Pennsylvania Route 99 (PA 99), officially SR 699, is a
state highway
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located in western
Pennsylvania
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. The southern terminus is at
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
(US 6) and
US 19
U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the Eastern United States. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul road, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Lake Erie.
The highway's southern ...
in
Cambridge Springs. The northern terminus is at US 19 near
Erie.
Along its routing, PA 99 is known as Interchange Road, Edinboro Road, Main Street, Forest Street, Erie Street, Meadville Street, and McClellan Street.
It previously shared an official SR designation with
Interstate 99 (I-99) but was changed in 2008 to be officially SR 0699.
Route description
PA 99 begins at an intersection with US 6/US 19 near the northern edge of the borough of Cambridge Springs. The route heads northwest, crossing
Little Conneauttee Creek
Little Conneauttee Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Conneauttee Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania and Erie County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Na ...
and
Conneauttee Creek
Conneauttee Creek is a long 4th order tributary to French Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been ...
at Drakes Mills midway between Cambridge Springs and the
Crawford
Crawford may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia
* Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario
United Kingdom
* Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England
* Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...
-
Erie county line. Just south of the county line the route crosses
Torry Run, a tributary of Conneauttee Creek, twice. North of the county line, PA 99 crosses the creek once more and follows the waterway into the borough of
Edinboro. Within the borough, PA 99 passes by
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
PennWest Edinboro is a campus of Pennsylvania Western University, a multi-campus public university in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Edinboro, the campus has more than 4,600 enrolled students.
History
Edinboro University was founded ...
south of an intersection with
U.S. Route 6N
U.S. Route 6N (US 6N) is a auxiliary route of U.S. Route 6, US 6 located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 20 in Pennsylvania, US 20 in Springfield Township, Erie ...
in the center of the borough. The route continues northward, following the eastern edge of
Edinboro Lake for a short distance.
Near
McKean McKean may refer to:
Places
* McKean, Pennsylvania
* McKean County, Pennsylvania
* McKean Island, island in the Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati
* McKean Township (disambiguation)
Other uses
* McKean (surname), people with the surname ''McKea ...
, PA 99 begins to parallel
Interstate 79
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as both roadways approach the city of
Erie. Midway between McKean and Erie, PA 99 passes over
Interstate 90
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east of its interchange with I-79. Just south of the city limits in the Millcreek Township community of Kearsarge, PA 99 separates from I-79 and turns east at a T-intersection to access US 19, where PA 99 terminates.
History
In 1928, the PA 99 number was first assigned to what is now
Pennsylvania Route 5 along the shores of
Lake Erie
Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...
. Along its course, the highway had two spurs in the
Erie Metropolitan Area:
Pennsylvania Route 199
Pennsylvania Route 199 (PA 199) is a state highway located in Bradford County in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 220 (US 220) near Athens. The northern terminus is the New York state line in Sayre, where it connects to ...
and
Pennsylvania Route 299
Pennsylvania Route 299 (PA 299) is a state highway located in Erie County in Pennsylvania. The route is the designation for the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge that carries Powell Avenue over two railroad lines in Millcreek To ...
. The current alignment from
Edinboro to Kearsarge was signed as
U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the Eastern United States. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul road, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Lake Erie.
The highway's southern ...
.
By 1940, PA 99 was moved to its current alignment.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Pennsylvania Highways: PA 99
099
Transportation in Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Transportation in Erie County, Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 19