Pennsylvania Route 54

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PA Route 54
Length:	70 mi[1] (113 km)
Formed:	1928
West end:	US 15 near Montgomery
Major junctions:	I-180 near Milton I-80 near Danville I-81 near Mahanoy City
East end:	US 209 in Nesquehoning
Counties:	Lycoming, Norththumberland, Montour, Columbia, Schuylkill, Carbon
Pennsylvania State Routes < PA 53 PA 56 > Legislative

Pennsylvania Route 54 is a state highway which runs for 70 miles in eastern Pennsylvania. It runs from U.S. Route 209 in Nesquehoning, Carbon County in the east to U.S. Route 15, which is three miles west of Montgomery, Lycoming County in the west. PA 54 meets up with Pennsylvania Route 61 in Ashland, running concurrent for a short distance through the community before splitting just outside of Ashland. PA 54 continues west towards Mount Carmel while PA 61 heads north towards Centralia.

Contents 1 Major intersections 2 History 2.1 Centralia Branch of PA 54/61 3 References

[edit] Major intersections

Overlapping or concurrent routes:

• Pennsylvania Route 61 in Ashland
• Pennsylvania Route 901 between Locust Gap and Merrian

[edit] History

[edit] Centralia Branch of PA 54/61

Because of the underground coal mine fire in Centralia, the original branch of Routes 54 and 61, which went from Centralia to Ashland, has been permanently closed because the road has severely opened up and buckled extensively. This branch was repaired in 1983 for $500,000; then in 1992 it was deemed too expensive to repair again. In 1994, the branch was permanently closed.

PA 54 used to run concurrent with PA 61 through Centralia but was rerouted along Pennsylvania Route 901 and three quadrant routes in 1999, completely bypassing Centralia. Nowadays, only PA 61 goes through Centralia while PA 54 now goes directly from Ashland to Mount Carmel along the aforementioned alignment via PA 901. The road signs for PA 54 were removed from Centralia several years ago.

Routes 54 and 61 meet up again at an intersection just outside of Mount Carmel.

[edit] References

1. ^ Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 54