Pennsylvania Route 955

PA Route 955
Iroquois Avenue
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	3.85 mi[1] (6.20 km)
Existed:	1928 – present
Major junctions
West end:	PA 5 in Lawrence Park
East end:	US 20 in Harborcreek
Location
Counties:	Erie
Highway system
Roads in Pennsylvania Interstate • US • State • Legislative ← PA 954 PA 956 →

Pennsylvania Route 955 (designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as SR 0955) is a 3.80 miles (6.12 km) long state highway that runs between Pennsylvania Route 5 in Lawrence Park and U.S. Route 20 in Lawrence Park. Route 955 continues to travel away from Route 5 as Iroquois Avenue in a diagonal until it reaches Nagle Road, where it straightens out and runs parallel to US 20. The highway stays parallel until US 20 makes a sharp left turn and intersects with Route 955. The route was first signed in 1928 and widened from Route 5 to an intersection with Nagle Road with a grassy median between 1950 and 1958.

Route description

Route 955 begins at an intersection with Pennsylvania Route 5 (Lake Road) in the community of Lawrence Park. The highway progresses eastward along Iroquois Avenue, crossing through a local residential complex as a two-lane roadway. Separated by a grassy median, Route 955 heads eastward into a commercial district for Lawrence Park near the intersection with Smithson Avenue. The highway remains two lanes its entire length, but after the intersection with Nagle Road, it becomes an undivided highway and turns to the northeast from its eastward progression. From this intersection, Route 955 becomes surrounded by woodlands, soon entering farmlands and entering Harborcreek, where the surroundings sporadically return to residential. After weaving its way through more woodlands, Route 955 begins to parallel several rail lines and U.S. Route 20 northeastward. During this parallel, the surroundings remain rural and after a short distance, U.S. Route 20 curves northward and intersects with Route 955, which terminates at that intersection. U.S. Route 20 continues northeastward along the right-of-way.^[2]

History

Prior to 1928, the state ran Route 955 as the Iroquois Avenue Extension, using its entire alignment as a non-state highway from Lawrence Park to an intersection with then Legislative Route 87 in the community of Harborcreek.^[3] Route 955 was originally signed in 1928 as part of the mass commissioning of state highways around Pennsylvania.^[4] However, the highway was still in construction which in turn was completed the next year to state standards.^[5] In 1950, the Pennsylvania Department of Highways (the predecessor to the Department of Transportation), widen Route 955 from Route 5 in Lawrence Park to the intersection with Nagle Road^[6] and in turn added a new grassy median eight years later.^[7] The roadway has remained virtually unchanged since the 1958 addition.^[8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Erie County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Lawrence Park	0.00	PA 5 (East Lake Road) / LECT
Harborcreek Township	3.85	US 20 (Buffalo Road)	Right-of-way continues as U.S. Route 20.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pennsylvania State Roads - 2010. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Tranpsortation. 2010. 
2. ^ Microsoft. Map of Overview map of Route 955 – Bing Maps (Map). Cartography by NavTEQ, Inc. http://www.bing.com/maps/#JmNwPTQyLjE1MjM2NDM2NzExNjk0fi04MC4wMjE0ODg3NzgyOTMxMyZsdmw9MTYmc3R5PXImcnRwPXBvcy40Mi4xNTMyOTQ5NzM1OTg0OF8tODAuMDIyNjM2NzYzNzUxNV9fX19hX35wb3MuNDIuMTY4NDE4MzIyOTA1MTZfLTc5Ljk1NTM1MTIwMzY4MDA0X25lYXIlMjA2NTQ4JTIwSXJvcXVvaXMlMjBBdmUlMkMlMjBIYXJib3JjcmVlayUyQyUyMFBBJTIwMTY0MjFfX19hXyZtb2RlPUQmcnRvcD0wfjB+MH4=. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 
3. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Erie County Type-10 Historic Map (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways (1923 ed.). ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Erie_1923.pdf. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 
4. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways (1928). Tourist Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 
5. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways (1929). Tourist Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 
6. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways (1950). Pennsylvania Tourist Map (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 
7. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways (1958). Pennsylvania Tourist Map (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 
8. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (2009). Pennsylvania Tourist Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation. 

External links

• Kitsko, Jeffrey J. (2010). "PA 955". Pennsylvania Highways. pp. 951–999. http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA951-999.html#PA955. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 
• Prince, Adam (2002). "PA 955". State-Ends.com. http://www.state-ends.com/paends/state/955.html. Retrieved June 21, 2010.