Pennsylvania Route 33

Pennsylvania Route 33
PA 33 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	27.738 mi[1] (44.640 km)
Existed	1972[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-78 in Lower Saucon Township
Major intersections	US 22 in Bethlehem Township PA 248 in Lower Nazareth Township PA 191 in Stockertown PA 512 near Wind Gap US 209 in Hamilton Township US 209 Bus. in Hamilton Township
North end	I-80 / PA 611 in Stroud Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Northampton, Monroe
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 32 → PA 34

Pennsylvania Route 33 (PA 33) is a 27.7-mile-long (44.6 km) freeway in eastern Pennsylvania. The highway runs from its interchange with Interstate 78 (I-78) south of Easton in the Lehigh Valley to I-80 and PA 611 west of Stroudsburg.

Until 2002, the route's southern terminus was at U.S. Route 22 (US 22), and the extension south of the US 22 interchange is known as the Gen. Anthony Clement McAuliffe Memorial Highway, named in honor of American World War II general Anthony McAuliffe. The route is commonly used as a hazmat bypass for the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension due to the restrictions in place on the Lehigh Tunnel. PA 33 provides a freeway connection between the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountains regions of Pennsylvania.

As of March 2016, PA 33 north of the US 22 interchange in Bethlehem Township was the busiest state highway or street in the Lehigh Valley with an average of 68,800 vehicles daily.^[3]