Pennsylvania Route 989
State highway in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania Route 989 (PA 989) is a 15.10-mile-long (24.30 km) state highway in southeastern Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 65 in Ambridge, and the northern terminus is at PA 68 in Unionville.
Route description
PA 989 begins at an intersection with PA 65 in the borough of Ambridge, heading east on two-lane undivided 8th Street. The route passes through residential areas, turning north onto Duss Avenue. The road passes more homes before heading into a mix of residences and businesses with some industry. PA 989 splits from Duss Avenue by turning east onto 24th Street, running past more residences as it forms the border between Ambridge to the south and Harmony Township to the north. The route fully enters Harmony Township, becoming Breitenstein Road as it winds east through wooded areas with some residences. The road enters the borough of Economy and becomes Ridge Road Extension, curving to the north. PA 989 continues through forested areas of homes as it progresses north through Economy. Farther north, the road heads into a mix of farms and woods, where it makes a curve to the northeast.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pennsylvania Route 989” as state highway in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, US. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, US. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1645393. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pennsylvania Route 989” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.