William Penn Highway

The William Penn Highway was an auto trail in the United States, generally running from Pittsburgh east to New York City. It served as the eastern end of the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The William Penn Highway Association of Pennsylvania was organized March 27, 1916 to promote a road parallel to the Pennsylvania Railroad between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Two branches were included — one from Lemoyne (near Harrisburg) to Washington via Baltimore and one from Reading to New York.

William Penn Highway
Route information
Existed	1916–present
Major junctions
West end	Pittsburgh, PA
East end	New York City, NY
Location
States	Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
Highway system
Auto Trails

Routing

The road is today the following routes:

Pennsylvania

• US 22

New Jersey

• US 22
• Route 57
• CR 517
• CR 513
• CR 510
• Route 124
• CR 508
• Route 7[1]

See also

• Penn-Lincoln Parkway

References

1. Rand McNally and Co. "Eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, South East Michigan, Southern Ontario, Western New York: District No. 4". Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map, 3rd ed., 1924, pp. 168-169. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, David Rumsey (curator), Cartography Associates, Accessed Nov 4, 2019, www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~201570~3000600:Auto-Trails-Map--Pennsylvania,-New-.

Further reading

• Weingroff, Richard F. "U.S. 22 – The William Penn Highway". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2020.