Township of Swatara, PA Traffic Regulations

Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a art of a street where a maximum speed limit applies, at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:

Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit (miles per hour)
Arney Road	50th Street and Hivner Road	25
Audubon Drive	Teal Drive and end of paved road	25
Bonnymeade Avenue	Dawn-Mar Street and Montour Street	25
Brisban Street	Wilhelm Road and Lenker Road	25
Cedar Alley	48th Street to 50th Street	15
Center Street	Chambers Street and Main Street	35
Chambers Street [Added 8-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-5]	South Harrisburg Street and Center Street	25
Chambers Street	Steelton Borough line and Harrisburg Street	35
Chartwood Drive	Sloan Drive to Fordham Avenue	25
Chatham Court	Glenn Drive to cul-de-sac	25
Chatham Glenn Way	North 61st Street to the roadway ending	25
Clearfield Street	69th Street and 72nd Street	25
Clearfield Street	72nd Street to Huntingdon Street	25
Clover Court	Harvest Drive and cul-de-sac	25
Cockley Road	Chambers Hill Road and Township line	35
Deimler Drive	Chambers Hill Road and end of paved roadway	25
Derry Street	61st Street and 72nd Street	35
Derry Street	Milroy Road and Pleasant View Road	25
Derry Street	North 50th Street and Nyes Road	35
Derry Street	Wilhelm Street and 50th Street	35
Dewey Street	Kelker Street and 4th Avenue	25
Dewey Street	Second Avenue and Kelker Street	25
Dunkle Street	Fourth Avenue and the cul-de-sac	25
East Park Drive	Derry Street and Lower Paxton Township line	25
Eddington Avenue	Lancaster Street to Blakeslee Avenue	25
Eightieth Street	Chambers Hill Road and Lower Swatara Township line	25
Eighty-Second Street, South	Chambers Hill Road to Greg's Drive	25
Erie Road	50th Street and Hivner Road	25
Fifth Avenue	Dewey Street and Halsey Street	25
Fifth Avenue	Reservoir Road and Dewey Street	25
Fiftieth Street, North	Derry Street and Arney Road	25
Fordham Avenue	Lincoln Avenue to end of roadway	25
Fortieth Street, North	Derry Street northwardly to Township line	25
Forty-Eighth Street, North	Derry Street and Township line	25
Forty-Eighth Street, South	Derry Street to Perry Street	25
Fourth Avenue	Harrisburg Street and Kelker Street	25
Fox Hollow Drive	Morningside Way to cul-de-sac	25
Glenn Court	Glenn Drive to cul-de-sac	25
Glenn Drive	Mifflin Avenue to the roadway ending	25
Grayson Road	Milroy Road and Witmer Drive	35
Grayson Road	Witmer Drive and Rupp Hill	40
Hanshue Street	Main Street to Highland Street	25
Hanshue Street	Main Street and Pieffers Lane	35
Harrisburg Street	South Main Street and Quarry Road	35
Harvest Drive	50th Street and Lower Paxton Township line	25
Harvest Drive	North 50th Street and Erie Road	25
Haslynn Avenue	President's Drive to Kunkel Avenue	25
Highland Street	L.R. 441 and Second Street (Oberlin)	35
Highland Street	2nd Street (Oberlin) and Eisenhower Boulevard	40
Highland Street	Steelton Borough line and L.R. 441 (at Square in Oberlin)	25
Highspire Road	Highland Street to the Lower Swatara Township line	25
Highspire Road	Old Route 441 and Lower Swatara Township line	35
High Street	Steelton Borough line and Harrisburg Street	35
Hivner Road	Erie Road and Arney Road	25
Hocker Drive	Western terminus (dead end) to eastern terminus cul-de-sac	25
Huntingdon Street	North 61st Street to North 63rd Street	25
Huntingdon Street [Added 9-8-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]	72nd Street and Clearfield Street	25
Jefferson Street	Nyes Road and Sue Drive	25
Jodi Court	Springhouse Road and cul-de-sac	25
Joyce Lane	Pleasant View Road to cul-de-sac	25
Kelker Street	Orchard Drive to dead end north of Orchard	25
Kelker Street [Added 1-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-2]	Orchard Drive and Mohn Street	25
King Street	Orange Street and Reservoir Road	25
Kristen Court	Arney Road and cul-de-sac	25
Kunkel Avenue	Paxton Street to Haslynn Avenue	25
