Pennsylvania Route 158

Pennsylvania Route 158 (PA 158) is an 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) state highway located in western Pennsylvania, running from PA 18 south of New Wilmington in Lawrence County, to US 62 and PA 258 in Mercer in Mercer County.

Pennsylvania Route 158
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length11.864 mi[1] (19.093 km)
Major junctions
South end PA 18 south of New Wilmington
North end US 62 / PA 258 in Mercer
Location
CountiesLawrence, Mercer
Highway system
← PA 157→ PA 159

Route description

Traveling north from PA 18, PA 158 heads through a rural area of northern Lawrence County that is home to an Amish community and into the borough of New Wilmington, where it passes Westminster College and intersects with PA 208.[2] The two routes briefly overlap eastbound; at the intersection with PA 956, the concurrency ends, and PA 158 continues northward. As it leaves the borough, it enters Mercer County and winds northeasterly through rural countryside nearly 6 miles (9.7 km) before it passes over I-80. Approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) later, the route enters the borough of Mercer, where it meets the eastern terminus of PA 318 just one block before its own northern terminus at the US 62/PA 258 concurrency.

History

In 1927, what is now PA 158 was originally designated part of PA 18.[3] A year later, the road was signed as PA 158[4] when PA 18 was moved to its current alignment between PA 158 and Greenville.[3]

Major intersections
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
LawrenceWilmington Township0.0000.000 PA 18 – New CastleSouthern terminus of PA 158
New Wilmington2.7864.484 PA 208 west (Neshannock Avenue) / New Castle Street – PulaskiWestern terminus of PA 208 concurrency
2.9124.686 PA 208 east (Neshannock Avenue) / PA 956 south (South Market Street) – Volant, HarlansburgEastern terminus of PA 208 concurrency; northern terminus of PA 956
MercerMercer11.75718.921 PA 318 west (West Butler Street)Eastern terminus of PA 318
11.86419.093 US 62 / PA 258 – Hermitage, SharonNorthern terminus of PA 158
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

PA 158 Alternate Truck



PA Route 158 Alternate Truck
LocationMercer, Pennsylvania
Existed2013–present

Pennsylvania Route 158 Alternate Truck is a truck route around a weight-restricted bridge over the Brady Run on which trucks over 28 tons and combination loads over 37 tons are prohibited in Mercer, Pennsylvania. The route follows PA 208, US 19, and US 62. It was signed in 2013.[5]

See also
  •  U.S. Roads portal
  •  Pennsylvania portal

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Pennsylvania state roads". Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  2. "Amish Countryside" (PDF). Visit Lawrence County. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 18
  4. Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 158
  5. "Risk-Based Bridge Postings - State and Local Bridges" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. October 8, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
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