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Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Pennsylvania
Directions
**Getting to the Byway:**
###From Pittsburgh to Seaway Trail - PA### * Take I-79 north to Erie. *
Continue on Bayfront Pkwy to PA-5 to enter the byway.
**Navigating the Byway:**
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail in Pennsylvania begins at the Ohio/Pennsylvania
border on US Route 20. ###Ohio/Pennsylvania Border to Presque Isle, PA### *
Follow US 20 east 1.5 miles to the junction of PA Route 5. * Make a left turn
onto PA 5 and proceed northeasterly 19 miles to the (signalized) multi-leg
intersection at Asbury Road and PA ALT 5 (West Lake Road); (the Erie
International Airport is ahead to the right.) * Veer left onto ALT 5/West Lake
Road and proceed 2.5 miles to the (signalized) multi-leg intersection at
Waldameer Drive (entrance to Waldameer Park) and West 6th Street. * Veer left
onto West 6th Street and proceed .25 mile to the (signalized) intersection of
PA 832 (Peninsula Drive.) * Continue straight to follow the primary route on
West 6th Street or turn left onto the spur route to Presque Isle. The spur
route continues around the perimeter of Presque Isle in a 14-mile loop,
returning back to the primary route. ###Presque Isle, NY to Pennsylvania/New
York Border### * The primary route continues easterly on West 6th Street 1.75
miles to the intersection of Shawnee Drive and entrance of Frontier Park area.
* Veer left at the stop sign, continuing .5 miles on West 6th Street around
the northern perimeter of Frontier Park, passing over the Bayfront Parkway, to
the (signalized) intersection at Cranberry Street. * Turn left and proceed .25
miles to the Bayfront Parkway, turn right and follow the Bayfront Parkway 3
miles to the (signalized) intersection of East 6th Street. * Turn left and
follow East 6th Street 0.25 miles to the (signalized) intersection of East
Avenue. * Proceed straight onto East Lake Road 1.5 miles to the (signalized)
intersection of Franklin Avenue (junction with PA 5.) * Continue straight on
East Lake Road (now also PA 5) .75 miles to the (signalized) multi-leg
intersection of Water Street and PA 955 (Iroquois Avenue.) * Veer left,
remaining on PA 5, and continue northeasterly 16 miles to the NY border.
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