Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike

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Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
Lancaster Avenue
Route information
	Maintained by PennDOT
Length	73.33 mi (118.01 km) Route to Columbia included (10.86 mi)
Existed	1792 (first used 1795)–present
Component; highways	Lincoln Highway from Columbia to Lower Merion; PA 462 from Columbia to Lancaster; PA 23 in Lancaster; US 30 from Lancaster to Sadsbury Township; ; US 30 Bus. from Sadsbury Township to Frazer; US 30 from Frazer to Philadelphia; • SR 3012 and SR 3005 in Philadelphia; • Lancaster Walk (a pedestrian walkway) in Drexel University campus between 34th and 32nd Streets; • Lancaster Avenue between 32nd and Market Streets;
Major junctions
West end	PA 462 in Columbia
East end	34th Street in Philadelphia; PA 3 (at small stub between Market Street and 32nd Street)
Location
Counties	Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
Highway system
	Pennsylvania State Route System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic Byways; Legislative;
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	November 20, 1999

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. It was later extended by the Lancaster and Susquehanna Turnpike to the Susquehanna River in Columbia.^[4] The route is designated Pennsylvania Route 462 from the western terminus to US 30, where that route takes over for the majority of the route. The US 30 designation ends at Girard Avenue in the Parkside neighborhood of Philadelphia, where State Route 3012 takes it from there to Belmont Avenue. At Belmont Avenue, State Route 3005 gets the designation from Belmont Avenue until the current terminus at 34th Street. Historically, Lancaster Pike terminated at Market Street before Drexel University took over the stretch between 32nd and 34th Streets.^[5]

Share of the "Company of the Lancaster and Turnpike Road", issued 16 March 1795

It was the first turnpike of importance, and because the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania could not afford to pay for its construction, it was privately built by the Philadelphia 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.

Near the end at 34th Street. Lancaster Avenue ends as a road, but continues as the “Lancaster Walk” pedestrian walkway on the campus of Drexel University

In 1876, the parallel Pennsylvania Railroad bought the turnpike from 52nd Street in Philadelphia west to Paoli for $20,000 (equal to $486,063 today) to prevent competing streetcar companies from building along it. In 1913, the turnpike became part of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway, and tolls continued to be collected until 1917, when the State Highway Department bought it for $165,000, equal to $3,333,000 today.^[9] In 1926 it was designated as part of U.S. Route 30 along with the rest of the original United States Numbered Highways.

