After years of proposals and planning, new traffic signals were activated at a significant intersection connecting Hanover and New Oxford on the Route 94 corridor Thursday morning, Aug. 27.

With the glow of a green light, the new traffic signals controlling the intersection of Hanover Street and Carlisle Pike were activated by road crews around 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, changing the flow of traffic on a busy state route.

Along with those newly installed traffic signals, a short new road, Slagle Drive, extends Hanover Street across Carlisle Pike to Ledger Drive and into the Cambrian Hills housing development.

Plans for a new Rutter's convenience store at the intersection, which will feature a gas station along with truck parking, were approved by Berwick Township, according to township meeting minutes.

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Drivers heading into Hanover from Green Springs Road will now be required to utilize Ledger Drive onto Slagle Drive to make left turns into Hanover, with the stop signs at Green Springs Road now featuring a "right turn only" warning.

"Traffic is expected to turn onto Ledger and then onto Slagle to utilize the new light to turn left safely into Hanover or to straight to go to New Oxford," Berwick Township said in a post.

A worker in a bucket truck removes a cover from a newly installed traffic light at the intersection of Carlisle Pike with Hanover Street and Slagle Drive, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, on the line between Oxford and Berwick townships.
A worker in a bucket truck removes a cover from a newly installed traffic light at the intersection of Carlisle Pike with Hanover Street and Slagle Drive, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, on the line between Oxford and Berwick townships.

In the widened northbound lanes departing Hanover, the right northbound lane of Carlisle Pike will become a "right turn only" lane leading up to Green Springs Road, where traffic in the right lane will be required to turn right.

Previously, the right northbound lane had merged into the left lane just prior to Hanover Street.

"Violators using the right hand turn only lane to get in front of traffic to go straight will be ticketed," the township stated.

In a screenshot from Google Earth, a red line marks the new extension of Hanover Street, known as "Slagle Drive," while a yellow line marks Ledger Drive, with emphasis added for the new four-way traffic signal on Carlisle Pike.
In a screenshot from Google Earth, a red line marks the new extension of Hanover Street, known as "Slagle Drive," while a yellow line marks Ledger Drive, with emphasis added for the new four-way traffic signal on Carlisle Pike.

The new Slagle Drive, and the existing Slagle Run creek nearby, are both named in honor of Colonel Henry Slagle, a local man who served as a Colonel of a Battalion of Revolutionary Militia during the Revolutionary War and lived on a farm in Berwick Township.

Slagle, who was chosen as a delegate to the first Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, was a Pennsylvania signer of the Federal Constitution and later represented York County during the formation of Pennsylvania's state constitution, according to a post shared by Berwick Township.

A newly installed traffic light is seen at the intersection of Carlisle Pike with Hanover Street and Slagle Drive, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, on the line between Oxford and Berwick townships.
A newly installed traffic light is seen at the intersection of Carlisle Pike with Hanover Street and Slagle Drive, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, on the line between Oxford and Berwick townships.

Following his involvement in the American Revolution, Slagle went on to serve as a judge in York County and then participated in the founding of Adams County, which he served as part of the state assembly in 1801 through 1802.

A plaque honoring Slagle's involvement in the American Revolution is planned as a roadside marker on Slagle Drive, according to the township.

Harrison Jones covers Hanover for the Evening Sun. Reach him at [email protected].

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This article originally appeared on Hanover Evening Sun: New traffic signals activated on Carlisle Pike north of Hanover