Pennsylvania Route 16

"PA 16" redirects here. PA 16 may also refer to Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district.

PA Route 16
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	43.04 mi[1] (69.27 km)
Existed:	1928 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 522 in McConnellsburg
	US 11 in Greencastle I-81 in Greencastle
East end:	MD 140 in Liberty Township
Location
Counties:	Adams, Franklin, Fulton
Highway system
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Pennsylvania Route 16 is a 43-mile (69 km) long east–west state route located in southern Pennsylvania, United States. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 522 in McConnellsburg. The eastern terminus is at the Mason-Dixon Line in Liberty Township, where PA 16 continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 140. The road's main name is Buchanan Trail.

Route description

PA 16 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 522 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County. PA 16 begins as Lincoln Way and makes a 45 degree turn towards the southeast as Buchanan Trail leaving the boro of McConnellsburg. In Franklin County, PA 16 passes by Buchanan's Birthplace State Park where former president James Buchanan was born. In Peters Township, PA 16 intersects the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 456. PA 16 continues towards the east and southeast. In Mercersburg, PA 16 is known as Main Street and begins a three route concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 75 and Pennsylvania Route 416. At the Mercersburg boro line, PA 75 leaves the concurrency and PA 16/PA 416 continue concurrent as Buchanan Trail towards the southeast. In Montgomery Township, PA 416 splits from PA 16 and PA 16 continues towards the east. At the eastern tip of Montgomery Township, PA 16 begins a concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 995. In Peters Township, PA 995 splits from PA 16 in the hamlet of Upton. In Greencastle, PA 16 is called Baltimore Street and intersects U.S. Route 11. East of US 11, PA 16 intersects Interstate 81 at exit 5. PA 16 continues towards the east as Buchanan Trail. In Waynesboro, PA 16 has two pair of concurrencies and the first one is with Pennsylvania Route 316. The second concurrency is with Pennsylvania Route 997. PA 16 is called Main Street in Waynesboro. In Carroll Valley, PA 16 is renamed to Waynesboro Pike and PA 16 intersects the western terminus of Pennsylvania Route 116. PA 16 terminates (ends) at the Maryland border (Mason-Dixon Line) in Adams County, Pennsylvania, near Emmitsburg, Maryland. It continues as Maryland Route 140.

History

PA 16 was signed in 1928.

From 1925 to 1967, present-day PA 16 from US 522 to the Buchanan Trail/Lincoln Way intersection in McConnellsburg was occupied by Pennsylvania Route 1 (from 1925 to 1930) and its successor, U.S. Route 30 (from 1926 to 1967). In 1967, US 30 was rerouted along a bypass north of town, allowing PA 16 to be extended westward to its present terminus at US 522.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Fulton	McConnellsburg	0.00	US 522 (2nd Street)
Franklin	Peters Township	5.41	PA 456 (Little Cove Road)	Northern terminus of PA 456
	Mercersburg	9.90	PA 75 north / PA 416 north (Fort Loudon Road)	West end of PA 75/416 concurrency
		10.66	PA 75 south (Fort Loudon Road)	East end of PA 75 concurrency
	Montgomery Township	12.69	PA 416 south (Mercersburg Road)	East end of 416 concurrency
		15.49	PA 995 south (Welsh Run Road)	West end of PA 995 concurrency
	Peters Township	16.13	PA 995 north (Warm Spring Road)	East end of PA 995 concurrency
	Greencastle	20.41	US 11 (Antrim Way)
		21.42	I-81	Exit 5 (I-81)
	Waynesboro	28.71	PA 316 north (Grant Street)	West end of PA 316 concurrency
		28.83	PA 316 south (Potomac Street)	East end of PA 316 concurrency
		29.00	PA 997 north (Church Street)	West end of PA 997 concurrency
		29.31	PA 997 south (Clayton Avenue)	East end of PA 997 concurrency
Adams	Carroll Valley	41.50	PA 116 (Fairfield Road)	Western terminus of PA 116
	MD state line	43.04	MD 140 (Waynesboro Road)	Eastern terminus, continues as MD 140
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Spur routes

• Pennsylvania Route 116
• Pennsylvania Route 316
• Pennsylvania Route 416

References

1. ^ ^{a b} DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007 software, Toggle Measure Tool