 Much of the current @-@ day alignment for Route 287 has been constructed through many different post , plank and turnpike roads in Lycoming and Tioga counties . The earliest known plank road in the area of the current day highway dates back to 1810 , when a mail postal route was created along current day Route 287 from Wellsboro to Willardsburg ( later known as Tioga ) . The mail was delivered once a week on horseback for several years , with the service discontinued in 1818 . That year , the service was changed to a semi @-@ weekly service for delivery two times a week on horseback . In 1824 , this service was also discontinued when the mail route began to be used by coaches three times a week . This service was used and then decommissioned by 1835 , when a new system , which stretched from Wellsboro and past Willardsburg to the community of Lawrenceville , was established . 
