Pennsylvania Highways
PA 701 - PA 750

PA 701 Southern Terminus: US 13 in Bristol
Northern Terminus: US 13 in Tullytown
Length: 5 miles
Names: Bath Street, Mill Street, Radcliff Street, and Main Street
County: Bucks
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1932
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1930.

PA 702 Western Terminus: PA 115 in Wind Gap
Eastern Terminus: PA 712 in Bangor
Length: 5 miles
Names: North Lehigh Avenue, West Pennsylvania Avenue, Park Drive, and Market Street.
County: Northampton
Expressway: None
Former Designation: PA 202 (1928 - 1932)
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1932.

PA 703

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 704

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 705

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 706

Western Terminus: US 6 in Wyalusing
Eastern Terminus: US 11 in Milford
Length: 35 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Church Street, Taylor Avenue, and Wyalusing Street
SR Designations:
0706
0267:  Lawton
0167:  Montrose to Tiffany
0029:  Montrose
Counties: Bradford and Susquehanna
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: PA 267:  Lawton
PA 167:  Montrose to Tiffany
PA 29:  Montrose
Former Designations: PA 67 (1927 - 1928)
US 106 (1928 - 1972)
History: Signed in 1972.

PA 707 Western Terminus: US 6/US 11 in Dalton
Eastern Terminus: PA 407 in Waverly
Length: 2 miles
Names: East Main Street and Clinton street
County: Lackawanna
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1930.

PA 708

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 709 Western Terminus: US 611 one mile north of Martins Creek
Eastern Terminus: New Jersey state line over the Delaware river in Riverton
Length: 6 miles
Name: Belvidere Road
County: Northampton
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1940.

PA 710

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 711 Southern Terminus: US 119 at PA 201 in Connellsville
Northern Terminus: PA 403 in Cramer
Length: 55 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Crawford Avenue, Synder Street, Springfield Pike, Main Street, Ligonier Street, Stahlstown-Ligonier Road, Market Street, Market Street Extension, 13th Street, Second Street, and Charles Road
SR Designations: 0711
0381:  Normalville to Jones Mills
0031:  Jones Mills to Donegal
0056:  Seward to Robindale Heights
Counties: Fayette, Westmoreland, and Indiana
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: PA 381:  Normalville to Jones Mills
PA 31:  Jones Mills to Donegal
PA 56:  Seward to Robindale Heights
Former Designation: PA 66 (1927 - 1928):  US 119 to Pittsburgh Street
Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway: Normalville to Seward
Pennsylvania Byway Pennsylvania Byway: Normalville to Seward
History: Signed in 1928, the route was under construction that year from Pleasant Grove to the Ligonier Township line and completed the following year.  In 1929, the route was paved from Frogtown to Jones Mills.

In 1929, the route was under construction from PA 51 to Redstone and opened the following year, removing the designation from Tony and Henderson Road.  Also in 1930, the sections from Springfield to the Salt Lick Township line and PA 31 to Pleasant Grove was paved.

In 1931, the route was under construction from Donegal to Stahlstown and completed the following year.  Also in 1932, the route was paved from New Florence to Cramer.

In 1954, the route was moved from Fayette Avenue in Belle Vernon to the current PA 201 alignment to end at PA 71 at the current Interstate 70 interchange.  In 1964, another change in the routing took place when the southern terminus was moved from I-70 at the Donora/Monessen interchange to its current location.

Near Connellsville, the route has come under some scrutiny.  Truck traffic utilize the route to access stone quarries, lumber companies, and other dairy and agricultural enterprises in the mountains.  On May 18, 2001, a runaway truck entering the borough collided with a home, as another had done the same to the one next door in the fall of 1999.  Fortunately, in both cases, the residents were not injured.

So far PennDOT has announced that they will spend $1.5 million on warning signs and truck run-off ramps.  However, a complete bypass of the area might come about in the future.

Another borough along the path of 711 is solving its similar problems in a different way.  After about a decade of debate over seven alignments for a bypass route around Ligonier, PennDOT finally narrowed down the improvements to two options.  While the two bypass alternatives would require construction of a two-lane highway, the "no-build" alternative would involve some improvements to existing roads, signs and signals.  A new roadway could have cost somewhere from $12 million to $18 million, depending on which route had been selected.  Construction at the time was projected to have begun in 2005.

