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PA 340 eastbound entering Intercourse. The route follows the alignment of the King's Highway, a colonial road built in 1733 that linked Lancaster and Philadelphia.The road was laid out by the provincial government of Pennsylvania [7] along what was once known as "Old Peter's Road," a trade route used by the French-Canadian fur trader Peter Bisaillon (1662-1742).
The original Pennsylvania Route 3 was the designation for the William Penn Highway running from Hanover Township to Easton.After its decommissioning in 1930, PA 3 was renumbered in several areas to extend active routes, including US 22 from the WV/PA state line to Harrisburg, PA 60 from Robinson Township to Pittsburgh, US 322 from Harrisburg to Hershey, US 422 from Hershey to Wyomissing, US ...
Intercourse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lancaster on Pennsylvania Route 340. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,494, up from 1,274 at the previous census. [3]
PA-340: Kings Road: 12 miles (19 km) The King's Road was built from Philadelphia to Lancaster in 1733. [11] It became a section of the Great Wagon Road. PA-340: Old Philadelphia Pike: 10 miles (16 km) PA-340 departs from the original Harrisburg Road at White Horse, Pennsylvania.
East end of PA 23 westbound overlap: 12.74: 20.50: PA 340 east (Old Philadelphia Pike) Western terminus of PA 340: East Lampeter Township: 14.54: 23.40: US 30 west to PA 283 west – York, Harrisburg PA 462 ends: Interchange; eastern terminus of PA 462; west end of US 30 overlap: Ronks: 17.03: 27.41: PA 896 (Eastbrook Road / Hartman Bridge Road ...
The crash occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. at U.S. 340 and Md. 180 in Petersville, police said. The Frederick County State's Attorney's Office is awaiting the conclusion of the police investigation.
U.S. Route 340 (US 340) is a spur route of US 40, and runs from Greenville, Virginia, to Frederick, Maryland. In Virginia , it runs north–south, parallel and east of US 11 , from US 11 north of Greenville via Waynesboro , Grottoes , Elkton , Luray , Front Royal , and Berryville to the West Virginia state line.
U.S. Route 30, Pennsylvania Route 340, Pennsylvania Route 897, Pennsylvania Route 283, and Pennsylvania Route 230 all follow parts of Old Peter's Road. For a time it was "the main artery between Philadelphia and the west". [22]