Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike

Infobox road
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state=
highway_name=Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
name_notes=
type=
route=
alternate_name=Lancaster Avenue
maint=PennDOT
section=


length_mi=73.33
length_round=2
length_ref=DeLorme Street Atlas 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.]
length_notes=Route to Columbia included (10.86 mi)
established=1792 (first used 1795)
decommissioned=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=
beltway_city=
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=34th Street in Philadelphia
counties=Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
rural_municipalities=
cities=
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previous_type=
previous_route=
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customcommons=The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, first used in 1795, is the first long-distance, paved road built in the 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 terminus at 34th Street.cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|title=Philadelphia County|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Philadelphia_2005_Sheet_1.pdf|year=2005|page=1|accessdate=2007-07-02]

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. [cite web|title=Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike|work=Lifelong Learning Online|url=http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=29&ObjectID=383|accessdate=2006-05-29] Credited as the country's first engineered road, its ground was broken in 1792 [cite web|title=Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike|work=Explore Pennsylvania History|url=http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=373|accessdate=2006-05-29] , and stimulated economic recovery. By the 1840's, 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.

In 1876, the parallel Pennsylvania Railroad bought the turnpike from 52nd Street in Philadelphia west to Paoli for $20,000 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.cite book|first=Brian|last=Butko|title=The Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide|isbn=0-8117-2497-2|pages=pages 50–51] 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

PAint
county=Lancaster
cspan=14
location=Columbia
lspan=
type=
mile=0.00
road=
street=3rd Street
notes=Western terminus of the former Turnpike. PA 462 continues west into Wrightsville on the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge.PAint
location=Lancaster Township
ctdab=Lancaster
mile=7.73
road=
street=Rorherstown/Millersville Road
notes=PAint
location=Lancaster
lspan=7
type=mplex
mile=9.76
road=
street=College Avenue
notes=Western terminus of concurrency with PA 23.PAint
mile=10.48
road=
street=Manor Street
notes=Eastern terminus of PA 999. Connection to King Street only. [cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?channel=s&client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&q=&ll=40.036749,-76.312194&spn=0.022507,0.040169&z=15&om=1|title=Eastern terminus of PA 999|work=Google|accessdate=2007-07-02] PAint
mile=10.74
road=
street=Prince Street
notes=Southbound one-way pair of US 222/PA 272.PAint
mile=10.86
road=
street=Queen Street
notes=PAint
mile=11.10
road= US 222/PA 272
street=Lime Street
notes=Northbound one-way pair of US 222/PA 272.PAint
type=mplex
mile=11.84
road= PA 23
street=Broad Street
notes=Eastern terminus of concurrency with PA 23.PAint
mile=12.74
road=
street=Old Philadelphia Pike
notes=Western terminus of PA 340.PAint
location=East Lampeter Township
type=mplex
mile=14.54
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of PA 462. Turnpike is designated US 30 east of this point.PAint
location=Ronks
mile=17.03
road=
street=Eastbrook/Hartman Bridge Road
notes=PAint
location=Gap
lspan=3
mile=25.92
road=
street=Newport Road
notes=Eastern terminus of PA 772.PAint
mile=26.32
road=
street=Gap-Newport Pike
notes=Northern terminus of PA 41.PAint
mile=26.66
road=
street=White Horse Road
notes=Southern terminus of PA 897.PAint
county=Chester
cspan=15
location=West Sadsbury Township
lspan=2
mile=31.10
road=
street=Octorara Trail
notes=PAint
mile=31.50
road=
street=Downingtown-Coatesville Bypass
notes=Western terminus of US 30 BUS. Turnpike is US 30 BUS east of here.PAint
location=Coatesville
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=36.59
road=
street=Strode Avenue
notes=PAint
type=mplex
mile=37.00
road= PA 82
street=1st Avenue
notes=PAint
location=Thorndale
mile=41.24
road=
street=Bondsville/Thorndale-Marshallton Road
notes=Eastern terminus of PA 340. R5 Thorndale trains terminate here at the adjacent train station.PAint
location=Downingtown
lspan=3
type=mplex
mile=43.48
road=
street=Manor Avenue
notes=Western terminus of concurrency with US 322.PAint
type=mplex
mile=43.66
road=
street=Wallace/Brandywine Avenue
notes=Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 322. Southern terminus of PA 282.PAint
mile=44.18
road=
street=West Uwchlan Avenue
notes=Southern terminus of PA 113.PAint
location=East Caln Township
mile=45.41
road=
street=Downingtown-Coatesville/Exton Bypass
notes=Interchange.PAint
location=Exton
mile=47.98
road=
street=Pottstown Pike
notes=PAint
location=West Whiteland Township
mile=50.29
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of US 30 BUS. Turnpike is US 30 east of here.PAint
location=Frazer
mile=51.65
road=
street=Sproul Road
notes=Northern terminus of PA 352.PAint
location=Malvern
lspan=2
mile=53.21
road=
street=Conestoga Road
notes=Eastern terminus of PA 401.PAint
mile=53.62
road=
street=Morehall Road
notes=Southern terminus of PA 29.PAint
location=Paoli
mile=56.14
road=
street=Bear Hill/Leopard Road
notes=PAint
county=Delaware
cspan=2
location=Villanova
lspan=2
mile=62.93
road=
street=Blue Route
notes=Interchange.PAint
mile=63.26
road=
street=Spring Mill/Sproul Road
notes=PAint
county_special=Montgomery/Philadelphia county line
location_special=Wynnewood/Philadelphia city line
mile=69.35
road=
street=City Avenue
notes=PAint
county=Philadelphia
cspan=4
location=Philadelphia
lspan=4
type=mplex
mile=71.56
road=
street=Girard Avenue
notes=US 30 is the Turnpike west of here. Western terminus of SR 3012.PAint
type=mplex
mile=72.00
road= SR 3005
street=Belmont Avenue/44th Street
notes=Eastern terminus of SR 3012. Concurrent with SR 3005 until terminus. 44th Street is not a state highway, where Belmont Avenue is (SR 3005).PAint
mile=73.04
road=
street=Powelton Avenue
notes=PAint
mile=73.33
road=34th Street
notes=Eastern terminus of Turnpike and SR 3005.

References

External links

* [http://www.pahighways.com/us/US30.html Pennsylvania Highways: US 30]

* Photographs

[http://www.jflashphoto.com/lancav/lancavhme/lahme.htm] Lancaster Avenue: Turn of the Millennium 2000-2007. Photographs along the Lancaster Turnpike in Philadelphia.