Pennsylvania Route 309
Length:	132 mi (212 km)
Formed:	1968
South end:	East Oak Lane, Philadelphia
Major junctions:	I-276 at Fort Washington I-78 near Allentown I-80 near Hazleton I-81 near Wilkes Barre
North end:	Bowman Creek, Noxen Township, Wyoming County

PA Route 309 is a highway which runs for 132 miles (212 km) through Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs from the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia to Bowman Creek, a village in Noxen Township, Wyoming County. Route 309 is a principal route since it runs from the Philadelphia area to The Poconos mountains. This highway was signed in 1968 and was a replacement to U.S. Route 309, which was decommissioned. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A mile is any of a number of units of distance, each in the magnitude of 1–10 km. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... East Oak Lane is a neighborhood in the Northern section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Image File history File links I-276. ... Interstate 276 is a segment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike running from Interstate 76 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania to the Delaware River, where it connects with the New Jersey Turnpike. ... Hillside houses in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Fort Washington is an unincorporated census-designated place and suburb of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Image File history File links I-78. ... Interstate 78 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. ... Nickname: The Queen City Political Statistics Founded 1762 County Lehigh County Mayor Ed Pawlowski Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 46. ... Image File history File links I-80. ... Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... Hazleton is a city and also a census-designated place (CDP) located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Image File history File links I-81. ... Interstate 81 is an interstate highway in the eastern part of the United States. ... Wilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry, wilkes-bear-ah or wilkes-bear, and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar) is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Noxen Township is a township located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. ... Look up Mile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... East Oak Lane is a neighborhood in the Northern section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Noxen Township is a township located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... U.S. Highway 309 aka Joseph Hunter Highway is a former Pennsylvania highway which connected Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Allentown, Pennsylvania & Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania/Scranton, Pennsylvania before the northeast extenstion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened up. ...

Wyoming Valley to Wyoming County

After 16 years of construction, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) completed a seven-mile expansion of Route 309 in 1992, named the Cross Valley Expressway, which begins at Exit 170B off Interstate 81 in Wilkes-Barre and ends in Trucksville, with six highway exits in between which include outlets to portions of W-B and surrounding suburban towns. A bridge over the Susquehanna River connects three city exits with three suburban exits. In Trucksville, the expressway ends yet Route 309 itself still continues into Shavertown and Dallas all the way into Noxen Township where it ends. A lesser-known Wyoming Valley exists in western New York in Wyoming County, where the valley of Oatka Creek is commonly known as the Wyoming Valley and includes the villages of Wyoming and Warsaw. ... Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... The Pennsylvania Department of Transporation (or PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Interstate 81 (abbreviated I-81) is an interstate highway in the eastern part of the United States. ... Wilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry or wilkes-bear, and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar) is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Trucksville is an unincorporated village located in Kingston Township, Pennsylvania, a township of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... The Susquehanna River is a river in the northeastern United States. ... Shavertown is an unincorporated village located in both Kingston Township, Pennsylvania and Jackson Township, Pennsylvania, both being townships in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Dallas is a borough located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Noxen Township is a township located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. ...

Wyoming Valley to Allentown

Proceeding south from Interstate 81 just south of Wilkes-Barre, Route 309 climbs Penobscot Mountain on a divided highway (a portion cantilever) to Mountaintop and through the city of Hazleton. After paralleling 81 for about 26 miles, there is a connector highway to the Interstate just south of McAdoo. 309 continues through Tamaqua to South Tamaqua, where it turns southeast over Blue Mountain toward Allentown. A portion extending south from South Tamaqua is multiplexed with Pennsylvania Route 443. Interstate 81 (abbreviated I-81) is an interstate highway in the eastern part of the United States. ... Wilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry or wilkes-bear, and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar) is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... The cantilevered beam (green) projects out into space from its supports (blue). ... Mountaintop is a census-designated place located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Hazleton is a city and also a census-designated place (CDP) located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... McAdoo is a borough located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ... Tamaqua is a town in eastern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: The Queen City Political Statistics Founded 1762 County Lehigh County Mayor Ed Pawlowski Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 46. ...

Allentown to Philadelphia

PA-309 roughly parallels the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike for most of its length. Between Philadelphia and Allentown, the road is a four-lane highway which alternates several times between a high-volume arterial road and a limited-access freeway. Most of the road is flanked by large suburban commercial sprawl, particularly in the areas around Montgomeryville and Quakertown. The limited-access portion between Philadelphia and Montgomeryville is called the Fort Washington Expressway. Immediately before reaching the Philadelphia City line, 309 again becomes an arterial road, emptying onto Ogontz Avenue and then following Cheltenham Avenue until its terminus at Broad Street (Pennsylvania State Route 611). Interstate 476 (abbreviated I-476, a portion of which is nicknamed the Blue Route) is a 130. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... Nickname: The Queen City Political Statistics Founded 1762 County Lehigh County Mayor Ed Pawlowski Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 46. ... An arterial road is a high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service. ... A limited-access highway is a highway where access is limited. ... It has been suggested that Autobahn be merged into this article or section. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl) is a term for the rapid and expansive growth of a greater metropolitan area, traditionally suburbs (or exurbs) over a large area. ... Montgomeryville is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Quakertown is a borough located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 16 miles (26 km) south of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on the Quakertown and Delaware River. ... Montgomeryville is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Broad Street is a major street in Philadelphia. ... Route 611 is a state highway in Pennsylvania, United States, running from Interstate 95 south of downtown Philadelphia north to Interstate 380 at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. ...

For the most part PA-309 avoids going through towns with the exception of Coopersburg, where it is reduced to a narrower four-lane road with no turn lanes or shoulders. The portion between Wescosville and Lanark in Lehigh County is multiplexed with Interstate 78 and three lanes in each direction, and there is a brief multiplex with US Route 202 in Montgomeryville. Coopersburg is a borough located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. ... Lehigh County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ... Interstate 78 (abbreviated I-78) is an Interstate Highway in the Northeast United States, running 144 miles (231 km) from Interstate 81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania across northern New Jersey to downtown New York City. ... U.S. Route 202 is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. ... Montgomeryville is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ...

Overlapping or multiplexed routes

• U.S. Route 202 from Montgomeryville to Pennsylvania Route 463
• Interstate 78 from Exit 60 to Exit 53
• Pennsylvania Route 443 in South Tamaqua
• Interstate 81 from Exit 165 to Exit 170

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External links

• PennDOT's 309Online Website, with construction updates
  

  

  The Southern Terminus of PA 309 is at PA 611 on the Philadelphia City/County Line. Note: That this a sign not actually the terminus. This is one of the rare cases, PA TPK 66 being the other, that an advanced warning is given to an end.[1].

The Northern Terminus of PA 309 is at PA 29 in Bowman Creek. Right below the antiques sign is the bridge that carries PA 29 over Bowmans Creek.[2].