City of Washington, PA Traffic Regulations

Maximum speed limits are established on portions of specified streets, as follows, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any part of a street where a maximum speed limit applies at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that part of the street:

Street	Between	Maximum Speed Limit (mph)
Dewey Avenue	Park Avenue and City Line	25
Dunn Avenue	Maiden, East Wheeling and park entrance	25
East Maiden Street	East City boundary to Hanna Street	35
Jefferson Avenue	Henderson Avenue and the City Line	25
Lincoln Street	East Maiden Street to Highland Avenue	25
Main Street	Spruce Street and Cherry Avenue	25
North Franklin	Hall Avenue and Hallam Avenue	25
Tyler Street	Entire length	25

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $35. 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.

§ 335-12 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)

§ 335-13 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. 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.

§ 335-14 Maximum speed limits established in parks.

A speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established on all streets and roadways in the public parks maintained and operated by the Borough.

§ 335-15 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
	Chestnut and Hayes Streets	Treadle type
	East Beau and College Streets
	East Beau and Lincoln Streets
	East Chestnut and College Streets
	East Hallam Avenue and Locust Avenue	Treadle type
	East Maiden and College Streets
	East Maiden Street and Wade Avenue	Treadle type
	East Wheeling and College Streets
	Franklin and West Beau Streets
	Hall and Jefferson Avenues
	Henderson and Allison Avenues	Flasher type
	Henderson and Jefferson Avenues
	Highland, Locust, Lincoln and College Streets
	Main and Beau Streets
	North Franklin and West Chestnut Streets
	North Main and Chestnut Streets
	North Main and Hallam Streets
	North Main and Walnut Streets
	South Franklin and West Wheeling Streets
	South Main and Maiden Streets
	South Main and Wheeling Streets
	Third Street and Jefferson Avenue
	West Chestnut and Jefferson Streets
	West Chestnut Street and McCarrell Avenue	Treadle type
	Wylie and Jefferson Avenues

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.

§ 335-16 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
	(Reserved)

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.

§ 335-17 One-way streets established.

[Amended 10-23-1986 by Ord. No. 1363; 10-10-1996 by Ord. No. 1528; 12-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1533; 10-12-2000 by Ord. No. 1651]

The following are established as one-way streets, 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
Allison Avenue	Tyler Avenue	Hall Avenue	Southbound
Avenue A	Hall Avenue	Second Street	Northbound
Avenue A	Hallam Avenue	End of Avenue A	Northbound
Cherry Avenue	Brownson Avenue	South Main Street	Westbound
Cherry Avenue	Shaffer Avenue	Main Street	Eastbound
Church Street	Hall Avenue	North Franklin Street	Eastbound
College Street	Highland Avenue	East Maiden Street	Southbound
D Avenue	Clark Street	Montgomery Avenue	Southbound
Extension Avenue	Grove Avenue	Weaver Avenue	Eastbound
Larch Street	Leonard Avenue	Wilson Avenue
Leonard Avenue	Locust Avenue	Larch Street	Westbound
Lincoln Street	East Maiden Street	Highland Avenue	Northbound
Meadow Avenue	Berthel Street	Oakland Avenue	Northbound
Railroad Street	South Main Street	South College Street	Eastbound
Shaffer Avenue	East Maiden Street	East Pine Avenue	Northbound
Summerlea Avenue	Woodland Avenue	Henderson Avenue	Northwesterly
Sumner Avenue	Locust Avenue	Hallam Avenue	Northbound
Victoria Street	West Walnut Street	Hall Avenue	Northbound
West Prospect Avenue	South Main Street	Dewey Avenue	Westbound
West Spruce Street	Ruple Lane	North Franklin Street	East

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

§ 335-18 Rotary traffic islands established.

