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===Pennsylvania=== {{See also|Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)}} [[File:2016-07-12 16 45 37 Pennsylvania Welcomes You sign along northbound Interstate 83 entering Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania from Maryland Line, Baltimore County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|View north along I-83 entering Pennsylvania from Maryland]] [[File:I-83 NB approaching I-283-US 322.jpeg|thumb|right|I-83 northbound approaching the interchange with I-283 and US 322 in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania]] Throughout Pennsylvania, I-83 is named the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Memorial Highway.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.palrb.us/pamphletlaws/19001999/1984/0/act/0155.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220233143/http://www.palrb.us/pamphletlaws/19001999/1984/0/act/0155.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> I-83 enters Pennsylvania, crossing the Mason–Dixon line and passing to the east of [[Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Shrewsbury]] as it runs due north toward [[York, Pennsylvania|York]]. The route bypasses the boroughs of [[Loganville, Pennsylvania|Loganville]] and [[Jacobus, Pennsylvania|Jacobus]] before entering the city of York. I-83 has a business route through downtown York, known as [[Interstate 83 Business|I-83 Business]] (I-83 Bus.). The business route follows the former path of US 111, while I-83 turns northeast and then north again to bypass the urban area. Near [[Pennsylvania Route 462]] (PA 462), the [[Lincoln Highway]], the Interstate turns west for a short distance, then north again to an interchange with [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|US 30]]. Beyond US 30, I-83 resumes its straight path, running due north out of York and passing to the west of [[Emigsville, Pennsylvania|Emigsville]]. North of [[Pennsylvania Route 297|PA 297]], I-83 is known as the Susquehanna Expressway.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} It maintains this name as it passes to the south and west of [[Valley Green, Pennsylvania|Valley Green]], continuing north toward [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]. South of Harrisburg, I-83 has an interchange with [[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|I-76]] ([[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]). North of I-76, I-83 continues due north, passing through [[New Cumberland, Pennsylvania|New Cumberland]], before an interchange with the eastern terminus of [[Pennsylvania Route 581|PA 581]] in [[Lemoyne, Pennsylvania|Lemoyne]]. After the interchange with PA 581, I-83 is known as the [[Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)|Capital Beltway]]. The highway turns due east and crosses the [[Susquehanna River]] over the [[John Harris Bridge]], south of [[Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Downtown Harrisburg]], passing south of [[Paxtang, Pennsylvania|Paxtang]] before encountering [[Interstate 283|I-283]] and [[U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania|US 322]] at the Eisenhower Interchange. Within the interchange, I-83 exits from itself, with each direction of traffic following a one-lane ramp; facing east, I-83's former lanes become US 322, while, facing north, I-283's lanes become I-83. The interchanges includes ramps to local roads as well. From this point northbound to exit 51, traffic is often congested during daylight hours. I-83 and westbound US 322 continue north toward US 22 and I-81, I-283 goes due south toward the turnpike and [[Pennsylvania Route 283|PA 283]]'s western terminus, and eastbound US 322 goes due east toward [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]. Beyond this interchange, I-83 and US 322 run due north through the eastern suburbs of Harrisburg, interchanging with [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] northeast of the CBD in [[Colonial Park, Pennsylvania|Colonial Park]], before I-83 terminates at a three-way semidirectional interchange with [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|I-81]]. From here, US 322 continues west along I-81 south.<ref name="Google Maps I-83 PA">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-83+N&daddr=Exit+51B&hl=en&geocode=FZYYXgId-Fdu-w%3BFegfZwId66tr-w&mra=ls&sll=40.306384,-76.82986&sspn=0.007396,0.01929&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9|title=Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania|access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref>
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