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The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York City and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York.
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, a 11-mile (18 km) long 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley ...
The list of Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania encompasses 23 Interstate Highways—12 primary routes and 11 auxiliary routes—which exist entirely or partially in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, most of the Interstate Highways are maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
PA Routes are also called Pennsylvania Traffic Routes, and formerly State Highway Routes. [ 2 ] There are 41,643 mi (67,018 km) of roadway maintained by state agencies, with 39,737 mi (63,951 km) maintained by PennDOT, 554 mi (892 km) maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission , and 1,352 mi (2,176 km) maintained by other state agencies.
Spruce Creek Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad, Huntingdon County; Staple Bend Tunnel, first U.S. railroad tunnel, 901 feet (275 m), Allegheny Portage Railroad, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County (abandoned but now part of the historic Allegheny Portage Railroad) [39] State Line Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Washington County [40]
Uniontown and West Virginia Railroad: PRR: 1868 1877 South-West Pennsylvania Railway: United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company: PRR: 1958 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Unity Railways: UNI 1915 1990 N/A Ursina and North Fork Railroad: 1871 1882 Ursina and North Fork Railway: Ursina and North Fork Railway: 1882 1936 N/A Valley Railroad ...
Former route of US 222 through the Reading area that was replaced by multiple expressways US 322 Bus. 9: 14 I-99/US 220/US 322 near State College: US 322 near Boalsburg: 1985: current Former route of US 322 through State College and Boalsburg that was replaced by an expressway US 322 Truck: 4: 6.4 US 30 Bus./US 322 in Downingtown: US 30 Bus./
Map showing the route of the National Road at its greatest completion in 1839, with historical state boundaries. Native American trails were the first in Appalachia. One of the earliest used by Europeans was Nemacolin's Path, a trail between the Potomac and the Monongahela River, going from Cumberland, Maryland, to the mouth of Redstone Creek, where Brownsville, Pennsylvania is situated.