Lancaster Street	50th Street and Kempton Avenue	35
Lancaster Street	Hebron Lane and Kempton Avenue	25
Lehigh Avenue	66th Street to Mifflin Avenue	25
Lehigh Avenue	Salem Road to Mifflin Avenue	25
Lincoln Avenue	Derry Street to end of roadway	25
Lindenwood Lane	Harrisburg Street to cul-de-sac	25
Livingston Street	Second Street (Enhaut)	25
Lone Pine Court	Lindenwood Lane to cul-de-sac	25
L.R. 618/T.R. 441	Chambers Hill Road and Oberlin Square	35
Madison Court	Haslynn Avenue to the cul-de-sac	25
Main Street	Hemlock Street and Rainbow Road	25
Mall Road	Paxton Street and Route 441	25
Manor Drive	Dewey Street and 5th Avenue	25
Marple Street	Chambers Street and Main Street	35
McKinley Court	President's Drive to the cul-de-sac	25
Memory Lane [Added 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-7]	Kelker Street and Sunday Drive	25
Mifflin Avenue	66th Street to cul-de-sac	25
Mohn Street	Steelton Borough line and Highland Street	35
Monroe Street	Cedar Alley and Elm Street	25
Morningside Way	Chambers Hill Road to cul-de-sac	25
Oberlin Street	2nd Avenue and 6th Avenue	25
Old Township Road (southern 1/2)	Wilhelm Road and Bonnymeade Avenue	25
Orange Street	North Harrisburg Street and Queen Street	25
Orchard Drive	Pine Street and Reynders Street	35
Orchard Drive	Reynders Street and the Swatara Township line at the Borough of Steelton	25
Penn Street	Locust Street and Iron Alley	25
Pieffers Lane	Hanshue Street and a point 1,056 feet south of Chambers Hill Road	35
Pleasant View Road	Bridge Road to Township line	25
Pleasant View Road	South Hanover Township and Derry Street	25
President's Drive	Pleasant View Road to Adams Drive	25
President's Drive	Pleasant View Road to the roadway end	25
Princess Drive	Reservoir Road and Reservoir Road	25
Queen Street	Orchard Drive and Reservoir Road	25
Reading Street	Orchard Drive to Steelton Borough	25
Reservoir Road	North Harrisburg Street and Kelker Street	25
Reynders Road	Walnut Road to Spruce Street	25
Rutherford Street	Wilhelm Road and Lenker Road	25
Salem Road	Mifflin Avenue to Lehigh Avenue	25
2nd Avenue	North Harrisburg Street and Dewey Street	25
2nd Street (Enhaut)	Francis Street and Livingston Street	25
72nd Street	Derry Street to end of paving	25
Severna Place	Lincoln Avenue to Chartwood Drive	25
Simpson Road	Wilhelm Road to Luther Road	25
6th Avenue	Dewey Street and Halsey Street	25
6th Avenue	State Street and Dewey Street	25
60th Street, South	Chambers Hill Road and Acorn Drive	25
69th Street	Derry Street to Evelyn Street	25
67th Street, North	Derry Street and Evelyn Street	25
63rd Street, North	Derry Street to Bedford Street	25
Sloan Drive	Lincoln Avenue to end of roadway	25
Somerset Street	North 61st Street to North 63rd Street	25
South Harrisburg Street [Added 8-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-5]	Main Street and Mars Street	25
Springhouse Court	Arney Road and cul-de-sac	25
Springhouse Road	Harvest Drive and Arney Road	25
State Street	2nd Avenue and Reservoir Road	25
Sue Drive	Derry Street to end of paving	25
Sunday Drive [Added 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-7]	Kelker Street and Memory Lane	25
Swatara Street	Reynders Street to Steelton Borough	25
Sweetbriar Drive	Harvest Drive and Erie Road	25
Teal Drive	Deimler Drive and end of paved roadway	25
3rd Avenue	North Harrisburg Street and Union Street	25
Union Street	3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue	25
Walnut Road	Reading Street to Reynders Street	25
Washington Circle	Haslynn Avenue to Haslynn Avenue	25
Watson Street	South 19th Street and Steelton Borough line	25
West Drive	Chambers Hill Road to Shasta Drive	25
West Drive	Chambers Hill Road and Spruce Drive	25
Wilhelm Road	Montour Street and Simpson Road	25

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

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Editor's Note: Subsequent amendments to this section noted where applicable.