The following are designated as rotary traffic islands, and every vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island:

Dunn Avenue at park entrance

Any person who drives a vehicle otherwise than to the right of any rotary traffic island shall be guilty of a violation of this section and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 335-19 Turning at certain intersections prohibited or restricted.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle of the type indicated, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make a left turn and/or a right turn into the second-named street, as indicated, at any time when such a turn is prohibited by this section:

Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Not to Make	Into	When	Type of Vehicle Applicable to
Chestnut Street	East	Left turn	Post office driveway	All turns	All
Main Street	North	Left turn	Chestnut	All	Except buses
Pittsburgh National Bank Driveway		Left turn	East Beau Street	All turns	All
Post office driveway		Left turn	West Chestnut Street	All turns	All
Prospect Street [Added 12-21-2017 by Ord. No. 1905]	Westerly	Left turn	Elm Street	All turns	All
Shaffer Avenue		Left turn	East Beau Street	All turns	All

§ 335-20 Right turns only permitted at certain intersections.

[Amended 12-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1533]

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, traveling upon the first-named street at any of the following intersections, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, to make other than a right turn, at any time stated, both left turns and straight-across traffic being prohibited:

	Vehicles Traveling on	Direction of Travel	Times	Not to Make Left Turn into or Travel Straight Across
	Spruce Street	East	7:00 to 9:00 a.m.; 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.	North Franklin Street

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

§ 335-21 U-turns prohibited at certain locations.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle traveling upon any of the following portions of streets in the direction or directions indicated for that street to make a U-turn:

	Street	Portion	Direction of Travel
	(Reserved)

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

§ 335-22 No-passing zones established.

The following are established as no-passing zones, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone:

	Street	Direction of Travel	Between
	(Reserved)

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

§ 335-23 Through highways established.

The following highways are established as through highways, thus authorizing stop or yield signs to be erected facing traffic approaching every intersection with the through highway except for those intersections with traffic signals, or with exceptions or modifications as indicated below. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop or yield sign authorized by this section shall stop the vehicle or yield right-of-way as required by § 3323(b) or (c) of the Vehicle Code,[1] as the case may be, and shall not proceed into or across the through highway until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law:

	Highway	Between
	(Reserved)

[1]

Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(b) or (c).

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

§ 335-24 Stop intersections established.

[Amended 5-9-1996 by Ord. No. 1520; 8-15-1996 by Ord. No. 1525; 12-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1533; 2-27-1997 by Ord. No. 1543; 3-13-1997 by Ord. No. 1546; 8-20-1998 by Ord. No. 1592; 1-11-2001 by Ord. No. 1667]

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 335-23) are established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the intersecting or through street) on the first-named street (the stop street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or stop street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(b) of the Vehicle Code and shall not proceed into or across the second-named or intersecting or through street until he has followed all applicable requirements of that section of the law.

