Pennsylvania Route 441

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PA Route 441

Length:

31 mi^[1] (50 km)

Formed:

1928

South end:

PA 999 in Manor Township

North end:

Paxton Street in Harrisburg

Counties:

Lancaster, Dauphin

Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 438		PA 442 >
Legislative

Pennsylvania Route 441 is a 28 mile long state route in central Pennsylvania and parallels the Susquehanna River. The northern terminus is at Paxton Street in downtown Harrisburg. Its southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 999 in the Manor Township hamlet of Washington Boro.

The route passes along the east side of Three Mile Island, the site of one of the most publicized nuclear meltdowns in history.

1 Communities along the route
2 Route description
3 Major Junctions
4 History
5 References

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Route description

The northern terminus of PA 441 is Paxton Street in Harrisburg. Near Steelton it meets Interstate 283 at exit 2. In Londonderr Township it meets Pennsylvania Route 283 as an interchange. PA 441 has no access to the Pennsylvania Turnpike/ I-76. In Middletown, PA PA 441 meets with Pennsylvania Route 230 which is a detour to the Harrisburg International Airport. South of Middletown, PA 441 begins to parallel the Susquehanna River and is renamed as River Road. In Marietta PA 441 meets the terminuses of Pennsylvania Route 743 and Pennsylvania Route 772. Also in Marietta PA 441 meets the western terminus of Pennsylvania Route 23.In Columbia south of Marietta, PA 441 meets with U.S. Route 30 as an interchange. Less than a mile south of the US 30 interchange, PA 441 meets with Pennsylvania Route 462. In Washington Boro, PA 441 ends and meets the west end of Pennsylvania Route 999 as well.

[edit] Major Junctions

County	Location	Road(s)	Notes
Dauphin	Harrisburg	SR 3010/ Paxton Street
	Swatara Township	I-283	Exit 2 (I-283).
	Lower Swatara Township	PA 283	Interchange.
	Middletown	I-76/ Pa Tpk	PA 443 passes over I-76/PA Turnpike.
	Middletown	PA 230
Lancaster	Conoy Township	PA 241	Southern terminus of PA 241.
	Marietta	PA 743	Southern terminus of PA 743.
		PA 772	Western terminus of PA 772.
		PA 23	Western terminus of PA 23.
	Columbia	US 30	Interchange.
	Columbia	PA 462
	Manor Township	PA 999	Western terminus of PA 999.

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] History

Signed in 1928 and that same year, the route was under construction from the West Hempfield Township line to Columbia and completed the following year. In 1930, the route was paved from PA 241 to Royalton and Ebenezer to Oberlin. In 1932, the route was paved from Marietta to Bainbridge, Middletown to Highland Street, and from Oberlin to Harrisburg. In 1935, the northern terminus was moved from 19th Street to its current location.

Construction for an interchange with I-283 and new alignment for Oberlin Road began in 1968, and concluded in 1970.

The route travels past perhaps the most famous or infamous island in North America: Three Mile Island. In fact, during the emergency in 1979, the Pennsylvania State Police shut down the highway in front of the plant from March 28 to April 9.