exit 4) intersects Pennsylvania Route 182 (Leader Heights Road), and is one mile away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The food options sign for exit 14 reveals that a Royal Farms completes a trifecta of competing super-gas stations at the exit. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
The Interstate curves slightly to the right here before ascending uphill once again. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Mid-hill, the list of upcoming exits at right adds Mount Rose Avenue (18) near the midpoint of the York hub. Photo taken 06-23-2024.
Exit 14 sits ahead, and exit 15 (old exit 5) for Interstate 83 Business (South George Street) is ¾ mile away. Photo taken 06-23-2024.