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The Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway follows PA 92 between Tunkhannock, Wyoming County and Lanesboro, Susquehanna County. The byway provides access to two railroad viaducts, the Starrucca Viaduct and the Tunkhannock Viaduct, along with the Susquehanna County Historical Society Museum and The Florence Shelly Preserve. [27]
PA 92 continues through more forests with some farm fields and homes before reaching the New York border, where the road continues into that state as NY 79. [1] [4] Between Tunkhannock and Susquehanna Depot, PA 92 is known as the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway, a Pennsylvania Scenic Byway. [5]
Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,629,538 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.
The Conestoga Creek Viaduct spans the Conestoga River east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The present structure, built in 1887–88, is a five-span, two-track stone arch railroad bridge. The present structure, built in 1887–88, is a five-span, two-track stone arch railroad bridge.
PA 915 east (North Valley Road) – Hopewell: Eastern end of PA 915 concurrency: Licking Creek Township: 158.300: 254.759: PA 655 (Pleasant Ridge Road) – Saltillo, Hancock: Todd Township: 164.745: 265.131: US 522 to PA 16 – McConnellsburg, Mount Union: Interchange: Franklin: Peters Township: 172.541: 277.678: PA 75 (Fort Loudon Road / Path ...
The Kinzua Viaduct reopened to traffic on September 25, 1900. The new bridge was able to safely accommodate Erie's heavy 2-8-2 Mikados. The Erie Railroad maintained a station at the Kinzua Viaduct. Constructed between 1911 and 1916, [18] the station was not manned by an agent. [19] The station was closed sometime between 1923 and 1927. [20] [21]
In Lancaster, PA 462 is routed on the one-way pair of King Street eastbound and Walnut Street westbound, with the westbound direction concurrent with PA 23. The route crosses US 222/PA 272 and northbound PA 72 in Lancaster. East of Lancaster, PA 462 becomes a multilane road again and continues to its eastern terminus.
Old Lancaster Road and Lancaster Avenue in Lower Merion Township. The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, first used in 1795, is the first long-distance paved road built in the United States, according to engineered plans and specifications. [3] It links Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia at 34th Street, stretching for sixty-two miles.