Pennsylvania Route 756
State highway in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania Route 756 (PA 756) is an east–west state route that is located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Its western terminus is PA 403, which is located in the Moxham section of Johnstown, and its eastern terminus is PA 160, which is located in Elton, Adams Township.
Route description
PA 756 begins as Ohio Street at an intersection with PA 403 in the Moxham neighborhood of the city of Johnstown.
In the borough of Geistown, Bentwood Avenue meets PA 756. PA 756 then makes a left turn onto Belmont Street. At the intersection with Bedford Street and Scalp Avenue, commonly known as the Geistown Cloverleaf, PA 756 makes a right turn.
In Richland Township, PA 756 interchanges with US 219/PA 56. The eastern terminus is located in Elton, Adams Township at PA 160.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cambria County.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pennsylvania Route 756” is state highway in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pennsylvania, Route and State, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “state highway in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
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 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1499995. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Pennsylvania Route 756” 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.