Stop Street	Intersecting or Through Street	Direction of Travel
Acheson Avenue	Dewey Avenue	North
Addison Avenue	Brookside Avenue	East
Addison Avenue	Hart Avenue	4-way north and south
Addison Street	Jefferson Avenue	East
Allison Avenue	Hall Avenue	South
Allison Avenue	Hallam Avenue	4-way stop
Allison Avenue	Montgomery Avenue	South
Atlas Street	West Chestnut Street	East
Baird Avenue	Addison Street	East and west
Baird Avenue	Broad Street	4-way
Baird Avenue	Fayette Street	4-way
Baird Avenue	West Chestnut Street	South
Baltimore Street	West Chestnut Street	South
Beech Street	Hallam Avenue	South
Bob Avenue	Murray Avenue	West
Brady Avenue	Beech Street	North and south
Brady Avenue	North Main Street	North
Broad Street	Baird Avenue	4-way stop
Broad Street	Hart Avenue	North and south
Broad Street	McCarrell Avenue	North and south
Brookside Avenue	West Chestnut Street	South
Brownson Avenue	Strawberry Avenue	North
Brownson Avenue	West Wheeling Street	North
Bruce Street	Glenn Street	East and west
Bruce Street	Maple Avenue	North and south
Burton Avenue	Coremont Avenue	East and west
Burton Avenue [Added 4-7-2016 by Ord. No. 1879]	Highland Avenue	South
Burton Avenue	Wilson Avenue	East
Cambridge Avenue	Duncan Avenue	East
Campbell Avenue	Murray Avenue	East
Canton Avenue	Addison Street	North and south
Canton Avenue	Broad Street	North and east
Canton Avenue	Broad Street	North and south
Central Avenue	Ridge Avenue	West
Chartiers Street	Tyler Avenue	East
Clark Street	Summerlea Avenue	East
Commerce Drive	Stewart Avenue	West
Coremont Avenue	Laurel Avenue	North and south
Coremont Avenue	Leet Street	North
Detroit Avenue	East Maiden Street	South
Dewey Avenue	Acheson Avenue	South
Dewey Avenue	Jennings Lane	North and south
Donnan Avenue	Hall Avenue	South
Donnan Avenue	Hallam Avenue	4-way stop
Donnan Avenue	Montgomery Avenue	North and south
Duncan Avenue	Hallam Avenue	North and south
Dunn Avenue	Park Road	East and west
Dunn Avenue	Wheeling Street	North and south
East Chestnut Street	Lincoln Street	East and west
East Katherine Avenue	Coremont Avenue	North
Erie Street	Linn Avenue	North and south
Erie Street	Ridge Avenue	North and south
Ewing Street	Baird Avenue	East and west
Ewing Street	McCarrell Avenue	East and west
Fairhill Drive	McKinley Avenue	North
Fayette Street	Baird Avenue	4-way stop
Fayette Street	Brookside Avenue	East
Fayette Street	Canton Avenue	East and west
Fayette Street	Grove Avenue	East
Fayette Street	Hart Avenue	East and west
Fayette Street	Hays Avenue	East and west
Fayette Street	Isabelle Street	East and west
Fayette Street	McCarrell Avenue	East and west and south
Fitzwilliams Street	Dewey Avenue	West
Fitzwilliams Street	Main Street	North
Forrest Avenue	Chestnut Street	South
Gibson Avenue	Burton Avenue	East
Gibson Avenue	East and west
Gibson Avenue	Locust Avenue	East
Gibson Avenue	North Main Street	West
Gibson Avenue	Sumner Avenue	North and south
Glenn Street	Bruce Street	North and south
Grove Avenue	Addison Street	North and south
Grove Avenue	Broad Street	North and south
Grove Avenue	Ewing Street	East and west
Grove Avenue	West Chestnut Street	South
Hall Avenue	Duncan Avenue	East and west
Hall Avenue	North Franklin	North
Hall Avenue	Shirls Avenue	North and south
Hallam Avenue	Allison Street	4-way
Hallam Avenue	Donnan Avenue	4-way
Hallam Avenue	Duncan Avenue	North and south
Hallam Avenue	Poplar Street	North and south
Hallam Avenue	Sumner Avenue	East and West
Harding Avenue	Main Street	West
Hart Avenue	Addison Avenue	4-way
Hart Avenue	Ewing Street	North
Hart Avenue	West Chestnut Street	South
Hillside Avenue	Broad Street	South
Houston Street	Hanna Street	West
Houston Street	Le Moyne Avenue	East and west
Huffman Avenue	Fitzwilliams Street	South
Idaho Street	Maple Avenue	West
Isabell Street	Atlas Street	South
Isabell Street	Catfish Alley	North
Jackson Street	Maryland Avenue	North
Katherine Avenue	Beech Street	North and south
Katherine Avenue	Coremont Avenue	West and east
Katherine Avenue	North Main Street	East and west
Katherine Avenue	Wilson Avenue	4-way
Lang Avenue	Hanna Street	East
Larch Street	Wilson Avenue	South
Laurel Avenue	Coremont Street	West
Laurel Avenue	Wilson Avenue
Leet Street	Wilson Avenue	North
Lewis Avenue	Seminole Avenue	North and south
Liberty Avenue	Bruce Street	North
Lincoln Street	West Chestnut Street	North
Linden Avenue	East Maiden Street	South
Linn Avenue	Central Avenue	South
Maiden Square East Apartment Complex	Springfield Avenue	West
Maple Avenue	Bruce Street	North and south
May Avenue	Fayette Street	South
McCarrell Avenue	Addison Street	North and south
