Pennsylvania Route 484 (PA 484) 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 ...
located in
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
*F ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
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, ...
. The western terminus is at
Pennsylvania Route 26
Pennsylvania Route 26 (PA 26) is a highway in the south-central area of Pennsylvania. Its northern terminus is at PA 150 northwest of Howard; its southern terminus is at the Maryland state line near Barnes Gap in Union Township. Two major desti ...
in
Union Township. The eastern terminus is at
Pennsylvania Route 655 near
Warfordsburg.
Route description
PA 484 begins at an intersection with
PA 26 in
Union Township, heading east on two-lane undivided Buck Valley Road. The route winds through rural areas of woods with some farms and homes, curving to the northeast. The road heads through more agricultural areas, making a turn to the east. PA 484 continues through farmland with some woods and residences, turning north and then east prior to heading east and intersecting
PA 731 in Buck Valley. The route passes through Lashley prior to bending northeast and ascending forested
Sideling Hill
Sideling Hill, also Side Long Hill, is a long, steep, narrow mountain ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley (or Allegheny Mountains) physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Washington County in western Maryland and adjacent West ...
. At the top of the hill, the road heads into
Bethel Township and descends Sideling Hill, turning east and enters wooded areas with some farms and homes and passing through Stoneybreak. PA 484 curves to the southeast and comes to an intersection with Great Cove Road that provides access to
I-70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the co ...
/
US 522
U.S. Route 522 (US 522) is a spur route of US 22 in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The U.S. Highway travels in a north-south direction, and runs from US 60 near Powhatan, Virginia, to its northern terminus a ...
, at which point there are a few businesses. The route continues through
Warfordsburg prior to turning east onto Piegon Cove Road and passing over I-70/US 522. PA 484 curves northeast past farms before turning east onto Stillwell Road. The route winds east across forested Cove Ridge, crossing into
Thompson Township and coming to its eastern terminus at
PA 655.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Pennsylvania Highways: PA 484
484
Transportation in Fulton County, Pennsylvania