§ 271-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:

	Bridge or Elevated Structure	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 271-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

The following are declared to be hazardous grades, and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle, having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and, if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:

Street	Between	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 271-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 35 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Township of Swatara, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 271-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:

[Amended 9-8-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]

	Location	Type of Signal
	19th Street and Gibson Boulevard	Red light
	50th Street and Derry Street	Red light
	61st Street and Derry Street	Red light
	63rd Street and Derry Street	Red light
	63rd Street and Grayson Road	Red light
	Derry Street and 63rd Street	Red light
	Derry Street and Bonnymeade Avenue	Red light
	Derry Street and East Park Drive	Red light
	Derry Street and Eisenhower Boulevard	Red light
	Derry Street and I-83 southbound ramp	Red light
	Eisenhower Boulevard	Red light
	Eisenhower Boulevard and Chambers Hill Road	Red light
	Eisenhower Boulevard and South Service Road	Red light
	Grayson Road and Mushroom Hill Road	Red light
	Grayson Road and Wal-Mart entrance	Red light
	Intersection of North 40th Street and Apple Alley	School warning sign
	Lindle Road	Red light
	Lindle Road and Eisenhower Boulevard	Red light
	Lindle Road and Keckler Road	Red light
	Orchard Drive and Route 441	Red light
	Paxton Street and 28th Street	Red light
	Paxton Street and 29th Street	Red light
	Paxton Street and 32nd Street	Red light
	Paxton Street and City Park Drive	Red light
	Paxton Street and Mall entrance	Red light
	Paxton Street and Mall Road	Red light
	Private driveway	Red light
	Quarry Road and Eisenhower Boulevard	Red light
	Route 322 and Chambers Hill Road	Red light
	Route 322 and Mushroom Hill Road	Red light
	Route 441 and Eisenhower Boulevard	Red light

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 271-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:

	Intersection	Vehicles Traveling on	Facing
	(Reserved)

Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 271-16 One-way streets established.

[Amended 11-9-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-12; 10-11-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-7; 5-14-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-1; 11-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-5; 7-11-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5; 12-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-8]

The following are established as one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
3rd Street (Oberlin)	Strawberry Avenue	Attick Avenue	South
66th Street	Clearfield Street	Derry Street	South
67th Street	Clearfield Street	Somerset Street	North
Alden Street	Paxton Street	Sycamore Street	South
Attick Avenue	3rd Street (Oberlin)	Main Street	West
Beale Street	Main Street	Monroe Street	North
Boyer Street	Highland Street	Second Street (Enhaut)	South
Canton Street [Repealed 8-14-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7]
Clearfield Street	66th Street	65th Street	West
Cumbler Street	Second Street (Enhaut)	Highland Street	North
Cypress Street	Main Street	Monroe Street	West
Granite Alley [Added 7-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2]	Hemlock Street	Hickory Street	West
Huntingdon Street	69th Street	67th Street	West
Iron Alley [Added 7-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2]	Granite Alley	High Street	South
Locust Lane	65th Street	66th Street	East
Main Street	Center Street	Essex Street	East
Monroe Street [Added 5-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-3]	Cypress Street	Locust Street	West
Orange Street	Harrisburg Street	King Street	Southwest
Park View Lane	32nd Street	31st Street	West
Park View Lane	32nd Street	33rd Street	East
Reservoir Road	State Street	Harrisburg Street	West
Reynders Street [Added 2-8-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]	Spruce Street	Swatara Street	North
Somerset Street	67th Street	69th Street	East
Spring Street [Added 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-10]	Monroe Street	Main Street	South
Spruce Street [Added 2-8-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]	Steelton-Swatara Township boundary line	Reynders Street	East
Strawberry Avenue	2nd Street (Oberlin)	Third Street	East
Sycamore Street	21st Street	28th Street	East
Tobias Street	Highland Street	Main Street	Southwest
Wayne Street	29th Street	32nd Street	West