Pennsylvania Route 970
State highway in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania Route 970 (PA 970) is a 5.20-mile-long (8.37 km) state highway in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The route runs from U.S. Route 322 (US 322) in Woodland to PA 879 in Shawville.
Route description
PA 970 begins at an intersection with US 322 in Bradford Township, heading north on Shawville Highway, a three-lane undivided road with two northbound lanes and one southbound lane. The road runs through a mix of fields and woods with some commercial development, with the lane configuration changing to two southbound lanes and one northbound lane as it runs near a shopping center. Farther north, the route comes to an interchange with I-80. Past this interchange, PA 970 becomes a two-lane road and continues north through agricultural areas with some woods and homes, passing through Pleasant Valley. The route heads into more forested areas and heads north-northwest, crossing under a R.J. Corman Railroad line and running near the Shawville Generating Station before crossing the West Branch Susquehanna River into Goshen Township, where it ends at PA 879 in Shawville.
History
PA 970 once extended further south into Clearfield County and western Centre County. Its former southern terminus was at PA 350 in Sandy Ridge. It traveled northwest along present-day SR 3049 into Osceola Mills.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pennsylvania Route 970” is state highway in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, US. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pennsylvania, Route and State, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1645257. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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