Another harrowing accident took place on Springfield Pike outside of Connellsville on January 24, 2023.  A tractor-trailer carrying pipes lost its brakes while descending Chestnut Ridge, took out three utility poles, damaged one house, destroyed the front porch of another, rolled over, and spilled its load around 9:15 AM.  A woman who was working from home at the time was not injured, while there was no one home at the other.  Even with the damage to both structures, they were deemed livable.  "This is the third time in my career that it’s lost a porch because of a tractor-trailer crash," said Rob Leiberger, Connellsville Township fire chief.  He said most of the crashes involving trucks were "drivers who are not from here."  There is a runaway truck ramp along the route, but it was north of the crash site.

Cleanup of the accident site, which included Fayette County Hazmat due to the truck leaking fluids, as well as West Penn Power replacing the damaged utility poles continued throughout the afternoon.  The roadway was reopened to traffic around 6 PM that evening.  The only injuries were to the driver of the rig who was taken to Penn Highlands Connellsville hospital; however, his dog, a seven-month old Jack Russell terrier who was in the cab with him, was uninjured.  "Everybody got lucky today," said chief Leiberger.  "There were no major injuries."  The chief has been with the department for three decades and has seen terrible wrecks on PA 711, but none has caused a mess as much as this accident.  "The load went everywhere," he said.  "One bundle went way behind the homes and some pipes were seen eight homes down.  It was a mess."  John Hamman, a nearby resident, was outside when the crash happened.  "It sounded like wind chimes with those pipes coming down," he said. "Then I heard the big boom when it hit the house."  He said the utility poles and wires were shaking as he approached the site.  Hamman, a former firefighter and medic, said he has experienced many crashes on the mountain.  He and another man helped get the drivers and his dog out of the cab and into a nearby house.  The driver told Hamman he had considered pulling onto the runaway truck ramp, but had the truck nearly stopped and thought it was under control.  "But he said it started rolling faster," Hamman said.  "As I got near the truck, I saw smoke.  That’s how hot those brakes were."

Links: Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway - Pennsylvania Byways
PA 711 Pictures - Steve Alpert

Truck
PA 711
Southern Terminus: PA 711 at PA 201 in Connellsville
Northern Terminus: PA 711 at Snyder Street in Connellsville
Length: 3.42 miles
National Highway System: PA 711 to East Crawford Avenue
Names: Memorial Boulevard, Crawford Avenue Extension, and Crawford Avenue
SR Designations: 0119:  PA 711 to East Crawford Avenue
1073:  North Connellsville to Crawford Avenue
1051:  Crawford Avenue Extension to PA 711
County: Fayette
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Route: US 119:  PA 711 to East Crawford Avenue
Former Designation: PA 66 (1927 - 1928):  PA 711 to East Crawford Avenue
Former LR Designations: 117:  PA 711 to East Crawford Avenue
26044:  US 119 to PA 711
History: Signed in 1975.

PA 712 Southern Terminus: US 611 in Martins Creek
Northern Terminus: US 611 in Mount Bethel
Length: 11 miles
Names: Good Road, Flicksville Road, and Washington Boulevard
County: Northampton
Expressway: None
Former Designations: PA 2 (1925 - 1928)
US 611 (1928 - 1933)
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1933 after US 611 was rerouted.

PA 713 Southern Terminus: US 13 in Croydon
Northern Terminus: US 1 in South Langhorne
Length: 5 miles
Names: Cedar Avenue, Newportville Road, Main Street, and Neshaminy Street
County: Bucks
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1930.  In 1931, the route was under construction from Newportville to Emilie and completed the following year.

PA 714

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 715 Southern Terminus: US 209 in Brodheadsville
Northern Terminus: PA 191 in Henryville
Length: 17 miles
National Highway System: None
Name: Reeders Road
SR Designations: 0715
0611:  Tannersville
County: Monroe
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Route: PA 611:  Tannersville
Former Designations: None
History: Signed in 1963.
Links: Pennsylvania State Route 715 - David Golub

PA 716

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 717

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 718 Southern Terminus: PA 318 two miles west of West Middlesex
Northern Terminus: Ohio state line five miles north of Sharon
Length: 11 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Sieg Hill Road, Council Avenue, State Street, Water Street, and Ivanhoe Road
SR Designation: 0718
County: Mercer
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: PA 760:  Wheatland to Sharon
Business US 62:  Dock Street to Water Avenue
Former Designation: PA 418 (1929 - 1930):  PA 318 to Wheatland
History: Signed in 1930.

