Pennsylvania Route 477 (PA 477) is a
state highway
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located in
Centre
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and
Clinton Counties in
Pennsylvania
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. The southern terminus is at
PA 192 in
Miles Township. The northern terminus is at
PA 64 near
Mill Hall.
Route description
PA 477 begins at an intersection with
PA 192 in the community of
Livonia
Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
in
Miles Township,
Centre County
Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The lands ...
, heading north on two-lane undivided Apple Ridge Road. The road heads across
Nittany Mountain
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in the
Bald Eagle State Forest
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, turning to the west before heading northwest.
The route heads into
Greene Township in
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
**Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, s ...
and heads north on Bull Run Road, leaving the state forest and heading through more wooded areas with some fields. PA 477 turns east onto West Winter Road and heads through agricultural areas in the Sugar Valley. The route turns north onto South Mill Street and passes through more rural areas before entering the borough of
Loganton. Here, the road passes homes and crosses
PA 880, becoming North Mill Street. PA 477 heads back into Greene Township and passes through a gap in forested Sugar Valley Mountain. The road reaches an interchange with
I-80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
and passes a few businesses, turning west onto Long Run Road and heading through
Rosecrans.
[
The route runs west-northwest through farmland with occasional residences before heading into another section of the Bald Eagle State Forest. PA 477 heads into Lamar Township and runs a short distance to the north of I-80. The road turns northwest and heads away from the interstate as it passes through wooded residential areas and runs through Rote. Following this, the route winds west through farmland and woodland with some homes. The road passes through the residential community of ]Salona
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Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in t ...
before crossing Fishing Creek and reaching an interchange with the US 220
U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for fr ...
freeway. A short distance later, PA 477 ends at an intersection with PA 64.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Pennsylvania Highways: PA 477
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Transportation in Centre County, Pennsylvania
Transportation in Clinton County, Pennsylvania