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Pennsylvania Route 231
Pennsylvania Route 231 (PA 231) is a state highway located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 18 near Old Concord. The northern terminus is at PA 50 in Avella. Route description PA 231 begins at an intersection with PA 18 in East Finley Township, heading to the west on two-lane undivided East Finley Drive. The road heads through wooded areas with agriculture, running to the north of the Enlow Fork of the Wheeling Creek. The route curves southwest before making a sharp turn north away from the creek. PA 231 winds north through more areas of woods and farms with occasional homes, passing through the community of East Finley. The road continues through rural areas for several more miles, continuing into Donegal Township. After passing under I-70, PA 231 becomes Bell Avenue and forms the border between Donegal Township to the west and the borough of Claysville to the east, reaching an intersection with US 40. At this point, the route turns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Finley Township, Pennsylvania
East Finley Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,287 at the 2020 census. History The Scott Brownlee Covered Bridge, Plant's Covered Bridge, Sprowl's Covered Bridge and Wyit Sprowls Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 1,489 people, 516 households, and 423 families living in the township. The population density was 42.4 people per square mile (16.4/km2). There were 550 housing units at an average density of 15.7/sq mi (6.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.73% White, 0.13% African American, 0.07% Native American, and 0.07% from two or more races. Of the 516 households 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.7% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Finley, Pennsylvania
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 844
Pennsylvania Route 844 (PA 844) is a state highway located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is the West Virginia state line in Independence Township where the road becomes West Virginia Route 27 (WV 27). The eastern terminus is at PA 18 in Washington. PA 844 is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas in western Washington County, serving West Middletown. Along the way, the route intersects PA 50 and PA 231 in Independence Township and PA 331 in Canton Township. The road between West Middletown and Washington became a private turnpike called the Washington and West Middletown Turnpike in 1852. The entire stretch of PA 844 was designated as the westernmost part of PA 31 in 1928. It was renumbered to PA 844 in September 1964 when the western terminus of PA 31 was cut back to West Newton. Route description PA 844 begins at the West Virginia border in Independence Township, where the road continues west into that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 331
Pennsylvania Route 331 (PA 331) is a , east–west state highway located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at the West Virginia state line in Independence Township where the road continues as West Virginia Route 67 (WV 67). The eastern terminus is at PA 844 in Canton Township. PA 331 was initially established on May 27, 1935. The route was rerouted in the 2000s following the closure of a bridge over Buffalo Creek. Route description PA 331 begins at the West Virginia state border, at the eastern terminus of WV 67. The route heads east in Independence Township paralleling Buffalo Creek. After , the route makes a left turn onto Mount Hope Ridge Road. PA 231 meets PA 331 in the community of Mount Hope and together head south towards the community of Acheson. After turning east, PA 231 exits the concurrency and PA 331 alone heads east following the course of Brush Run. After passing through the southernmost portion of Hopewell Township, it reache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Independence Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,557 at the 2010 census. History Independence Township was originally a part of Hopewell Township for the first almost seventy-five years from the formation of Hopewell in 1781. A petition was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions in November 1854, requesting a division of the Hopewell Township. "The court appointed as viewers Lysander Patterson, John Cole, Esq., and William Gillespie. The matter was continued from term to term until February sessions of 1856, when the court ordered the division and the erection of a new township, to be called Independence, elections to be held at the house of William White. in the village of Independence." The Isaac Manchester House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.04% is water. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 221
Pennsylvania Route 221 (PA 221) is a state highway located in Greene and Washington counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 188 near Jefferson. The northern terminus is at PA 231 in Acheson. Route description PA 221 begins at an intersection with PA 188 in Morgan Township, Greene County, heading northwest on two-lane undivided Lippencott Road. The road heads through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes, running to the northeast of Ruff Creek and passing through Lippincott. The route winds through more rural areas, crossing into Washington Township and coming to a partial interchange with I-79, with ramps to and from the northbound lanes of I-79. A short distance later, PA 221 comes to an intersection with US 19 in Ruff Creek, which connects to ramps providing access to and from the southbound lanes of I-79. At this point, the road becomes Dunn Station Road and runs northwest through more areas of farms and woods with a few residences, turning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaine Township, Pennsylvania
