La ruta 340 de Pensilvania ( PA 340 ) es una carretera estatal de 48 km de largo ubicada en los condados de Lancaster y Chester en Pensilvania . El término occidental está en PA 462 en Lancaster . El término del este está en EE.UU. Ruta 30 negocios (30 de los EEUU autobús.) En Thorndale . La ruta es una carretera de dos carriles que atraviesa áreas rurales, pasando por Pennsylvania Dutch Country en el este del condado de Lancaster, que es el hogar de varias familias Amish y sirve a las comunidades de Bird-in-Hand , Intercourse ,White Horse , Compass y Wagontown . La PA 340 cruza la US 30 cerca de Lancaster, PA 772 en Intercourse, PA 897 en White Horse, PA 10 en Compass, PA 82 en Wagontown , y la US 30 nuevamente cerca de Thorndale.
Ruta 340 de Pensilvania | ||||
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Información de ruta | ||||
Mantenido por PennDOT | ||||
Largo | 30,064 millas [1] (48,383 km) | |||
Uniones principales | ||||
West End | PA 462 cerca de Lancaster | |||
US 30 cerca de Lancaster PA 896 en Smoketown PA 772 en Intercourse PA 897 en White Horse PA 10 en Compass PA 82 cerca de Coatesville US 30 cerca de Thorndale | ||||
Extremo este | Autobús de los Estados Unidos 30. en Thorndale | |||
Localización | ||||
Condados | Lancaster , Chester | |||
Sistema de carreteras | ||||
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La ruta sigue la ruta de King's Highway que unía Lancaster y Filadelfia en la época colonial y, de hecho, se llama King's Highway durante las primeras millas de su longitud cerca de Thorndale. La PA 340 fue designada por primera vez en 1928 entre la US 222 / PA 240 al este de Lancaster y la US 30 / PA 1 en Gap , siguiendo su ruta actual a White Horse antes de girar hacia el sur hacia Gap. En 1937, la ruta se extendió hacia el este hasta la US 30 en Coatesville dirigiéndose hacia el este a lo largo de su ruta actual a Wagontown y girando hacia el sur hacia Coatesville, con PA 897 reemplazando la ruta anterior entre White Horse y Gap. Para 1940, la ruta se extendió al oeste hasta la US 22 en Harrisburg , en dirección oeste a Marietta , al norte a Hershey , al noroeste a Union Deposit y al oeste a Harrisburg. La PA 340 fue desviada para terminar en la US 30 en Thorndale durante la década de 1940. En la década de 1950, el West End se redujo a US 422 en Hershey. El término occidental se redujo a PA 441 en Marietta en 1962 y su ubicación actual en 1970, con la alineación anterior ahora PA 743 entre Hershey y Marietta y PA 23 entre Marietta y Lancaster.
Descripción de la ruta
PA 340 comienza en una intersección con PA 462 en la comunidad de Bridgeport en East Lampeter Township , condado de Lancaster , en dirección este por Old Philadelphia Pike de dos carriles sin división. La carretera atraviesa áreas de hogares y negocios, pasando al sur del campus de Lancaster de Harrisburg Area Community College antes de formar brevemente la frontera entre la ciudad de Lancaster al norte y el municipio de East Lampeter al sur. Más al este, la ruta se dirige entre los parques industriales al norte y los vecindarios al sur antes de llegar a un intercambio con la autopista US 30 que no tiene una rampa desde la US 30 en dirección oeste hasta la PA 340. Pasado este intercambio, la PA 340 pasa por menos densas áreas de desarrollo residencial y comercial con algunos campos de cultivo. [2] [3] En este punto, la ruta ingresa al país holandés de Pensilvania del este del condado de Lancaster, que alberga muchas granjas y negocios Amish que atienden a los turistas. [4] [5] La carretera entra en la comunidad de Smoketown y se cruza con la terminal norte de PA 896 al sur del aeropuerto de Smoketown . La ruta cruza la cala del molino y continúa hacia el este a la comunidad de Bird-en-mano , donde pasa por debajo de Amtrak 's Keystone Corredor . [2] [3]
PA 340 enters Leacock Township and runs through open agricultural land with occasional residences. The road heads into the community of Intercourse and passes homes and businesses. PA 340 intersects PA 772 and forms a concurrency with that route on Main Street, with the road gaining a center left-turn lane. PA 772 splits to the southeast and PA 340 passes more residential development on Old Philadelphia Pike. The road leaves Intercourse and loses the turn lane, continuing through more farmland. The route heads into Salisbury Township and runs through more rural areas, passing through the community of Spring Garden. PA 340 comes to an intersection with PA 897 and runs concurrent with that route before PA 897 turns south in the community of White Horse. Following this, the road runs east through more areas of farm fields, crossing Pequea Creek and passing through the community of Cains.[2][3]
PA 340 enters West Caln Township in Chester County and becomes West Kings Highway, passing southeast through woods and fields and reaching an intersection with PA 10 in the community of Compass. At this point, PA 10 turns southeast for a brief concurrency with PA 340 before PA 340 splits to the east. The road runs through wooded areas with some homes and fields, passing through the community of Wagontown. The route curves southeast before running east again and becoming the border between West Caln Township to the north and the city of Coatesville to the south. PA 340 crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek and runs along the border between West Brandywine Township to the north and Coatesville to the south as it comes to the junction with PA 82 in the community of Siousca.[2][6]
Following this intersection, the road becomes East Kings Highway and runs along the border between West Brandywine Township to the north and Valley Township to the south as it runs through forested areas with some homes. The route enters Caln Township and heads southeast, passing over the US 30 freeway. PA 340 intersects Reeceville Road/North Caln Road, with Reeceville Road heading north to an interchange with US 30. The road curves northeast and comes to another bridge over US 30. The route passes through more wooded areas with some homes and fields, as well as Caln Meeting House, turning east onto Bondsville Road. PA 340 runs through forested areas and makes a turn to the south, coming to an interchange with US 30. The route runs through wooded areas of residential development and comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with US 30 Bus. (Lincoln Highway) in the community of Thorndale.[2][6]
