Pennsylvania Route 124
State highway in York County, Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania Route 124 (PA 124) is a 12.8-mile-long (20.6 km) state route in York County in south central Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at the eastern border of York, where the road continues west as East Prospect Street towards PA 74. Its eastern terminus is at PA 425 and PA 624 in the Lower Windsor Township community of Craley, where PA 124 continues south as PA 425. PA 124 heads east from its beginning through suburban areas to the east of York, intersecting Interstate 83 (I-83) and PA 24. Farther east, the route heads through rural land in eastern York County to East Prospect, where it turns south and comes to its terminus.
PA 124 was designated in 1928 to run from PA 74 in York east to U.S. Route 222 (US 222) in Lancaster. The route ran east to Craley before it continued southeast to the York Furnace area, where it crossed the Susquehanna River. From here, PA 124 continued northeast through Lancaster County along Pequea Boulevard, Marticville Road, Penn Grant Road, and New Danville Pike to Lancaster. PA 923 was designated in 1930 as a short spur of PA 124 heading south into York Furnace. In 1937, PA 124 was rerouted to head south from York Furnace to PA 851 in Fawn Grove, replacing all of PA 923 and the section of PA 851 between PA 74 in Airville and Woodbine.
“Pennsylvania Route 124” enters the record as state highway in York County, Pennsylvania, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pennsylvania, Route and State can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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