PA Route 611

Hahaha, stop it, you're making me homesick, yeah my mom/dad live about 7 miles from there and my wife relatives are from Riegelsville, surprised the canal is that empty in the second pic, most of it had quite a bit of water in it about a month ago when I was out.

haven't been that way in a while, if you really wanted low hanging trees head south on 611 and then go SE on 32 to New Hope, I know it's one lane now, but before the flood washes half of it away I would run down thru there once in a while IF I had a "low" load.

I'm assuming that you got off at the I-78 junction BEFORE you got to Easton? I think that Lehigh river bridge is like 11' 4" I have been under it with my Pete empty thou, just so I could say I did!

Did you stop at the little Ice Cream Cup for a Sundae?

Thanks for the pics B.

 

Yeah, tell me about down town Easton, Last time I was out there I was coming back from Jersey and was going to stop in and see my parents, but there is no truck parking in their area, so I have a place down off the Lehigh River that lets me park there when in town, but I am usually coming in from the west, so I turn off at the Glendon bridge off 25th street, and turn down to the river, a bit tight but I make it.

Anyway coming from Jersey I figured I would come across the old bridge (22, not the old/old bridge with the 3 ton limit) and I would just jump off first exit right off bridge and go under bridge onto Larry Holmes drive past Mcdonalds and turn under the train bridge to get to the river road, well, that didn't work.

As soon as I got to the toll booth they have a sign that the under bridge loop exit is closed, so I figure no issue, I will just run 22 out to 25th, the ONLY problem with that is they never told you that the lanes split right off the bridge!

Hammer lane goes out 22 and the slow lane, which of course I was in because truck tolls were on that side went directly into the second exit, which takes you down to the bottom of college hill AND the exit to go straight across and back on 22 was blocked off, so two choices, up college hill, plainly marked no big trucks OR go left and thought the down town circle.

Hey, I'm from here, no problem, except when I get to the circle which is usually two lanes all around, they have the outside lanes blocked off so effectively you have ONE lane around a circle that was laid out in oh I don't know, about 1750 or so.

I manage to get to the circle cop sitting on one of the cutouts, sees me coming and steps out of his car, and just stands there watching me, did get around all the cones and turned down towards the Mcd's as soon as I clear the circle they are putting up some high rise, only two lanes total, and I think they are about 9' wide, lol
Made it though that got to mcd's turn right, go left onto river road, and down to park. Probably wasn't the worst situation I got myself into, but I bet it's been a while since a rig that size has been around the circle, lots of wide eyes and finger pointing thou.