Borough of Sinking Spring, PA Article III Traffic Regulations

§ 184-11 Speed limits.

The maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed on or along any highway within the Borough is hereby established at 25 miles per hour, except that the speed limit for vehicles proceeding on or along those highways or parts of highways described below is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated:

Name of Highway	Speed Limit (mph)	Location
Columbia Avenue	35	From Penn Avenue south to the Borough line
Mountain Home Road	40	From Columbia Avenue west to the Borough line
Mull Avenue	35	From Penn Avenue north to the Borough line
Penn Avenue [Amended 12-7-1989 by Ord. No. 477]	35	From Ralph Avenue to the west Borough line
Penn Avenue	35	From the east Borough line to Ralph Avenue
Reedy Road [Added 7-3-1986 by Ord. No. 463]	35	Entire length
Shillington Road	35	From Penn Avenue south to the Borough line

§ 184-12 Traffic control signals.

Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those highways described below:

Intersection

Penn Avenue and Cacoosing Avenue

Penn Avenue and Columbia Avenue

Penn Avenue and Mull Avenue

Penn Avenue and Route 724

Penn Avenue and Woodrow Avenue

§ 184-13 Right turn on red signal prohibited.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3112(a)(3)(ii) of the Vehicle Code,[1] no person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way roadway onto a one-way roadway) on a steady red signal at the locations described below:

Red Signal Facing Traffic on	Direction of Travel	At Intersection of
Penn Avenue	East	Columbia Avenue
Penn Avenue	West	Cacoosing Avenue

[1] Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3112(a)(3)(ii).

§ 184-14 One-way highways.

The highways or parts of highways described below are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated:

Name of Highway	Direction of Travel	Limits
Evans Avenue [Added 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 476]	South	Ruth Street to Penn Avenue
North Hull Street [Added 10-9-2025 by Ord. No. 667]	North	From Penn Avenue to Cacoosing Avenue
Ralph Avenue [Added 6-1-2006 by Ord. No. 548]	North	From Penn Avenue to Ruth Street
South Hull Street [Added 11-6-2003 by Ord. No. 525]	South	From Penn Avenue to Columbia Avenue
Vester Place [Added 11-6-2003 by Ord. No. 525]	West	From South Hull Avenue and Columbia Avenue to Woodrow Avenue
Vester Place	East	From Woodrow Avenue to South Hull Street and Columbia Avenue
Wynnewood Avenue [Added 6-1-2006 by Ord. No. 548]	South	From Penn Avenue to Ruth Street

§ 184-15 U-turns.

It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle or tractor to make a U-turn under any circumstances on any of the highways or parts thereof described below:

Name of Highway	Location
Cacoosing Avenue and Penn Avenue	At intersection
Penn Avenue (south side)	From Columbia Avenue west for 120 feet

§ 184-16 Prohibited turns.

No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the intersections described below:

Name of Highway	Direction of Travel	Prohibited Turn	At Intersection of
Broad Street [Added 8-1-1985 by Ord. No. 453]	South	Left	Penn Avenue
Columbia Avenue	North	Left	Penn Avenue

§ 184-17 Lane reservations.

Lanes for right- or left-hand turns only, as indicated, are hereby reserved upon the highways or parts of highways described below, and traffic for any other purpose upon such lanes is hereby excluded:

Name of Highway	Direction of Travel	Lane Reserved	Permitted Turn	Location
Columbia Avenue	North	Right	Right	Intersection with Penn Avenue
Penn Avenue	East	Center	Left	Intersection with Mull Avenue
Penn Avenue	East	Right	Right	Intersection with Route 724
Penn Avenue	West	Center	Left	Intersection with Park Avenue

§ 184-18 Center structures at intersections.

All vehicular traffic shall keep to the right of the following structures or barriers located in the center of the specified intersections:

Structure on (Name of Highway)	At Intersection of
(Reserved)

§ 184-19 Through highways.

The highways described below are hereby established as through highways, and the operator of every vehicle or tractor upon approaching any such highway at any intersection thereof, except for such intersections where there are now or shall hereafter be located official traffic signals, shall come to a full stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering any such through highway:

Name of Highway	Limits
(Reserved)

§ 184-20 Stop intersections.

[Amended 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 476; 4-1-2004 by Ord. No. 530]

A. The following intersections are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are hereby confirmed if heretofore erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway or street upon the first-named highway or street, in the direction or directions herein indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway or street, in any direction or directions herein indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop, within reasonable distance, before entering any such intersection:

