Pennsylvania Route 296
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| Length: | 16.177 mi (26.034 km) | |||
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 PA 191 in Lake Ariel
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 PA 196 in Lake Township US 6 in Waymart
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 PA 247 in Clinton Township
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| Counties: | Wayne | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 296 (PA 296) is a 16.23-mile-long (26.12 km) state highway located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 191 in Lake Ariel. The northern terminus is at PA 247 in Clinton Township. The route is a two-lane undivided road which passes through rural areas. PA 296 heads northwest from PA 191 to Varden, where it intersects the northern terminus of PA 196 and turns to the north. The route continues through Waymart, where it crosses U.S. Route 6 (US 6), before heading north to its end at PA 247 west of Creamton. The portion of PA 296 north of PA 196 follows the Belmont and Easton Turnpike, a turnpike between Belmont and Easton that was chartered in 1812 and completed in 1820. PA 296 was designated on its present routing in the 1930s.
PA 296 begins at an intersection on a curve with PA 191 (Lake Ariel Highway) in downtown Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania. The route progresses northward through Lake Ariel as Gravity Road, passing a stretch of commercial businesses, which soon becomes residential for the stretch north of Lake Ariel. Just before the intersection with Paradise Lane, PA 296 curves to the northeast, winding its way through Lake Township. The residential road becomes further developed before intersection with Tisdel Road. At that intersection, PA 296 and Gravity Road turn on the right-of-way for Tisdel and head northwest into the hamlet of Gravity. That soon changes to Varden, where after several curves, PA 296 intersects with the northern terminus of PA 196 (the Easton Turnpike).
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