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Pennsylvania Route 309
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	134 mi (216 km)
Existed	1968–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	I-276/Tpk at Ft. Washington US 202 in Montgomeryville I-78 near Allentown US 222/PA 222 in Allentown US 22 in Allentown US 209 in Tamaqua I-81 near McAdoo I-80 in Butler Township I-81 near Wilkes Barre US 11 in Kingston
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Carbon, Luzerne, Wyoming
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 308 → PA 310

Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major highway which runs for 134 miles (216 km) through Pennsylvania, in the United States that connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre.

The highway runs from northern Philadelphia through the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos, and Wilkes-Barre to Bowman Creek, a village in Noxen Township, Wyoming County. It parallels the newer Interstates 476 and 81 for much of its length.

Route description

Philadelphia to Allentown

PA 309 begins in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at Old York Road (Pennsylvania Route 611). It follows Cheltenham Avenue and Ogontz Avenue for a short distance north to become the Fort Washington Expressway, a freeway that forms a major commuter route through the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, passing north through the towns of Fort Washington and Ambler, interchanging with the mainline of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the former. At Montgomeryville, the route becomes Bethlehem Pike, a four-lane highway through Montgomeryville, Quakertown, and Coopersburg, with alternating arterial road and freeway segments notorious for large sections of suburban sprawl. North of Coopersburg, the freeway briefly merges with Interstate 78 to bypass Allentown.

Allentown to the Wyoming Valley

The PA 309 freeway bypasses Allentown to the west, interchanging with U.S. Route 22 and Interstate 476 before emptying onto a two-lane road north of Allentown. It continues north through the Lehigh Valley suburbs of Orefield, Schnecksville, and New Tripoli then turns northwest, crossing Blue Mountain and the Appalachian Trail on the way to Tamaqua. It then parallels Interstate 81 northward, running through downtown Hazleton and meeting with Interstate 80 north of the city. North of I-80, the route climbs Penobscot Mountain to the town of Mountain Top, then descends into the Wyoming Valley and merges with Interstate 81.

The Wyoming Valley to Bowman Creek

After running concurrently with Interstate 81 for several miles, PA 309 exits onto the Cross Valley Expressway, a freeway through downtown Wilkes-Barre and across the Susquehanna River to Trucksville. The route then continues northward as an arterial through Shavertown and Dallas, to its end at Pennsylvania Route 29 at Bowman Creek, south of Tunkhannock.

Major intersections

Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Philadelphia	East Oak Lane	0.0	0.0	PA 611
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Montgomery	Cheltenham	2.4	3.9	PA 152	Interchange. Southern terminus of PA 152.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
	Springfield	5.2	8.4	PA 73	Interchange.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
	Fort Washington	6.6	10.6	I-276	Exit 339 (I-276/PA Turnpike). Partial cloverleaf interchange.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Upper Gwynedd Township	12.2	19.6	PA 63
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Montgomeryville	14.4	23.2	US 202	Southern terminus of concurrency.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
15.3	24.6	US 202/PA 463	Northern terminus of US 202/PA 309 concurrency.
Bucks	Souderton	21.5	34.6	PA 113	Interchange.
	West Rockhill Township	23.3	37.5	PA 152	Interchange. Northern terminus of PA 152.
	Sellersville	25.3	40.7	PA 563	Interchange.
	Quakertown	31.2	50.2	PA 663/PA 313	Western terminus of PA 313. Northern terminus of PA 663.
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Lehigh	Center Valley	37.5	60.4	PA 378	Southern terminus of PA 378.
	Summit Lawn	40.7	65.5	I-78/PA 145	Exit 60 (I-78/PA 309). Eastern terminus of I-78/PA 309 concurrency. Southern terminus of PA 145.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
	Allentown	44.9	72.3	PA 29	Exit 55 (I-78/PA 309). Northern terminus of the southern segment of PA 29.
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
		46.1	74.2	US 222/PA 222	Exit 54 (I-78/PA 309). Northern terminus of US 222. Southern terminus of PA 222.
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
		46.6	75.0	I-78	Exit 51 (I-78/PA 309). Western terminus of concurrency.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
	47.4	76.3	SR 1002	Cloverleaf interchange. Former routing of .
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
48.3	77.7	US 22	Cloverleaf interchange.
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
South Whitehall Township	49.8	80.1	I-476	PA 309 passes under I-476.
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Schnecksville	54.3	87.4	PA 873	Southern terminus of PA 873.
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Heidelberg Township	59.1	95.1	PA 100	Northern terminus of PA 100.
New Tripoli	61.7	99.3	PA 143	Northern terminus of PA 143.
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Schuylkill	West Penn Township	69.4	111.7	PA 895
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		73.9	118.9	PA 443	Eastern terminus of concurrency.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
	75.0	120.7	PA 443	Western terminus of concurrency.
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): street
Tamaqua	78.1	125.7	US 209
Hometown	80.2	129.1	PA 54
McAdoo	84.7	136.3	I-81	Exit 138 (I-81).
Carbon	No junctions
Luzerne	Hazleton	88.3	142.1	PA 424
		90.2	145.2	PA 93
		91.1	146.6	PA 924	Northern terminus of PA 924.
		91.5	147.3	PA 940	Western terminus of PA 940.
	Butler Township	98.1	157.9	I-80	Exit 262 (I-80).
	Mountain Top	108.0	173.8	PA 437	Northern terminus of PA 437.
	Wilkes-Barre	110.8	178.3	I-81	Exit 165 (I-81/PA 309). Southern terminus of concurrency.
		115.9	186.5	I-81/PA 115	Exit 170 (I-81/PA 309). Northern terminus of concurrency. Northern terminus of PA 115.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Wilkes-Barre to Luzerne

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County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Luzerne	Wilkes-Barre	117.1	1	PA 315
			2	North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard/North Washington Street
			3	South River Street
	Kingston		4	Rutter Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
		120.2	5	US 11 (Wyoming Avenue)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
	Pringle		6	Union Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
	Luzerne			Main Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only

Luzerne to terminus

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Luzerne	Dallas	126.1	202.9	PA 415	Southern terminus of PA 415.
Wyoming	Noxen Township	134.4	216.3	PA 29
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

Starting out as a Native American path now referred to as the "Minsi Trail", this route became part of the Bethlehem Pike. In 1926, all of modern-day PA 309, as well as a small section of Pennsylvania Route 29 from Bowman Creek to Tunkhannock, was designated U.S. Route 309. In 1968, US 309 was deleted and was replaced by PA 29 north of Bowman Creek and PA 309 south of Bowman Creek.

References

1. Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 309
2. ^ "US 11 and Rutter Avenue interchanges". Google. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
3. ^ "Exit 6". Google. Retrieved 2007-05-29.

External links

• PennDOT's 309Online Official Web Site, with construction updates.
• History of U.S. Route 309
• 24/7 Live Cam of Route 309 in Mountain Top, PA

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