U.S. Route 209 in Pennsylvania

Infobox road
state=PA
type=US
route=209


length_mi=150.60
length_ref=Calculated using DeLorme Street Atlas USA software]
length_round=2
established=1926
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
counties=Dauphin, Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe, Pike
previous_type=PA
previous_route=208
next_type=PA
next_route=210
commons=category
customcommons=U.S. Route 209The section of U.S. Route 209 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is the first and longest segment of the 209 mile U.S. Route. The road is convert|146|mi|km|0|sp=us|abbr=on in PA, beginning in the borough of Millersburg at Route 147 and ending at the New York-Pennsylvania border. The border is located in two cities, Matamoras, Pennsylvania and Port Jervis, New York. The several attractions along Route 209 include 3 waterfalls: Dingmans, Bushkill and Raymondskill; a picnic area, a campground, an educational center, 2 boat launches, a beach and a historical building.

Route description

Dauphin County

Route 209 begins at Market Square (PA 147) in Millersburg, a block east of the Susquehanna River. Known as Union Street, US 209 moves eastward until Union Avenue goes straight at a fork as 209 turns onto State Street. Where the highway traverses the eastern portions of the municipality, Pennsylvania Route 25 intersects it. Outside of Millersburg, 209 follows an east-west alignment, although the road is signed north-south. After turning east for a little while, 209 enters the borough of Reservoir Heights. Leaving the borough, 209 begins a more northeasterly course. In Elizabethville, 209 is signed as Main Street and has an intersection with Pennsylvania Route 225. [cite map|publisher=Google|url=http://www.google.com/maps?q=Millersburg,+PA,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title|title=Borough of Elizabethville|accessdate=2007-07-03] East of the borough, 209 takes a more northernly course while traversing a mountainous region of the state. This section of 209 designates the route between Bear and Peters Mountains. The road also passes south of Spechty Kopf (elv. 1,508 ft.) and Weiser State Forest near the Dauphin-Schuylkill county line. [cite map|publisher=Rand McNally|title=Motor Carriers' Road Atlas|year=2007|edition=Deluxe|page=89 |section=EM5|accessdate=2007-07-03] Northeast of Williams, 209 intersects with State Route 4010 before entering Schuykill County.

For much of its course in Dauphin County, 209 parallels the Wiconisco Creek. [cite map|publisher=Google|url=http://www.google.com/maps?q=Millersburg,+PA,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=40.538069,-76.929016&spn=0.060794,0.113811&z=13&om=1|title=Millersburg and surrounding areas|accessdate=2007-07-03]

Schuykill County

I-80 to PA/NY state line

PAint
county=Monroe
cspan=5
location=Smithfield Township
lspan=5
mile=112.70
road=
notes=Southern terminus of PA 447.PAint
type=decomd
mile=
road=
notes=PAint
mile=116.25
road=
notes=Northern terminus of US 209 BUS.PAint
mile=116.37
road=
notes=Southern terminus of PA 402.PAint
type=decomd
mile=
road=
notes=Now Monroe County Quadrant Route 2023.PAint
county=Pike
cspan=7
location=Bushkill Township
lspan=1
type=decomd
mile=
road=State Route 2001
notes=PAint
location=Dingmans Ferry
mile=135.67
road=
notes=Southern terminus of PA 739.PAint
location=Dingman Township
mile=143.07
road=
notes=Northern terminus of US 206.PAint
location=Milford
type=concur
mile=143.91
road=
notes=Southern terminus of concurrency.PAint
location=Westfall Township
lspan=2
mile=149.28
road=
notes=Exit 53 (I-84).PAint
type=decomd
mile=
road=
notes=Now Pike County Quadrant Route 1017.PAint
location_special=PA-NY border
mile=150.60
road=.

Bannered routes

troudsburg business loop

usban
banner=BUS
route=209
location=Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
active=1962-present

U.S. Route 209 Business is a business route of U.S. Route 209 in eastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at US 209 in the Hamilton Township hamlet of Sciota. The northern terminus is at US 209 in the Smithfield Township hamlet of Marshalls Creek. US 209 Business is the lone auxiliary route of US 209 in Pennsylvania.

US 209 Business was US 209 until 1962 when US 209 was moved onto Interstate 80 between Marshalls Creek and present-day I-80 exit 305 in Stroudsburg, allowing US 209 Business to occupy the former alignment of US 209. US 209 Business was extended southward to its current southern terminus in 1964 when US 209 was relocated onto a bypass paralleling its former alignment between Stroudsburg and Sciota.

See also

*U.S. Route 209 Business

References

External links

* [http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/us_6/ PA Route Log - US 6/209 concurrency]
* [http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/us_209/ PA Route Log - US 209]