Borough of Hellertown, PA Traffic Regulations

Unless otherwise listed in this section, all highways wider than 15 feet, except Easton Road and Main Street, have a speed limit of 25 miles per hour.

Highway	Portion	Speed Limit (mph)
Cherry Lane	Entire extent	40
Easton Road	Between East High Street and the intersection with Main Street	25
Easton Road	Between High Street and Cherry Lane	25
Easton Road	Between north Borough line and East High Street	25
Furnace Street	Entire extent	15
Main Street	Between north Borough line, and the intersection of Main Street with Kiernan Avenue and Cherry Lane	35
Main Street	Between the intersection of Main and Walnut Streets, and the south Borough line	35
Main Street	Between the intersection of Main Street with Kiernan Avenue and Cherry Lane, and the intersection of Main and Walnut Streets	30
Water Street	Between Main Street and the Borough line east and west	30

Any person who shall operate a vehicle or tractor at a speed in excess of that established therefor upon any highway or portion thereof specified in this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine in accordance with the applicable penalty provisions of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.

§ 425-11 Maximum speed limits established on certain bridges and elevated structures.

Maximum speed limits are established, as follows, on certain bridges and elevated structures, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any such bridge or elevated structure at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that bridge or elevated structure:

	Bridge or Elevated Structure	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 425-12 Maximum speed limits established for certain vehicles on hazardous grades.

The following are declared to be hazardous grades and, upon any such hazardous grade, no person shall drive a vehicle having a gross weight in excess of that referred to for that grade, in the direction stated for that grade, at a speed in excess of that established in this section for that grade, and if so stated for a particular grade, the driver of every such vehicle shall stop the vehicle before proceeding downhill:

Street	Between	Direction of Travel	Maximum Gross Weight	Maximum Speed Limit	Required to Stop Before Proceeding Downhill
(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 and costs. Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

§ 425-13 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 10 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough, except in the following locations, where the lower maximums, as specified, shall apply:

	Park	Street	Location	Maximum Speed Limit
	(Reserved)

§ 425-14 Traffic signals at certain locations.

At the following locations, traffic signals as indicated below shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected), and traffic at those locations shall be directed by those signals:

	Location	Type of Signal
	Main Street and High Street	Traffic
	Main Street and Kichline Avenue	Traffic
	Main Street and Kiernan Avenue	Traffic
	Main Street and Penn Street	Traffic
	Main Street and Walnut Street	Traffic
	Main Street and Water Street	Traffic

Any driver of a vehicle who disobeys the directions of any traffic signal shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 425-15 Intersections where turn prohibited on red signal.

The following are established as intersections where drivers of vehicles headed in the direction or directions indicated are prohibited from making a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) on a steady red signal:

Intersection	Vehicles Traveling On	Facing
Main Street and High Street	High Street	East and West
Main Street and Water Street	Water Street	East
Main Street and Cherry Lane	Main Street	North
Main Street and High Street	Main Street	North

Any driver of a vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 425-16 One-way roadways established.

The following are established as one-way roadways, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:

Street	From	To	Direction of Travel
Bachman Street	Main Street	Furnace Street	West
Chestnut Street	Easton Road	Main Street	West
Church Street	Main Street	A point 300 feet east of Main Street	East
Clarke Street	Main Street	First Avenue	East
Clarke Street	Main Street	Washington Street	West
Coke Street	Bleyler Street	Zimpfer Lane	East
Depot Street	Main Street	Easton Road	East
Division Street [Added 8-17-2015 by Ord. No. 800]	Harwi Street	Front Street	West
Division Street	Main Street	Harwi Avenue	West
Durham Street	Main Street	Penn Street	East
Easton Road	Main Street	Northampton Street	North
Fehr Street	Easton Road	Main Street	West
Hampton Avenue	Main Street	Front Street	West
Madison Street	Wagner Avenue	High Street	South
Magnolia Road	Main Street	Front Street	West
Oak Street	Division Street	Hampton Avenue	North
Oak Street [Added 8-17-2015 by Ord. No. 800]	Hampton Avenue	Division Street	South
Oliver Street	Plaza Lane	Fehr Street	North
Plaza Lane	Main Street	Oliver Street	East
Rohn Street [Added 8-17-2015 by Ord. No. 800]	Constitution Avenue	Juniper Street	North
Saucon Street (East)	Northampton Street	Rentzheimer Drive	East
Spruce Street	Cherry Street	Main Street	West
Sycamore Street	Main Street	Front Street	West
Zimpfer Lane	Coke Street	Wagner Avenue	North