Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike

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Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length73.33 mi [1]  (118.01 km)
Route to Columbia included (10.86 mi)
Existed1792 (first used 1795)–present
Component
highways
LincolnHighwayMarker.svg Lincoln Highway from Columbia to Lower Merion
PA-462.svg PA 462 from Columbia to Lancaster

PA-23.svg PA 23 in Lancaster

US 30.svg US 30 from Lancaster to Sadsbury Township
Business plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 Bus. from Sadsbury Township to Frazer
US 30.svg US 30 from Frazer to Philadelphia
SR 3012 and SR 3005 in Philadelphia
Lancaster Walk (a pedestrian walkway) at Drexel University campus between 34th and Market Streets
Major junctions
West endPA-462.svg PA 462 in Columbia
East endPA-3.svg PA 3 in Philadelphia
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Counties Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
Highway system
DesignatedNovember 20, 1999 [2]
Old Lancaster Road and Lancaster Avenue in Lower Merion Township Lancaster Road.jpg
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 now designated Pennsylvania Route 462 from the western terminus to US 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 at Girard Avenue in the Parkside neighborhood of Philadelphia, where State Route 3012 is designated on the road to Belmont Avenue. At Belmont Avenue, the road changes designation to State Route 3005 and runs to the eastern terminus at 34th Street. Historically, Lancaster Pike terminated at Market Street before Drexel University took over the stretch between 32nd and 34th Streets and turned the road into a pedestrian walkway known as Lancaster Walk. [5]

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Share of the "Company of the Lancaster and Turnpike Road", issued 16 March 1795 Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road 1795.jpg
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 Lancaster Avenue end.jpg
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 $572,250 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 $3,924,000 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

