Pennsylvania Route 590

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Lackawaxen Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesLackawanna, Wayne, Pike
Highway system
← PA 588→ PA 591

Pennsylvania Route 590 (PA 590) is a 45.0-mile-long (72.4 km)

Lackawaxen Township. PA 590 is mostly a two-lane road that runs through rural areas in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The route serves the communities of Hamlin, Hawley, and Lackawaxen and passes to the north of Lake Wallenpaupack. PA 590 has intersections with PA 690 and PA 348 in Hollisterville, PA 191/PA 196 in Hamlin, and U.S. Route 6
(US 6) in Hawley.

The section of PA 590 between PA 348 and US 6 was built as the Cobb road in 1769 and became a

PA 37/PA 237
in Lackawaxen, while PA 37 ran along the road between Lackawaxen and Greeley. The PA 37 designation was removed from this stretch of road in the 1940s. In the 1960s, PA 590 was extended from Lackawaxen to PA 434 in Greeley.

Route description

PA 590 eastbound in Lackawaxen

PA 590 begins at an intersection with

Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, heading southeast on a two-lane undivided road. The route runs through forested areas with some homes, curving east into Roaring Brook Township and passing to the north of Elmhurst Reservoir. The road heads northeast through more forests with some fields and residences, crossing into Madison Township and passing to the northwest of Curtis Reservoir on Hamlin Road as it continues into Jefferson Township. PA 590 runs through more rural areas and passes over I-84, curving to the east and heading through Drinker before turning to the south.[3][4]

PA 590 enters

scenic overlook before it heads east to an intersection with US 6 in Wilsonville.[3][5]

Here, PA 590 turns north for a

Stourbridge Railroad and the Lackawaxen River. The road passes more businesses before coming to an intersection where US 6 heads to the west and PA 590 heads southeast on Hudson Street. The route heads through wooded areas with some homes to the northeast of the Lackawaxen River. The road turns north-northeast away from the river and heads back into Palmyra Township, turning to the east.[3][5]

PA 590 continues into

Norfolk Southern and operated by the Central New York Railroad. The roadway crosses the Stourbridge Railroad again and enters the community of Lackawaxen. PA 590 turns southwest and continues south into dense forests. The road continues south and heads through more forests with some homes. PA 590 comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with PA 434 in Greeley, where the road becomes a part of PA 434.[3][6]

History

Between PA 348 and US 6, PA 590 follows the alignment of the Cobb road, a narrow road which connected the

anthracite coal from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, east to the Hudson River in Kingston, New York. The canal is designated a National Historic Landmark.[9]

When Pennsylvania legislated routes in 1911, what is now PA 590 was designated as Legislative Route 172 between Elmhurst and Hamlin and as Legislative Route 255 between Hawley and Lackawaxen.

PA 90 (now PA 191/PA 196) in Hamlin, between Rowland and west of Lackawaxen, and into Lackawaxen. In addition, PA 37 was under construction between Lackawaxen and Greeley.[11] The entire length of PA 590 was paved in the 1930s.[12] In the 1940s, PA 37 was realigned off the road between Lackawaxen and Greeley, leaving it unnumbered, while PA 237 was decommissioned; the eastern terminus of PA 590 remained in Lackawaxen.[13] In the 1960s, PA 590 was extended south to end at PA 434 (which replaced PA 37) in Greeley.[14]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Elmhurst Township
0.000–
0.021		0.000–
0.034		 PA 435Western terminus
WayneSalem Township7.25611.677
 PA 690 west (Hollisterville Road) – Madisonville		Eastern terminus of PA 690
8.25113.279
I-84 – Mt. Cobb
Eastern terminus of PA 348
9.77615.733
I-84 – Honesdale, Newfoundland
Palmyra Township23.66238.080
 US 6 east (Lake Wallenpaupack Road) – Milford		West end of US 6 overlap
Hawley25.61041.215
 US 6 west (Hudson Street) – Honesdale		East end of US 6 overlap
Lackawaxen Township
45.06472.523 PA 434Eastern terminus
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. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Map of Pennsylvania (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1928. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Google (December 21, 2011). "overview of Pennsylvania Route 590" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b Wayne County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  6. ^ Pike County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pa. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co. 1880. pp. 479–480. Retrieved October 20, 2015. luzerne and wayne turnpike.
  8. ^ Mathews, Alfred (1886). History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: R.T. Peck & Company. p. 223. Retrieved October 18, 2015. easton-belmont turnpike.
  9. ^ Kirby, David (August 25, 2002). "A Main Artery of the 1800s". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  10. Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1911. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  11. ^ Tourist Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  12. ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  13. ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1950. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  14. ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1970. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

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