Pennsylvania Route 54
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| PA Route 54 | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 70 mi[1] (113 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1928 | ||||||||||||
| West end: |  US 15 near Montgomery |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-180 near Milton I-80 near Danville I-81 near Mahanoy City |
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| East end: |  US 209 in Nesquehoning |
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| Counties: | Lycoming, Norththumberland, Montour, Columbia, Schuylkill, Carbon | ||||||||||||
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Pennsylvania Route 54 is a Pennsylvania highway which runs for 70 miles. It runs from U.S. Route 209 in Nesquehoning, Carbon County to U.S. Route 15, which is three miles west of Montgomery, Lycoming County. Route 54 meets up with Route 61 in Ashland, and these highways split just outside of Ashland. Route 54 goes towards Mount Carmel and Route 61 heads towards Centralia.
[edit] Overlapping or multiplexed routes
- Pennsylvania Route 61 in Ashland
- Pennsylvania Route 901 between Locust Gap and Merrian
[edit] Centralia Branch of Route 54/61
Because of the coal mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, the original branch of Routes 54/61 which goes from Centralia to Ashland is permanently closed because the road has opened up and buckled severely. This branch was repaired in 1983 for $500,000, then in 1992 it was deemed too expensive to repair again. In 1994, the branch was permanently closed.
Route 54 used to go through Centralia but this was changed during 1999. Nowadays, only Route 61 goes through Centralia, Route 54 now goes from Ashland to Mount Carmel, it now bypasses Centralia. The road signs for Route 54 were removed from Centralia several years ago.
Routes 54 and 61 meet up again at an intersection just outside of Mount Carmel.
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