Pennsylvania Route 424

Interstate 81 (I-81) exit 141 in Hazle Township. The eastern terminus is at PA 93 on the southeastern edge of Hazleton. The highway is called the Greater Hazleton Chamber Of Commerce Beltway or Arthur Gardner Highway and is a two-lane undivided road that forms a southern bypass of the city of Hazleton in Luzerne County, with an intermediate intersection with PA 309. The section of the road between PA 309 and PA 93 was constructed by 1980 and became State Route 3032 (SR 3032). The road was extended west to I-81 in 1999, and PA 424 was designated between I-81 and PA 93 in 2000. PA 424 was constructed to provide access to the Hazleton Commerce Center and to reduce truck traffic on adjacent roads. There are plans to extend the route west to PA 924

divided highway at this point. Past PA 309, PA 424 crosses a Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad line and heads into the southern part of the city of Hazleton, continuing east. The route passes through more woodland along with a few industrial establishments, running to the north of a coal mine. The roadway briefly becomes divided again as it crosses Poplar Street. PA 424 continues east and enters Hazle Township again, reaching its eastern terminus at PA 93.^[3][4]

beltway system to encircle Hazleton.^[10] In 2003, PA 424 was renamed from the Hazleton South Beltway to the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway.^[11]