Historia
The route follows the alignment of the King's Highway, a colonial road built in 1733 that linked Lancaster and Philadelphia. The road was laid out by the provincial government of Pennsylvania[7] along what was once known as "Old Peter's Road," a trade route used by the French-Canadian fur trade Peter Bisaillon (1662-1742). Bisaillon's route probably followed even older Indian trails.[8][9][10][11] When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, what would become PA 340 was legislated as Legislative Route 142, which ran from Lancaster to White Horse before turning south to Gap.[12] By 1926, Legislative Route 142 was paved.[13] PA 340 was assigned in 1928 to the alignment extending from US 222/PA 240 (Horseshoe Road) east of Lancaster to US 30/PA 1 in Gap via White Horse. US 222/PA 240 was designated along the current alignment west to US 30/PA 1 (now PA 462) while the current route east of White Horse existed as an unpaved road with small paved sections west of PA 82 and north of Thorndale.[14] In 1937, the eastern terminus was rerouted at White Horse to head east to US 30 (now US 30 Bus.) in Coatesville, following its current alignment east to Wagontown before following Wagontown Road to Coatesville, with an extended PA 897 replacing the former PA 340 designation between White Horse and Gap.[15][16] By 1940, the western terminus was extended to US 22 (Herr Street) east of Harrisburg, following its current alignment (which replaced US 222) to US 30, which it ran concurrent with through Lancaster. From here, PA 340 headed west to Marietta, where it formed a concurrency with PA 441 before making a turn to the north and continuing through Elizabethtown to Hershey. At Hershey, PA 340 turned to the northwest and continued to Union Deposit, where it headed west towards Harrisburg. At this time, the entire length of PA 340 was paved.[16] In the 1940s, the eastern terminus of PA 340 was rerouted to its current location at US 30 (now US 30 Bus.) in Thorndale.[17]
The western terminus of PA 340 was cut back to US 422 in Hershey in the 1950s, with the former route between Harrisburg and Hershey becoming unnumbered Union Deposit Road, Hockersville Road, and Fishburn Road.[18] By 1962, the western terminus of PA 340 was cut back PA 441 in Marietta, with an extended PA 743 replacing the route between Hershey and Marietta.[19] The western terminus was truncated to its current location at PA 462 by 1970, with PA 23 extended west to replace the former designation between Marietta and Lancaster.[20]
Intersecciones principales
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Lancaster | East Lampeter Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | PA 462 (East King Street / Lincoln Highway) | Western terminus |
1.351 | 2.174 | US 30 – York, Harrisburg, Coatesville, Philadelphia | Interchange; no access from westbound US 30 to PA 340 | ||
3.820 | 6.148 | PA 896 south (Eastbrook Road) to US 30 – Strasburg | Northern terminus of PA 896 | ||
Leacock Township | 8.521 | 13.713 | PA 772 west (West Newport Road) | Western terminus of concurrency | |
8.704 | 14.008 | PA 772 east (East Newport Road) | Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
Salisbury Township | 13.896 | 22.363 | PA 897 north (Springville Road) | Western terminus of concurrency | |
14.422 | 23.210 | PA 897 south (White Horse Road) – Gap | Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
Chester | West Caln Township | 17.680 | 28.453 | PA 10 north (Compass Road) – Honey Brook | Western terminus of concurrency |
17.828 | 28.691 | PA 10 south (Compass Road) – Parkesburg | Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
Coatesville–Valley Township line | 24.604 | 39.596 | PA 82 (Manor Road) – Brandywine Manor, Coatesville | ||
Caln Township | 29.248 | 47.070 | US 30 (Coatesville Downingtown Bypass) – Exton, Coatesville | Interchange | |
30.064 | 48.383 | US 30 Bus. (Lincoln Highway) – Downingtown, Coatesville | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Ver también
- U.S. Roads portal
- Pennsylvania portal
Referencias
- ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- Lancaster County (PDF)
- Chester County (PDF)
- ^ a b c d e Google (May 25, 2013). "Pennsylvania Route 340" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Interactive Map of Lancaster County". Discover Lancaster. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "Amish & PA Dutch Countryside". Discover Lancaster. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ a b Chester County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society. 25–26. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster County Historical Society. 1921. p. 45. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Map). 1872.
- ^ Smith, Carl (1976). A pictorial history of Conoy Township: from colonial days to 1976. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Conoy Township Bicentennial Committee.
- ^ William Frederic Worner, "Old St. John's Church Yard, Pequea," Historical Papers and Addresses,. XXI. Lancaster County Historical Society. 1917. pp. 155–162.
- ^ Evans, Samuel; Ellis, Franklin (1883). History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Everts & Peck. p. 309.
- ^ Map of Pennsylvania Showing State Highways (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1911. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Pennsylvania Highway Map (eastern side) (Map). Gulf Oil. 1926. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
- ^ Pennsylvania Highway Map (Philadelphia Metro) (Map). Gulf Oil. 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ "State Highways Are Renumbered" (PDF). The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 2, 1937. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ a b Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
- ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1950. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1960. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ General Highway Map Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map) (Sheet 1 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1962. Retrieved December 20, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1970. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
enlaces externos
- Pennsylvania Highways: PA 340
- PA 340 at AARoads.com
- Pennsylvania Roads - PA 340