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Old York Road, originally York Road, with reference to New York, is a roadway that was built during the 18th century to connect Philadelphia with New York City. The road was built along the Raritan tribe's Naraticong Trail, also known as the Tuckaraming Trail.
Old York Road was an alternate, less-direct route for traffic between Towson and Maryland Lane compared to York Road. MD 439 is one of several extant stretches of the road; another segment is from south of Shawsville to MD 145 in Jacksonville, part of which is MD 562. [2]
The Old York Road would later exist as a turnpike. [6] In 1911, the part of PA 263 between the southern terminus and Lahaska was designated as part of Legislative Route 155, a route that ran from Willow Grove north to New Hope. [7] In 1928, PA 263 was designated to run from US 611 (now PA 611) in Willow Grove north to the Delaware River in ...
The bridge also carried the Great Road Up Raritan, laid out in 1681, which was created by an act of the assembly of the Province of East Jersey. [4] In 1764, the colonial highway, west of what is now Lambertville on the Delaware River and east of Elizabethtown Point on Newark Bay, was christened Old York Road.
Maryland Route 45 (MD 45) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.Known for most of its length as York Road, the state highway runs 30.06 miles (48.38 km) from U.S. Route 1 (US 1)/US 40 Truck in Baltimore north to the Pennsylvania state line in Maryland Line, where the highway continues as State Route 3001 (SR 3001).
At this point, the name of the road becomes Old York Road and it forms the border between Robbinsville Township, Mercer County to the west and Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County to the east briefly before CR 524 splits from CR 539 by turning east along New Canton-Stone Tavern Road. CR 539 continues northeast past a mix of farms and ...
The plan was a result of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the landowner, S/K Stoney Brook Associates, Mayor James Schworn said.
The present-day route east of there was designated as the northernmost part of PA 24, which reached its northern terminus at US 111 (Old York Road) in New Market. At this time, the entire length of PA 114 along with this section of PA 24 was paved. [6] By 1930, the road between Wertzville and Hogestown was an unnumbered, unpaved road. [7]