Route 202 Parkway a Suburban Skyline Drive
Driving the parkway went smoothly on opening day, but it remains to be seen if the scenic road will be able to handle heavy traffic
It's like a suburban Skyline Drive. That's the impression I got as I drove the Route 202 Parkway just minutes after it opened to traffic late Monday afternoon. The real Skyline Drive is a 105-mile-long, two-lane road that runs the length of Shendandoah National Park in Virginia, featuring overlooks with sweeping vistas. The 35 mph road is free of commercial development, has overpasses and underpasses to avoid traffic lights, and is restricted to cars and passenger trucks. The new Route 202 Parkway would be a fantastic road if it were located in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is protected from commercial development and private access, and is paralleled for its entire length by a paved 12-foot-wide bike-hike trail separated from …