Stop Sign On	Direction of Travel	At Intersection Of
Ashley Road	East	Weidman Avenue
Ashley Road	West	Elizabeth Drive
Blanbrid Drive	South	Penn Avenue
Broad Street	South	Penn Avenue
Broad Street	North/South	Kirkwood Avenue
Broad Street	North	Reedy Road
Cacoosing Avenue	North	Reedy Road
Clematis Street	West	Park Avenue
Commerce Street	East	Woodrow Avenue
Crest Road	North	Mull Avenue
Diane Avenue	North	Maria Avenue
Diane Avenue	South	Huron Drive
Doherty Street	West	Park Avenue
Elizabeth Drive	South	Mull Avenue
Elizabeth Drive	North/South	Octagon Avenue
Elizabeth Drive	North/South	Miller Drive
Elizabeth Drive	North/South	Kirkwood Avenue
Elizabeth Drive	North	Reedy Road
Elwyn Avenue	South	Clematis Street
Elwyn Avenue	North/South	Doherty Street
Elwyn Avenue	North/South	Ruth Street
Evans Avenue	South	Ruth Street
Gernant Avenue	North/South	Mull Avenue
Gernant Avenue	North	Miller Drive
Gernant Avenue	North/South	Oberlin Avenue
Huron Blvd.	West	Columbia Avenue
Huron Drive [Added 7-8-2013 by Ord. No. 603]	Eastbound	Maria Avenue
Huron Drive [Added 7-8-2013 by Ord. No. 603]	Westbound	Maria Avenue
Huron Drive	Northeast	South Hull Street
Huron Drive	Southwest	Oneida Drive
Johnston Street	East	South Hull Street
James Street	West	South Hull Street
James Street	East	Shillington Road
Keller Avenue	South	Clematis Street
Keller Avenue	North/South	Doherty Street
Keller Avenue	North/South	Ruth Street
Kirkwood Avenue	West	Broad Street
Kirkwood Avenue	East/West	Elizabeth Drive
Kirkwood Avenue	East	Weidman Avenue
Krick Avenue	West	Columbia Avenue
Maria Avenue	West	Huron Drive (No sign there yet)
Maria Avenue	East	South Hull Street
Merritt Parkway	West	Weidman Avenue
Michigan Drive	South	Michigan Drive (Loop)
Miller Drive	West	Broad Street
Miller Drive	East	Weidman Avenue
Mountain Home Road	East	Columbia Avenue
New Street	West	Commerce Street
New Street	East	Columbia Avenue
N Hull Street	South	Penn Avenue
N Hull Street	Northeast	Cacoosing Avenue
Oberlin Avenue	East	Weidman Avenue
Oberlin Avenue	West	Elizabeth Drive
Octagon Avenue	West	Broad Street
Octagon Avenue	East/West	Elizabeth Drive
Octagon Avenue	East/West	Gernant Avenue
Octagon Avenue	East/West	Weidman Avenue
Oneida Drive	West	Sioux Court
Ontario Drive	East	Michigan Drive
Ontario Drive	West	Michigan Drive
Park Avenue	North	Penn Avenue
Queen Street	North	Penn Avenue
Ralph Avenue	South	Ruth Street
Ralph Avenue	North	Penn Avenue
Ray Road	West	Elizabeth Drive
Reedy Road	West	Cacoosing Avenue
Ruth Street	West	Park Avenue
Ruth Street	East/West	Evans Avenue
Ruth Street	East	Woodrow Avenue
South Hull Street	North/South	Columbia Avenue
South Hull Street	South	Columbia Avenue
South Hull Street	North	Spring Street
Sioux Court	South	Wyoming Drive North
Spring Street	East	South Hull Street
Spring Street	West	Windmill Road
Spring Crest Blvd.	West	Gernant Avenue
Spring Crest Blvd.	East	Blanbrid Drive
Spring Crest Blvd.	West	Crest Road
Summit Blvd.	South	Penn Avenue
Sylvan Place	West	Elizabeth Drive
Thomas Place	North/South	Mull Avenue
Vester Place	West	Woodrow Avenue
Weidman Avenue	South	Mull Avenue
Woodrow Avenue	South	Columbia Avenue
Wynnewood Avenue	South	Ruth Street
Wynnewood Avenue	North/South	Penn Avenue

B. Any person who violates a provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the appropriate penalties set forth in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6502, for each provision so violated.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

§ 184-21 Yield-right-of-way intersections.

The intersections described below are hereby established as yield-right-of-way intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named highway as to face traffic approaching the second-named highway in the direction or directions indicated. All vehicles and tractors approaching any such intersection upon the first-named highway, in the direction or directions indicated, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator of such vehicle or tractor is moving across or within such intersection.

Yield Sign on	Direction of Travel	At Intersection of
(Reserved)

§ 184-22 No-passing zones.

The zones described below are hereby established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person driving a vehicle to pass any other vehicle which is proceeding in the same direction:

Name of Highway	Limits
Mull Avenue	From Penn Avenue (Route 422) to the easterly Borough line
Shillington Road (Route 724)	From Penn Avenue (Route 422) to the Borough line

§ 184-23 Closing of certain highways to certain vehicles; exceptions.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or tractor, except a passenger vehicle, but not including any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle, upon any of the portions of the highways described below; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the operation of any commercial vehicle or tractor upon any highway or portion thereof listed below where such operation thereon shall be necessary in order to pick up or deliver any goods, wares, merchandise or material from or to any premises located upon any such highway or portion thereof.

Name of Highway	Limits
Blanbrid Drive [Added 1-8-1987 by Ord. No. 467]	Entire length
Broad Street	Entire length
Crest Road [Added 1-8-1987 by Ord. No. 467]	Entire length
Elizabeth Avenue	Entire length
Gernant Avenue	Entire length
Miller Drive	Entire length
South Hull Street	From Columbia Avenue to Penn Avenue
Vester Place [Added 8-1-1985 by Ord. No. 453]	Entire length
Weidman Avenue	Entire length
Woodrow Avenue [Repealed 10-2-1986 by Ord. No. 464]

§ 184-24 Weight limits for certain highways.

[Amended 10-9-2025 by Ord. No. 667]

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination having a gross weight in excess of the amount hereinafter prescribed upon any of the highways or portions thereof described below, except for the purpose of making local deliveries:

Name of Highway	Weight Limit	Location
Woodrow Avenue	26,000 lbs.	Entire highway

§ 184-25 Fire station sign.

[Added 7-3-1986 by Ord. No. 463]

Appropriate signs, warning the motoring public of the Borough's Fire Company station, shall be installed on the south side of Penn Avenue between Ralph and Wynnewood Avenues, and on the north side of Penn Avenue between Evans and Ralph Avenues.