U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 6.

U.S. Route 6 marker

U.S. Route 6
GAR Highway; Roosevelt Highway
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length: 403 mi[1] (649 km)
Existed: 1926 (1924 as PA 7) – present
Major junctions
West end: US 6 near North Richmond, OH
 

I-79 near Meadville
US 15 in Mansfield
US 220 near Towanda

I-81 near Scranton
East end: US 6 / US 209 in Port Jervis, NY
Highway system
← PA 5PA 6 →
← US 6NPA 8 →
US Route 6 in Matamoras, Pennsylvania

U.S. Route 6 travels east–west near the north edge of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from the Ohio state line near Pymatuning Reservoir east to the Mid-Delaware Bridge over the Delaware River into Port Jervis, New York. It is the longest highway segment in the Commonwealth. Most of it is a two-lane rural highway, with some freeway bypasses around larger towns. Except east of Scranton, where it is paralleled by Interstate 84, it is the main route in its corridor. What is now Interstate 80—the Keystone Shortway—was once planned along the US 6 corridor as a western extension of I-84.[2] The corridor was originally the Roosevelt Highway from Erie, Pennsylvania to Port Jervis, New York, designated Pennsylvania Route 7 in 1924.[3] The PA 7 designation soon disappeared, but as US 6 was extended and relocated, the Roosevelt Highway followed it. The Pennsylvania section of US 6 was renamed the Grand Army of the Republic Highway in 1946; this name was applied to its full transcontinental length by 1953.[4]

US 6 meets with U.S. Route 19 near Meadville, where it turns north with US 19 to a point east of Edinboro. There it turns east (while U.S. Route 6N heads west to U.S. Route 20 at West Springfield) and passes through the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. At Towanda it turns more southeasterly to reach Scranton, then turning back northeast out of Scranton to Carbondale and generally east and southeast to New York. US 6 fully encompasses two Pennsylvania Scenic Byways: the Gateway to the Endless Mountains Scenic Byway along the bypass of Tunkhannock and the Governor Casey Scenic Byway along the freeway portion in Lackawanna County between I-81 in Dunmore and PA 247 in Jessup.[5][6]

History

As approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) on November 11, 1926, the west end of US 6 was at Kane, where U.S. Route 120 continued west to Erie. (US 6 ended concurrent with U.S. Route 219, which ran east to Mt. Jewett along US 6 before turning north to New York.) US 6 also used present Pennsylvania Route 706, U.S. Route 11 and Pennsylvania Route 106 between Wyalusing and Carbondale, while U.S. Route 106 took the southerly route via Scranton.[7][8]

By the end of 1927, US 6 had replaced US 120 in running west from Kane to Erie (making US 120 no longer connect to its "parent" U.S. Route 20), and had swapped places with US 106 via Scranton; this took it along the Jefferson Highway. It was defined by AASHO to serve the following places in Pennsylvania: Erie, Waterford, Corry, Warren, Kane, Farmers Valley, Coudersport, Wellsboro, Canoe Camp, Mansfield, Towanda, Wyalusing, Tunkhannock, Clarks Summit, Scranton, Carbondale, Honesdale, Milford, and Matamoras.[9] By 1930 its west end was at 26th Street (U.S. Route 20) and State Street (US 6 - now Pennsylvania Route 505) in Erie. (By then U.S. Route 19 ended a block to the west on Peach Street, where it still ends today.)[10]

This original routing deviates majorly from present US 6 in the following places, roughly using the following current routes:[8]

In 1931,[4] US 6 was extended west to Greeley, Colorado. It left its old route - which then became U.S. Route 6N - at Waterford, and headed south on former Pennsylvania Route 5 and U.S. Route 19 and west on U.S. Route 322 and former Pennsylvania Route 77 into Ohio. This whole section from Waterford to Cleveland, Ohio was regarded as temporary, but the only change was a relocation by 1936 along Pennsylvania Route 79 from Union City west to US 19 south of Waterford. (Former US 6 from Mount Union to Waterford became Pennsylvania Route 97. At the same time, US 6N was moved to the rest of former PA 79 from US 19 west to U.S. Route 20 - its current route.)[11]

