Pennsylvania Route 546 (PA 546) is a 3.586-mile-long (5.771 km) state highway in the northernmost regions of McKean County, Pennsylvania. The route, known locally as Oil Valley Road, begins at an intersection with PA 346 in the community of Duke Center (located in Otto Township). The highway heads northward, through mountainous regions before crossing the state line and into New York.
 Pennsylvania Route 546 | ||||
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| Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
| Length | 3.586 mi[1] (5.771 km) | |||
| Existed | 1928–present | |||
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| South end |  PA 346 in Otto Township | |||
| North end | Duke Center Road at New York state line in Otto Township | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Pennsylvania | |||
| Counties | McKean | |||
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PA 546 was designated in the 1928 numbering of state highways in the commonwealth. The route was under construction and unpaved for two years afterward, and by 1930, the route was complete and has remained virtually intact since.
Route description
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PA 546 begins at an intersection with PA 346 in the community of Duke Center. The highway, known locally as Oil Valley Road, progresses to the northeast, intersecting with a short connector back to PA 346 (SR 9112).[2] Duke Center is small and PA 546 runs along the center of the community. The community and PA 546 run along the base of the 2,000 feet (610 m) mountain. PA 546 parallels the Knapp Creek, and after an intersecting with Galespie Hollow Road, the highway leaves Duke Center.[3]
Continuing northward, the highway enters the community of Oil Valley, which the road is named for. At an intersection with Bootleg Hollow, Knapp Creek turns off PA 546. A short distance later, the highway passes through several taller mountains, some reaching as high as 2,200 feet (670 m) in elevation. The route crosses the state line into New York and continues northward as the unnumbered Duke Center Road, which continues for about one half of a mile to an intersection with NY 16 in Knapp Creek, New York.[3]
History
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PA 546 began in the 1928 numbering of state highways in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The route was assigned at the time on its current alignment, but the highway was not completely constructed. At the time, the sections of PA 546 from the community of Duke Center to a location 2 miles (3.2 km) north were incomplete.[4] By 1929, this missing piece was completed, and was paved. However, the road was not complete, as there was an unpaved piece of PA 546 from that point[5] This unpaved area was finished by the next year.[6] PA 546, although, has remained intact in terms of alignment since its assignment in 1928.[7]
Duke Center Road, the road that continues north into New York, was originally designated as County Route 45 in Cattaraugus County,[8] but the designation was decommissioned and turned over to the town of Allegany.[9]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Otto Township, McKean County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | PA 346 (Main Street) | Southern terminus; village of Duke Center | ||
| 3.586 | 5.771 | Duke Center Road | New York state line; northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- McKean County (PDF)
- ^ General Highway Map -McKean County, Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ a b "overview map of PA546" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1928.
- ^ Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1929.
- ^ Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930.
- ^ Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 2009.
- ^ Knapp Creek 1:24,000 Digital Roster Quadrangles (Map). New York State Department of Transportation. 1975. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (2014). "Region 5 Inventory Listing". Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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