Travel

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Hex signs point to Pennsylvania Dutch country

The next time you're on the way to Hershey, Pa., or other spots along Interstate 78, get off - on the Hex Highway.

Lesser-known Old Route 22 is an 87-mile stretch of two-lane highway that begins at Exit 54A and runs mostly parallel to Interstate 78. Folk art, known as hex signs, adorns barns in Pennsylvania Dutch country. It's a debate as to whether the signs, which easily can be seen from...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos