List of unused highways in Pennsylvania

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused ["US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing." City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml] .] "Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance." Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf] .] ["Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.", 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html] .] [Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html] .] ["PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT." New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html] .] [House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm] .] [Munroe, Tapan. "TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND." California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf] ] ["Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle." SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf] .] [Anderson, Steve. "CT 11 Expressway." New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/] .] or later closed ["Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation", Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html] .] ["R. v. Sanders", 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html] .] ["HIGHWAY CLOSINGS", R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html] .] . An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp [PDFlink| [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4] |286 KiB , accessed December 28, 2006] , stub street [Sommer, Dick. "Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community." Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf] .] [Bauserman, Christian E. "DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS." 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf] .] , stub-out, or simply stub [Geiger, Gene. "Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus." Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf] .] ["CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY." City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm] .] . The following is a list:

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

*At the interchange of Interstate 95 and the western approach to the Betsy Ross Bridge, stubs can be seen for the unbuilt Pulaski Expressway, intended to connect to the Roosevelt Expressway ( [http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/PA-90/img9.gifold USGS Terraserver image, courtesy Alex Nitzman] and [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=18&X=1232&Y=11068&W=2&qs=%7cphiladelphia%7cpa%7c construction in process] ). Some have, in 1999, been rebuilt to connect local roads in the city's Port Richmond section [cite web|last=Anderson|first=Steve|publisher=phillyroads.com|title=Pulaski Expressway (PA 90, unbuilt)|url=http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/PA-90/] . However a stub still remains just prior to reaching Aramingo Avenue and is planned to extend to Torresdale Avenue via a connection to Adams Avenue. Construction was scheduled to begin in 2005 [cite web|last=Anderson|first=Steve|publisher=phillyroads.com|title=Delaware Expressway (I-95)|url=http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/delaware/] . Stubs also remain on the mainline of Pennsylvania Route 90 mainline headed north and on the Aramingo Avenue ramp from I-95 southbound. An unused bridge exists under these elevated stubs aligned with E Thompson Street. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.99703,-75.081682&spn=0.007808,0.016694&t=h&om=1]

*South of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, signs of the cancelled Crosstown Expressway (Interstate 695) exist as a wide median for exit 20. I-695 would have connected Interstate 95 at the Philadelphia International Airport with I-95 on the Delaware waterfront, bypassing the Philadelphia Sports Complex [cite web|url=http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/i695.html#695pa|title=Interstate 695
first=Kozel|last=Scott|publisher=kurumi] [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/interstates/pdi.html#I695|title=Pennsylvania's Dearly Departed Interstates|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways] . [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&ll=39.939365,-75.143073&spn=0.003241,0.007296&z=17]

*A freeway section of Pennsylvania Route 63 ends in a stub near an industrial area. [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.112296,-75.001377&spn=0.004677,0.010782&t=k] . This freeway was originally intended to extend to the intersection of Byberry Road and Philmont Avenue in Lower Moreland Township and then later approved to connect to the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 276, linking the Turnpike with Interstate 95 (the Turnpike and I-95 still have yet to directly connect). Budget problems have postponned the start of any project until at least 2010 [cite web|last=Anderson|first=Steve|publisher=phillyroads.com|title=Woodhaven Road (PA 63)|url=http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/PA-63/] .

=Doylestown=

*Both ends of the Doylestown Bypass (U.S. Route 202) have stubs. The east end is half of an unfinished diamond interchange. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=doylestown,+pa&ie=UTF8&ll=40.312274,-75.108976&spn=0.007183,0.021458&t=h&om=1] , and the west an unfinished cloverleaf at Pennsylvania Route 611. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=doylestown,+pa&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.293864,-75.137751&spn=0.007185,0.021458] The Federal Highway Administration approved an extension southwest from PA 611 to Pennsylvania Route 63 in 1998 as an expressway, but current plans have it as a two-lane parkway, with construction set to begin in 2008. Residents of Bucks County opposed the extension of U.S. 202 expressway northeast to New Hope such that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation withdrew funding for the extension in 1977. There are no current plans to revive talks of the extension [cite web|last=Anderson|first=Steve|publisher=phillyroads.com|title=US 202 Expressway (Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/US-202_PA/] .

=Norristown=

*The abandoned remnants of the failed Schuylkill Parkway/Pennsylvania Route 23 expressway can be seen, with some elements of an interchange linking this expressway with U.S. Route 202 south (at the Dannehower Bridge) can be seencite web|url=http://www.northeastroads.com/pa-023.html|title=Pennsylvania 23|publisher=AARoads] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=marietta,+pa&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=40.105633,-75.353379&spn=0.007681,0.021544&t=h&iwloc=addr]

