The expressway ends just north of US PA runs northwest to Hazleton and then north to Ashley, where it joins I The two routes are multiplexed for a few exits, and then PA splits off to the west as the North Cross Valley Expressway, a short expressway that extends across the Susquehanna River to Forty Fort and ends shortly thereafter.
The northern part of the mainline construction is slated for completion in , two years later than originally scheduled. This photo shows the rebuilt Fort Washington Expressway PA at the new diamond interchange with Easton Road in Wyncote shortly after its completion in late The north-south radial route was to have continued southeast from Wyncote through North Philadelphia, intersecting the Roosevelt Expressway US 1 just west of Broad Street, then veering due south at Sixth Street before ending at the unbuilt Girard Avenue Expressway.
The Commission described the route as follows: This north-south route will connect the Route Expressway with the Girard Avenue Expressway, to provide Germantown, Oak Lane and other northern residential areas with a limited-access route to and from Center City, and to relieve overloads on the Schuylkill Expressway. Rising construction costs and a more difficult political environment doomed the southern extension of the PA Expressway, however.
On July 1, , PennDOT halted all spending on proposed highway projects, and subsequently, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission removed the expressway from its future capital program. Just west of Lansdale, the proposed PA Expressway was to have veered northeast of the turnpike connection to the southern end of the existing controlled-access section near Soudertown. PA extends north from I to U. The remainder of PA north to Hazleton generally constitutes a two lane highway with exceptions through North Whitehall township.
Heading north into the city of Hazleton, PA expands to a three or four lane boulevard to Church Street and the central business district. PA transitions onto Memorial Highway, a four lane boulevard in Courtdale. Route Home » Guides » Pennsylvania » Route Starting out as a Native American path now referred to as the "Minsi Trail", this route became part of the Bethlehem Pike.
In , the U. In the routing between Allentown and Hazleton was completely changed. The late s saw the beginnings of bypasses on the route.
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