Route 322 traffic...

[Madsol]

Last night I was traveling back to Harrisburg from State College on 322 East after the women's volleyball game. As an aside, that was my first ever WVB game. What a great atmosphere and experience! I will definitely be back. But the traffic westbound into State College was backed up almost to the Milroy exit going up the mountain. At 10:00 at night. Is that normal Friday night before a game traffic? I couldn't believe it. Does the construction make that much of a difference because even without it you'd still need to go from 2 lanes to 1? What is game day traffic like if it's that backed up at 10:00 pm on Friday? Just couldn't believe it.

 

[4INSBU]

Sounds odd but it is Homecoming (I think)

 

[psuro]

I was stuck in that. There was a car fire on 322 west heading up 7 Mountains. I tried to detour to 305 only to be turned around because a vehicle flipped over going up Pine Grove Mountain.

Backtracked to 322 and the incident was cleared and then just stuck going up hill 7 Mountains due to construction.

 

[PSU77sh]

There was an RV Fire Round 9 PM on the State College side of the mountain.

 

[mn78psu83]

I was stuck in that. There was a car fire on 322 west heading up 7 Mountains. I tried to detour to 305 only to be turned around because a vehicle flipped over going up Pine Grove Mountain.

Backtracked to 322 and the incident was cleared and then just stuck going up hill 7 Mountains due to construction.

Yeah. Construction on 7 Mountains is never convenient.

 

[MtNittany]

Be careful out there. This could happen:

 

[mn78psu83]

Be careful out there. This could happen:

View embedded media

"That girl in that little bikini, she had little red dots all over her."

 

[MtNittany]

"That girl in that little bikini, she had little red dots all over her."

Like Desmond on Game Day, that video actually needs subtitles.

 

[mn78psu83]

Like Desmond on Game Day, that video actually needs subtitles.

That's a rural Kentucky dialect for sure.

 

[Sproul]

This will cause a slight delay, especially when there's no other way to proceed.

 

[mn78psu83]

This will cause a slight delay, especially when there's no other way to proceed.

View embedded media

It's dangerous enough at that portion of the road without flaming vehicles littering the path.

 

[dwiz]

Sounds odd but it is Homecoming (I think)

Not homecoming, and multiple accidents on the road.

 

[NedFromYork]

Generations game. Throwback traffic?

 

[Rollin Stone]

Just a thought. It might help if PSU would tell PennDot each year that the Football season is coming up and that maybe they should 322 road work down in August.

I don't understand why we don't. I mean we can't expect PennDot to know that.

 

[jimdavis40]

PennDot are a bunch of clowns they have 322 screwed up along with I 99. They seem to have the slowest companies that win the bids to complete the road work. 322 has been a traffic night mare for years for Penn State fans.

 

[psuro]

Wow, you backtracked the whole way. Back to 322 from 305? Do you know the gravel mountain roads around whipple's. They will put you out at Tussey/Elks Club rd. It's always good to know those old goat paths. They can save you some major headaches.

It was dark and unfamiliar territory. And it was 10 pm and I had been up since 5 am and just wanted to it have to think too hard about it.

 

[PeetzPoolBoy]

This will cause a slight delay, especially when there's no other way to proceed.

View embedded media

Does anyone know if @massimoManca II ventured down from NY and forgot to check his lug nuts? I

 

[LoyalandTrueLion]

PennDot are a bunch of clowns they have 322 screwed up along with I 99. They seem to have the slowest companies that win the bids to complete the road work. 322 has been a traffic night mare for years for Penn State fans.

Lol win bids...WIN... as if there is ever a doubt.... Lol

 

[LoyalandTrueLion]

Wow, you backtracked the whole way. Back to 322 from 305? Do you know the gravel mountain roads around whipple's. They will put you out at Tussey/Elks Club rd. It's always good to know those old goat paths. They can save you some major headaches.

I don't man that some deep dark shit right there I have done the laurel and once that was just randomly closed

 

[Victor E. Bell]

I don't man that some deep dark shit right there I have done the laurel and once that was just randomly closed

An unintended consequence of modern car navigation systems can be bad news on these forestry roads. I've seen people on those roads who had no business on them, trying to do 45 mph in a cloud of dust, blind turns, hairpin turns...oh, a wreck on 322? No problem I'll just hit "alternate route."

I've seen it where a young kid took a passenger car over the Siglerville Millheim Pike one time in a snowstorm late in winter. When it says "No Winter Maintenance" that's what it means. He got stranded, they had to send EMS out on sleds in the middle of the night to find the guy. 911 pinged his location. Ended up breaking into a camp and spent the night and they found him in the morning. My advice is to stay off those roads unless you know them. There are places where two cars can't even pass each other. It's going to happen where there's a wreck back in there and nobody's going to be able to get to it due to backlog in every direction and somebody injured is going to have a big, big problem.

 

[PSU77sh]

Anyone know anything about the crash tonight near the Sheetz in Clarks Ferry?

 

[LMTLION]

Are there plans to upgrade 322 from the mountain to the existing bypass in state college?
Penndot is the most backwards good ole boys government failure in the nation. Our roads are garbage and embarrassing.

 

[interrobang]

Are there plans to upgrade 322 from the mountain to the existing bypass in state college?
Penndot is the most backwards good ole boys government failure in the nation. Our roads are garbage and embarrassing.

They've tried for literally 3 decades to try to make that all four lane. Each time it comes up, the NIMBYs find a way to kill it.

 

[jimdavis40]

Well said. PennDot is truly a waste . They are one dysfunctional state agency. They really need an overhaul like most government agencies. People who are in charge are usually a politician s friend or they have connections. Real businesses would fail if they ran like PennDot.

 

[LMTLION]

Are there plans to upgrade 322 from the mountain to the existing bypass in state college?
Penndot is the most backwards good ole boys government failure in the nation. Our roads are garbage and embarrassing.

They've tried for literally 3 decades to try to make that all four lane. Each time it comes up, the NIMBYs find a way to kill it.

That is a shame. The few shouldn’t be able to override safety and convenience of all. It makes it such an awkward drive in that it is all highway from Harrisburg, and I imagine the only reason that it is Highway is because of the existence of State College itself, but the approach into State College is essentially a country road from another era.

 

[mn78psu83]

That is a shame. The few shouldn’t be able to override safety and convenience of all. It makes it such an awkward drive in that it is all highway from Harrisburg, and I imagine the only reason that it is Highway is because of the existence of State College itself, but the approach into State College is essentially a country road from another era.

It's true and anyone who lives in Centre County is painfully aware of how many bad accidents there have been at the Potters Mills area of Route 322 over the years.

 

[Bylion]

It's true and anyone who lives in Centre County is painfully aware of how many bad accidents there have been at the Potters Mills area of Route 322 over the years.

Penn Dot is spending millions on the intersection going back to Poe Valley,and there have been very few accidents at that intersection, this bad one they ignore

 

[Victor E. Bell]

I understand what your saying but whipple's to Tussey is pretty easy and it's marked.

I totally agree on the speed, you gotta keep it down, 25 max.

I grew up in those woods. I have lots of fond memories back there. My dad let me drive for the first time back there when I was 13. I remember him saying "just keep it out of the ditch"

I strongly considered, and plan to teach my son to drive back in the well-maintained (seriously, they are well maintained for dirt roads) byways of the Rothrock and Bald Eagle Forests. They are a tremendous resource in many ways.

 

[psuro]

Well I did take 26 to 305 on the way home today. Really great road on a nice sunny day.