McCarrell Avenue	Broad Street	East and west
McCarrell Avenue	West Chestnut Street	South
McGowan Avenue	Dewey Avenue	East
McGriffin Avenue	Elm Street	North
McKinley Avenue	Montgomery Street	North and south
McKinley Avenue	Second Street	North and south
Meadow Avenue	Fairmont Supply	North and south
Meadow Avenue	Third Street	East and west
Mill Street	West Chestnut Street	North
Moffat Avenue	East Wheeling Street	South
Montgomery Avenue	Duncan Avenue	West
Murdock Street	Main Street	South
Murdock Street	Main Street	South
Murtland Avenue	Locust Avenue	East
Murtland Avenue	Ridge Avenue	East
Nevada Street	Maple Avenue	West
New York Street	Henderson Avenue	West
New York Street	Penn Street	East
North Franklin Avenue	Hall Avenue	North
North Franklin Avenue	Katherine Avenue	North and south
North Franklin Street	Brady Avenue	North and south
North Franklin Street	Hall Avenue	North and south
North Franklin Street	Hallam Avenue	North and south
North Franklin Street	Spruce Alley	West
North Franklin Street	West Chestnut Street	4-way
North Franklin Street	West Walnut Street	4-way stop
Oregon Street	West Maiden Street	South
Penn Street	Beau Street	South
Pine Alley	Central Avenue	South
Pine Street	College Street	East
Poplar Street	Erie Street	North and south
Poplar Street	Murtland Avenue	North and south
Prospect Avenue	Elm Street	East
Quarry Avenue	Addison Street	North
Railroad Street	College Street	East
Railroad Street	Main Street	West
Redstone Road	Fitzwilliams Street	East
Second Street	North Franklin Street	North
Seminole Avenue	Main Street	East
Shady Avenue	Bruce Street	North
Shaffer Avenue	East Beau Street	North
Shaffer Avenue	East Cherry Avenue	North
Shannon Avenue	Linn Avenue	North and south
Sharp Avenue	Leonard Avenue	North and south
Shirls Avenue	Hallam Avenue	North and south
Spruce Street	North Franklin Street	East
Spruce Street	Ruple Lane	East
Strawberry Alley	Shaffer Avenue	East and west
Strawberry Avenue	Lincoln Street	East
Sumner Avenue	Hallam Avenue	North and south
Sycamore Street	Taylor Avenue	South
Terrace Avenue	Donnan Avenue	West
Third Street	Allison Avenue	East and West
Third Street	Brady Avenue	North and south
Traffic Island	Leet Street and Coremont Avenue	North
Victoria Street	Hall Avenue	North
Virginia Avenue	Delaware Avenue	North
Virginia Avenue	Maryland Avenue	North
Virginia Avenue	Penn Avenue	North
Walnut Street	College Street	East and west
Walnut Street	Franklin Street	4-way
Walnut Street	Highland Avenue	West
Walnut Street	Lincoln Street	East and west
Washington Street	West Chestnut Street	North and south
Weaver Avenue	Allison Avenue	North
Weaver Avenue	Fayette Street	South
West Maiden Street	Jefferson Avenue	North
West Prospect Avenue	Dewey Avenue	West
West Walnut Street	Hall Avenue	North
Wilson Avenue	Katherine Avenue	3-way; east, west and north
Wilson Avenue	Larch Street	South
Wilson Avenue	Locust Avenue	East
Wilson Avenue	Main Street	East
Wilson Avenue	Washington Hospital driveway	West

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

§ 335-25 Yield intersections established.

The following intersections (in addition to intersections with the through highways established by § 335-23) are established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected (or are ratified if previously erected) in such a position as to face traffic approaching the second-named street (the through street) on the first-named street (the yield street) in the direction or directions indicated for that intersection. Every driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the first-named or yield street, in the direction indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle as required by § 3323(c) of the Vehicle Code, and then yield the right-of-way as required by that subsection of the Vehicle Code.

	Yield Street	Through Street	Direction of Travel
	Coremont Street	Leet Street	North
	North Franklin Street	Buttonwood Avenue	North

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

§ 335-26 Restrictions on use of pushcarts.

The word "pushcart," as used in this section, shall mean a vehicle, other than a pedalcycle, propelled solely by human power, and used or intended for use for the display, transport, exhibit or sale of goods, wares or merchandise.

It shall be unlawful for any person to propel a pushcart upon any sidewalk in any business district.

Any person who violates any provision of this section or any condition of any permit granted under this section shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.