=Pittsburgh=

*A small ramp stub, just north of Mellon Arena, exists in the Interstate 579 and Pennsylvania Route 380/Bigelow Boulevard interchange. It is part of a ramp from I-579 south to PA 380 east that was never completed [cite web|last=Prince|first=Adam|publisher=The SWPA Roads Project|title=Ghost Ramp I-579 @ Bigelow|url=http://www.gribblenation.com/swparoads/coulda/bigelow.html] [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/interstates/I579.html|title=Interstate 579-Crosstown Boulevard|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&layer=c&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=40.446612,-79.989578&spn=0.00347,0.006652&z=17&cbll=40.444873,-79.98994&panoid=CPWcZaDxzlAXNawwjglw7A&cbp=1,86.38370712833506,,0,5]

*North of Pittsburgh International Airport, there are ramp stubs at the interchange between Pennsylvania Route 60 and PA 60 Business. These are for the missing direct connections between PA 60 and PA 60 Businesscite web|url=http://www.gribblenation.com/papics/ghostramps/ramps.html|title=Pennsylvania Ghost Ramps|first=Adam|last=Prince] . [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.516232~-80.270648&style=a&lvl=15]

*The Birmingham Bridge has stubs on the southern approaches to the bridge. These were to connect to the unbuilt Oakland Crosstown Freeway which was canceled by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the mid-1970s [cite web|url=http://pittsburgh.pahighways.com/expressways/cancelled/ocfreeway.html|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey|title=Oakland Crosstown Freeway] . The bridge itself was built to hold the freeway. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=40.430354,-79.97364&spn=0.002021,0.005386&t=k&om=1]

*The Industrial Highway was proposed and partially built in the 1960s and 70s. It was to have run from Pennsylvania Route 60 north to Pennsylvania Route 51 but was only completed between Roswell Drive and Beechnut Drive [cite web|url=http://www.gribblenation.com/swparoads/coulda/industrial.html|last=Prince|first=Adam|title=The Industrial Highway] . [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.449731,-80.087607&spn=0.003217,0.007296&z=17&iwloc=addr] [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=40.441746,-80.08323&spn=0.003217,0.007296&z=17&iwloc=addr]

=Clairton=

*There are ramp stubs at the current northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 43. Traffic is funneled onto the ramps of Exit 54 (Pennsylvania Route 51). If the Mon-Fayette Expressway is completed, these stubs will eventually carry the highway to Pittsburgh and Monroeville. The project is now in the "Final Design" phase, which will be followed by right-of-way acquisition in late 2007cite web|url=http://www.paturnpike.com/monfaysb/51to376/51to376.htm|title=Mon/Fayette & Southern Beltway Projects-51 to 376C] . [http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=40.292817,-79.913177&spn=0.013814,0.029182&t=h&z=15&om=1]

=Leechburg=

*The Kiski Valley Expressway was to be an outer beltway of Pittsburgh but was cancelled like other Pennsylvania expressways due to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation near bankruptcy. Remnants of this exist at South Leechburg Hill Road, where traveling west on Pennsylvania Route 56, drivers are forced to exit onto South Leechburg Hill Road to continue on PA 56 and vice-versa [cite web|url=http://pittsburgh.pahighways.com/expressways/cancelled/kvexpressway.html|first=Jeffrey|last=Kitsko|title=Kiski Valley Expressway] . [http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=40.614083,-79.617577&spn=0.012836,0.029182&z=15]

=Butler=

*An incomplete cloverleaf exists near the western end of the U.S. Route 422 Butler Bypass. The interchange makes up the Pennsylvania Route 356 exit [cite web|url=http://www.state-ends.com/paends/state/356.html|last=Prince|first=Adam|title=PA State Route 356 Ends] . [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=1470&Y=11314&W=2&qs=%7cbutler%7cpa%7c]

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

*A proposed extension of Pennsylvania Route 23 to be known as the "Lancaster-Norristown Expressway" was partially constructed to varying degrees, beginning in 1975. The project was killed in 1977 [cite web|url=http://harrisburg.pahighways.com/expressways/cancelled/l-nexpressway.html|title=Lancaster-Norristown Expressway (Cancelled)|publisher=Harrisburg Highways|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey] . The now-abandoned alignment is colloquially known as the "Goat Path" [cite web|url=http://www.northeastroads.com/harrisburg_meet.html|publisher=AARoads|title=Harrisburg Road Enthusiast Meet 2004] [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA1-50.html#PA23|title=PA 1 - 50|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey] . The [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lancaster,pa&ie=UTF8&ll=40.055903,-76.264257&spn=0.006931,0.014591&t=k&z=16&om=1 West end] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lancaster,pa&ie=UTF8&ll=40.068564,-76.208918&spn=0.00693,0.014591&t=k&z=16&om=1 ghost bridges] , and [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lancaster,pa&ie=UTF8&ll=40.074246,-76.178813&spn=0.006929,0.014591&t=k&z=16&om=1 a ghost interchange] of the cancelled expressway. East of the interchange with Pennsylvania Route 772, the exact route is not clear.

