Pennsylvania Route 191
State highway in Pennsylvania, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pennsylvania Route 191 (PA 191) is a 111.54 mi (179.51 km)-long state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route, a major non-freeway corridor connecting the Lehigh Valley to the Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania, is designated from U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Brodhead near Bethlehem to the New York state line over the Delaware River at Hancock, New York.
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Length | 111.54 mi[1] (179.51 km) | |||
Existed | April 17, 1961[2]–present | |||
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South end | US 22 in Brodhead | |||
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North end | South Pennsylvania Avenue in Hancock, NY | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Northampton, Monroe, Pike, Wayne | |||
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Commissioned on April 17, 1961, the route replaced the PA 12 and PA 90 numbers that were in place from the late 1920s to the 1960s. From 1961 to 1976, PA 191 was routed south of US 22 through Bethlehem and terminated at PA 309 in Center Valley. PA 378 replaced the designation from Center Valley to the Lehigh River crossing in Bethlehem.