Pennsylvania Route 36

PA Route 36
Route of PA 36 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	151.10 mi (243.17 km)
Major junctions
South end:	PA 26 in Hopewell Township
	US 22 in Hollidaysburg US 220 Bus. in Altoona US 219 in Mahaffey US 119 in Punxsutawney US 322 in Brookville I-80 in Brookville US 62 in Tionesta
North end:	PA 27 / PA 227 in Pleasantville
Location
Counties:	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Forest, Clarion, Venango
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Byways Legislative ← PA 35 PA 37 → ← PA 859 PA 861 →

Pennsylvania Route 36 (PA 36) is a 151.12 mi (243.2 km) long state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 26 near the Hopewell Township community of Yellow Creek. The northern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 27 and Pennsylvania Route 227 in Pleasantville.

One of the longest and oldest highways in the commonwealth, PA 36 serves as a major connector between South Central and Northwestern Pennsylvania. In 1955, the highway was designated as the Colonel Drake Highway in honor of Edwin Drake.

PA 36 begins in the Bedford County hamlet of Yellow Creek at PA 26 along the Tussey Mountain range. The distance in Bedford County is brief as the highway enters Blair County and proceeds northward as the Woodbury Pike, intersecting several 800-series state highways like: PA 866, PA 868, and PA 869. A short distance between Roaring Spring and the hamlet of McKee, PA 36 overlaps the east–west running PA 164. North of McKee, PA 36 becomes Catfish Ridge Road, closely paralleling the Frankstown Branch Juniata River to the west, and the Interstate 99–U.S. Route 220 overlap to the east along the Brush Mountain range.