Pennsylvania Route 981 (PA 981) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
which runs across
Westmoreland County, in southwestern
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, United States. The highway begins at
PA 51
Pennsylvania Route 51 (PA 51) is a major state highway in Western Pennsylvania. It runs for from Uniontown to the Ohio state line near Darlington, where it connects with Ohio State Route 14. PA 51 is the termination point for Pennsylvania R ...
in
Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania
Rostraver Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,374 at the 2020 census.
History
Rostraver Township is in the southwestern corner of Westmoreland County and is the location of the Househol ...
, and runs northward across Westmoreland County, passing through the towns of
Mount Pleasant,
Latrobe, and
New Alexandria before ending at
PA 819 in
Salina.
Route description
PA 981 begins at
PA 51
Pennsylvania Route 51 (PA 51) is a major state highway in Western Pennsylvania. It runs for from Uniontown to the Ohio state line near Darlington, where it connects with Ohio State Route 14. PA 51 is the termination point for Pennsylvania R ...
in
Rostraver Township. From Rostraver, the route runs eastward to the borough of
Mount Pleasant, where it meets
PA 31. PA 981 then turns northward, meeting
US 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...
outside the city of
Latrobe, near the
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport is in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, two miles (3 km) southwest of Latrobe and about southeast of Pittsburgh. It was formerly Westmoreland County Airport; it was renamed in September 1999 ...
. The route then continues northward through Latrobe, passing by
Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Continuing northward, PA 981 meets
US 119
U.S. Route 119 (US 119) is a spur of US 19. It is a north–south route (on a northeast-southwest alignment) that was an original United States highway of 1926. It is Corridor G of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) east of US ...
and
US 22
U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at U.S. Route 27, US 27, U.S. Route 42, US 42, U.S. Route 127, US 127, and U.S. Route 52, US 52 to Newark, New ...
at the borough of
New Alexandria. The route then ends at
PA 819 near
Salina.
History
PA 981 previously ended at
PA 156, but was extended in 1998 to its current terminus at
PA 819.
[Pennsylvania Highways: Route 981]
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PennDOT began construction in 2006 to improve the intersection between PA 981 and US 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...
near Latrobe.[PennDOT: State Route 981 and U.S. 30 Improvements Project]
In 2021, A petition to rename a section of Pennsylvania Route 981 as Honorable Mike Reese Memorial Highway from Kecksburg Road in Mount Pleasant Township Pennsylvania, to Pennsylvania Route 819 in Mount Pleasant Township was approved by the state legislature and became official on August 11, 2021, in a special ceremony dedicated to honor the late Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Reese.[PA 981 Renaming: Honorable Mike Reese Memorial Highway]
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Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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981
Transportation in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania