Pennsylvania Route 994

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PA Route 994

Length:

27 mi^[1] (43 km)

Formed:

1936

West end:

PA 26 in Entriken

East end:

US 522 in Orbisonia

Counties:

Huntingdon

Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 993		PA 995 >
Legislative

Pennsylvania Route 994 is a Pennsylvania highway which runs for 27 miles. It runs from Pennsylvania Route 26 in Entriken, Pennsylvania to U.S. Route 522 in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.

1 Route description
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 History
5 Miscellanea
6 References

[edit] Route description

Traveling east from Entriken, the route travels to the southeast before turning to the north and making a U-turn to parallel the shore of Raystown Lake. Route 994 then crosses the lake twice, once on a small bridge crossing a small "finger" of the lake and the second time on a bridge that is combination of a land bridge and a man-made bridge. Following the second crossing, the route returns to a southeasterly path.

For the next 4.5 miles, Route 994 parallels the southern border of the Trough Creek State Park, turning to the south in the progress. The route returns east near Quadrant Route 3019 in Cooks before taking an erratic path eastward due to the terrain up to an intersection with Route 655 south of Saltillo. After forming a short 170 yard duplex with Route 655, Route 994 continues east to Three Springs.

In the center of Three Springs, Route 994 intersects the southern terminus of Route 747 and the former southern terminus of Route 829. Route 994 takes the south exit at this intersection, curving to the east outside of town and gradually shifts northeast toward Orbisonia.

Southwest of Orbisonia, Route 994 intersects the northern terminus Route 475. From this point, Route 994 runs north-south before jutting back to the east in Orbisonia towards its eastern terminus at US 522.

[edit] Communities along the route

Entriken
Trough Creek
Cooks
Joller
Kimmel
Three Springs
Pogue
Orbisonia

[edit] Major intersections

PA 26, Entriken
PA 655, near Saltillo
PA 747, Three Springs
PA 475, Orbisonia
US 522, Orbisonia

[edit] History

The 994 designation was first given in 1928. Within 10 years of its commissioning, the eastern terminus was moved twice, from Greensburg to Irwin in 1932 and from Irwin to Orbisonia in 1936. The western terminus was shifted to East Pittsburgh as part of a reconstruction project in Trafford, north of Entriken, in 1941. In 1976, the terminus was moved back to Trafford.^[1]

[edit] Miscellanea

This highway crosses Raystown Lake via a bridge over the lake. Fireworks are held at the Raystown Lake Resort on Memorial Day Weekend, July 3 & the Sunday night before Labor Day. The fireworks at the resort are watched on the lake but they can be seen from the bridge because the resort is just south of the Route 994 bridge which crosses Raystown Lake.