Pennsylvania Route 21

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Richhill Township
Major intersections
East end

  • US 40 Bus.
    in Uniontown
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesGreene, Fayette
Highway system
US 20 US 22

Pennsylvania Route 21 (PA 21) is a 50.75-mile (81.67 km) long east–west

U.S. Route 40 Business in Uniontown. The route is known as the Roy E. Furman Highway for most of its length. PA 21 serves Waynesburg and Masontown
along the way.

PA 21 was originally designated in 1927 between the West Virginia border and Uniontown, originally following an alignment further to the north between Carmichaels and Uniontown via New Salem. By 1950, the route was moved to its current alignment east of Carmichaels, with bypasses of Carmichaels and Masontown constructed by 1960.

Route description

PA 21 westbound in Cumberland Township
PA 21 away from PA 18

Pennsylvania Route 21 enters

Waynesburg.[2]

In Waynesburg, PA 21 is a

U.S. Route 19. PA 21 leaves Waynesburg entering the census-designated place of Morrisville. PA 21 becomes a two-lane road with a shared left turn lane for less than a mile before US 19 leaves the route and PA 21 stays east, becoming a four lane divided highway. Interstate 79 exit 14 is PA 21 in Morrisville signed for PA 21 to Masontown and Waynesburg. PA 21 then leaves Morrisville in Jefferson Township.[3]

PA 21 travels east-southeast through the rest of rural Greene County. The road is mostly level and the countryside is mostly farmland. In Paisley, PA 21 intersects Pennsylvania Route 88, then becomes a four-lane divided highway until it crosses the Masontown Bridge over the Monongahela River.[4]

PA 21 enters

U.S. Route 119 near Cherry Tree Square. It passes the Uniontown Hospital before ending at US Route 40 Business (Main St.).[6]

History

In 1911, what would become PA 21 was designated as part of Legislative Route 256 between the West Virginia border and Rogersville, Legislative Route 111 between Rogersville and Waynesburg, and Legislative Route 112 between Waynesburg and Uniontown.[7] PA 21 was designated in 1927 to run from the West Virginia border east to US 40 in Uniontown. The route followed its current alignment to west of Carmichaels, where it headed east by way of Carmichaels and New Salem to Uniontown. The alignment utilized a ferry across the Monongahela River.[8][9] By the time of its inception, PA 21 existed as a paved road between Wind Ridge and PA 121 east of Waynesburg, in the Carmichaels area, and from south of Republic to Uniontown.[9] The remainder of PA 21 was paved by 1940.[10] By 1950, PA 21 was rerouted to follow PA 88 between Carmichaels and Paisley, where it turned east and crossed the Monongahela River at Masontown and followed its current alignment to Uniontown.[11] Bypasses of Carmichaels and Masontown were built by 1960. Also by this time, PA 21 was widened into a divided highway near the PA 88 intersection in Paisley,[12] By 1970, a portion of PA 21 east of Waynesburg was converted to a divided highway.[13] A new, four-lane Masontown Bridge over the Monongahela River was completed in 2015. It replaced the two-lane bridge built in 1925.[14]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Richhill Township
0.0000.000
WV 891 west – Moundsville
Western terminus of PA 21 at West Virginia state line
Center Township16.67326.833
PA 18 south – Holbrook
Western terminus of PA 18 concurrency
Franklin Township22.58036.339
PA 18 north – Sycamore
Eastern terminus of PA 18 concurrency
Waynesburg23.43837.720
US 19 north (Morris Street)
Western terminus of US 19 concurrency
23.76738.249
PA 218 south (Morgan Street)
Northern terminus of PA 218
Franklin Township25.01840.263
US 19 south (High Street) – Mount Morris
Eastern terminus of US 19 concurrency
25.12940.441
PA 188 east (Morris Street) – Jefferson
Western terminus of PA 188
26.044–
26.070
41.914–
41.956
Exit 14 (I-79)
Cumberland Township37.52160.384 PA 88 – Carmichaels, Point Marion
Monongahela River39.01362.785Masontown Bridge
German Township
40.64865.417
PA 166 south (Main Street) – Masontown, Ronco
Interchange, western terminus of PA 166 concurrency
41.79567.263
PA 166 north – Republic
Eastern terminus of PA 166 concurrency
Trumpet interchange
US 40 Bus. (Main Street) – Brownsville, Cumberland
Eastern terminus of PA 21
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. ^ Google (2008-08-18). "PA 21 in Western Greene County" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  3. ^ PA 21 in Waynesburg (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  4. ^ PA 21 in Eastern Greene County (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  5. ^ Google (2008-08-18). "PA 21 in Western Fayette County" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  6. ^ Google (2008-08-18). "PA 21 in South Union Township" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  7. Pennsylvania Department of Highways
    . 1911. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  8. Pennsylvania Department of Highways
    . 1927. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  9. ^ a b Tourist Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  10. ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  11. ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1950. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  12. ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1960. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  13. ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1970. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  14. ^ "Masontown bridge completed". Observer-Reporter. December 1, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2020.

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