Pennsylvania Route 287

Pennsylvania Route 287
Major highways in northern Pennsylvania with PA 287 in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	63.965 mi[1] (102.942 km)
Existed	1961–present
Major junctions
South end	Future I-99 / US 220 in Piatt Township
Major intersections	PA 973 in Salladasburg PA 184 in Pine Township PA 284 in Pine Township PA 414 in Hoytville PA 660 in Wellsboro US 6 in Wellsboro PA 249 in Middlebury Township I-99 / US 15 in Tioga Township PA 328 in Tioga Junction
North end	PA 49 in Lawrenceville
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Lycoming, Tioga
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 286 → PA 288
← I-84 PA 84 → PA 85

Pennsylvania Route 287 (PA 287) is a 63.9-mile-long (102.8 km) state highway in the Tioga Valley of Pennsylvania, United States. PA 287 runs from an intersection with U.S. Route 220 (US 220) in the community of Larrys Creek in Piatt Township, Lycoming County, north to an intersection with PA 49 just south of the New York state line in Lawrenceville, Tioga County. The route follows Larrys Creek through several isolated communities, including Salladasburg and English Center, before working its way towards Hoytville, where it meets PA 414. The route ends up in Wellsboro, where it meets US 6, and reaches Tioga.

The alignment of PA 287 has been successor to a set of plank roads from Larrys Creek to Lawrenceville. The southern plank road, known as the Larrys Creek Plank Road, dates back to 1850 as short highway from Larrys Creek to Salladasburg, and was completely gone by 1900. The second part followed the Tioga and Lawrenceville Plank Road, which although is named from Tioga to Lawrenceville, went from Wellsboro to Tioga. The portion to Lawrenceville was never constructed. The route also followed several postal routes in the area. In 1911, the Sproul Road Bill was passed, and PA 287 became segments of Legislative Route 22, Legislative Route 106, and Legislative Route 353. In 1924, the northernmost portion was designated Route 4 and the Susquehanna Trail. This was changed to part of US 220 in 1926.

In 1928, US 111 was designated, and along with Pennsylvania Route 84, consisted of the alignment of PA 287. US 111 was redesignated as part of US 15. The highway was redesignated as PA 287 in 1961 when PA 84 was decommissioned in favor of Interstate 84 (I-84). The route was extended from Tioga to Lawrenceville in 2008, when the construction of US 15 was finished to the New York state line, and PA 287 was extended to PA 49.