liong71er

hi,folks!
i need information on highway bike route in pennsylvania particularly the "S,Y and L" route.https://www.bikepa.com/routes
is the route were clearly marked or poorly marked? has anybody done this before?
can you share me some info or tips and whatnot.

thank you all in advance!

Steamer

At most turns on these routes there is a sign before, at, and after the turn. Occasionally, one of the three signs will be missing, but the other two are normally enough, so long as you are paying reasonable attention. I recommending printing out the maps of the routes on the PennDot website and taking them with you on your ride just in case you miss a turn.

Two other tips: 1) On long stretches of road where you don't need to make any turns to stay on the route, there won't be many signs. Every so often you'll see a sign to confirm that you are still on the route, but these can be the better part of 10 miles apart sometimes. Don't let that freak you out if you otherise know that you are on the right road. Again, the maps are your backup for the signs. 2) Sometimes you will see signs on the route that are very similar to the lettered bike route signs but these signs will have some other random icon on them - a mushroom, a kayak, etc. Ignore these - they have nothing to do with the letter signs you are actually following.

unterhausen

I've ridden on bike route S quite a bit around Lancaster. There are some sketchy areas, and there is inexplicably large amounts of traffic on some of it. I blame it on the "great-grandpaw drove his horse and wagon on this road so it's good enough for me" effect. Because there are better, faster roads nearby.

chipg5

I've done almost all of L, it's very well signed, and overall quite a good route. I've put up some notes on parts of it at my blog, covering L from Lanesboro through Lehigh Gap: https://chipbiking.wordpress.com/official-bike-routes/

After Lehigh Gap it's quite a nice route, esp. from French Creek State Park to the Delaware border, very nice, mostly quiet meandering along creeks. There's just one stretch south of Downington, L follows Rt 322, which is heavily trafficked and at one point has no shoulder at all and crosses a metal grate bridge. An alternative (suggested to me by someone here at bikeforums a couple years ago) is to take Skelp Level Rd, east of 322, it involves some hills but is beautiful and quiet and you avoid that bad part of 322.