PA 719

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 720

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 721

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 722 Western Terminus: PA 283 in Bamford
Eastern Terminus: PA 272 in Oregon
Length: 8 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: State Road, Cottage Avenue, Petersburg Road, and Oregon Road
SR Designations: 0722
0501:  Neffsville
County: Lancaster
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Route: PA 501:  Neffsville
Former Designations: None
History: Signed in 1930.

Construction began in Spring 2013 to upgrade the interchange with PA 283 in Lancaster County.  The $25 million project included replacing the bridges over PA 283 and the Amtrak rail line to the west of the interchange, widening the roadway to accommodate left turn lanes, and installation of traffic signals at the PA 283 ramps.  Work is expected to be complete in Fall 2014.


PA 723

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 724 Western Terminus: US 422 in Sinking Spring
Eastern Terminus: PA 23 two miles west of Phoenixville
Length: 30 miles
National Highway System: US 422 to US 222
Names: Shillington Road, Schuylkill Road, Revere Boulevard, Philadelphia Avenue, Furnace Street, Thomas Avenue, East Main Street, West Schuylkill Road, and New Schuylkill Road
SR Designations: 724
0222:  Shillington to East Lancaster Avenue
0010:  Reading
0345:  Birdsboro
Counties: Berks and Chester
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: US 222:  Shillington to East Lancaster Avenue
PA 10:  Reading
PA 345:  Birdsboro
Former Designations: PA 83 (1928 - 1961):  Ridgewood to two miles west of Phoenixville
PA 183 (1961 - 1962):  Ridgewood to two miles west of Phoenixville
BicyclePA Route L BicyclePA Route: PA 345 to Main Street
History: Signed in 1962.
Links: PA 724 Pictures - Steve Alpert

PA 725

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 726

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 727

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 728

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 729 Southern Terminus: PA 253/PA 453 in Janesville
Northern Terminus: US 219 at PA 879 in Grampian
Length: 22 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Main Street and Tyrone Turnpike
SR Designation: 0729
County: Clearfield
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Route: PA 969:  Lumber City
Former Designation: PA 825 (1929 - 1946):  Janesville to PA 253/PA 453
History: Signed on Toll Gate Road between PA 100 in Clayton and PA 29 in Berks County from 1930 to 1946.

Resigned in 1969 on its current location.


PA 730

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 731 Southern Terminus: PA 484 in Buck Valley
Northern Terminus: I-70 at Exit 163 two miles north of Amaranth
Length: 5 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Fairview Road and McKees Gap Road
SR Designation: 0731
County: Fulton
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: None
Former Designations: None
History: Signed in 1930 from US 309 in Fort Washington to PA 73 in Fox Chase via Pennsylvania Avenue, Mount Carmel Avenue, and Glenside Avenue.  In 1947, the designation was extended from Glenside to Fox Chase.

In 1952, the route was decommissioned.  It was signed on its current alignment in 1964.


PA 732 Southern Terminus: US 1 in Morrisville
Northern Terminus: PA 532 in Yardley
Length: 4 miles
Names: Pennsylvania Avenue North, Yardley Morrisville Road, and South Main Street
County: Bucks
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: None
History: Signed in 1930.

PA 733

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 734

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 735

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 736

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 737 Southern Terminus: US 222 in Kutztown
Northern Terminus: PA 143 in Kempton
Length: 11 miles
National Highway System: None
Name: Krumsville Road
SR Designation: 0737
County: Berks
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: None
Former Designations: None
History: Signed in 1962.  In 1978, the southern terminus was moved from downtown Kutztown at the former route of US 222 to its current location at the bypass.

