Pennsylvania Route 994
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| Length: | 27.497 mi[1] (44.252 km) | |||
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| West end: |
 PA 26 in Entriken | |||
 PA 655 near Saltillo PA 747 in Three Springs PA 475 near Rockhill | ||||
| East end: |
 US 522 in Orbisonia | |||
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| Counties: | Huntingdon | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 994 (PA 994) is a Pennsylvania highway which runs for 27 miles (43 km). It runs from Pennsylvania Route 26 in Entriken, Pennsylvania to U.S. Route 522 in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.
This highway crosses Raystown Lake via a bridge over the lake. Fireworks are held at the Raystown Lake Resort on Memorial Day Weekend, July 3 & the Sunday night before Labor Day. The fireworks at the resort are watched on the lake but they can be seen from the bridge because the resort is just south of the Route 994 bridge which crosses Raystown Lake.
Route description
Traveling east from Entriken, the route travels to the southeast before turning to the north and making a U-turn to parallel the shore of Raystown Lake. Route 994 then crosses the lake twice, once on a small bridge crossing a small "finger" of the lake and the second time on a bridge that is combination of a land bridge and a man-made bridge. Following the second crossing, the route returns to a southeasterly path.
For the next 4.5 miles (7.2 km), Route 994 parallels the southern border of the Trough Creek State Park, turning to the south in the progress. The route returns east near Quadrant Route 3019 in Cooks before taking an erratic path eastward due to the terrain up to an intersection with Route 655 south of Saltillo. After forming a short 170-yard (160 m) concurrency with Route 655, Route 994 continues east to Three Springs.
In the center of Three Springs, Route 994 intersects the southern terminus of Route 747 and the former southern terminus of Route 829. Route 994 takes the south exit at this intersection, curving to the east outside of town and gradually shifts northeast toward Orbisonia.
Southwest of Orbisonia, Route 994 intersects the northern terminus Route 475. From this point, Route 994 runs north–south before jutting back to the east in Orbisonia towards its eastern terminus at US 522.
History
Signed in 1928. In 1932, the route was paved. In 1936, the route was moved from the PA 915 alignment and SR 4006 to Houstontown to its current location between Entriken to Robertsdale.
In 1964, the eastern terminus moved from PA 913 north of Robertsdale to its current location.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Huntingdon County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lincoln Township | 0.0 | 0.0 | PA 26 (Raystown Road) | ||
| Clay Township | PA 655 north (Waterfall Road) | West end of PA 655 overlap | |||
| PA 655 south (Waterfall Road) | East end of PA 655 overlap | ||||
| Three Springs | PA 747 north (Church Street) | ||||
| Cromwell Township | PA 475 south | ||||
| Orbisonia | 27.5 | 44.3 | US 522 (Ridgely Street) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
U.S. Roads portal
Pennsylvania portal
References
- ↑ "Pennsylvania state roads". Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.