Pennsylvania Route 741
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by PennDOT, Borough of East Petersburg, and East Hempfield Township | ||||
| Length: | 26.335 mi (42.382 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 PA 722 in East Petersburg
|
|||
 PA 283 near Lancaster US 30 near Lancaster PA 23 near Lancaster PA 462 near Lancaster PA 999 in Millersville PA 324 in New Danville  US 222 / PA 272 in Willow Street PA 896 near Strasburg
|
||||
| East end: |
 PA 41 in Gap
|
|||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Lancaster | |||
| Highway system | ||||
|
||||
→
Pennsylvania Route 741 (PA 741) is a 26.3-mile-long (42.3 km) state highway that runs through western and southern Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 722 in East Petersburg. The eastern terminus is at PA 41 in Gap. PA 741 heads south from East Petersburg and runs through the western suburbs of Lancaster. The route turns southeast and passes through Millersville before it turns east at New Danville. PA 741 forms a concurrency with U.S. Route 222 (US 222) between Willow Street and Lampeter before it continues east through farmland, passing through Strasburg before reaching Gap.
The section of road between Willow Street and Lampeter was designated as part of US 230 in 1926 and cocncurrent with PA 72 in 1927, with US 222 replacing US 230 by 1928. In 1928, the road between Willow Street and Gap became part of PA 41. PA 741 was designated by 1930 to run from PA 41 north to US 30 in Gap. In the 1930s, PA 41 and PA 741 switched alignments, with PA 741 running between US 222 in Lampeter and PA 41 in Gap and PA 41 heading north to US 30. PA 741 was extended west to PA 324 south of New Danville in the 1970s. The route was extended to its current western terminus in the 1980s.
...
Wikipedia