 The alignment of Route 287 has been successor to a set of plank roads from Larrys Creek to Lawrenceville . The southern plank road , known as the Larrys Creek Plank Road , dates back to 1850 as short highway from Larrys Creek to Salladasburg , and was completely gone by 1900 . The second part followed the Tioga and Lawrenceville Plank Road , which although is named from Tioga to Lawrenceville , went from Wellsboro to Tioga . The portion to Lawrenceville was never constructed . The route also followed several postal routes in the area . In 1911 , the Sproul Road Bill was passed , and Route 287 became segments of Legislative Route 22 , Legislative Route 106 , and Legislative Route 353 . In 1924 , the northernmost portion was designated Route 4 and the Susquehanna Trail . This was changed to part of U.S. Route 220 in 1926 . 