=Marshall Township, Allegheny County=

* A stub exists on the exit ramp to U.S. Route 19 north from Interstate 79. This ramp was to connect with Brush Creek Drive and Thornhill Industrial Park. The ramp in use is the only direct connection I-79 north has to U.S. 19 north in the area. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=marshall+township,+pa&layer=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.268266,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=40.666573,-80.095026&spn=0.001766,0.005407&t=k&om=1]

=Morgantown=

* Interstate 176, since its inception in 1963 (as Interstate 180), never directly connected to its parent. Accessing I-176 required travelers to exit Interstate 76/the Pennsylvania Turnpike (former Interstate 80S) at Pennsylvania Route 10 [cite web|url=http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix76.html|publisher=kurumi|title=3-digit Interstates from I-76] and travel through Morgantown on PA 10 and Pennsylvania Route 23 to the I-176 [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/interstates/I176.html|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey|title=Morgantown Expressway|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways] . This changed in 1996 when a direct connection was built to I-76/the Turnpike. The PA 10 exit, a trumpet interchange, was abandoned but is still paved and is visible. The former terminus of I-176 is now a set of on-and off-ramps for PA 10 and PA 23. Here is the [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=530&Y=5556&W=1&qs=%7cmorgantown%7cpa%7c old design] and the [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=18&X=530&Y=5557&W=1&qs=%7cmorgantown%7cpa%7c new one] and a [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.160075~-75.88907&style=a&lvl=17&scene=188866 close up] of the abandoned trumpet.

=East Cocalico Township=

* Old exit 21 on Interstate 76/the Pennsylvania Turnpike was partially abandoned. Part of the interchange is used as a local overpass for Pepperidge Parkway, but the footprints of ramps are still visible [cite web|url=http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=509&Y=5565&W=1&qs=%7clancaster%7cpa|title=4 km E of Reamstown, Pennsylvania, United States 7/1/1992|publisher=Terraserver] . [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=40.221457+-76.090837&ie=UTF8&ll=40.221887,-76.090912&spn=0.00408,0.007296&t=k&z=17&om=1] Here is the [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=509&Y=5565&W=1&qs=%7clancaster%7cpa old design] .

=Brownsville=

*U.S. Route 40 had a stub at Grindstone Road approximately one mile north of Brownsville, which was originally planned to be a four-lane route to Uniontown, PA.. [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=Brownsville,+PA,+USA&ll=40.011198,-79.866035&spn=0.007478,0.013304&t=k&z=16] [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=17&X=1491&Y=11073&W=1&qs=%7cpittsburgh%7c%7c] . After nearly four decades of idling, the stub is now being utilized as an access road to the Mon/Fayette Expressway.

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

*U.S. Route 15 has mainline stubs where it meets U.S. Route 522 north of the city [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/us/US11-US15sbypass.html|title=US 11/US 15 Selinsgrove Bypass|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways|last=Nitzman|first=Alex] . Northbound traffic is directed off before the bridge onto U.S. 522 to continue on U.S. 15. Traffic going south on U.S. 15 first crosses under the bridge and circles onto it by a cloverleaf interchange crossing the bridge. The highway continues past the bridge before dying off in the grass. There is also grading seen for more parts of the cloverleaf interchange. [http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=40.818421&lon=-76.853013&z=15&l=0&m=h&v=2] Currently, there is a project to utilize the stubs. In 2003, the [http://www.csvt.com/ Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway] project was approved. Extending the bypass is only part of this project, but it is set to be and expressway that ties into the Pennsylvania Route 147 expressway just across the Susquehanna River [cite web|url=http://www.pahighways.com/us/US15.html|title=US 15|publisher=Pennsylvania Highways|last=Kitsko|first=Jeffrey] [cite web|url=http://www.csvt.com/|title=Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation] . [http://www.csvt.com/assets/maps/recomended%20alternative.pdf]

Somerset, Pennsylvania

*U.S. Route 219 has a stub at the southern end of its freeway. Southbound traffic exits just south of Somerset, where it can continue southward on the non-freeway Route 219. Meanwhile, an unused stub of the freeway continues half a mile from the exit. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.980902,-79.041138&spn=0.0171,0.031157&t=k&z=15&om=1 Satellite image of Somerset Route 219 stub] ] PennDOT plans to upgrade the remaining sections of Route 219 to freeway to the Maryland border in coming years. [http://www.us219.com/ U.S. 219 - Paving the Way] ]

=Spring Hill=

*Pennsylvania Route 43 has a stub approximately 10 miles South of Uniontown, PA. This is part of the southern leg of the Mon-Fayette Expressway. Currently, all traffic must enter/exit the expressway at Gans Road; however, the freeway actually extends several more miles into West Virginia. An unused high-level bridge is also located on this unused stretch. Eventually, this stub will take traffic to Interstate 68 provided the West Virginia side becomes operationalFact|date=June 2008. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=uniontown,+PA,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=39.714978,-79.827862&spn=0.060082,0.10643&t=h&z=13]

Breezewood, Pennsylvania

ee also

*List of unused highways in the United States
*List of unused highways
*list of ghost towns

References

External links

* [http://www.btco.net/ghosts/streets/highways/interstate0.html Unsung Monuments in "The Monument City"] - photographic essay of Baltimore area stubs