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Lancaster Columbia 0.000.00West plate.svg
PA-462.svg
PA 462 west (Chestnut Street) Wrightsville
Continuation west into Wrightsville on the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
To plate.svg
PA-441.svg
North 3rd Street to PA 441  Washington Boro, Marietta
Lancaster Township 7.7312.44PA-741.svg PA 741 (Rorherstown Road / Millersville Road) East Petersburg, New Danville
Lancaster 9.7615.71West plate.svg
PA-23.svg
PA 23 west (College Avenue)
West end of PA 23 westbound overlap
10.4816.87West plate.svg
PA-999.svg
PA 999 west (Manor Street)
Eastern terminus of PA 999; eastbound access only
10.7417.28South plate.svg
US 222.svg
South plate.svg
PA-272.svg
US 222 south / PA 272 south (Prince Street)
Southbound one-way pair of US 222/PA 272
10.8617.48North plate.svg
PA-72.svg
PA 72 north (Queen Street)
Northbound one-way PA 72
11.1017.86South plate.svg
US 222.svg
North plate.svg
PA-272.svg
US 222 south / PA 272 north (Lime Street)
Northbound one-way pair of US 222/PA 272
11.8419.05East plate.svg
PA-23.svg
PA 23 east (Broad Street)
East end of PA 23 westbound overlap
12.7420.50East plate.svg
PA-340.svg
PA 340 east (Old Philadelphia Pike)
Western terminus of PA 340
East Lampeter Township 14.5423.40West plate.svg
US 30.svg
To plate.svg
West plate.svg
PA-283.svg
US 30 west to PA 283 west York, Harrisburg
End plate.svg
PA-462.svg
PA 462 ends
Interchange; eastern terminus of PA 462; west end of US 30 overlap
Ronks 17.0327.41PA-896.svg PA 896 (Eastbrook Road / Hartman Bridge Road) Strasburg
Gap 25.9241.71West plate.svg
PA-772.svg
PA 772 west (Newport Road)
Eastern terminus of PA 772
26.3242.36South plate.svg
PA-41.svg
PA 41 south (Gap Newport Pike) Wilmington, DE
Northern terminus of PA 41
26.6642.91North plate.svg
PA-897.svg
PA 897 north (White Horse Road)
Southern terminus of PA 897
Chester West Sadsbury Township 31.1050.05PA-10.svg PA 10 (Octorara Trail) Honey Brook, Parkesburg
31.5050.69East plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 east (Coatesville Downingtown Bypass) Coatesville, Downingtown
Begin plate.svg
Business plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 Bus. begins
Interchange; eastbound access to eastbound US 30 and westbound access from westbound US 30; east end of US 30 overlap; western terminus of US 30 Bus.
Coatesville 36.5958.89South plate.svg
PA-82.svg
PA 82 south (Strode Avenue)
West end of PA 82 overlap
37.0059.55North plate.svg
PA-82.svg
To plate.svg
US 30.svg
PA 82 north (North 1st Avenue) to US 30
East end of PA 82 overlap
Thorndale 41.2466.37West plate.svg
PA-340.svg
PA 340 west (Bondsville Road) Wagontown
Eastern terminus of PA 340
Downingtown 43.4869.97West plate.svg
US 322.svg
To plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 322 west (Manor Avenue) to US 30
West end of US 322 overlap
43.6670.26East plate.svg
US 322.svg
US 322 east (Brandywine Avenue) West Chester
Begin plate.svg
Truck plate.svg
US 322.svg
US 322 Truck begins
East end of US 322 overlap; west end of US 322 Truck overlap
43.8070.49West plate.svg
PA-282.svg
PA 282 west (Green Street)
Eastern terminus of PA 282
44.1871.10North plate.svg
PA-113.svg
To plate green.svg
Pennsylvania Turnpike logo.svg
PA 113 north (West Uwchlan Avenue) to Penna Turnpike
Southern terminus of PA 113
East Caln Township 45.2672.84To plate.svg
East plate.svg
US 30.svg
Quarry Road (US 322 Truck east) to US 30 east King of Prussia
Eastern end of US 322 Truck concurrency
45.4173.08West plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 west (Coatesville–Downingtown Bypass) Coatesville, Lancaster
Interchange; access to and from westbound US 30
Exton 47.9877.22PA-100.svgTo plate green.svg
Pennsylvania Turnpike logo.svg
PA 100 (Pottstown Pike) to Penna Turnpike  Pottstown, West Chester
West Whiteland Township 50.2980.93West plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 west (Exton Bypass) Downingtown
US 202.svg US 202  King of Prussia, West Chester
End plate.svg
Business plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 Bus. ends
Interchange; eastern terminus of US 30 Bus.; west end of US 30 overlap
Frazer 51.6583.12South plate.svg
PA-352.svg
PA 352 south (Sproul Road) Chester, Immaculata University
Northern terminus of PA 352
Malvern 53.2185.63West plate.svg
PA-401.svg
PA 401 west (Conestoga Road) Elverson
Eastern terminus of PA 401
53.6286.29North plate.svg
PA-29.svg
To plate.svg
US 202.svg
PA 29 north (Morehall Road) to US 202  Phoenixville
Southern terminus of PA 29
Paoli 56.1490.35PA-252.svg PA 252 (Bear Hill Road / Leopard Road) Valley Forge, Newtown Square
Delaware Villanova 62.93101.28I-476.svg I-476 (Mid-County Expressway) Plymouth Meeting, Chester Exit 13 on I-476
63.26101.81PA-320.svg PA 320 (North Spring Mill Road / Sproul Road)
Montgomery
No major junctions
Delaware
No major junctions
MontgomeryPhiladelphia
county line
Lower Merion TownshipPhiladelphia line69.35111.61US 1.svg US 1 (City Avenue) Bala Cynwyd, Upper Darby
Philadelphia Philadelphia 71.56115.16East plate.svg
US 30.svg
US 30 east (Girard Avenue)
SR 3012 begins
East end of US 30 overlap; western terminus of SR 3012
72.00115.87SR 3005 (Belmont Avenue) / 44th Street
SR 3012 ends
Eastern terminus of SR 3012; west end of SR 3005 overlap
73.04117.55US 13.svg US 13 (Powelton Avenue)
73.33118.01North 34th Street
SR 3005 ends
Eastern terminus of SR 3005; route transitions to pedestrian walkway called “Lancaster Walk”
74.33119.62PA-3.svg PA 3 (Market Street)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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