 Pennsylvania Route 533 | ||||
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| Length | 21.738 mi[1] (34.984 km) | |||
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| West end | SR 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road) inUpper Strasburg | |||
| Major intersections |  PA 997 inPleasant Hall PA 433 inOrrstown US 11 inShippensburg PA 696 in Shippensburg PA 174 in ShippensburgUS 11 near Shippensburg | |||
| East end |  PA 233 inNewville | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Pennsylvania | |||
| Counties | Franklin,Cumberland | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 533 (PA 533) is a 21.7-mile-long (34.9 km)state highway located inFranklin andCumberland counties inPennsylvania. The western terminus is at State Route 4004 (SR 4004) at a junction with Mountain Road, Valley Road, and Community Road in the community ofUpper Strasburg inLetterkenny Township. The eastern terminus is atPA 233 inNewville. PA 533 heads east from Upper Strasburg as a two-lane undivided road through farmland, passing to the north ofLetterkenny Army Depot before crossingPA 997 inPleasant Hall. The route continues east and crossesPA 433 inOrrstown before reachingShippensburg, where it reachesU.S. Route 11 (US 11). Here, PA 533 becomesconcurrent with US 11 and intersectsPA 696 in the downtown area andPA 174 upon leaving Shippensburg. PA 533 splits from US 11 and runs northeast through more agricultural areas before reaching Newville.
The section of road between Upper Strasburg and Pleasant Hall was designated as part ofPA 333 in 1928. PA 533 was designated in 1930 to run from PA 433 in Orrstown east to US 11 in Shippensburg. The same year, PA 633 was designated to run from Upper Strasburg east to PA 333 (now PA 997) in Pleasant Hall after PA 333 was realigned. In 1937, PA 533 was extended west toPA 944 in Upper Strasburg, replacing all of PA 633, and extended east to PA 233 in Newville. The intersecting PA 944 designation was removed from the western terminus in the 1940s.
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PA 533 begins at an intersection with SR 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road) and Community Road in the community ofUpper Strasburg inLetterkenny Township,Franklin County. At the western terminus, Valley Road heads to the west, Mountain Road heads to the north, and Community Road heads to the south. From this intersection, the route heads east on two-lane undivided Upper Strasburg Road past homes before heading into open farmland with a few residences, forming the northern boundary of theLetterkenny Army Depot. In the community ofPleasant Hall, PA 533 crossesPA 997. Past this intersection, the route becomes Orrstown Road and heads away from the Letterkenny Army Depot, continuing through more agricultural areas with occasional homes. The road curves northeast and heads intoSouthampton Township and passes through more rural areas before entering the borough ofOrrstown. Here, PA 533 is lined with homes and intersectsPA 433. The route heads back into Southampton Township and runs through more farmland with a few residences, turning to the east. Farther east, the road heads into the borough ofShippensburg and becomes North Morris Street, passing several homes.[2][3]
PA 533 becomes the border betweenCumberland County to the north and Franklin County to the south and runs through more residential areas of Shippensburg, intersectingUS 11. At this point, the route turns northeast to form aconcurrency with US 11 on West King Street, fully entering Cumberland County. The road heads into the commercial downtown, reaching an intersection withPA 696. Here, PA 696 joins US 11/PA 533 and runs through more of the downtown. PA 696 splits to the north and US 11/PA 533 becomes East King Street, leaving the downtown and heading into more residential areas. Upon intersecting the western terminus ofPA 174, the road heads intoShippensburg Township and passes a few businesses before heading into a mix of farmland and woodland with a few homes. US 11/PA 533 continues intoSouthampton Township and becomes Ritner Highway. PA 533 splits from US 11 by heading northwest onto Newville Road. The route curves to the northeast and runs through open agricultural areas with some residences and woods. The road passes to the east of a quarry before it continues intoNorth Newton Township and continues through agricultural surroundings. At the Oakville Road junction, PA 533 becomes Shippensburg Road and runs through more rural areas. Farther northeast, the route passes over theCumberland Valley Rail Trail. The road continues into the borough ofNewville and becomes Fairfield Avenue, turning east into residential areas. PA 533 becomes Vine Street at the West Big Spring Avenue intersection and continues east to its terminus atPA 233.[2][4]
.svg) Pennsylvania Route 633 | |
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| Location | Upper Strasburg –Pleasant Hall |
| Existed | 1930–1937[5] |
When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, what is now PA 533 was not assigned a number. At this time, the roadway between Upper Strasburg and Shippensburg was an unpaved road.[6] By 1928, the road between Orrstown and Shippensburg was paved whilePA 333 was designated onto the section of unpaved road between Upper Strasburg and Pleasant Hall.[7] In 1930, PA 533 was designated to run from PA 433 in Orrstown east to US 11 in Shippensburg while PA 633 was designated to run from Upper Strasburg east to PA 333 (now PA 997) in Pleasant Hall after PA 333 was realigned to a more direct route between Pleasant Hall andRoxbury. By this time, PA 633 was a paved road while the unnumbered roadways between Pleasant Hall and Orrstown and Shippensburg and Newville were unpaved.[8] In 1937, PA 533 was extended west from Orrstown toPA 944 (Community Road/Mountain Road) in Upper Strasburg, replacing the entire length of PA 633, and was extended east from Shippensburg to PA 233 in Newville.[5][9] The entire length of PA 533 was paved in the 1930s.[9] In the 1940s, the intersecting PA 944 designation was removed at the western terminus, leaving PA 533 ending at an unnumbered road.[10]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Franklin | Letterkenny Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 4004 (Mountain Road / Valley Road) –Roxbury | Western terminus |
| 3.044 | 4.899 | PA 997 (Cumberland Highway) –Roxbury,Chambersburg | |||
| Orrstown | 5.725 | 9.213 | PA 433 (Tanyard Hill Road / Rowe Run Road) –Roxbury,Chambersburg | ||
| Franklin–Cumberland county line | Shippensburg | 10.402 | 16.740 |  US 11 south (King Street) –Chambersburg | West end of US 11 concurrency |
| Cumberland | 10.620 | 17.091 |   PA 696 south (Fayette Street) toI-81 | West end of PA 696 concurrency | |
| 10.846 | 17.455 |  PA 696 north (Earl Street) | East end of PA 696 concurrency | ||
| Shippensburg–Shippensburg Township line | 11.689 | 18.812 |  PA 174 east (Walnut Bottom Road) toI-81 | Western terminus of PA 174 | |
| Southampton Township | 13.084 | 21.057 | US 11 north (Ritner Highway) –Carlisle | East end of US 11 concurrency | |
| Newville | 21.738 | 34.984 | PA 233 (High Street) –Doubling Gap,Pine Grove Furnace | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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