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lancaster	Columbia	0.00	0.00	PA 462 west (Chestnut Street) – Wrightsville North 3rd Street to PA 441 – Washington Boro, Marietta	Western terminus of the former Turnpike. 40°02′02″N 76°30′17″W / 40.033907°N 76.504755°W / 40.033907; -76.504755 PA 462 continues west into Wrightsville on the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge.
	Lancaster Township	7.73	12.44	PA 741 (Rorherstown/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; connection to King Street only^[10]
		10.74	17.28	US 222 south (PA 272 south / Prince Street)	Southbound one-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 north (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 to PA 283 west – York, Harrisburg	Eastern terminus of PA 462; west end of US 30 overlap
	Ronks	17.03	27.41	PA 896 (Eastbrook/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
	West Sadsbury Township	31.50	50.69	US 30 (Downingtown-Coatesville Bypass) – Coatesville, Downingtown	East end of US 30 overlap; western terminus of US 30 Bus.
	Coatesville	36.59	58.89	PA 82 south (Strode Avenue)	West end of PA 82 overlap
	Coatesville	37.00	59.55	PA 82 north (1st Avenue)	East end of PA 82 overlap
	Thorndale	41.24	66.37	PA 340 west (Bondsville Road) – Wagontown	Eastern terminus of PA 340; Paoli/Thorndale Line trains terminate here at the nearby train station, two intersections west at S. Bailey Rd.
	Downingtown	43.48	69.97	US 322 west (Manor Avenue) to US 30	West end of US 322 overlap
		43.66	70.26	US 322 east (Brandywine Avenue) – West Chester	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) to Penna Turnpike	Southern terminus of PA 113
	East Caln Township			US 322 Truck east (Quarry Road)	East end of US 322 Truck overlap
	East Caln Township	45.41	73.08	US 30 (Downingtown-Coatesville/Exton Bypass) – Coatesville, Lancaster, King of Prussia	Interchange
	Exton	47.98	77.22	PA 100 (Pottstown Pike) – Pottstown, West Chester
	West Whiteland Township	50.29	80.93	US 30 west / US 202 – Downingtown, King of Prussia, West Chester	Eastern terminus of US 30 Bus.; west end of US 30 overlap
	Frazer	51.65	83.12	PA 352 south (Sproul Road) – Chester	Northern terminus of PA 352
	Malvern	53.21	85.63	PA 401 west (Conestoga Road) – Elverson	Eastern terminus of PA 401
	Malvern	53.62	86.29	PA 29 north (Morehall Road) to US 202	Southern terminus of PA 29
	Paoli	56.14	90.35	PA 252 (Bear Hill/Leopard Road) – Valley Forge, Newtown Square
Delaware	Villanova	62.93	101.28	I-476 (Blue Route) – Plymouth Meeting, Chester	Interchange
Delaware	Villanova	63.26	101.81	PA 320 (Spring Mill/Sproul Road)
Montgomery–Philadelphia county line	Lower Merion Township–Philadelphia line	69.35	111.61	US 1 (City Avenue)
Philadelphia	Philadelphia	71.56	115.16	US 30 east (Girard Avenue)	East end of US 30 overlap; western terminus of SR 3012
		72.00	115.87	SR 3005 (Belmont Avenue) / 44th Street	Eastern terminus of SR 3012; west end of SR 3005 overlap^[5]
		73.04	117.55	US 13 (Powelton Avenue)
		73.33	118.01	34th Street	Eastern terminus of SR 3005 39°57′32″N 75°11′28″W / 39.958767°N 75.191009°W / 39.958767; -75.191009
		73.83	118.82	Drexel University	Pedestrian walkway called “Lancaster Walk”
		74.33	119.62	PA 3 (Market Street) / 32nd Street	Eastern terminus of “Lancaster Avenue” at Market Street Location of 32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory 39°57′19″N 75°11′15″W / 39.9553841°N 75.1875208°W / 39.9553841; -75.1875208
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b DeLorme Street Atlas 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.
^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
^ "The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
^ "Bridges, Roads, and Turnpikes Collection, 1767-1968". LancasterHistory. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Philadelphia County (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2005. p. 1. Retrieved July 2, 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Buxbaum, Jeffrey N (2009). Public Sector Decision Making for Public-private Partnerships. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-309-09829-8.
^ "Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike". Lifelong Learning Online. Archived from the original on August 27, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
^ "Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike". Explore Pennsylvania History. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
^ Butko, Brian. The Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-8117-2497-2.
^ "Eastern terminus of PA 999". Google. Retrieved July 2, 2007.

External links[]

Pennsylvania Highways: US 30
Lancaster Avenue: Turn of the Millennium. Photographs along the Lancaster Turnpike in Philadelphia.

Coordinates: 40°02′12″N 76°18′44″W / 40.0367°N 76.3122°W / 40.0367; -76.3122

[DeLorme-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b DeLorme Street Atlas 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.

[PAHMDB-2] "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

[fhwa-3] "The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2006.

[4] "Bridges, Roads, and Turnpikes Collection, 1767-1968". LancasterHistory. Retrieved December 10, 2020.

[Philadelphia_1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Philadelphia County (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2005. p. 1. Retrieved July 2, 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Buxbaum, Jeffrey N (2009). Public Sector Decision Making for Public-private Partnerships. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-309-09829-8.

[7] "Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike". Lifelong Learning Online. Archived from the original on August 27, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2006.

[8] "Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike". Explore Pennsylvania History. Retrieved May 29, 2006.

[Butko-9] Butko, Brian. The Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-8117-2497-2.

[10] "Eastern terminus of PA 999". Google. Retrieved July 2, 2007.

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