Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained byPennDOT | |
| Length | 73.33 mi[1] (118.01 km) Route to Columbia included (10.86 mi) |
| Existed | 1792–present |
| Component highways |  Lincoln Highway fromColumbia toLower Merion PA 462 from Columbia toLancaster
 US 30 from Lancaster toSadsbury Township US 30 Bus. from Sadsbury Township toEast Whiteland TownshipUS 30 from East Whiteland Township toPhiladelphia•SR 3012 andSR 3005 in Philadelphia •Lancaster Walk (a pedestrian walkway) atDrexel University campus between 34th and Market Streets |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | PA 462 in Columbia |
| East end |  PA 3 in Philadelphia |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Lancaster,Chester,Delaware,Montgomery,Philadelphia |
| Highway system | |
| Designated | November 20, 1999[2] |
ThePhiladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, first used in 1795, is the first long-distancepaved road built in theUnited States, according to engineered plans and specifications.[3] It linksLancaster, Pennsylvania, andPhiladelphia at 34th Street, stretching for sixty-two miles. It was later extended by the Lancaster and Susquehanna Turnpike to theSusquehanna River inColumbia.[4] The route is now designatedPennsylvania Route 462 from the western terminus toUS 30 just southeast of Lancaster, at which point US 30 (and US 30 Business in Chester County) follows the route to Philadelphia. The US 30 portion ends atGirard Avenue in theParkside neighborhood of Philadelphia, whereState Route 3012 is designated on the road to Belmont Avenue. At Belmont Avenue, the road changes designation toState Route 3005 and runs to the eastern terminus at 34th Street. Historically, Lancaster Pike terminated atMarket Street beforeDrexel University took over the stretch between 32nd and 34th Streets and turned the road into a pedestrian walkway known asLancaster Walk.[5]
It was the first turnpike of importance, and because the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania could not afford to pay for its construction, it was privately built by thePhiladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, making it an early example of a public-private partnership for American infrastructure.[6][7] Credited as the country's first engineered road, its ground was broken in 1792.[8] By the 1840s, the use of railroads and canals dealt a serious blow to the companies who specialized in the manufacture of wagons and coaches. During the next fifty years, the road suffered from lack of use and maintenance, but later saw recovery with the invention of the automobile.
In 1876, the parallelPennsylvania Railroad bought the turnpike from 52nd Street in Philadelphia west toPaoli for $20,000 (equal to $590,563 today) to prevent competingstreetcar companies from building along it. In 1913, the turnpike became part of the transcontinentalLincoln Highway, and tolls continued to be collected until 1917, when theState Highway Department bought it for $165,000, equal to $4,049,571 today.[9] In 1926 it was designated as part ofU.S. Route 30 along with the rest of the originalUnited States Numbered Highways.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Lancaster | Columbia | 0.00 | 0.00 |  PA 462 west (Chestnut Street) –Wrightsville | Continuation west intoWrightsville on theColumbia-Wrightsville Bridge | |||
  North 3rd Street toPA 441 –Washington Boro,Marietta | ||||||||
| Lancaster Township | 7.73 | 12.44 |  PA 741 (Rorherstown Road / Millersville Road) –East Petersburg,New Danville | |||||
| Lancaster | 9.76 | 15.71 |  PA 23 west (College Avenue) | West end of PA 23 westbound overlap | ||||
| 10.48 | 16.87 |  PA 999 west (Manor Street) | Eastern terminus of PA 999; eastbound access only | |||||
| 10.74 | 17.28 |    US 222 south /PA 272 south (Prince Street) | Southboundone-way pair of US 222/PA 272 | |||||
| 10.86 | 17.48 |   PA 72 north (Queen Street) | Northbound one-way PA 72 | |||||
