Pennsylvania Route 611

Pennsylvania Route 611
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT, City of Philadelphia, and City of Easton
Length	109.685 mi[1] (176.521 km)
Existed	March 14, 1972[2]–present
Tourist routes	Delaware River Valley Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end	I-95 / Broad Street in Philadelphia
Major intersections	I-76 in Philadelphia I-676 / US 30 in Philadelphia US 13 in Philadelphia US 1 in Philadelphia PA 309 in Philadelphia/Cheltenham I-276 / Penna Turnpike in Willow Grove US 202 in Doylestown US 22 in Easton Route 94 in Portland I-80 / US 209 in Stroudsburg I-80 / PA 33 in Stroud Township
North end	I-380 in Coolbaugh Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Northampton, Monroe
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 607 → PA 612
← PA 301 PA 302 → PA 303 ← PA 826 PA 827 → PA 828

Pennsylvania Route 611 (PA 611) is a state highway in eastern Pennsylvania running 109.7 mi (176.5 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) in the southern part of Philadelphia north to I-380 in Coolbaugh Township in the Pocono Mountains.

Through most of Philadelphia, PA 611 follows Broad Street, the main north-south street in Philadelphia. The route continues north through the northern suburbs of Philadelphia and serves Jenkintown, Willow Grove, and Doylestown, the latter of which it bypasses on a freeway. North of Doylestown, PA 611 heads through rural areas and runs along the west bank of the Delaware River to Easton in the Lehigh Valley. The route continues back into rural land and passes through the Delaware Water Gap, at which point it enters the Pocono Mountains region, heading northwest through Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono toward its northern terminus.

The current alignment of PA 611 is composed of several turnpikes that were built in the 19th century. What is now PA 611 was designated as part of U.S. Route 611 (US 611) in 1926, a U.S. highway that ran from Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia north to US 11 in Scranton. US 611 was designated along part of the Lackawanna Trail, which carried the PA 2 designation between 1924 and 1928. The location of the route's northern terminus in the Scranton region has changed numerous times.

In the 1930s, US 611 underwent two realignments along the stretch of the road connecting Easton and Stroudsburg. In 1953, US 611 was moved to a new alignment between Portland and Delaware Water Gap that crossed the Delaware River twice and ran through a section of New Jersey, with the former alignment becoming US 611 Alternate (US 611 Alt.). The alignment of the route in New Jersey and across the Delaware Water Gap back into Pennsylvania became part of I-80; US 611 was shifted back to its Pennsylvania alignment in 1965, replacing US 611 Alt.

US 611 was decommissioned in 1972 and the route was replaced with PA 611 between Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia and I-81E (now I-380) in Tobyhanna and PA 435 between I-81E in Gouldsboro and I-81E in Dunmore. PA 611 was moved to a freeway bypass of Doylestown in 1976. The route was extended south from Philadelphia City Hall to its present terminus at I-95 in the 1980s, replacing a section of PA 291.