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===Roads and bridges=== {{See also|List of crossings of the Susquehanna River}} [[Image:Walnut street br1.jpg|thumb|[[Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg)|Walnut Street Bridge]], which crosses the [[Susquehanna River]], following its collapse during the [[North American blizzard of 1996|1996 blizzard]]]] Harrisburg is served by several major highways, including [[Interstate 76 (Ohio-New Jersey)|Interstate 76]] (I-76, [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]), which passes south of the city and accesses two interchanges, running west to [[Pittsburgh]] and east to [[Philadelphia]]. [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|I-81]] passes to the north of Harrisburg and heads southwest toward [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] and northeast toward [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania|Hazleton]]. [[Interstate 83|I-83]] begins at I-81 near Harrisburg and heads south and west through the center of Harrisburg before continuing south toward [[York, Pennsylvania|York]] and [[Baltimore]]. [[Interstate 283|I-283]] connects I-76 and I-83 southeast of Harrisburg. [[U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 11]] (US 11) and [[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|US 15]] pass through the western suburbs of Harrisburg, heading north concurrently from [[Camp Hill, Pennsylvania|Camp Hill]] up the west bank of the [[Susquehanna River]] toward [[Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania|Selinsgrove]]. South of Camp Hill, US 11 heads southwest toward Carlisle and US 15 heads south toward [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]]. [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] and [[U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania|US 322]] head northwest concurrently from Harrisburg toward [[Lewistown, Pennsylvania|Lewistown]]. US 22 passes through the northern portion of Harrisburg before it heads northeast toward [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]. US 322 bypasses Harrisburg along I-81 and I-83 before heading east toward [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 230]] (PA 230) heads south from US 22 in the northern part of Harrisburg and passes through the city along Cameron Street. [[Pennsylvania Route 283|PA 283]] heads southeast from I-283 on a freeway toward [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]. [[Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)|PA 581]] connects I-81 and I-83 on a freeway through the western suburbs of Harrisburg. I-81, I-83, and PA 581 form the [[Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)|Capital Beltway]] that circles Harrisburg.<ref name=PennDOTDauphin>{{cite map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]] |title=Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Highway Map |url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Dauphin_GHSN.PDF |year=2021 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016165205/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/dauphin_GHSN.PDF |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=PennDOTCumberland>{{cite map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]] |title=Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Highway Map |url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Cumberland_GHSN.PDF |year=2021 |accessdate=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171542/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Cumberland_GHSN.PDF |url-status=dead}}</ref> Harrisburg is the location of over a dozen large bridges, many up to a mile long, that cross the Susquehanna River. Several other important structures span the [[Paxton Creek]] watershed and [[Cameron Street]], linking [[Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Downtown]] with neighborhoods in [[East Harrisburg]]. These include the [[State Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|State Street Bridge]], also known as the Soldiers and Sailor's Memorial Bridge, and the [[Mulberry Street Bridge]]. [[Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Walnut Street Bridge]], now used only by pedestrians and cyclists, links the downtown and [[Riverfront Park (Harrisburg)|Riverfront Park]] areas with [[City Island (Pennsylvania)|City Island]] but goes no further as spans are missing on its western side due to massive flooding resulting from the North American blizzard of 1996.
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