| 11.10 | 17.86 | US 222 south /PA 272 north (Lime Street) | Northbound one-way pair of US 222/PA 272 | |||||
| 11.84 | 19.05 |  PA 23 east (Broad Street) | East end of PA 23 westbound overlap | |||||
| 12.74 | 20.50 |  PA 340 east (Old Philadelphia Pike) | Western terminus of PA 340 | |||||
| East Lampeter Township | 14.54 | 23.40 |  US 30 west toPA 283 west –York,Harrisburg PA 462 ends | Interchange; eastern terminus of PA 462; west end of US 30 overlap | ||||
| Ronks | 17.03 | 27.41 |  PA 896 (Eastbrook Road / Hartman Bridge Road) –Strasburg | |||||
| Gap | 25.92 | 41.71 |  PA 772 west (Newport Road) | Eastern terminus of PA 772 | ||||
| 26.32 | 42.36 |  PA 41 south (Gap–Newport Pike) –Wilmington, DE | Northern terminus of PA 41 | |||||
| 26.66 | 42.91 |  PA 897 north (White Horse Road) | Southern terminus of PA 897 | |||||
| Chester | West Sadsbury Township | 31.10 | 50.05 |  PA 10 (Octorara Trail) –Honey Brook,Parkesburg | ||||
| 31.50 | 50.69 | US 30 east (Coatesville–Downingtown Bypass) –Coatesville,Downingtown US 30 Bus. begins | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of US 30 overlap; western terminus ofUS 30 Bus. | |||||
| Coatesville | 36.59 | 58.89 |  PA 82 south (Strode Avenue) | West end of PA 82 overlap | ||||
| 37.00 | 59.55 | PA 82 north (North 1st Avenue) toUS 30 | East end of PA 82 overlap | |||||
| Thorndale | 41.24 | 66.37 | PA 340 west (Bondsville Road) –Wagontown | Eastern terminus of PA 340 | ||||
| Downingtown | 43.48 | 69.97 |  US 322 west (Manor Avenue) toUS 30 | West end of US 322 overlap | ||||
| 43.66 | 70.26 | US 322 east (Brandywine Avenue) –West Chester US 322 Truck begins | East end of US 322 overlap; west end of US 322 Truck overlap | |||||
| 43.80 | 70.49 |  PA 282 west (Green Street) | Eastern terminus of PA 282 | |||||
| 44.18 | 71.10 |    PA 113 north (West Uwchlan Avenue) toPenna Turnpike | Southern terminus of PA 113 | |||||
| East Caln Township | 45.26 | 72.84 | Quarry Road (US 322 Truck east) toUS 30 east –King of Prussia | Eastern end of US 322 Truck concurrency | ||||
| 45.41 | 73.08 | US 30 west (Coatesville–Downingtown Bypass) –Coatesville,Lancaster | Interchange; access to and from westbound US 30 | |||||
| Exton | 47.98 | 77.22 |  PA 100 (Pottstown Pike) toPenna Turnpike –Pottstown,West Chester | |||||
| West Whiteland Township | 50.29 | 80.93 | US 30 west (Exton Bypass) –Downingtown US 202 –King of Prussia,West Chester US 30 Bus. ends | Interchange; eastern terminus ofUS 30 Bus.; west end of US 30 overlap | ||||
| Frazer | 51.65 | 83.12 |  PA 352 south (Sproul Road) –Chester,Immaculata University | Northern terminus of PA 352 | ||||
| Malvern | 53.21 | 85.63 |  PA 401 west (Conestoga Road) –Elverson | Eastern terminus of PA 401 | ||||
| 53.62 | 86.29 |  PA 29 north (Morehall Road) toUS 202 –Phoenixville | Southern terminus of PA 29 | |||||
| Paoli | 56.14 | 90.35 |  PA 252 (Bear Hill Road / Leopard Road) –Valley Forge,Newtown Square | |||||
| Delaware | Villanova | 62.93 | 101.28 |  I-476 (Mid-County Expressway) –Plymouth Meeting,Chester | Exit 13 on I-476 | |||
| 63.26 | 101.81 |  PA 320 (North Spring Mill Road / Sproul Road) | ||||||
| Montgomery | No major junctions | |||||||
| Delaware | No major junctions | |||||||
| Montgomery–Philadelphia county line | Lower Merion Township–Philadelphia line | 69.35 | 111.61 |  US 1 (City Avenue) –Bala Cynwyd,Upper Darby | ||||
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 71.56 | 115.16 | US 30 east (Girard Avenue) SR 3012 begins | East end of US 30 overlap; western terminus of SR 3012 | |||
| 72.00 | 115.87 | SR 3005 (Belmont Avenue) / 44th Street SR 3012 ends | Eastern terminus of SR 3012; west end of SR 3005 overlap | |||||
| 73.04 | 117.55 |  US 13 (Powelton Avenue) | ||||||
| 73.33 | 118.01 | North 34th Street SR 3005 ends | Eastern terminus of SR 3005; route transitions to pedestrian walkway called “Lancaster Walk” | |||||
| 74.33 | 119.62 | PA 3 (Market Street) | Eastern terminus | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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