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Pennsylvania Route 299 (PA 299) is a
When Pennsylvania legislated routes in 1911, what would become PA 299 was not given a number. PA 299 was established in 1930 as a spur of
Pennsylvania Highways: PA 299
state highway
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located in Erie County in Pennsylvania
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. The route is the designation for the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge that carries Powell Avenue over two railroad lines in Millcreek Township. PA 299 was designated in 1930 between US 20 and PA 99
Pennsylvania Route 99 (PA 99), officially SR 699, is a state highway located in western Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and US 19 in Cambridge Springs. The northern terminus is at US 19 near Erie.
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, which is now PA 5 Alternate (PA 5 Alt.), running along Powell Avenue. In 2006, the current bridge over the railroad tracks was built. In 2011, all of PA 299 was decommissioned except for the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge, and is no longer signed as a traffic route. The section of Powell Avenue north of the bridge was realigned in 2012 as a result of runway expansion at Erie International Airport.
Route description
PA 299 begins at the south end of the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge in Millcreek Township, where the road continues south as township-maintained Powell Avenue to an intersection withUS 20
U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
. The bridge runs past industrial areas before carrying the route over Norfolk Southern's Lake Erie District railroad line followed by CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
's Erie West Subdivision The Erie West Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The line runs from Derby, New York southwest along the shore of Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio, along the former New York Central R ...
railroad line. At the north end of the bridge, the PA 299 designation ends and Powell Avenue continues north as a township-maintained road to Erie International Airport, where the road bypasses the runway to the east as 20th Street and Marshall Drive. Past the runway, Powell Avenue resumes at Oxer Road and intersects PA 5 (West 12th Street) and PA 5 Alt. (West Lake Road) before continuing several more blocks to the Lake Erie
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shoreline.
History
When Pennsylvania legislated routes in 1911, what would become PA 299 was not given a number. PA 299 was established in 1930 as a spur of PA 99
Pennsylvania Route 99 (PA 99), officially SR 699, is a state highway located in western Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and US 19 in Cambridge Springs. The northern terminus is at US 19 near Erie.
Along its rou ...
running south to US 20 on Powell Avenue. PA 99 ran on what is now PA 5 Alternate. Upon designation, the entire length of PA 299 was paved. In 2006, the Powell Avenue Bridge was replaced with the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge. In 2011, the entire length of PA 299 with the exception of the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge was removed from the state highway system. Between 2010 and 2012, the runway at Erie International Airport was expanded, forcing Powell Avenue to be relocated around it.
Major intersections
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State highways in the United States shorter than one mile
Transportation in Erie County, Pennsylvania