Pennsylvania Route 848

PA Route 848 marker

PA Route 848
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length: 6.66 mi[1] (10.72 km)
Existed: 1961 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 11 in New Milford
  I-81 in New Milford Township
East end: PA 547 in Gibson Township
Location
Counties: Susquehanna
Highway system
← PA 847PA 849 →

Pennsylvania Route 848 (designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as PA 848) is a 6.66-mile-long (10.72 km) state highway located in Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 11 just south of Route 492 in New Milford. The eastern terminus is at Route 547 in Gibson Township. Route 848 remains as a former portion of Route 371, which was originally designated in 1936 from New Milford to the New York state line. The highway was designated as Route 848 in 1961, seven years after it was truncated from New Milford.

Route description

Route 848 eastbound heading through New Milford Township

Route 848 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 11 (Main Street) in New Milford. The route runs east towards Cobb Street, making a bend to the southeast. Passing through a residential area, the route leaves the borough of New Milford and enters the township of New Milford. The surroundings become more rural, and at the intersection with Route 2061, the route curves to the southeast into a dense forested area. Route 848 remains a two-lane road through New Milford Township. The route soon reaches Route 2063 (Far Hill Road) and later with Route 2081 (Oliver Road), which serves as the connection between Interstate 81's (I-81) exit 219 southbound and Route 848. After crossing under I-81, Route 848 intersects the northbound ramps before returning to the rural Gibson Township. After the intersection with Creek Road, Route 848 enters the village of Gibson, where it terminates at an intersection with Route 547 and Township Road 574.[2]

History

The route of Route 848 began as an alignment of the Cochecton and Great Bend Turnpike (a portion of the Great Bend and Newburgh Turnpike), a 19th Century turnpike built from Great Bend, Pennsylvania to Newburgh, New York. The road was completed in Pennsylvania in 1811, five years after construction began.[3] The turnpike did not fare after the mid-1800s, with the road abandoned in 1853.[4] When the modern state highway system for Pennsylvania debuted in 1928, the alignment of future Route 371 was not included.[5] In 1936, Route 371 was designated on its alignment from New Milford to the New York state line;[6] however, this would only last sixteen years, as the Pennsylvania Department of Highways truncated Route 371 back to the intersection with Route 171 in Union Dale, further east in Susquehanna County.[7] Seven years later, Route 848 was designated from Gibson to New Milford, while the rest of the alignment was designated part of Route 374 from Lyon Street (west of Union Dale) to Union Dale.[8] The rest was later designated Township Road 945 from Gibson to Route 92 intersection and Quadrant Route 2034 from Route 92 to Route 374.[9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Susquehanna County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
New Milford0.000.00 US 11 (Main Street)Western terminus of Route 848
New Milford Township4.377.03 I-81Exit 219 (I-81); southbound ramps via QR 2081 (Oliver Road) only
Gibson Township6.6610.72 PA 547 (Harford Street)Eastern terminus of Route 848; Village of Gibson
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: PennDOT - Pennsylvania Stateroads 201101. Specifics: roadway layer(s), datum NAD83. Files: compressed file 28056 KiB,.
  2. ↑ Microsoft; Nokia (October 7, 2011). "Overview map of Pennsylvania Route 848" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ Blackman, Emily C. (1873). History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: from a period preceding its settlement to recent times. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger. p. 510. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Damascus Historic District". The Living Group. 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  5. ↑ Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1928.
  6. ↑ Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1936.
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania Official Road Map (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1954.
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Official Road Map (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1961.
  9. ↑ Google (March 25, 2011). "Township Road 945 & State Route 2034 map" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 25, 2011.

External links

Route map: Bing

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