Pennsylvania Route 299 Explained

State:PA
Type:PA
Route:299
Alternate Name:Powell Avenue
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:PA 299 highlighted in red; the route prior to 2011 is in blue
Length Mi:0.052
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1930
History:Signage removed in 2011
Direction A:South
Terminus A:Powell Avenue in Millcreek Township
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Powell Avenue in Millcreek Township
Counties:Erie
Previous Type:PA
Previous Route:297
Next Type:PA 1926
Next Route:301

Pennsylvania Route 299 (PA 299) is a 0.05adj=midNaNadj=mid state highway located in Erie County in Pennsylvania. 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, 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 with US 20. The bridge runs past industrial areas before carrying the route over Norfolk Southern's Lake Erie District railroad line followed by CSX's Erie West Subdivision 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 shoreline.[2] [3] [4]

History

When Pennsylvania legislated routes in 1911, what would become PA 299 was not given a number.[5] PA 299 was established in 1930 as a spur of PA 99 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.[6] In 2006, the Powell Avenue Bridge was replaced with the Staff Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton Memorial Bridge.[3] [7] 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.[2] Between 2010 and 2012, the runway at Erie International Airport was expanded, forcing Powell Avenue to be relocated around it.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Bureau of Maintenance and Operations . Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams . Report . December 17, 2015 . 2015 . Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . August 31, 2016 .
  2. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/erie_GHSN.PDF Erie County, Pennsylvania Highway Map ]. 2011 . Harrisburg . Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . June 4, 2011 . dead . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110706004713/ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/erie_GHSN.PDF . July 6, 2011 .
  3. News: Bridge to Carry Soldier's Name . Erie Times-News . January 25, 2008 .
  4. Web site: House Bill No 1795 . General Assembly of Pennsylvania . 2007 . October 26, 2015 .
  5. Pennsylvania Department of Highways . Pennsylvania Department of Highways . [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf Map of Pennsylvania Showing State Highways ]. 1911 . Harrisburg . Pennsylvania Department of Highways . January 1, 2014 . dead . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110705143950/ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf . July 5, 2011 .
  6. [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf Pennsylvania State Map ]. 1930 . Pennsylvania Department of Highways . Harrisburg . Pennsylvania Department of Highways . September 12, 2007 . dead . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110705143935/ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf . July 5, 2011 .
  7. Powell Avenue Bridge to Be Replaced . Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . January 23, 2006 .
  8. News: Myers . Valerie . Erie airport to pave old portion of runway this summer . Erie Times-News . April 15, 2014 . October 26, 2015 .