PA 738

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 739 Southern Terminus: US 209 in Dingmans Ferry
Northern Terminus: US 6 one mile west of Friendly Acres
Length: 19 miles
National Highway System: None
Name: Dingman's Pike
SR Designation: 0739
County: Pike
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: None
Former Designations: None
History: Signed in 1967.  In 1978, the section from one mile south of I-84 to two miles north of Dingmans Ferry was paved. 
Links: PA 739 Pictures - Steve Alpert
Pennsylvania State Route 739 - David Golub

PA 740

NEVER ASSIGNED 

PA 741 Western Terminus: 160 feet west of Commercial Avenue two-tenths mile west of PA 283
Eastern Terminus: PA 41 in Gap
Length: 25.10 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Rohrerstown Road, McGovernville Road, Millersville Road, Long Lane, Village Road, Miller Street, Main Street, Gap Road, and Strasburg Road
SR Designations: 0741
0324:  New Danville
0222:  north of Willow Street to west of Lampeter
County: Lancaster
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: PA 324:  New Danville
US 222:  north of Willow Street to west of Lampeter
Former Designations: PA 41 (1928 - 1932):  Lampeter to Gap
PA 324 (1933 - 1936):  New Danville to Willow Street.
History: Signed in 1932.

In 1978, the western terminus was moved from US 222 in Willow Street to New Danville and then again in 1985 to the intersection with PA 722 in East Petersburg.

During the later half of September 2009, crews hauled twin 510-ton generators through Lancaster County en route to their new home at Three Mile Island.  The convoy began traversing PA 741 on September 18 and only moved approximately three miles a day until September 18 when it continued onto Long Road in New Danville.

The western terminus was truncated to 160 feet west of the Commercial Avenue intersection in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County in 2007, which removed the designation from Lemon Street in East Petersburg.

Links: PA 741 Pictures - Steve Alpert
PA 741 Photos - Valerie Deane

PA 742 Western Terminus: PA 61 in Paxinos
Eastern Terminus: PA 242 one-half mile east of Paxinos
Length: 1/2 mile
Name: None
County: Northumberland
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1963
Replaced By: PA 487
History: Signed in 1928.

PA 743 Southern Terminus: PA 441 in Marietta
Northern Terminus: US 22 one mile west of Grantville
Length: 24 miles
National Highway System: Hershey
Names: Elizabethtown Road, Decatur Street, Maytown Road, River Street, Maytown Road, Hershey Road, Fishburn Road, Cocoa Avenue, Park Avenue, Hersheypark Drive, and Laudermilch Road
SR Designations: 0743
0230:  Elizabethtown
0241:  Elizabethtown
0422:  Hershey
Counties: Lancaster and Dauphin
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: PA 230:  Elizabethtown
PA 241:  Elizabethtown
Truck PA 341:  PA 283 to PA 341
US 422:  Hershey
Former Designation: PA 340 (1936 - 1961):  Marietta to Hershey
History: Signed in 1930.  In 1961, the southern terminus was moved from Hershey to Marietta.

Construction began on January 14, 2011 on a project to realign PA 743 at its intersection with US 422 in Hershey.  The first item on the agenda was the demolition of a building at the corner of the two routes.  The $12 million project also includes replacing the bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks north of US 422, construction of two pedestrian underpasses, building of two retaining walls, utility relocation, and drainage improvements.


PA 744

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 745

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 746 Southern Terminus: PA 59 in Aiken
Northern Terminus: PA 46 in Rew
Length: 3 miles
Name: Ridge Road
County: McKean
Expressway: None
Former Designations: None
Decommissioned: 1946
Replaced By: PA 646
History: Signed in 1930.

PA 747 Southern Terminus: PA 994 in Three Springs
Northern Terminus: US 22 in Mount Union
Length: 15 miles
National Highway System: None
Names: Church Street, South Division Street, Shirley Street, and Jefferson Street
SR Designation: 0747
Counties: Huntingdon and Mifflin
Expressway: None
Multiplexed Routes: None
Former Designations: PA 276 (1936 - 1964):  Three Springs to Mount Union
US 522 (1926 - 1999):  Mount Union to US 22
History: Signed in 1964.  In 1999, the northern terminus was moved to US 22 from US 522 in Mount Union.

PA 748

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 749

NEVER ASSIGNED

PA 750

NEVER ASSIGNED

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Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway shield courtesy of Bruce Cridlebaugh.
Information courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Rand McNally, AAA, Greensburg Tribune-Review, Connellsville Daily Courier, Valley News Dispatch, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Harrisburg Patriot-News, Adam Prince, and Tim Reichard.