Since then, only minor realignments and bypasses have been made to the route of US 6.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
CrawfordOhio state line0.00.0 US 6 westContinues into Ohio
Sadsbury Township13.421.6 PA 618Southern terminus of PA 618
Conneaut Lake13.922.4 PA 285 westWestern end of concurrency with PA 285
14.323.0 US 322 west / PA 18 south (4th Street)Western end of concurrencies with US 322 and PA 18
14.423.2 PA 285 east (3rd Street)Eastern end of concurrency with PA 285
Sadsbury Township15.324.6 PA 18 northEastern end of concurrency with PA 18
Vernon Township19.932.0 US 19 south / PA 98 (Perry Highway)Southern end of concurrency with US 19,
southern terminus of PA 98
21.033.8 I-79I-79 exit 147
21.835.1 PA 102 (Pennsylvania Avenue)Southern terminus of PA 102
Meadville22.836.7 US 322 east (Linden Street)Eastern end of concurrency with US 322
Saegertown29.347.2 PA 198 east (State Street)Southern end of concurrency with PA 198
30.048.3 PA 198 westNorthern end of concurrency with PA 198
Cambridge Springs38.161.3 PA 86 / PA 408 (Main Street)Northern and Western termini of PA 86/408 respectively
38.261.5 PA 99 (McClellan Street)Southern terminus of PA 99
ErieLeBoeuf Township44.271.1 US 6N / US 19 northNorthern end of concurrency with US 19,
eastern terminus of US 6N
Union City52.985.1 PA 8 south (Main Street)Southern end of concurrency with PA 8
53.586.1 PA 8 north (Main Street)Northern end of concurrency with PA 8
Elgin59.295.3 PA 89 northWestern end of concurrency with PA 89
Wayne Township60.897.8 PA 89 southEastern end of concurrency with PA 89
Corry64.8104.3 PA 426 (Center Street)
WarrenColumbus Township67.6108.8 PA 957 (Pike Road)Western terminus of PA 957
Freehold Township77.0123.9 PA 958Southern terminus of PA 958
Pittsfield Township82.6132.9 PA 27 westWestern end of concurrency with PA 27
Youngsville85.3137.3 PA 27 east (Main Street)Eastern end of concurrency with PA 27
Brokenstraw Township89.1143.4 US 62 southWestern end of concurrency with US 62, interchange
Warren94.0151.3
US 6 Bus. / US 62 north (Pennsylvania Avenue)		Western terminus of US 6 BUS,
eastern end of concurrency with US 62, interchange
Mead Township96.9155.9
US 6 Bus. (Pennsylvania Avenue)		Eastern terminus of US 6 BUS
97.1156.3 PA 59 (Kinzua Road)Western terminus of PA 59
Sheffield Township107.1172.4 PA 666Eastern terminus of PA 666
McKeanKane122.6197.3 PA 66 (Fraley Street)Northern terminus of PA 66
123.1198.1 PA 321 north (Hacker Street)Western end of concurrency with PA 321
123.2198.3 PA 321 southEastern end of concurrency with PA 321
Hamlin Township130.6210.2 US 219 (Buffalo Pittsburgh Highway)
140.3225.8 PA 146Western terminus of PA 146
Smethport147.9238.0 PA 59 (Main Street)Eastern terminus of PA 59
148.9239.6 PA 46 northWestern end of concurrency with PA 46
Keating Township149.6240.8 PA 46 southEastern end of concurrency with PA 46
Port Allegany157.3253.1 PA 155 north (Main Street)Northern end of concurrency with PA 155
158.5255.1 PA 155 southSouthern end of concurrency with PA 155
PotterCoudersport174.7281.2 PA 44 north (Main Street)Western end of concurrency with PA 44
176.7284.4 PA 872Northern terminus of PA 872
Sweden Township178.8287.8 PA 44 south (Coudersport Jersey Shore Turnpike)Eastern end of concurrency with PA 44
Ulysses Township189.3304.6 PA 449 (Brooklyn Road)Southern terminus of PA 449
Galeton196.9316.9 PA 144 (Bridge Street)Northern terminus of PA 144
TiogaGaines Township201.5324.3 PA 349 (Bridge Street)Southern terminus of PA 349
Shippen Township208.9336.2 PA 362Western terminus of PA 362
Delmar Township216.9349.1 PA 287 northWestern end of concurrency with PA 287
Wellsboro219.5353.3 PA 287 south / PA 660 west (Main Street)Eastern end of concurrency with PA 287,
western end of concurrency with PA 660
Charleston Township225.8363.4 PA 660 eastEastern end of concurrency with PA 660
Mansfield231.5372.6 US 15Interchange
232.2373.7
US 15 Bus. (Main Street)
Richmond Township234.0376.6 PA 549Southern terminus of PA 549
BradfordTroy249.2401.0 PA 14 south (Canton Street)Western end of concurrency with PA 14
249.9402.2 PA 14 northEastern end of concurrency with PA 14