Blaine Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 619 at the 2020 census. History The Sawhill Covered Bridge and Taylorstown Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. It is named after former United States Secretary of State and Republican candidate for the 1884 presidential election, James G. Blaine, a native of West Brownsville in Washington County. Taylorstown is an unincorporated community within the township. Blaine Township ordinances Citizens of Blaine Township have passed restrictive ordinances in 2006, 2007, and 2008 which ban coal mining, require businesses to publicly disclose activities, and assert that corporations do not have constitutional rights as 'persons' to sue a municipality for passing laws that would hurt corporate interests. The township's ''Corporate Rights Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The administrator of PennDOT is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, currently Yassmin Gramian. Presently, PennDOT supports over of state roads and highways, about 25,000 bridges, as well as new roadway construction, the exception being the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, although they currently follow PennDOT policies and procedures. In addition, other modes of transportation are supervised or supported by PennDOT. These include aviation, Railroad, rail traffic, mass transit, intrastate highway shipping traffic, motor vehicle safety & licensing, and Driver's license, driver licensing. PennDOT also supports the Ports of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie. The current budget is approximately $3.8 billion in federal and state funds. The state budget is supported by the motor vehicle fuels tax which is dedicated solely to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex (two concurrent routes), triplex (three concurrent routes), multiplex (any number of concurrent routes), dual routing or triple routing. Concurrent numbering can become very common in jurisdictions that allow it. Where multiple routes must pass between a single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, it is often economically and practically advantageous for them all to be accommodated on a single physical roadway. In some jurisdictions, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one route number on highway signs; these routes disappear at the start of the concurrency and reappear when it ends. However, any route that becomes unsigned in the middle of the concurren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 70 In Pennsylvania
Interstate 70 (I-70) in the US state of Pennsylvania runs east–west across the southwest part of the state serving the southern fringe of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. About half of the route is concurrent with I-76 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which is a toll road. This is the oldest segment of I-70 in Pennsylvania, having been completed in 1940, and is only one of two segments of I-70 that are tolled, with the other being the Kansas Turnpike. I-70 is one of only a few Interstate Highways to have a traffic signal—in this case, with U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Breezewood, where it leaves the Pennsylvania Turnpike and heads toward Maryland. Route description Two segments of I-70 in Pennsylvania are not designed to modern Interstate standards: a segment from Washington to New Stanton and the aforementioned half-mile () signalized segment in Breezewood. West Virginia to Washington I-70 enters Pennsylvania from West Virginia, coming into Donegal Township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Donegal Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,389 at the 2020 census. It was named after the town and county of Donegal in Ireland. At the 2000 census, 13.7% of the population were reported to be Scotch-Irish ( Ulster Scots), the highest number in the United States. History The Margaret Derrow House, Blaney Mays Covered Bridge and West Alexander Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, is land and (0.31%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,428 people, 945 households, and 721 families living in the township. The population density was 58.7 people per square mile (22.7/km2). There were 996 housing units at an average density of 24.1/sq mi (9.3/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.22% White, 0.08% African American, 0.08% Native American, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)
Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States, with a watershed extending into southwestern Pennsylvania. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of approximately on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It flows into the Ohio River in downtown Wheeling, just downstream of Ohio's Wheeling Creek on the opposite bank. A variant name is Big Wheeling Creek. According to the French explorer Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville, the native name of the stream is the Kanououara River, as was inscribed on the lead plate buried at the mouth by the Ohio River in 1749. Geography Wheeling Creek is formed in northeastern Marshall County, West Virginia, by the confluence of streams known as the Enlow Fork and the Dunkard Fork: *Enlow Fork, also known historically as "Enslow Fork," rises in Pennsylvania on the boundary of Greene and Washington Counties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
