 On May 31 , 1911 , the state of Pennsylvania signed the Sproul Road Bill , which started a drastic state takeover of highways around the commonwealth . Originally , only several routes were assigned around the state . The bill had approved a road from Wellsboro to the New York state line , which was designated as Legislative Route 22 . At the time , this was the only state @-@ maintained portion of Route 287 that was in use . By 1915 , more of Route 287 was taken over by the state , with the portion from the current @-@ day intersection with Pennsylvania Route 414 in Morris Township to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 660 in Wellsboro becoming designated as Legislative Route 106 , where it reached Legislative Route 22 and 21 . In 1916 , the portion from Legislative Route 23 ( now the intersection with U.S. Route 220 ) in Larrys Creek to the community of Brookside was taken over as Legislative Route 353 . 