North Towanda Township266.7429.2 US 220Interchange
Wysox272.8439.0 PA 187 (Rome Road)
Wyalusing Township280.3451.1 PA 409Southern terminus of PA 409
Wyalusing285.1458.8 PA 706 (Church Street)Western terminus of PA 706
WyomingBraintrim Township293.2471.9 PA 367Southern terminus of PA 367
Meshoppen300.2483.1 PA 267 (Auburn Street)Southern terminus of PA 267
Washington Township303.6488.6 PA 87Northern terminus of PA 87
Tunkhannock Township307.8495.4
US 6 Bus.		Western terminus of US 6 BUS
Tunkhannock309.6498.3 PA 29 (Bridge Street)
Tunkhannock Township310.2499.2 PA 92 south (Roosevelt Highway)Western end of concurrency with PA 92
310.4499.5
US 6 Bus.		Eastern terminus of US 6 BUS
312.7503.2 PA 92 northEastern end of concurrency with PA 92
Clinton Township318.7512.9 US 11 north (Lackawanna Trail)Northern end of concurrency with US 11
Factoryville319.3513.9 PA 107Western terminus of PA 107
LackawannaLa Plume Township321.3517.1 PA 438 (La Plume Road)Western terminus of PA 438
Dalton323.1520.0 PA 632 (Main Street)Western terminus of PA 632, interchange
South Abington Township328.0527.9 PA 407 (Grove Street)
328.2528.2 I-476 / Penna Turnpike NE ExtensionNorthern terminus of I-476
US 11 (Scranton Expressway)Eastern end of concurrency with US 11
Scranton
I-81 / US 6 Bus.		Interchange, Western end of concurrency with I-81, I-81 exit 194, Western terminus of US 6 BUS
Dunmore334.0537.5 PA 347 (Blakely Street)I-81 exit 188
335.6540.1 I-81 south / I-84 / I-380Southern end of concurrency with I-81, I-81 exit 187;
Western terminus of I-84 and the northern terminus of I-380, Exit 1 (Interstates 84 & 380)
ThroopMarshwood RoadExit 1
OlyphantEast Lackawanna AvenueExit 2
Jessup340.2547.5 PA 247 (Moosic Lake Road)Exit 3
ArchbaldSalem RoadExit 4
Mayfield345.6556.2 PA 107 (Rushbrook Street)Eastern terminus of PA 107, Exit 5
Carbondale TownshipMeredith StreetExit 6
350.6564.2
US 6 Bus.		Eastern terminus of US 6 BUS, Exit 7
WayneWaymart354.3570.2 PA 296
Prompton358.5576.9 PA 170Southern terminus of PA 170
Honesdale362.8583.9 PA 191 north (Main Street)Northern end of concurrency with PA 191
363.4584.8 PA 191 south (Sunrise Avenue)Southern end of concurrency with PA 191
Texas Township366.2589.3 PA 652Western terminus of PA 652
Hawley371.6598.0 PA 590 north (Hudson Street)Northern end of concurrency with PA 590
Palmyra Township373.5601.1 PA 590 southSouthern end of concurrency with PA 590
PikePalmyra Township374.9603.3 PA 507Northern terminus of PA 507
377.4607.4 PA 402Northern terminus of PA 402
Blooming Grove Township380.9613.0 PA 739 (Valley Road)Northern terminus of PA 739
384.7619.1 PA 434 east (Well Road)Western end of concurrency with PA 434
384.7619.1 PA 434 west (Shohola Road)Eastern end of concurrency with PA 434
Milford Township395.5636.5 I-84Interchange, I-84 exit 46
Milford397.7640.0 US 209 south (Harford Street) to US 206Western end of concurrency with US 209
Westfall Township402.9648.4 I-84Interchange, I-84 exit 53
Delaware RiverMid-Delaware Bridge
OrangePort Jervis US 6 east / US 209 northContinues into New York
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google (24 December 2012). "Driving directions From Linesville to Matamoras" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, August 14, 1957
    Note: the corridor had already been shifted south by September 1955, but the numbering was done on a map from August 2, 1947.
  3. ↑ "U.S. 22 - The William Penn Highway". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard F. Weingroff. "U.S. 6 - The Grand Army of the Republic Highway". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gateway to the Endless Mountains". VisitPA.com. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Governor Casey". VisitPA.com. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ United States System of Highways, November 11, 1926
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 1927 map of Pennsylvania
  9. ↑ United States Numbered Highways, 1927
  10. ↑ 1930 map of Pennsylvania, back side PDF (5.75 MiB)
  11. ↑ Ohio Transportation Maps

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